Zach

Yeahh that’s the exact thing I’m on about. Do you have any recommendations of where I could learn about those topics?

Interesting viewpoint. I’ve briefly covered so what before but I one thing I didn’t quite like was the rhythmic regularity. Constant quarter note rhythm. I’m exploring how to use more melodic vocabulary but with a more diverse rhythm as well.

Interesting point about context, definitely something I’m going to be considering. I’m not a huge rock listener so correct me if Im missing the bigger picture. But I find most rock lines lack any type of emotion but when I heard “Go your own way - fleetwood mac”, it’s working in a rock context but you can almost feel the heartbreak coming from the bass player in his line. Any thoughts?

Thought about this. I would have definitely quit if I’d not come across that bassline. but it showed me there was a style I really liked in bass

How to create them, and ones like this

Got a challenging bass problem, and looking for help from teachers. I find that almost all the bass lines I hear lack emotion and meaning and just support other instruments. This very frustrating as I want to express MY feelings and not simply sound ‘good’ or make others sound good. Out of the hundreds of lines I’ve finally found ONE that I feel does this. It’s what’s going on by Marvin gaye. This Jamerson line feels special as it seems to be conveying its own emotion. It adds to the song beautifully but isn’t specifically supporting other instruments. Can any bass teachers help with this topic?