I think bass is a very underrated instrument. Almost no one notices it when the bassist plays right, but if he messes up, it can put the whole song down.
+999alex9991 you didn't get it. glenn actually agree with this statment that's why he hates bass players in general: most of the one he sees in his studio mess up and put the whole song down. why would he hate bass players if their role wasn't important ? (im a bass player btw)
Music guy Phil I'm actually watching videos on it and I can actually hear a difference in tone. Old bass strings sound flat. That's honestly surprising to me. I don't even play bass. Or any instrument for that matter.
Umm, yes it makes a difference. I only have guitars, and the only time I get to play a bass is when I play my friend's bass or I go to a music store. My friend hasn't changed his strings since I first played it (two years ago).
The funny thing is, I've played with people who are on par with Flea, or even Les Claypool and STILL say most of this stuff. "How'd that riff go again?", "Sorry, I always forget the break", "We have a gig in an hour?"
Newstead was a solid bassist but taking the place of Cliff Burton was never going to go well for anyone. Metallica would have been nothing without Cliff, he built their sound and taught them to write.
Mega MountainMan Well, I never tried guitar. Some people say Guitar is more difficult, and that bass is for the untalented people. But I think that it is way more important to be creative,than just try to oudstand from your band members.
I started bass because I heard cliff burton playing anesthesia (pulling teeth) and fell in love with the mean snarling tone he had. from then on it was all about shaking the floor with low tones
@@farhanjazli2780 bass is as easy or as hard as you wish to make it.yeah sure you just play the root notes but is still plenty of room to add stuff.as long as it fits in the part being played and doesnt sound over played.
In all forms of music, bass is an extremely important instrument. Please help raise awareness and donate five dollars right now to save these poor bassists from the cruel, unforgiving, oppressed world they live in.
Well it's opposite now. No need to upvote bass. Metal music is hardly a thing now, the only place where guitar still dominates. Otherwise there is no sign of guitar, people think the only guitar there is acoustic. Bass I is everywhere and every person wants it. Also guitar RU-vidrs are no more popular, Davy 504 has like 7 mil. Subs. What want to say is that stop saying that bass is oppressed, it's out there right next to every other instrument.
so true man, I was going to find a bass player since I wanna put a band together, but now I just have to go with what the white stripes did: octave pedal, so much easier to find.
Yep, guitar players are a dime a dozen but bass players, especially decent ones are a rare find. It's even harder still to find one that doesn't want to play slap bass for EVERY style of music.
Xcorgi Im a bass player and i don't like slapping the bass since i believe that the frets suffer way too much and... is kind of hard for me to do, i prefer to triple finger pick and im what you call an intermediate bass player, i can play along to the rhythim of the drums, but not much use in metal
Let's ask a band with a Canadian bass player. Rush? "Sometimes I talk when I eat soup. Sometimes I don't talk. Sometimes I talk and then I don't talk, or I don't talk and then I talk. Sometimes, after I have a bowl of soup, I have another bowl of soup." Thank you Rush!
Can't remember exactly either. Heard a clip of them on a local classic rock station before a block of Rush songs, and they were rambling on about soup.
BuzzCrumhunger Can't remember exactly either. Heard a clip of them on a local classic rock station before a block of Rush songs, and they were rambling on about soup.
Oh yeah. I feel you. Got used to a guitar within days and when I tried bass.. my fingers did not like me 😖 unfortunately.. I also wanna learn bass after guitar.. help me ✌️
I have been playing violin for 11+ years and guitar for 3+ years now and after buying and playing my first bass today, my fingertips have never been in so much pain playing an instrument.
Yeah I'm 13, I picked up a bass 2 years ago, at first I was just like there is no way in hell I'd be able to play bass for at least 5 mins without it hurting, now I can last hours playing slap/ blues run-throughs.
„Do you listen to Muse?“ Yes, yes i do... and after every Bassline i wrote i‘m so dissapointed in myself, that it isn‘t as creative as Chris Wholstenskfjjekans Lines.
Chris Wolfvenschtienenheimerpucker's lines are either this stupidly simple root/harmonic notes or these insane left and right hand endurance workouts that make you wonder why you ever bothered picking up the instrument in the first place. And good luck trying to replicate his signal chain.
Totally. Healer: Bass Drums: Tank Guitars and Vocals: DPS Do you NEED a healer? Not completely but good fuckin luck without one. And they always get blamed for everything that goes wrong.
I try to do that because I know it works, but there's almost always some idiot telling me I need to move upstage, smile, dance around, make eye contact, play flashy stuff, or do some other distracting pointless shit instead of concentrating on playing tasty bass lines without drawing attention. Respect to you for knowing your job.
Trash. You sound like a session player. How would music be now if McCartney did that? People like you only learn bass to know one cool line. Be like McCartney or Deacon. So much better
Whether you find the bass, the guitar, the drums etc the most important, you still kinda need all of the parts. They're all the most important. How do you accentuate a chord if theres no chord? It's just kinda contradictory. I agree with your point but the wording is wack haha If hot sauce is the best part of the burrito meal, then just drink straight hot sauce from now on. I think what you mean to say is, it's your favorite part of the whole mix...? Important and very necessary just like all the parts but unique in it's own way. Ain't nothing wrong with that. :D
RockTheMoose well bro to contradict u a little. Just playing a note created a chorded that it’s in. So in a way you don’t need the chord besides just filler. A lot of bands now prove this.
Bass is easier to pick up. It doesn't take as long to go from "sounds like a cat with its tail caught in the door" to something that could be identified as something resembling a song. But it has other issues that need to be addressed to be actually good. Funny enough, one of the things that novice bass players can't get under control is what they're not playing. I.e. the strings that they don't use but start to ring (and do this usually out of tune).
I've heard from two people that they found bass boring. But if I'm being honest, the only three people that I would pick up a bass for would be Mike Dirnt, Sting and Krist Novoselic.
When you're the bass player and you avoid getting in any conflict with the other members. "I'll play whatever you want me to play, or I won't play at all if you don't want me to play. What ever it is you want me to do, I'll do it." -George Harrison ^^That but for bassists^^
More: 'Ugh I forgot my strap/picks/lead' 'Sorry I'm late' 'I forgot to practice, how does that part go again?' 'Hang on I need to warm my fingers up' 'Hey can I tune off of your guitar?' 'So what note is that? *looks at fretboard* I don't know which note that is' -Me, every time I play/record
+Gerbilsftw I say stuff like this: "Whoops, forgot plectrums. Guess I'll record with fingers then". "What are the scales for that bit?" "How does that scale go again?" "Is that note a sharp or natural?" "What's the bpm of this song?" "How fast is 125bpm?" "Whoops, I forgot to plug in my bass" "Whoops, I forgot to turn my amp on" "Whoops, I forgot to turn the volume back up" "What note is that?" "Which note am I supposed to play?" "Screw it. Tell me what the root note is. I'll improvise around it".
+Gabriel Hole-Jones Me: *holds up band for 10 minutes searching for why amp won't turn on* "Oh shit, I forgot to plug it the power cord" *receives death stare* "So what's the song structure again" "FUCK" "Sorry guys, I really fucked that one up. Let's do it again" "Whoops, gotta tune" *to drummer* "Dude stop moving the kick around in the beat!" "Got a spare 9v?" "SHIT" "Why doesn't this part sound right" "I swear I'm playing the right note...wait nevermind" "I usually don't play this high on the neck"
D3ft0ne Know your worth, bro. I'm a guitarist myself, but I was blown away when I first played with a good bassist. The bass drum sounded better and so did my rhythm parts (metal band).
True. I knew there were about 20 guitarist in my area and no bassist or drummers, except me, but I don't tell them because I don't want them to squabble over it and say "Hey, you want to be in my band, brah?"
Marshiie Mallow I was the same but instead I was pressured into playing the piano (even though I'd played bass longer) so the guitarists friend could be the bass player, didn't help that I was the only female too
Me: Trooper by Iron Maiden: OK, two fingers it is Children of the Damned: Shit, well, gotta learn three fingers After a day: Trooper: Sounds better with three fingers Children of the Damned: Got it Cover band leader: I'm searching for a song for you to use the pinky as well shit.
Christopher Ruth I'd say it's 50/50. Some have no fucking clue, while some have it down better than the rest of the band. There's no real gray area. I've seen both extremities and can confirm that both happen.
One of the best rhythm sections I've heard was a band in Bogota, Colombia. The bass player really impressed me. He sat there next to the drummer (who was also very good) and played nice rhythmic lines, nice melodic lines. But what impressed me even more is that, while the rest of the band were engaged with the audience, this guy just sat between numbers and *didn't* make a fool of himself trying be star.
Your band mates are idiots. You and the drums are the TIMEKEEPERS. There is no more important job in the band. If the bass player isn't near or can't see the drummer, it usually sounds like mush. Look at famous bands. The bass player is always looking at the drummer.
Jack D. Ripper Well, the mostly famous bands I've seen don't need to look at the drummer except at the beginning and ending of the songs. But, it was a joke. We rarely have room on stage for me to sit next to the drummer.
Jack D. Ripper All I see in that picture is people eating and trying to talk over the band they didn't come to see. Most of us commenting here don't really listen to poppy blues-rock jammy jam bands. I don't know what you call that genre, but I abhor it. I find it all super bland. I like ZZ Top because they mixed things up and actually had their own sound. But I personally Joe Bonamassa is as bland as they come. If you're just jamming, I say stand or sit next to the hi hat. But if you play actual songs and your audience is standing up, rock out with your cock out. I also just hate jam bands because it's almost like you pay them to show up and practice. They don't have a show put together.
As a guitarist rather than a bass player, I have to make the opposite complaint in a lot of ways. Going into studios with session guys, everyone seems to have the idea that the bass player should follow the guitarist. That's back asswards, though. The drums and bass are the rhythm section and the song follows from there. So a lot of the problems that bass players face in the studio are usually brought on by douchey guitar divas that make occasionally make me ashamed of my instrument.
Honestly, at times, it's very much the other way around. Love all them guys, but damn, sometimes their genres bind them to play a certain thing. Flea is not bound to such constraints. Man, some of his note choices are "HUH?" but that's almost always immediately followed by "WOAH.."
+Mitar Zecevic Im brand new to bass. switched to it cuz im personally more into the fact that its more rythm heavy and I gotta say, double fingering. thats the hard shit
Get a teacher to teach you. the curve is weird, especially if you're a self-learner, but once you get the basic playing part down you can really practice it.
As someone who plays both guitar and bass, I can tell you for a fact that bass and guitar is that guitar, is definitely harder to start than bass, however I would say the more you play they’re more or less as hard as each other. Also completely different instruments.
