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02-23-2013, 05:30 PM | #1 | |
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BTW- please don't assume I'm ignorant. I can play bass better than Rick Savage on his best day, (that's not saying much). I've also met a man on the street who has played the kazoo through his nose professionally for 43 years. |
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02-23-2013, 05:40 PM | #2 | |
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Bass has been my main instrument for several decades. I've played classic rock, alternative, metal, punk, blues, jazz, Motown, funk, country and pretty much every other form of popular music you can think of in that time. Bass is an essential part of all of that music. It creates the groove that makes a style what it is. I can literally change the feel of a song by playing a different bass line. And about the only styles that routinely play only on the root as you said are punk and some metal. Even Rick Savage doesn't just play on the root, although you are correct, he isn't a great bass player. Now I'm off my soapbox. One more thing, you can't always tell how good a bass player is by their recorded bass lines. A good bass player plays for the song. Sometimes that means keeping it simple, because that is what works for the music. Michael Anthony is a much better bass player than he appears to be listening to Van Halen, because in VH he plays it simple to keep out of Eddie's way. That it the job of the bass, to support the song. Last edited by splatbass; 02-23-2013 at 05:47 PM.. |
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02-23-2013, 05:51 PM | #3 | |
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P.S. - I know there's no such thing as an original chord progression these days but you catch my drift. |
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02-23-2013, 05:56 PM | #4 | |
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Led Zeppelin shared credit. Lennon and McCartney agreed to have both names on their Beatles songs regardless of which one actually wrote it. Other bands don't do it that way. |
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02-23-2013, 06:01 PM | #5 | |
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02-23-2013, 06:10 PM | #6 |
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Raining Blood cover sans bass. Seemed appropriate.
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02-23-2013, 06:35 PM | #7 | |
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These days it seems like drummers are becoming more dispensable with the technology that's available in even the lowest grade of studio. Look at Chris Adler from Lamb of God. He could probably be replaced by Richard Christie over the course of a week or so. In this time and age Drummers are replaceable. A good/creative bass player is far more rare. |
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02-23-2013, 07:55 PM | #8 | |
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