Davie504

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Davie504
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Biale in July 2013
Personal information
BornDavide Biale
(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 27)
Savona, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011-present
Genre
Subscribers10 million[1]
Total views1.58 billion[1]
Catchphrase(s)"What's up, slappers?"
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2014
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2017
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg 10,000,000 subscribers 2021
Updated: 5 December 2021

Davide Biale (born 5 April 1994),[2] known by his online alias Davie504, is an Italian bassist, YouTuber and musician. He is best known for playing bass guitar, primarily with a slapping technique, and creating several covers and viral videos.[3]

Career[]

Biale began playing bass guitar in high school after being influenced by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.[4] In 2011, he created a channel named Davie504, and began to upload unconventional cover performances of songs in 2012.[5] Examples of these videos include him using M&M's to cover songs by Eminem,[6] a Korn medley played with corn cobs,[7][8] and a Red Hot Chili Peppers medley played with actual chili peppers.[9] He also performs musical challenges, which are often suggested to him by comments on his videos, such as playing an uninterrupted slap bass solo for 5 hours,[10] and playing a bassline which was claimed by Deadmau5 to be "technically impossible".[11]

Biale is also known for uploading meme-related videos and covers. Most notably, he contributed to the PewDiePie vs T-Series competition, where he played a bass cover of "Bitch Lasagna" outside of the T-Series headquarters as well as a video series where he reacts to posts made on his subreddit page.[12][13] He also participated in a competition with Jared Dines and Steve Terreberry to play the guitar with the most strings.[14][15]

In 2017, Chowny Bass released the Davie504 signature bass guitar.[16] In May 2019, Biale was listed as number two on MusicRadar's list of "the 20 hottest bassists in the world today".[17] He received his Youtube Gold Play Button later that year, which he turned into a custom bass alongside Amnesia Guitars.[18]

In 2021, Biale was featured on the cover of Bass Player.[19]

Personal life[]

Biale grew up in Albisola Superiore.[2] He attended a university in Genova before dropping out to focus on his YouTube career. He later studied music production at a college in London. He moved to Brighton in 2017.[20]

Biale has an indigenous Taiwanese girlfriend, who also plays bass.[21] He has spent time living in Taiwan.[22][23]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

  • Let's Funk! (2014)
  • Funkalicious (2015)
  • Very Impressive (2016)

Singles[]

  • "Lighter" (2014)
  • "Bass Bass Bass" (2020)
  • "S L A P P" (2020)
  • "Plastic Bass" (2021)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Davie504". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "Davie504: "Slap bass is still the best for making videos on YouTube, because it's very easy to hear, on any kind of speaker"". Guitar World. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ Beedham, Matthew (13 March 2020). "A love letter to Rocksmith, the *real* Guitar Hero". Plugged | The Next Web. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ Jovanović, Marko. "Davie504 Reveals Why He Started Playing Bass & Why He's Called Davie504". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ Pellone, Stefano (16 July 2019). "Davie504, il bassista italiano tra i nuovi fenomeni di YouTube". MelodicaMente (in Italian). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  6. ^ "A bassist has made an Eminem cover using M&Ms and it's actually pretty exceptional". The Irish News. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Watch: YouTuber covers Korn songs with corn". Mixdown. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ Kaufman, Spencer (24 July 2018). "Watch a Korn medley played with a cob of corn and popcorn". Consequence. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Youtube: Toca una canción de los Red Hot Chili Peppers con un "red hot chili pepper"". AS (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
  10. ^ "WATCH: A FIVE HOUR STRAIGHT SLAP BASS SOLO". Mixdown. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ Katzowitz, Josh (23 February 2018). "Deadmau5 said this bassline was 'technically impossible' to play—a YouTuber proved him wrong". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  12. ^ Verma, Anurag (22 January 2019). "This YouTuber Flew Down From Hong Kong to Play PewDiePie's Diss Track Outside T-Series HQ in Noida". News18. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. ^ "This PewDiePie supporter flies down to India to play outside T-Series's office". Zee News. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. ^ Kennelty, Greg (4 November 2017). "This 15 String Bass Song Is Pretty Funky, Does Not Djent". Metal Injection. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  15. ^ Bienstock, Richard (21 October 2019). "Witness the complete and utter insanity of a 36-string bass solo". Guitar World. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  16. ^ Astley-Brown, Michael (5 September 2017). "Is Davie504's Chowny signature model "the best bass ever"?". MusicRadar. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  17. ^ Brooks, Mike (29 May 2019). "The 20 hottest bassists in the world today". MusicRadar. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  18. ^ Bienstock, Richard (12 November 2019). "Davie504 built a bass out of his YouTube Gold Play Button". Guitar World. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Bass Player 411 is out!". Bass Player. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021. The new Bass Player is out, a special, four-cover issue in which we meet Davie504, April Kae, Blu DeTiger and Darrell Freeman, YouTubers, TikTokers and social media behemoths known to millions as the future of our instrument.
  20. ^ Biale, Davide. "I Draw My Life... (Childhood Reveal)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  21. ^ "女友真面目首度曝光！義大利貝斯鬼才證實：女友正是台灣原住民 - 國際 - 自由時報電子報". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 19 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  22. ^ Bienstock, Richard (14 April 2020). "Davie504 just bought every bass he can find and is giving them all away on YouTube". Guitar World. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  23. ^ "狂買台灣貝斯送粉絲！全球知名YouTuber在台灣報平安 - 國際". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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