Just when you think it can't get any worse.
World record holder for the world's fastest violinist!
Well, hello guys.
Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
So uh...
One day I was just browsing, you know...
Browsing on YouTube...
And then...
Alas!
The title "The World's Fastest Violinist"
somehow popped up again,
- in my recommendation. - It's not a phrase that you want to see.
- Yeah. - "The world's fastest violinist.
So there's this guy called Vov Dylan,
and he's on an Australian TV show.
- But, let's just watch. - Let's just-
By the way,
note the like and dislike bar before we even begin.
- Yeah. - But let's just watch, shall we?
Well, musical geniuses are born, not created, and Vio-
WHAT!?
Eddy: What?!
Musical geniuses are born, not created.
Excuse me?
What about all the practice?
Are you a mother or father that spent
a lot of your precious, hard-earned money
for your child's musical education?
Well, that was waste of money
Because musical geniuses are
born, not created
Yes, all musical university education is a waste.
- You have to birth it. - So you just have- So make more babies.
Birth it!
Up your chances.
Calm down, guys.
Anyway, four seconds in.
And violinist Vov Dylan is no exception.
Born into a musical family,
Vov picked up the violin as a toddler,
and since then he has become the world record holder
for the world's fastest violinist!
Amazing!
A M A Z I N G !
- Hahahaha! - I knew you were gonna say that!
You're here trying to beat that record today, Vov.
I am indeed, yes!
*audience cheers*
- Hey! - Amazing!
Host: Now, first of all,
before we get into the challenge,
I want to talk to you about your incredible
violining skills, violinist skills.
You were pretty much a baby
when you picked up the violin?
Yes, as my mum likes to say,
it was a very difficult birth.
I came out fully formed with violin and bow in hand!
It is!
HahAhAHAhAha!
That laugh...
HAhAha! hAhAHa!
- Good one! - Oh, what an Aussie joke!
Good one!
- Sounds like... - Alright, we haven't heard him play, we don't know yet.
We're just-
We gotta hold ourselves back!
I was first recognized at age 21 months
with my first newspaper article playing the violin,
and it's stayed that way ever since.
Wait,
how old is 21 months?
2... 1 year and
7 months.
You're not meant to be playing the violin that young.
- It's- - You're supposed to just get in touch with Mother Earth,
- and your mother and father, and just family, and just... - Yeah.
I'd say 3 is the earliest you should start learning violin?
Yeah...
But anyway! Did he just say-
21 months, like...
- The article hasn't changed. - He hasn't changed since then.
So your playing hasn't changed since 21 months?
Man, he must be a genius.
Is that what he's saying?
- I think that is! - Yeah yeah, so-
Oh my...
It hasn't changed. He was born a genius,
and it's stayed that way since then.
Ohh...
The level of arrogance with this guy is just-
I can already tell with the dislike bar
this guy's gonna sound bad, but...
Even if today this guy sounded like David Oistrakh...
If...
a great violinist was to say...
"I was born a genius,"
"and I played like this since I was 21 months old."
It's like who do you think you are?
Why would you do that?
That's just so mean to everyone else.
And, your violin is actually being developed
with the help of NASA?"
Well,
Wait, what?
NASA?!
I think NASA is a...
Isn't that like a space company?
No, let's listen. How is it NASA? What-
In a way, the...
the violin's made by a chap called Scott Cao,
who lives in America, and what-
You know the old saying of
- old violins sounding better than new violins. - Yes.
Old violins don't necessarily sound better than new violins.
What they've done is
they've put these electrodes with a chap from NASA and
Vov: made the violin wood settle down.
Vov: So it sounds a lot older than what it actually is.
Host: Wow...
What a great resear-
They put these electrodes with a chap from NASA.
Doesn't even say who.
He was just on his off-work, probably like got fired.
Scientists out there, please comment.
We're not scientists.
Can you insert a NASA chip into wood
that sends electrodes to age the wood?
Because if it was possible,
I think all our soloist friends
or all the musicians that we work with
would have known about this.
Yep.
It sounds like a really bad, like,
- superheroes plot story-like setting... - I know.
- Just a chip like, I became Spider Man or something. - So if you guys are gonna do this,
at least put some CGI effects in there.
Yeah.
Like,
distract me from the fact that you just said that like-
I know right!
Anyway, let's keep going!
- No, no, no, I have to say something. - Okay.
I wanted to-
And you have a brand new tour coming up as well?
Yes, I do.
It's called "Beyond the Danube" where I am...
where it's in the style of an Andre Rieu style show,
playing all the popular classics from Blue Danube,
but then we take a complete divergent tour from there
where we go into Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody,
Vov: Michael Jackson, Smooth Criminal- Host: Ah, cool...
Vov: So we get everyone singing along
and dancing along and having a great time.
Host: So, modernizing. Modernizing- Vov: Absolutely!
What?
Excuse me?
That's not called modernizing.
Playing the Blue Danube
and then playing Queen is not modernizing.
You're just playing pieces on a violin from different periods.
You're just trying to be Andre Rieu except you're not.
Um, you're gonna play Flight of the Bumblebee for us-
*groans*
OF COURSE!
Should've known!
- I should've guessed that. - Of course!
Flight of the Bumblebee!
What other piece is the world is there? Like
thousands of repertoires in the violin-
Ah, Flight of the Bumblebee.
The one f**king
- piece that just determines a violinist's worth. - Why does everyone decide
to play Flight of the Bumblebee?
Is it because like... I don't know.
Non-musicians watching this,
is Flight of the Bumblebee something...
that you just hear and you go...
"Woah!!"
Because it's not.
Wow!
There's a lot more impressive pieces
that we can all encourage you guys to listen to.
- Yes. - I mean...
Check out Paganini.
Check out Ysaÿe.
Anyway...
Can you give us a bit of an insight as to
what it sounds like at normal speed?
Right, so the normal tempo is where...
the average vio-
the average "good" violinist takes-
- He's saying he's better than good! - Yeah, more like he's good
- He's better, much better than good. - Yeah.
It sounds a bit like this.
We're going...
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
I think he's playing some wrong notes.
- Okay, look here. - I'm gonna show what's up.
First of all,
to demonstrate in the normal tempo,
he picks not...
He doesn't go...
Like the chromatic bits.
- The difficult part. - He literally picks the easiest part.
And he still messes this up!
What he did...
It's...
2, 1, 2, 1. He goes 2, 2, 1, 1.
He literally does it at half the speed.
So he can't even play it-
- how the "average good" violinists play. - As a "good" violinist.
And you can go even faster than that!
- In fact your record is 38.1 seconds. - Mhm!
38.1?!
It's not even under 1 minute.
It's 38 seconds!
What?!
This is a disaster. I can see it coming.
What?
Dude, I can- Its' like...
It's like seeing a meteor strike from...
from another galaxy.
"Ah, it's coming!"
which actually means you do about 22 notes per second?
Yes.
- Yes, my wife likes to say - Wow.
she's married to the fastest fingers in the world.
Does your wife also say you finish in 38 seconds?
OoOooOHhHhhHHh!!!!!!!
I thought-
- I knew it was coming. - Yeah!
I thought that was right to the good point.
I was like "Bam! Right on!" Okay.
Host: Alright... Brett: She's like...
- HahAhAHahA... - Alrighty...
- Alright, are you ready to try and break the new record?" - Absolutely!
Okay, cool.
Alright, we will start the clock in our minds.
Vov: In our mind? Brett: What do you mean "in our minds?" So-
How-
This is so official now!
- The new Guiness World Record is just... - It's all in our minds.
Just measuring in our minds.
Yeah, man.
3, 2, 1, take it away!
Eddy: WH-
*sighs*
Host: Amazing!
It's such a joke.
Bro, do you see the way he looks at the bee?
Brett: I know, he...
Eddy: Okay. Look,
This is even worse than Ben Lee.
Like,
Ben Lee missed notes by glissing.
But at least the direction of the notes
was vaguely resembles the music.
This guy, on the other hand,
It just doesn't resemble the music...
He's just moving the fingers like FrRlrBrrLr.
Yeah!
And not saying what Ben Lee did was like, good,
but this guy is just like-
Hitting zero note.
Hitting zero-
Bee: Bzzz!!
Bzz!
Dude, the worker just hates his life.
- Did you see his face? - He's like "HELP ME!"
He wasn't happy, he was like "HELP!"
Why are they doing it, too? Do they think like...
- To distract us- - TV audiences are so...
unintelligent that the bee will, like...
- That's almost insulting! - I know.
I'm pretty sure most people can hear this.
I mean, if you can't, then...
We're glad we can-
We are here to educate you, but...
But look at the dislike bar, people know.
I know.
Oh, man...
He just made up the notes...
Was that your NASA chip, bro?
Yeah.
Dude, I can hear the electrolytes like
zinging through the pizzicatos.
The electrolyte's really doing its job.
A M A Z I N G !!
Ends on a major chord.
It's meant to be A minor!
And what is that ending? That's not even in the music!
Is this what he means by modernizing music?
- Coz that just- - It makes sense now.
- That's what modernizing is. - Of course!
- Modernizing! - Take us back to the past now!
I apologize on behalf of the 7 billion population citizens
of the world right now.
To all the composers out there,
we are very sorry.
Boom!
Host: Do we know how fast he got?
How do we know?
Normally, there's a timer somewhere.
"Normally, there's a timer somewhere."
So official.
There we go. What do we-
What was that?
44 seconds.
44 seconds!
Aww...
How many notes was that?
That'll be about, uh...
- That'll be, probably be about 21, 20... - Oh, a bit sluggish.
That'll be about, uh...
Yes, he totally did the math calculations on the spot.
Have a look, this is what you look like in slow motion.
Uh oh, this is dangerous.
This is dangerous! Yeah, that's right! - Yeah,
- it will be dangerous! - Coz you know, in slow-mo,
everyone knows you're missing stuff.
Host: playing Flight of the Bumblebee.
Vov: Look at those jowls go!
Host: Look at jowl!
I don't know why the audience laughed
coz that was not even funny.
You know, he was right in one thing, though...
He does sound like a 21-month-year-old on the violin.
That hasn't changed.
That hasn't changed!
You know, maybe this is just a...
- publicity stunt. - Yeah.
In which case...
I kinda feel bad that we're even reacting to this
coz we're giving it publicity.
But maybe he can play. Let's look for something else.
Yeah, maybe he can play. Maybe this is just PR stunt.
I think he can play, you know?
Yeah, maybe he can play...
- His bow just stopped moving! - It stopped, it stopped.
Wow!
Announcer: In a new world record...
Announcer: I can't believe this!
They actually believe it?
Announcer: I don't believe this.
38.4.
- Who's cheering for him? Who's cheering for him?? - Look at this guy, he-
He's totally like...
"Yeah. He did it."
Just, I don't know who-
What type of audience is this?
Why are you...
You're not supposed to...
"Just to suffer..."
- Can I just say this just makes me genuinely sad... - I know.
- that people- - I feel sorry for this guy, you know, like
I think he's... actually just...
doesn't know.
You're not...
born a genius.
You gotta practice, okay?
Practice makes you a better musician.
And that's how it should be, coz it's more fair.
You actually earn it through hard work. You're not...
- "born." - Yeah.
Anyway,
So bad.
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