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At the moment, I am throwing all caution to the wind and letting my guitarists write the bare bones structure of my bass lines! It's quite liberating actually... as I am making them force me to play differently. They both are very interested in trying anything that is a bit unusual, so I am making myself stay away from all my usual 'safe' moves.
So, I guess the answer would be I am being influenced by my own band!

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for the last year or so i've been playing in an (almost) straight up funk/soul band. we do some functions and as a result have learnt quite a few covers, and as a result of that i've been immersing myself in old school funk for a while, and there's deffinitly a certain vibe that needs to be headed for with regards to the way a bassline is played to get a genuine feel to a song, moreso than the notes of the bassline itself. and thats whats been influencing my writing recently

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Depends on the style of music.

If it's funk or soul then James Jamerson, Jaco and Francis Rocco Prestia won't be far from my mind

For pop and proggy stuff then Tony Levin will get a look in

For my occasional metal ventures it'll be Cliff Burton and Geezer Butler

For jazz, it's every man for themselves!

Cheers,
Alun

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