Davie504

Davide Biale (born 5 April 1994), known by his online alias Davie504, is an Italian YouTuber and musician. He is best known for playing bass guitar, primarily with a slapping technique, and creating several covers and viral videos.[1]

Davie504
Born
Davide Biale

(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994
Savona, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation
Musical career
GenresFunk
InstrumentsBass guitar
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genre
Subscribers8.9 million
Total views1.3 billion
100,000 subscribers 2014
1,000,000 subscribers 2017
Updated: 29 December 2020

Career

Davide Biale began playing bass guitar in high school after being influenced by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.[2] In 2011, he created a channel named Davie504, and began to upload unconventional cover performances of songs in 2012.[3] Examples of these videos include him using M&M's to cover songs by Eminem,[4] a Korn medley played with actual corn,[5][6] and a Red Hot Chili Peppers medley played with actual chili peppers.[7] 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,[8] and playing a bassline which was claimed by Deadmau5 to be "technically impossible".[9]

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.[10][11]

In 2017, Chowny Bass released the Davie504 signature bass guitar.[12] In May 2019, Biale was listed as number two on MusicRadar's list of "the 20 hottest bassists in the world today".[13] He received his Youtube Gold Play Button later that year, which he turned into a custom bass alongside Amnesia Guitars.[14]

Personal life

Biale has an indigenous Taiwanese girlfriend, who also plays bass.[15]

Discography

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

References
  1. Beedham, Matthew (13 March 2020). "A love letter to Rocksmith, the *real* Guitar Hero". Plugged | The Next Web. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. Biale, Davide. "I Draw My Life... (Childhood Reveal) - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. Pellone, Stefano (16 July 2019). "Davie504, il bassista italiano tra i nuovi fenomeni di YouTube". MelodicaMente (in Italian). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. "Watch: YouTuber covers Korn songs with corn". Mixdown. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. "Watch a Korn medley played with a cob of corn and popcorn". Consequence of Sound. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. "Youtube: Toca una canción de los Red Hot Chili Peppers con un "red hot chili pepper"". AS (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
  8. "WATCH: A FIVE HOUR STRAIGHT SLAP BASS SOLO". Mixdown. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "Deadmau5 said this bassline was 'technically impossible' to play—a YouTuber proved him wrong". The Daily Dot. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. "This YouTuber Flew Down From Hong Kong to Play PewDiePie's Diss Track Outside T-Series HQ in Noida". News18. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. "This PewDiePie supporter flies down to India to play outside T-Series's office". Zee News. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  12. Astley-Brown, Michael (5 September 2017). "Is Davie504's Chowny signature model "the best bass ever"?". MusicRadar. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  13. Brooks, Mike (29 May 2019). "The 20 hottest bassists in the world today". MusicRadar. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. November 2019, Richard Bienstock 12. "Davie504 built a bass out of his YouTube Gold Play Button". guitarworld. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  15. "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". 自由電子報 (in Chinese). 19 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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