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Man can you do a transcription pls❤

I found your videos when I was in secondary school and learning to play the violin. I always loved to listen to your playing. Plus your educational videos were always really clear to understand and super engaging! Since then, I’ve been in medical school … not practising🙈. I was feeling a bit down when I stumbled across your videos again. Your genuine enthusiasm reminded me of what it’s like to be passionate about something. If I had a violin teacher like you I don’t think I would’ve given it up so easily. Welcome back! P.S. if there’s a chance that you could get the instruNOTE app up and working again you’d be doing us rusty folk/music noobs a huge favour!

you should retake this challenge man! i love this video and watched many times over the years hahaha

I am actually on restricted mode..so I don't comment a lot But I did turn it in just to drop some things I want to say and ask 1. I learned humility throughout the years..and I believe that is one really good thing to mention 2. Ideas? One is perhaps you can give recommendations on how people should choose their violin. Yours sounded great, I always wondered..if you could share that one, another is perhaps a video of how you played the Senna and Secret Garden pieces.. ..and perhaps some collaboration with other musicians. It was great seeing you again and good luck in your future prospects.. I'll be back in restricted mode, coz' I don't like commenting a lot anymore😅 If my suggested ideas were taken. I'll be watching them anyway😊

amazing

What ark is this song from?

Happy father’s day! Nice to see you’re still uploading

I got tired by just watching lol

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I discovered your channel through your cover of Never Meant To Belong. I think Bleach is a masterpiece as anime, as a manga, and musically also. Also I think Never Meant To Belong is one of the best songs of all time. And the way you played it was perfect. By the way, do you know that there is a continuation of the Bleach anime? It has the same composer and some great new music...

Welcome back, Ben. I’ve been your fan since about 8 years ago. I’m now 68 years old. Bless you for all your lovely violin pieces.

So cool to see you around after all this time. I watched some of your videos so many times I lost count. Cheers!

I think I found you through "Variations on a Chocobo" within that first year, around the time I stopped playing violin in high school. Now I'm shaking off the rust to play ren faires with my friends, and your videos on posture and vibrato are still helpful all these years later :)

I'm here for the music.

Lol perhaps this will be something I'll let my future kids play to improve their musical skills 😂 Happy Father's Day, Ben!

Says that he's rusty.....uhhu, suuure hahaha Great vid!!

Been subscribed to this channel for like 14 years. Cool to see you're still uploading. Also, clever use of the the reflection in the TV as a hand cam.

Perfect timing, I was listening to Battle on The Big Bridge again yesterday. Nicely done! I didn't even know there's a rhythm game of Final Fantasy. I don't own consoles sadly, but I did find out that the one you played is th3 sequel, and they have one for the 3DS which I still have. Maybe I'll check if someone still has the cartridge online...

THE GOAT IS BACK! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Another good rythm game is Sekiro, you should give it a try 🤠🤠👌👌

Wow. We’re all still here :’)

Hi, Ben!! Welcome back! and wish you great(er) success with your channel! The one thing I have learned over the past 16 years, is to practice really really slow, in order to get something up to speed. I'm not great on any one instrument, but all that I play, that seems to work for me. In answer to your second question, your tutorials are always great. Please keep'em coming: talent with the ability to teach is a good combo. You have it. I loved your Partita In E lesson from way back. Its been a dream of mine to play that and I've never given it a good workout.

I found your channel a couple of years ago, and I loved that you put the scores in the description for people to read along with. This next year, I am going to college for violin in Music Performance, and over the past couple of years I have really progressed with my instrument. I have really learned that progression is a thing that you measure on your own experiences, not how well others do. I also think videos of games and anime will still do great but whatever you end up posting, good luck! Thanks for the years of fun on your channel.

2012 searched man of the world on violin saw your video never meant to belong that was an emotional song

Amazing sound!!

Ben, many of us are beginners. When you go off topic to the subject at hand by playing nursery rhymes or other music that you know correlates with this lesson, many of us then try and figure that out .when we are struggling with the technique of the lesson. It's fun to see your enthusiasm and I'm learning a lot. But beginners need to focus. In my early days of learning, this movie was inspirational. I always wanted to play the gypsy theme and now you've made that possible.

Welcome back Ben!! I'm pretty sure I was a freshman or sophomore in high school when I first discovered your channel as a fellow violinist - well now I'm 29 and working on my PhD after working in education for a while! You inspired me to blend my love of both classical and pop/anime, and in ugrad we created a student-led pop orchestra that grew to 50+ members and performed tons of in-house arrangements of studio ghibli/anime/movie music. I would say over the years I learned to move through life a bit slower, prioritizing the present doing things I love, with people I love, rather than always focusing on work/ambition/success, esp. for the sake of recognition. I would love to see you cover any music you currently like listening to, or throwbacks! I recently learned that people generally rate the music they grew up on, in their teenage years, as their favorite era of music. Maybe some cross-generation mixes between your children's music preferences and some of your own? :) Would also love to just hear you talk about where life has taken you, and hear about the adventures you've had along the way. Anyways - so lovely seeing you again. So much nostalgia.

Found your channel 14 years ago when I first started playing violin as a hobby, a while I don't play much anymore I still come back to some of your videos (Chrono trigger is one of my favorites) just because of how much you made me love hearing the violin being played. Something I've learned over these past years is just to enjoy the journey instead of rushing towards the goal. Sometimes enjoying the journey is the only goal.

Can't explain how happy it made me to see you posting again! I came across your channel a very very long time ago. I had just gotten into bleach and the song "Never Meant to Belong" as well as "Senna" got me interested in learning violin. So of course I went to youtube and came across your version of it and was blown away. Since then I have gotten married and have been blessed with a now 8 month old. I have recently started learning Korean and try to make time for violin (you aren't lying that little ones take up all your time). Glad you are back and can't wait to see your new content!

Hi Ben! Great to see you again after so many years! Been a subscriber since the early days. Your videos and your transcriptions were so good and those really got me on to the violin. Hope you can do more or less the same content! (Anime/classical/pop/christian music). You are really one of the bright spots in UA-cam back then. Hope you can do some videos every now and then at your own leisure since I understand kids and family take priority now. Good luck and see you around!

Hare mi comentario en Español :) cuando comencé a escucharte debo haber tenido entre 18 a 20 años, hoy en día tengo 33 años, tengo mi esposa, aun no tenemos hijos pero ya llegaran algún día, y algo de lo que estoy feliz es que siempre me encanto tu video de la canción "Wind Scene" en cuarteto de cuerdas y siempre quise hacer algo así y hace poco lo realice con música de mi tierra natal, nunca pude dedicarme a estudiar violín como debería ser pero es un instrumento que amo y siempre me acompaña y mucha inspiración musical fue gracias a ti y sublime manera de tocar, es una gran alegría que estés de regreso por aquí!

Found your channel as a high schooler. Never meant to belong was a video I watched many times. I also remember the UA-cam Orchestra you were a part of and was so excited to see you play in it. I'm 33 now with two music degrees (music Ed bachelor and violin performance masters) and direct a thriving high school orchestra program and play as much chamber music as I can on the side. Unfortunately I don't have any ideas for the channel, but I wanted to thank you for being one of my violin inspirations when I was a teenager. Cheers!

Very happy to hear from you. I was 15 years old when I got introduced to your videos in middle school orchestra. moved from violin to bass lol.

Your Kyoudai video is one of my favorites. I returned to it many times. Personally, I earned a doctorate, got married, bought a house, and became a dad! Glad to see you back!

Welcome back. We're all older and greyer after all these years.

Finalllllllllllllly🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hey Ben, as a budding violinist and growing teenager you were so influential to me during my formative years in high school. Even now as I approach my 30s I revisit your videos and so I'm beyond ecstatic to hear everything is in a good place in your life right now and to see you return to UA-cam

welcome back, ben! hope you'll be as big as you were and grow bigger

Nice seeing you again :) I started watching your content in 2011, right when my older brother introduced me to Bleach, I was 16 at the time. I wanted to learn Senna on violin, but I didn't know the technique and fingerplacement. Your videos breaking songs down to more digestable pieces made it so much easier, and has made me learn how to approach new pieces. Since then I've put a pause on my violin journey, and have started singing in a choir, where I've got the oppertunity too meet talented singers. With them I have traveled the world, singing all over in choirfestivals arranged by Interkultur. The music theory and strategy I've learned from you has made this possible, which I want to thank you for. Regarding your channel, and what to do with it, I think the educational material is essential, but maybe it doesn't fit youtube algorythmically. Perhaps approaching it with something viral, too "stay relevant" will give you new subscribers, that you'll be able to teach. Maybe find the newest tiktok song and post a tutorial for it, like "Abra Cadabra". I am excited to see what you'll be posting :)

Wow you're back! I distinctly remember your videos from back in the day in high school around age 16, I've always loved final fantasy music. Now that I'm remembering, I didn't realize how much I listened to music before I picked up the violin at 19. Now I've played for 12 years. Do you remember jtehanonymous and lindsey stirling around that time? For a video idea, would you want to play some fiddle tunes, like some reels or jigs? It was a nice surprise to see your video tonight, and to hear about your life update. And especially stoked you want to make some videos!

Like many others, I discovered your videos when I was a young elementary/middle school violin student. Your videos were immensely inspiring, both because of your talent and the beautiful anime melodies you'd play. I would try to play the songs you'd post myself on my own violin, even if I sucked, even if other students had a private tutor and I didn't--you kept me going and ignited my love for violin. So: I wanna say thank you so much for all you've done! You've clearly affected and touched a lot of people's lives. I still rewatch so many of those old videos of yours and I go straight back to a happy time in my life. I'm now a medical student and I still think of your videos anytime I want to revisit the violin :) As for the questions you've posed in the caption: I'd love to see you continue to make tutorials and play anime or video game music, but it'd also be great to see you play your own pieces, make covers, or other stuff like that. I think I'd even love to have more videos like this of you just talking, sharing your experience with the violin, what it's meant to you, your thoughts or things you've learned along the way in life. Thank you!

you're so real for this im so ready

Thank you Ben 🤟🏽

Ben, my husband Dennnis and I were your downstairs neighbors in Orem, 2007. You have been my favorite violinist ever since. What a gift! Still kick myself for missing Jon's and your concert at the Assembly Hall. I hope he has kept his gift polished as well. My best to you both. Terry

I was here in that time (bleach video). I did a year of violin and stopped. Trying to come back in 24/25. It's great to see you again!

We missed you man, UA-cam kept recommening me your past videos, i always wondered if you were fine, glad to see you again! There are many new songs from many games and animes, im sure people would love to see you playing them (Stellar Blade... :p) Saludos desde España! :)

Holy cow, i cant believe its been so long! I found your channel at the VERY beginning.

Bens back 🎉

What I learned….despite it all, I do have worth.

I discovered your channel 12+ years ago, around the time I was first picking up the violin. I fell in love with all of your covers. I was ecstatic that you had the sheet music available for download on your website, as it gave me something I was excited to learn and attempt to recreate myself. I probably still have some of the music I printed off in a folder somewhere. Sometime in late high school, I ended up dropping the violin and put more time pursuing learning about computers, programming, and game development, then graduated from college with a BS in computer science (and almost with a minor in Japanese). Now I'm almost 5 years into my professional dev career and loving it. Now that my early adult life is calming down, I've been thinking of picking up my violin again. Though I wasn't playing at the time, your Song of Skyrim solo stuck out to me the most and I've wanted to make learning that a goal of mine for quite some time. I'm going to take this post as a sign that I should start practicing again and start working towards that goal. Thank you for the 16.5 years of content. I'm glad it sounds like you and your family are doing well! In terms of future content: Just keep making content that makes you happy. I know that's not exactly unique advise, but the charm of your videos has been that you appear genuinely excited, be it a cover you worked on, a life update, or whatever.