This is the first BASS solo I ever wrote (is it any good?) 

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This is the official comment for voting "Yes" to Charles' question in the title.

And people say bass can’t be lead Instruments. That was melodic and bright

You will go down in history as the Bach of Bass.

As a Finn, I would like to see more heat.

So fucking proud of you, my dude. It's been amazing watching your transformation from "that one bass guy on fiverr" to the vanguard of bass content on YT. You've really come into your own as a presenter, performer, and personality. Enjoy your success, you've earned every bit of it.

Transcendence!

It is charming, haunting and brings hope at the same time ❤

It's so close to Swedish folklore... and I'm Swedish... so this is approved 😊

You and Bernth should definitely come to the U.S.

I discovered you in 2019 and instantly went onto spotify to look for you, this was one of the first compositions ever i heard from you, and in a way the spark that inspired to pick up bass. Thank you, Jim, Grant and Davie for showing the path of the journey of bass!

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I have played Bass Guitar for 50 years. You are the Best I have ever seen/heard. Wow

Absolutely beautiful, my friend. I’m impressed as always.

Warm heavenly Sound melting my ear😇 i'm gonna cry

Really expressive and melodic, it's crazy impressive that this was your first composed solo! Yes Charles, it was good. Incredibly good. Keep it up!

So melodious Charles ! Continue doing it !

congrats charles, its insane, thx for playing bass for us

Okay, that bass solo was amazing, but that ad slot was absolute FIRE!

It's a beautiful piece. The multiple movements really took me on a journey. Love it.

This is so good, thanks for playing a solo on the bass for all of us

it's amazing as usual!!!

Excellent stuff!!!

you amaze us everyday with your amazing talent never stop keep brining us these videos

So damn great Charles! You keep making them, I'll keep watching them.

Beautiful and amazing, thank you the best bass player in the world..

Sounds good ❤

You are amazing!

That was amazing, a real Blackmore’s Night feel. You need to be doing more composing, if this is your first imagine what the future holds.

You bring it life ❤

You have some really nice key changes in there. I thoroughly enjoyed it :D

Mesmerizing. Your hard work shows.

Beautiful piece. It has a soothing classical guitar feel to it.

That song you wrote was genius level and I am especially blown away by your super cool commercial. Loved it! Double Bravo!

Charles, never heard you play anything that wasn't amazing. Another beautiful solo!!

It is super! Keep up Charles!

This is exquisite! I love you beyond measure ❤❤❤You amaze me!

Bravissimo, Charles!

Love this bro❤️

Nice one, what is good right now, Cheers Charles. 🍺 beautiful music, power to your bass💜

sounds awesome!

"Is it any good?", dude, that was way better than anything I've played on my six-string short-scale piccolo bass, that was awesome. If you shared it on Spotify, I would gladly listen to it. By the way you are an amazing bass player, one of the best I've heard for sure.

Awesome!!

Love the ending

Excellent enjoyed it !

Yes, it is! Very soothing.

Love the solo. I just got my schecter CB-4 this week, and absolutely love the playability and tone of it. Hoping to start using it live soon.

Ik you've become famous on here for your over the top slap bass fuckery and it's not that i don't have a lot of fun with those videos but this is what i'm really here for, straight up beautiful shit. i wonder how this would sound on a piccolo bass

For a good minute to 70-ish seconds at the beginning, it had the kind of feel for a song that you'd hear in the back of a really chill and laid-back city building simulator. Like, I could totally imagine that first minute or so playing in the background of _SimCity 3000_ or something to that effect. And the part from 1:42 onward felt less like a part of the original song, and more like a reprise with the key change and the accelerated overall tempo, but I still really liked it... ...it's the thirty-ish seconds _in between_ those two parts that I was left the most... not disappointed, just... _less enthused by._ When you started with the quicker strings of taps at, for example, 1:14... it feels like you were trying to hop genres entirely to more of a free-form jazz than any sort of structure, and it's reflected in how the tempo seems to change for a few seconds afterward before normalizing again. And then the chord progression from 1:31-:41 _(clip below*)_ is just... the only word I can really use is "discordant". I don't think it fits with the rest of the song's personality, if that makes any sense-like if a pianist were playing Mozart, and then suddenly his cat stepped on a few of the keys. It feels so out of place, I can't help but wonder if it was an honest mistake _(which I know you're too good a player for)_ or an intentionally strange decision. Besides those middle thirty seconds, I would gladly listen to this almost as much as I've listened to your "heavenly bow-on-bass" snippet from a good while back, which is still my favorite piece from you... and I really hope beyond hope that you one day flesh that into a full single in the same vein as this, maybe even making them into their own album of some kind to purchase and enjoy. But then again, you have more combined cultivated skill and talent in one pinky than I do in both of my arms. Keep being amazing, Charles. * Clip here: ru-vid.comUgkxkfIQEJA4xPpDogbPife0mQF3k65v5UyI?si=SX9eZjcclqoL-nzD

It is very calming and relaxing. I enjoyed it 🙂 but i personally miss the videos where you would experiment in different basses to create a song and would really love to see them again.

it is noticable that you were classicly trained. for a first solo this simply extraordinary

He really is in a WOOD SHED ! 😂 Great Bass and TONE ! If things don't go well - they turn the heat on and throw water on the elements ! THAT will get you STEAMED like a lobster ! 😂

I think everything you play is amazing, I have a new appreciation for the bass...

Amazing and beatifull song... Congrats

It is a very pleasant sounding piece of music. It is something that would make the listener think and reflect.

The bass sounds very beautiful when tapping, The commercial at the end was also epic xd

It's pretty awesome! Very folksy, very soothing and emotional

That was absolutely beautiful

Those first notes hit deep. That has to be my favorite song from the New Age of Solo Bass album.

A very melodic, harmonic and relax solo 👏my congratulations 👏👌❤️

You should try selling services for that ad read, it was smooth! Love the mellow solo A+ as awlays

Very medieval influence , your classical knowledge and references you have shown over the years is a big influence to this piece. That being said it would classify this as easy listening …. From following you for a couple of years now, you’ve played some amazing little snippets from time to time that what i consider worldly. That’s what keeps me intrigued and a true listener. Thanks for your time

Release this! This is sort of like concerto for bass guitar. If other string instruments have concertos, why wouldn't be bass guitar be part of it? This actually created new movement for my day too. Exaaactly what I needed.

You are exceptionally good Charles! I would love to write with you, your arrangement and composition skills are right up there with your skilled talent 👌💛😊

Bravo majstore!!!

This is beautiful! Sort of folky classical. Love it!

Smooth brother, nice

Very melodic... Your musical sense is very nice...

Fantastic!

In a world of streaming services, I’d go out of my way to pay for a recording of performances like this. You have exceptional talent and I hope you enjoy a storied career as an artist who happens to play the bass. Inordinately well, I might add. Keep it up and make yourself accessible to those folks who enjoy music written for the bass.

Is "Aight" .. 💯 🔥

Beautiful

I think it is interesting you ask if the first full song on the bass was any good. In my personal opinion you are a music prodigy. That was GREAT!

Beautiful ❤

For a first bass solo, this is ABSOLUTE FIREEEEEEE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Oh yeah! Very very good, you and your bass guitar 🎸😉

Of course it's good. Its VERY good indeed! Its beautiful.

This sounds nostalgic for some reason. Like a magical adventure video game that holds a big place in my heart.

It's absolutely 🔥

Absolutely yes ❤️

This video is fire!

How cool to record in your sauna...love it

Sounds almost Spanish-classical. Beautiful ❤

Awesome!

You should get Hozier to write lyrics to go along with this - it would be an instant hit with me! That being said, this is one of the most inovative things I've seen in a while! I can't quite describe what, but this is so special!

Positively magical ❤

Beautiful Charles! I like it better than a lot of your more ‘complicated’ pieces…

Yes i like it a lot, keep up the good work

It's a lovely bass piece

Awesome ❤

Genius!

Love it Charles.. It has a similar atmosphere to Victor Wooten's "The Vision" in my opinion. Beautiful!

Any good??? Silly boy! It's absolutely fabulous!!! So soothing! And yet so upbeat! WOW. Yeah it's good 😁

Amazing.

Deep and powerful❤❤

Lots of interesting ideas ...practise makes perfect.

Love from India charles

Sounds like a Christmas carol - Yualtide felicitations, Charles.

Yes absolutely Good Charles.

Brilliant.