Davie504 Explained

Davie504
Birth Name:Davide Biale
Birth Date:5 April 1994
Birth Place:Savona, Italy
Channel Name:Davie504
Years Active:2011-present
Subscribers:13.4 million
Views:2.98 billion
Silver Button:yes
Silver Year:2014
Gold Button:yes
Gold Year:2017
Diamond Button:yes
Diamond Year:2021
Stats Update:3 December 2024

Davide Biale (pronounced as /it/, born 5 April 1994),[1] [2] better known by his online alias Davie504, is an Italian musician and YouTuber. 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 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 Deadmau5 claimed 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]

In February 2023, Biale performed in a music battle against YouTubers TwoSet Violin at The Star Performing Arts Centre in Singapore, continuing an on-screen feud with the duo since 2020. It was his first-ever live performance.[20]

Personal life

Biale grew up in Albisola Superiore of Savona, Italy. The number '504' in his nickname is a reference to his day and month of birth, 5 April. He attended the University of Genoa 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.[21]

Biale's wife, who is also a bassist, is indigenous Taiwanese.[22] They met after she viewed Biale’s content online and connected with him. They got married in October 2022.[23] He lived in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic before relocating to Italy in 2022.[24] [25]

In a 2013 Q&A video, Biale cited Flea, Gene Simmons, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten as some of his favorite bass players.[26]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Notes and References

  1. Biale, Davide. 19 July 2021. Davie504 vs Davide Biale EPIC Bass Battle. 27 April 2023. YouTube video.
  2. News: Davie504: "Slap bass is still the best for making videos on YouTube, because it's very easy to hear, on any kind of speaker" . 12 September 2021 . Guitar World . 1 September 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: A love letter to Rocksmith, the *real* Guitar Hero. Beedham. Matthew. 13 March 2020. Plugged The Next Web. en-us. 12 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Jovanović . Marko . Davie504 Reveals Why He Started Playing Bass & Why He's Called Davie504 . Ultimate Guitar . 8 April 2021 . en.
  5. News: Pellone . Stefano . Davie504, il bassista italiano tra i nuovi fenomeni di YouTube . 14 May 2020 . MelodicaMente . 16 July 2019 . it-IT.
  6. Web site: A bassist has made an Eminem cover using M&Ms and it's actually pretty exceptional. 3 August 2017. The Irish News. en. 12 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Watch: YouTuber covers Korn songs with corn. Mixdown. 25 July 2018. en. 12 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Kaufman. Spencer. Watch a Korn medley played with a cob of corn and popcorn. 24 July 2018. Consequence. en-US. 12 April 2020.
  9. News: Youtube: Toca una canción de los Red Hot Chili Peppers con un "red hot chili pepper" . AS . 23 May 2017 . es.
  10. Web site: WATCH: A FIVE HOUR STRAIGHT SLAP BASS SOLO. Mixdown. 30 June 2017. en. 12 April 2020.
  11. Web site: Katzowitz. Josh. Deadmau5 said this bassline was 'technically impossible' to play—a YouTuber proved him wrong. 23 February 2018. The Daily Dot. en-US. 12 April 2020.
  12. Web site: Verma. Anurag. This YouTuber Flew Down From Hong Kong to Play PewDiePie's Diss Track Outside T-Series HQ in Noida. 22 January 2019. News18. 12 April 2020.
  13. Web site: This PewDiePie supporter flies down to India to play outside T-Series's office. 23 January 2019. Zee News. en. 12 April 2020.
  14. News: Kennelty . Greg . This 15 String Bass Song Is Pretty Funky, Does Not Djent . 8 April 2021 . Metal Injection . 4 November 2017.
  15. News: Bienstock . Richard . Witness the complete and utter insanity of a 36-string bass solo . 8 April 2021 . Guitar World . 21 October 2019 . en.
  16. News: Astley-Brown . Michael . Is Davie504's Chowny signature model "the best bass ever"? . 14 May 2020 . MusicRadar . 5 September 2017 . en.
  17. Web site: The 20 hottest bassists in the world today. Brooks. Mike. 29 May 2019. MusicRadar. en. live. 12 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190602135559/https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-20-hottest-bassists-in-the-world-today . 2 June 2019 .
  18. Web site: Davie504 built a bass out of his YouTube Gold Play Button. Bienstock. Richard. Guitar World. en. 12 April 2020. 12 November 2019.
  19. Web site: Bass Player 411 is out! . Bass Player . 23 November 2021 . en . 13 July 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. Articles concerning the music battle between TwoSet Violin and Davie504:
  21. Web site: Biale . Davide . I Draw My Life... (Childhood Reveal). YouTube . 2 January 2021.
  22. News: 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 . 14 May 2020 . Liberty Times . 19 April 2020 . zh-Hant-TW.
  23. Web site: Davie504 on Instagram: "We're married " . 2022-10-06 . Instagram . en.
  24. News: Bienstock . Richard . Davie504 just bought every bass he can find and is giving them all away on YouTube . 8 April 2021 . Guitar World . 14 April 2020 . en.
  25. News: 狂買台灣貝斯送粉絲！全球知名YouTuber在台灣報平安 - 國際 . 8 April 2021 . Liberty Times . 11 April 2020 . zh-Hant-TW.
  26. Web site: QnA with Davie! . .

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