Conceptually brilliant, for which kudos to the composer. The Bassist's performance, however, was just astounding.

Wow, I never seen anything like that before. The composer is a genius.

that was so incredible that i am failing to succeed in forming words to describe how well i belive you did not fail, but succeeded in the delivery. Truly inspirational.

YOU ARE INCREDIBLE..... i find singin and playin the bass hard... but this.... oh man this is genius!!!!!! its like u have to use both side of ur brain to do this.... my hats off to you friend!!!! RESPECT!!!!!

Wow! I can't tell if you failed at succeeding, or succeeded at failing. But I love it. Great stuff!

Very well played. Alot of bassists who do this skimp on the vocal performance and give a flat narration. I really liked you narration style. You bass playing was very nice as well. All around great performance.

Fellow bass player here. Very interesting stuff. Keep up the good work!

Great multitasking skills and good overall performace...I wish I could play and read that well.

Freak! That was outstanding!

I love this piece!

This was uploaded on my birthday!

Loved it!

This was super!

that was awesome.

love it!!!

Awesome!

@ZappaFan101 - The whole thing is written out until the last minute or so, where the speech is completely improvised. Saw a score of this in comp. class. Totally awesome.

What a badass

this is great!

can you send it to me, i cant find it anywhere. i want to do it next year.wooooo bass!!! love this guy, got me back to classical contemporary.

Tom Johnson. Good luck!

Haha. At first I thought you were giving a speech while playing... Then about 3 minutes in I realized the text was part of the piece.

Excellent playing - the sound is great. I play bass as well, but it's an electric. The tone these double basses sound so warm and inviting. I gotta get me one... Please forgive me, I'm kind of lost about this piece. Is he reading sheet music and reciting a speech at the same time? Or is he reading both the music and the speech at the same time while he is playing? This is a concept I never would have thought of. Very Interesting approach to composition.

btw, very nice job =) You make it look easy =(

I thought for a moment that it was a piece by Joelle Leandre - very similar to her style

Nice! I dunno how you bassists do this piece - do you start to dream about it after a while? Does it give you nightmares?

Composer: Tom Johnson

yeah, well done at 5:40!

very good. Put composer's name in the title, please

Where can I get this music?

I play bass =) And I've seen the music for this piece, it's ridiculous...

always thought this song was annoying. however, you do it nicely nonetheless.

FAIL Wait...

Yeah, everyone talks during the bass solo... even the bassist.

i just wish we weren't always hoved to the side. we're like the rejects. damn violins think they're so much better

He sounds like data.

Erm... less talking more playing? :( Talented though..