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This teaching style is perfect. Very easy to follow. Also loved your take on different basses and the result you get with the double thumb. Nobody talks about that.
Drummer is Brian Dunne and Atlantic Star drummer Porter Carrol the percussionist Klyde Jones I know from being the lead guitarist for AWB during the early 2000 and that's him playing lead on AWB's instrumental remake of Work To Do by the Isleys on their Latest & Greatest album
Oh wow bro. I thought for sure you were gonna put “Let’s Work” in this video 😅😅 Nevertheless, that’s my favorite line from him, and especially when the ladies like MeShell & Rhonda Smith play it. Thanks for the video.
Started out as Thumpin' and then it was called Thunder Thumpin' then slap by the late 70's and early 80's from what I can recollect, the way Louis Johnson attacks the bass was when it was starting to be called slapping along with those like Mark Adams of Slave and Wyzard of Mother's Finest, then came Stanley Clarke or it's the order I've been introduced so far
The recording isn’t played this way. It doesn’t start with that low F in fact the low F is not in the recording at all. This bassline is played up high on the neck and it grooves so much harder when kept high and tight like the recording.
Soooo you’re telling me that you completely missed the fact that this is a live performance and that this groove between these two players isn’t tight??😂
@@TedTalksBass no I know it’s a live performance, didn’t mean to sound over critical, I guess I just meant that if I were going to learn a song I would learn the recorded version first being that a live performance could be different in any number of ways depending on how the band was feeling that day. I know the recording is a drum machine (or e drums) and so to play it live they have to groove it a little differently, not saying it’s not tight. For me the original way is so satisfying with all of its subtle touches. I guess I would encourage people to check that out too for comparison.
Hey Ted, instead of Reaction Videos how about something like "Going Down the Rabbit Hole with Ted"? - maybe a better name lol, but the idea is we just ride along with you as you down the rabbit hole- the direction could be subject to change based on comments you receive from people in the live chat- so we end going down the rabbit hole together just like many of us do when you sitting around with our musichead friend(s) watching clips- a lot of us usually discover new stuff that way The nderlying the idea of the rabbit hole is that we learn from each other through the a combination of your observations/musical choices and the observations/ suggestions of the folks in the live chat, which I believe would be a very interactive experience...and I agree about dem corduroys.
Yo. This was dope. Continue doing this stuff. Flowing into the Anderson Paak was nice. I'm not especially a fan but that was very, very interesting. The bass line reminds me of Jamiroquai.
I had to learn this for a gig where I was subbing for the bass player in a band I used to play in, and watching you really break this down makes me realise how nuanced this bass part really is. Great stuff Ted 🙂
“Why this bass line works” is a great segment for you to continue to add to your videos…This bass lines shows how to sit in da groove & then little things you can add to make it your own..Thx Ted🎶🎶
Hi Ted, loved this video. You taking us through the notation explaining this cool groove is awesome (I’m not a fan of TAB). Tried to buy you a coffee to show some appreciation but on the BMAC page I couldn’t see the option to buy one, sending good vibes instead🎉
Hhahaha thanks! I need to look into what’s going on with that cuz I can’t keep the lights on with good vibes hahaha if you change your mind $sonofabass @sonofabass on Venmo work! Thanks so much!
I remember Live From Daryl's House had a fantastic version of Papa Was a Rolling Stone with Train. I had to turn it into an mp3 even though the quality left something to be desired. It was a great show.
Dude with the "playing thru the string, bouncing on the string" is wrong. Still Thump. Double poppin, Double thumbing, tripplet plucks. Still Thump. I feel u on the Seinfield thing.
All bass players no matter how advanced their technique that use their thumb are using a variation of thump and pop. Doesn't matter if it is rhythmic, supportive, out front, supportive, pulling, pinchin, plucking, bouncing off the strings, playing thru the strings, playing the background, percussive, what it looks like, hand position, if you can feel it or hear it, thumb up, thumb down etc, on ELECTRIC bass they ALL go back to Larry Graham who birthed the technique and called it thump.The other bass players have matured the SAME technique! What are we talking about here? Its the same thing, don't matter if it is Mark Adams or Mark King. Flea, Louis, Wojtek, Marcus, all the same, just different levels of accomplishment. Victor Wooten took what Stanley Clark did who took what Larry Graham did, just to a ridiculously higher level. Still Thump. Wojtek and Mark King and Flea; same but different. Still Thump. Slap has become the catch all word for not playing overhand or tapping. Its amazing that we are here. True we are splitting hairs and in the end it really doesn't matter as long as a bass player can get the sound that they need, but to say that one is thumpin and one is slap is just a way of distancing/whitewashing the true origin of the technique. The fact that there are bass players that say they NEVER heard it called thumpin proves my statement. Probably never heard of Larry either and thinks Claypool wrote The Awakening. Still Thump. Argue with yourself. Still Thump.
Literally the same exact thing happened with my Kapsule - in the same spot. Solid idea but the zipper is a FATAL FLAW - it literally will not hold up to baggage handlers or any scenario where the zipper is worn. Spend your money on a real TSA case with latches or a plush gig bag that won't be dragged around on its zipper.
I would say don’t be afraid of looking at multiple brands. We all love our fenders and gibsons but the bass that made me want to play and that I enjoyed picking up and practicing on was a used Japanese made Ibanez atk305. I paid $500 for it way back when and I still have it (along with a bunch of others but that’s a diff story). I’ve been wanting to pick up a Sire p bass for a while now but they always seem to be out of stock.
