Flight of the Bumblebee - Adrian Calef

[CLASSICDUH]

Awesome !!! I'm going to see in a few years if I could play that :D

[CoombesNigel]

This is great Adrian.........Very pleased to have you in the job buddy.

[adsertheblade]

Thanks, glad to be here

[mrgerardrules]

I did it in 40 seconds

[adsertheblade]

lets see

[nathan87]

It's totally possible to play this piece at that speed on the cello. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be real. Good job!

[rmcdaniel423]

Anyone who cries "fake", obviously has no experience with a cello (either as a player or audience member). Thus, they have no credibility to their ridiculous rants.

Accept it people. There really are talented people in our world.

[sebastianrc]

It's obviously not fake and you're great playing it

[Shrimpfriedricegirl]

awesome! this is really cool. how long have you been playing cello?

[adsertheblade]

Hia. Thanks for the comment. Must have been playing about 13 years when I made the video. Time flies...

[makuletboy]

This was really good.....go tell the Yu Brothers that their version SUCKED.

THUMBS UP MAN!!!!!

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

thats funny

you should have waited till it wasnt windy to hold up the clock though

lol they think its real

[adsertheblade]

lol u think its not

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

no i thought it was fake at first but i looked at minor details but i beleive u now

its very windy on the left & not the slightest rustle on the right side so i thought u filmed em seperately & sped the right side up, u know wut i mean

but looking closer i see ur pant leg blow at normal speed at the same time as the tree, & the clock breifly passes in front of u at 1 point. plus ur movements arent very jumpy

the way the clock is held makes the vid seem fake tho. its very disillusioning

[adsertheblade]

glad u approve

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

lol you smartass

[adsertheblade]

cmon wot do u expect.half the ppl seem to try and figure out how i faked it rather than just listen and either enjoy it or not.i was hoping the clock would help but it seems to cause even more problems...

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

yeah but dont you find it annoying when people make clearly fake videos and desperately try to deffend it as real. i like trying to pick apart whether theyre real or not and then yelling ratial epithets at them if its fake.

but yeah the way the clock is being held is really fake looking, like what i did with windows media player when i was little.

you should redo the vid and obnoxiously duct-tape the clock to the bass

[monpuomonpuomonpuo]

I like a lot your posture , it`s so relaxed...

congratulations !!

[Basinber]

miau miau.

Buenísimo,

[cello155]

Great work.Wish you all the best.Kerem Aykal.Bilkent Symphony Orchestra.

[adsertheblade]

thanks,appreciate the nice comment

[drortech]

you are really good! wow but i think it will be even more pretty with piano...:-)

[UncleJesse1]

I'm surprised you don't have more views. Your version is much better that most of the others. Maybe it's your title?

[adsertheblade]

hmm,il try changing the title,maybe it will get more wiews.thanx for the comment

[adsertheblade]

thanks for ur informed comments and useful suggestions.allow me to return a few.

first,please dont bother leaving me any more comments.your stupidity annoys me.

second,tell ur son 2go back 2school,he dosent know wot hes talkin about.

third,dont worry bout my cello,it still sounds great.its got me work with the top uk orchestras.heard of the BBC?

fourth,i have a humidifier,use ur eyes

fifth,use ur eyes,there isnt a single note out of sync,cud this be live?

sixth,practice,then u can play 2

[adsertheblade]

oh and one more thing.u did say u like the recording.if ur one of those failed musicians that had to go and work in a shop coz no one wanted to give them a living from their performances,that's fine.don't sit there and make up mad rubbish to make urself feel better.enjoy the damn recording go practice.if u can already play it,then put ur money wer ur mouthis,but dont bother tellin me bout it,im not interested.dont bother leaving any more comments,go do some practice instead

[PGRANDIER]

yeah brilliant, and the shaking clock adds a very surreal atomosphere to yor video, it looks like a living dali painting.

[PGRANDIER]

that`s really really good i like the video as part of a movie scene by Tarkovsky

[adsertheblade]

thanx bro

[polishcellist09]

Just wondering... did you learn from the sheet music? If so, which edition? There's a passage in a different register than I thought it was in, and I'm wondering if different editors did different things with it!

Your fluidity of motion is inspiring. I've been getting flack for my tension.

[adsertheblade]

hia.thanks for the nice comment.i did learn it from sheet music,though it was a long time ago and i really cant remember what edition it was.its a simple piece to memorise so ive never needed the sheet music again.there is a version in which the bit a 50 secs is played up and octave but my edition did not have that.if i remember correctly,you just play the repeat up and octave and start the last scale on the same E that i did.that's the only difference really

[adsertheblade]

oh ye and as far as the tension thing goes,theres only one thing you can do:dont do it.the only advice i can give is to make sure you are holding the cello in the best possible position and make sure ur arms are never suspended or in an unnatural position.its something you always need to think about.there is no easy solution.hope this helps

[kiashisirius13]

That was crazy man! Any tips on how I can play my cello that fast? I've been having problems with my speed lately...

[adsertheblade]

hey,thanks for the comment.well slow practice seems to be the way forward.then once you get it as perfect as you can go slowly faster.the metronome is youre friend.its not the most interesting thing to practice but patience is you're virtue.good luck

[neothae]

its interesting how the guy and the clock are focused in the lens, even if the clock is so close and the guy is far from the camera

[mishadelarge]

looks really hard 0:

good job!

[Wuzzles2]

Sounds like a bumblebee. . .

[adsertheblade]

thanks,that's wot i was gon for

[gerithebiker]

I can't say this is the best bumblebee, but definitely the most beee version. I mean this sounds most like a bee :-)

[kakylithium]

WOWOW

[1GirlWith1Mission]

omg!!

something like that NEEDS backround music

you´re crazyy!

(hey in a good way. really i wish i could play my cello like that)

[robblauer]

Awesome.

[recepaga]

moskitoooo :) lol

[1stChairCelloPlaya]

COOL

[simondmacf]

ha! anyone can see the video was sped up (and the clock was slowed down to make it look real). way to go, tricksters! ;)

[adsertheblade]

haha,i think its easier and quicker to jst learn it rather than slow it down and speed it up all at d same time.wel i think so anyways

[DanyNMacF]

Hi Adi

there you go - your first step to fame and I helped you walk it. (j.k.)

Thanks for doing it - 'twas fun, and it's cool to watch.

Dannyboy