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    Posted: July 13 2015 at 18:39
It is popular music's unsung hero, the true foundation, overshadowed by the romance of the guitar, power of the drums and glamour of the voice.   Jazz, Vocal Pop, Swing, Big Band, even Electronic, certainly Prog, the four-stringed fat man is always there laying the ground ~ the oomph ~ for our favorites.   Without McCartney's bass the Beatles would've been little more than a tinny and puerile boy band; without Waters, Pink Floyd wouldn't have worked; without JPJ Led Zeppelin burns and crashes, U2 sounds amateurish, and Yes, well...

In fact the most common bass lines are still heard today and provide the so important contrast between what is actually music and what is actually not-so-much.   Show your love, newly found appreciation, or befuddlement of the bass in all its forms - -
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Don't know if it's still available but if you find a copy somewhere, do not hesitate. Great read.
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I like the bass to be up front making it's presence known.
I want it to get the same consideration as the guitar and keyboards.
But it's up to the player to push the limits of the instrument and show
that it's more than just part of the rhythm section.
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:



Don't know if it's still available but if you find a copy somewhere, do not hesitate. Great read.

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Points: 9869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2015 at 19:39
On the song Valentine from her last released album Idler Wheel, Fiona Apple used acoustic bass for a sort of melodic interlude.  That is ubiquitous of course in jazz but hasn't been done in pop/rock for a long time.
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ahhhh.. intesting topic David. ClapHeart

when Mick was a little tyke.. he had this stuff pumped into his head by his mother..probably while still in the womb.. and definitely afterwards



best rhythm there known to man there. Papa Zita Benjamin and James Jamerson.

and thus a love affair was born.. with the music. .and with the Funk Brothers.. and the bass guitar.

so when I expressed a love of music and wanting to play.. my mom got me my first instrument.. a bass guitar and that was all she wrote for me. I did learn and get quite good on other instruments.. I suppose I did have real talent when younger.. but it was always the bass I loved.

and this is mandatory for any well rounded music lover.. and especially bassists as it does concentrate on James Jamerson.
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Love bass, both as rhythm and as a lead instrument...
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Bass is my favorite instrument, and I'm proud to play it! Tongue
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Love the bass, play it myself and I've always had a good ear for it.

Treat yourself to these amazing bass tracks:
Amazing space rock:


Kick-ass thrash metal:


All I can say, that bass at the beginning:
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Certain grounds I hear repeatedly in all kinds of music; I hear the 1-4 interval in everything from Ragtime to Beatles to 20th Century classical/pop.
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Points: 261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2015 at 09:04
Popular music from the 90s went away from keyboards as they were looked at as cheesy, sadly nowadays the keyboards have replaced the bass in popular music. I think their a lot more great bass players than guitarists historically though.
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Two words, Hadrien Feraud.
 
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^Amazing tracks, everyone! Really great to hear this with my morning with my coffee Smile.

One of my favorite (and most inspiring players for myself, personally) bass players, Jeroen Paul Thesseling:


Personal fave:




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Reading some interviews with Joni Mitchell she seems to have spent most of her classic period trying to persuade bassists to play things they didn't want to play. The bass on Koenjihyakkei's Angherr Shisspa is really astonishing.
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It's an intrument I enjoy listening more than playing Tongue
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Points: 91 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2015 at 07:38
Great topic, I'm a huge fan of bass. Geddy Lee probably gets my nod and I find Riverside's Mariusz Duda playing to be influenced by the former which for me, makes Riverside extremely enjoyable.
There is one song in particular down the years that always blows me away, however I have never seen any comments anywhere about it - Has anyone listened to Why (Extended) on the 2003 remaster of Uriah Heep's Demons & Wizards album? I believe it to be one of the most perfect & unique usages of bass as a lead instrument. It is phenominal and I'm just wondering if I'm the only person who thinks this!??
 
 
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Greame Murrey from Pallas is a favourite of mine
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Last piece from the DVD- Night School: An Evening With Stanley Clarke & Friends
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Points: 8095 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2015 at 11:22
I love the bass work on Triumvirat's Illusions On A Double Dimple's two suites, especially, duties shared by Hans Pape and Helmut Koellen. Up front.

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Points: 9319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2015 at 11:40
As far as hard rock goes, Billy Sheehan is incredible when playing bass like a lead guitar.
He has many videos on YouTube including live performances, interviews and demonstrations.
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