One of the coolest things that happened to me ever was sitting across from this man in a rib shack in Alabama sharing drinking stories over beer and barbecue. He's the coolest, most down to earth guy on the planet. Friggin' awesome.

My man’s *jammin’* on that tuba. This is top tier brass, my friends. Top tier.

I was there when they filmed that! I even got to shake his hand!!!!! Hes fantastic. Even better in person...

I think I'm going to go practice now......

and here we have someone who practices 40 hours a day (:

I'm so mad. Two years ago I had the chance to see him at my school, but I had to study for an midterm. I've seen Clapton and Beck, but I regret everyday I missed Oystein.

That's *exactly* what I was seeing when I saw this live. It sounds kind of distorted like the electric bass does. All in all this is probably the best tuba solo I have heard in years, remarkable.

I am playing the new Miraphone Starlight E-flat tuba.

Have a look at the faq section under tuba pages on my web page. You'll find some explanations there. good luck!

i went to my friend's tuba recital today and he played this, i had no idea a tuba could make that sort of noise, i was blown away!

I saw this live last night and it was magical.

he makes it look too easy, especially the polyphonic stuff, he must have perfect pitch... that and double tonguing as fast as he does is super hard, undoubtedly the best in the world

few weeks ago i thought multiphonics on the trombone sounded good. Now I saw this I don´t even want to try it anymore.

Well.....time to quit all tuba lessons now and work at McDonalds.

Me: I wanna be the best tuba player ever Best tuba player: *Lord Squidward left the lobby*

This honestly... Sounds like a tribalish dance kind of thing. And I love it

That is impressive! I always love it when an instrument is used in a unique way and this definitely ranks right up there. I'll never forget the first electric violin I heard. Oh it was awesome.

No question...the very best tubist alive today. And he's a Norwegian. Can it get any better than that?

I can do this just like Baadsvik. -nobody ever

Baadsvick, you're the best tuba player in all the times! It's marvelous to see you playing your E-Flat tuba and the sound that you make is incredible!!! You're a master and have great skills... Congratulations!!! I hope you come to Brazil one day to show us your job!

One of the contestants at this year's BBC Young Musicians 2012 contest just played this piece, complete with multiphonics and beatboxing. It was awesome.

The one and only Tuba God

I try to do multi phonics. It either sounds ok, terrible, or doesn't even want to work. Good job Mr. Baadsvik!

I hope you're granted a lesson. I got to spend an entire week hanging out with Oystein when I participated in the Rekkenze Brass Festival a few years ago. He's awesome to see/meet live!

tuba dubstep......sweet mother of god

How is this man slaptounging without a reed? I'm impressed

I'm in highschool and I play tuba. I found singing and playing easy. It just made since to me. To since to me. Or am I just weird. I was told by an music instructor to watch this and I'm amazed. I love playing tuba however this will be the last year I'll be able to play an instrument. But I'm happy to have played as long as I did. The tuba is a awesome instrument.

I can not express how much I like your technique, sound, and performance. Simply Great!

I WAS THERE HE IS A GOD AMONG MEN

Thanks so much for sharing this! As a composer its so invaluable to have instrumentalists show us what can actually be done with the instrument. The two note chords totally blew me away and the microtone two tone waverings were awesome.

Song starts at 2:52

Mr. Baadsvik, you are a true inspiration to all us tuba players. One we all could wish to aspire to. Like many others have stated, you are a true virtuoso of the Tuba. Keep inspiring the masses.

Sir, I saw you do this in Tyler, Texas somewhere around 2008-2009. Immediately copied it, to the point I did it compulsively at a pep rally and almost got kicked out of my high school band. And I couldn't love you more for it. Thank you for influencing tuba players all over the world

I saw this live last night and I just wanted it to never stop.

Tuba is my favourite percussion instrument

Brilliant!, would never have thought of listening to the tuba. That's got to got along way, bloody amazing. I take my hat off to that guy.

Music is magical and this musician proves it.

From a fellow Tuba player... That was awesome. I applaud your virtuosity.

Just… bombastic! I've never thought a tuba could make such sounds!

Fnugg is such an inspiration to me and my tuba playing

I met this guy today! He's a great guy and an AWESOME tuba player.

WOW! I have been playing tuba for a long time, this is amazing!

You rock Mr. Baadsvik! :-)

才能余りすぎ！

Må bare si at jeg er et stort fan av deg, og det du gjør med tubaen! helt sykt morsomt! :)

Sadly, the videos don't do justice to the live versions...but, yeah. Thanks for the great show today, Oystein!

Great Tuba playing!

Thank you for allowing us to embed. This is the featured video in my blog today, entitled, "Be the Best". -- Alan

The tuba Lord and Savior back at it again!!

I fucking loved playing this piece.

i do this sorta voice thing (humming, barking, singing) on my didgeridoo but it has only one key. he creates more sound too. this is inspiring :)

sounds like a super jazzy trombone but way lower. bro takes the definition of tuba to a whole other level.

ur a bloody legend mate. I hail you!

that concert was amasing

Thanks twosetters for unearthing this masterpiece for more ppl to enjoy

i want to take lessons from his teacher!

I am so going to order the solo. For a month or so, I've been practicing my multiphonics after I heard this. This freaking unbelievable. I'm actually pretty decent now. I can sing up to an octave above the note that I'm playing, but I can't do too much below the note I'm playing, I hope the piece doesn't have any singing below the note... if it does, oh well. A fun challenge.

Brilliant! Simply brilliant! :D

I saw this performed today... the bloke who did it was amazing and basically did the routine beforehand! xD He played it as an encore for playing the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto :') It was amazing and I now wanna play the Tuba.

You are amazing!

Omg that's amazing

Awesome!

OWNED!!

And this was 13 years ago, he is probably even more masterful today

Una sola parola per definirlo : Geniale!!!

Incredible!!!

it pretty fun to play a little simple groove, really get going, then suddenly make strange noises in a flasetto voice. it sounds hilarious, and if you do it right will cause most people in a room crack up.

fun to listen and watch.

@ Lediur - It's the Moore's School of Music at the University of Houston

Excellent

yes...my jaw was on the floor after that BBC Young Musician

AMAZING FAM

THIS GUYS A STRAIGHT BEAST

Amazing!! Super-Smashing-Great!!

this is insane!!! AWESOME!!! this guy is really grat!!!!

I played didgeridoo for a while then picked up tuba so these techniques just came naturally it is really fun to do once you get the hang of it.

I just heared this piece at a small concert in a cloister (o.O) where I sang, too. I'm sure a great part of the audience (about 60-80 years of age) expected pious church songs (like the one I had to contribute -.- ) and was a little bemused :-P. But especially some of the other young musicians, like me, were quite amazed, very courageous to play a piece like that there... But it rocked! :-)

I need to meet this man

awsome... i Love it!!

@943kline Its more like humming then anything else and it helps to sing the note that you're playing at first and then try to slowly raise you sung pitch, it'll battle the note your playing but eventually you'll get the fourth or fifth above that note and it's really easy to get then.

awesome

holy holy ravioli this is mindblowing

no that was amazing

You Inspire Me!!!

Классно! Большое спасибо... 👍

I’m gonna have a concert with him today!❤️

Thanks to this song i think ive had my first eargasm :)

very very nice!!!!!!. good job

The singing and playing at the same time is called Multi-Phonics, Its very hard to explain on how to do it, it literally is just singing and playing, you will have to try it. While your playing, try singing the letter O into the tuba. The part where it sounds like hes a percussion tuba, pretend like ur spitting seeds into the tuba and thats the basics.

The guy who envented tuba beatboxing

Please could anyone tell me if its possible to see this live anywhere? In from Sweden and i really love this Song, and my Big secret passion is infact brass music especially saxophone and tuba so this would be a wet Dream come true for Me :) I think i have listened to this Rune over 100 times and i never get tired of it. Baadsvik does really good job and gas a very big talen. Skål før norge 3

when you`re badass in 240p, I can only imagine how it would be like in 1080p oO

Ok, this guy is a bad ass!

i play as well, i need to find out how to sing and play, i'm so jealous of his talents!

all i got....epic win right here

i need to practice more on tuba god damnit XD

Hey everyone! If you are in the Sacramento area, May 15 and 16th Mr. Baadsvik will be performing at CSU Sacramento in the Down in the Valley Tuba Euphonium Festival. Check it out at the Down in the Valley Facebook page!

@943kline for a while, just try buzzing and humming at the same time, then when you have gotten really good at that, go ahead and add your instrument, keep in mind that this won't work too well with woodwinds. Also, you will find it really easy to hum 3rds and 5ths. Then it is just practice.

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teh awesome