How to play like Carlos D of Interpol - Bass Habits - Ep 49 

imo El Pintor is one of their best records, better than self titled and Our Love to Admire imo. Marauder is pure shit though, I agree

Absolutely right.

@@SS-gx7tg your opinion means nothing. marauder is fucking amazing. but self titled and our love is way better then el pintor and marauder combined

​@@bearzdlc2172 Crawl back into your crib and take a nap.

​@@SS-gx7tg i respect your opinion but i think marauder is pretty good

DAMN which width did he used?

@@r.sebastianvasquez8961 3.0m big stubby

​@@r.sebastianvasquez8961 3mm

​@@r.sebastianvasquez8961its the dunlop big stubby 3.0mm, i have one xd

@@LostMedia618 YEAHHH I have just bought one too! Thanks for the info pal!

why did he even join the band as a bassist if he didnt like playing bass? thats the question

Maybe he wanted to play guitar and got "stuck" as the bassist. Old school rock band snobbery.

He originally was a guitar player. He joined the band on a whim to try something new and the band already had the guutar parts filled at the time.

Personally I love playing bass.😊

It's pretty weird, the weirdest part is that he is one of my favorite bassist and gave interpol the great bass lines of the first albums.

Same

Although, I wouldn't say he's a particularly basic bass player! Some of the picking patterns he plays are crazy.

Completely agree, I think he was one of the best parts of interpol as a whole. Damn I really miss him

@@mauricioraigosaclavijo8833 Agreed. The shows weren't the same after he left.

Same for me, but only 2 months. :D

rosemary…. heaven restores you in life

Cheers!

The New ! The Coda for the New is just him grooving away. I wish I could just write the line here like any old lyrics, it's that good.

The funny thing is, Daniel Kessler (lead guitarist) wrote many of the most iconic bass lines while Carlos was in the band.

@@SlowDIIV evil and the beginning of the new. it’s weird because daniel does weird shit on his guitar and plays like an amateur. in hands away he plays one fret throughout the whole song, and in the new i have no clue wtf he does.

@@blunderless and specialist. and you can tell he wrote them because theyre boring as fuck and repeat the same thing over and over again with no inspiration.

@@bearzdlc2172 you’ve clearly never played specialist but yeah daniels guitar playing kinda sucks and it’s noticeable during the new. just random bs. strangely enough i think he is much better at bass than guitar. that slow hands bassline is pretty good. but i get what you mean the main bassline of specialist does seem uninspired but when you take in the other parts it’s pretty good. had to go on a tangent bc daniel is worshipped by fans when in reality he’s the most replaceable member.

@@blunderless I have played specialist. And evil on bass. They're so boring to play. Agreed though, Daniel is just cringe, I hate those sideburns.

Relatively healthier?

​@@anotheryoutubeuser refreshing, and relieves the monotonity

Yeah even Niege from Alcest has that opinion of them. The two guitars of Interpol have always sounded more influenced by the guitars of the chameleons.

@@soysaucehairdye7869 I thought the same thing about how the 2 guitars play off of each other. I also think Peter Hook is way more melodic and is less traditional bass than Carlos D.

@@erikjansen8597 yeah I agree. I think Interpol always got the Joy Division comparison, because Paul Banks and Ian Curtis are both low tenors that sing more in the style of a baritone and thus their voices have some similarity to each other and more people know of joy division than the chameleons, the sound, lowlife, and asylum party.

@@soysaucehairdye7869 Totally agree. You are taking the words right out of my mouth. lol

@@soysaucehairdye7869 BTW. What are your thoughts on the drums comparison? I am thinking Interpol's style of drumming is closer to Joy Division, because the Chameleon's drumming sounds more progressive. That aspect combined with the voice of Paul Banks is probably why many link the 2 bands. I am curious to read what you think.

YES!!! You, my friend, have great taste in music.

@@jinstyles8323 🤝

true

He probably just had minimal EQ on his amp he didn’t turn up to treble too much

His strings sound slightly old and worn in too

I think he used flats

Yep, normally J bass sounds too bright for me but i think the production of first Interpol albums emphazise low frequencies a little bit , and turn down treble a little bit also. But recently i heard live sessions and he was sounding througt DI and with almost no EQ, and still soundig solid. Maybe he rolled down treble knob 30% or 50% and used old rounds in every session.

you know exactly how i feel

I 2nd that ....live Interpol, especially early recordings are wonderful. I add my own compression to taste on occasion.

I have it's amazing

now that is an awesome bass player

i think alex writes most of the composition including the basslines.

sam really tried to take his spotlight...