Will Smith the Classically Funky Street Cellist

[UNSCDefenseForces]

he aint black, he needs to change his name

[tarverDelight]

so much A string.

[SKAuthenticDank]

God dammit... Little Billy Bullshitter Smith

[celloprof]

Your second performance was better than the first. You need to work on your Bach, ;-^)

[Jaguwarps]

Loving this!



[vandis007]

That's a shame. Please, don't play more Bach in this 'unique' way...

[jbobay2339aol]

very nice bro diggin ur style

[grigorijoe]

slow it down, slow it down, slow it down, for all you slow niggas

[danielcello23]

Man...You should practise more! Good luck

[tortfootball35]

the bach sarabande for the first suite needs to be sooo much slower.

and the octave jump from open D to the D on the C string at the end of the first half of the piece is out of tune. but pretty good besides a few intonation errors.

[twirlyboggs]

human spirit out the yin yang

[notionpollution]

It's unusual to see a cellist play such tight funk/blues riffs. He's like a really good funk bassist. Rhythm is everything. nice work.

[JustinBlottin]

HOLY COW! Theres something I cant do with my cello. Jazz it up man!

[JustinBlottin]

NO! I thought this was the other Will Smith.

[RRsuchtdenSupeRRstar]

@JustinBlottin me too, my dear...me too...

[unblackcellofreak777]

Kinda what I do. I just sit around on the street and play. Except I play metal. Great to see that there are other cellists besides me who play other stuff besides classical music.

[iamjurell]

wow, from that first sarabande i thought the guy was gonna be terrible, then he blew me away with that rhythmic piece of awesome! well done sir!

[TripFilms]

At least he is doing his own thing.

[Makaan1990]

OMG,,,, BullShit

[RadiusX7]

look at the tendons popping out of his bow arm. He's going to hurt himself. And i think he's gripping the bow like a fork?!

[BennzyT]

Actually how you hold you bow can give you a different sound. Sometimes I have to change a grip so I can have a better control. If your grip is lose you might end up with legato.

[madmiguelh2o]

@RadiusX7 if you saw me play youd talk a lot more shit than that. the cool thing about not playing classical music is you play however the fuck you want. noone ever says that Bo Diddley's picking hand is to rigid or that Jimmi Hendrix needed to work on his bar chords.

[iamjurell]

@madmiguelh2o no, the thing is with the cello, is that bad position isn't just bad for technique, you literally can damage yourself. When playing you should be totally relaxed, tension causes damage. It's all about control.

[yaboolagins]

@madmiguelh2o , they never told them to correct their techniqes because they were masters at their instruments. This guy isn't, not that he isn't good, just that there is always room for improvement.

[jrcello307]

wow basinber was right Que horror! este video esta horrible!! and the this guy needs to seriously work on his tempo!!

[Basinber]

qué horror!

[tarvertime]

omggg i just played this for the dean of converse! you sound really good.. especially at the end:)

[lexgregg]

That is a Very beatiful sounding cello

I just love how full this one sounds

Ive looked all over and never heard one as full and ambient as this one. well one, but it was 3 million dollars :P

[profjaykay]

this guy is great

i wish i could find more about his original pieces

and great performance on the bachs cello suite

there was a few small tonal errors but that doesnt really matter

he was practicing anyways

anyways thanks for filming this i agree with you street performers are amazing