What's the last bassline you learned?

[4 Strings]

[quote name='simes' timestamp='1353614613' post='1876675'] Easy - Commodores Teen Town - Jaco.....well the first 4 bars and only at half the speed it's supposed to be but it's my long term practice piece to work on at lessons. Not my usual musical fare but good for improving and learning. How the hell do you play that fast and maintain accuracy . [/quote]

Or even make it up in the first place

[Chrismanbass]

to my shame it was merry christmas everybody by slade

ahhhh the joys of being in a function band around this time of year

[MiltyG565]

[quote name='pendingrequests' timestamp='1353683118' post='1877412']
I don't!

They've done very well for themselves and a great bunch of lads, who worked hard to get where they are


Paolo Nutini - 10/10
The Strokes - Last Night
Elton John - Step Into Christmas


That time of year...
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Oh dear, are you their bassist? haha.


[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1353636165' post='1876924']
i know :-) my son likes them... But ti be honest, their basslines are fun to play.
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Yeah, indie isn't my thing, but the basslines can be pretty fun.

[tedmanzie]

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks

Digging through my early hip hop there are some really good basslines to be had - in house Sugarhill Band etc - before it all went drum machine.

[lurksalot]

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1353689727' post='1877549']
to my shame it was merry christmas everybody by slade

ahhhh the joys of being in a function band around this time of year
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I have to brush up on that this weekend ,and springsteen 'santa clause is comin to town' , and Frankies power of love .
I love playing Slade stuff , Hmm .........Slade tribute band

[JPS]

Trying, with limited success, to learn Erykah Badu's version of Boogie Nights/All Night Long. Hmmm, could take a while this one.

[bassintheface]

Ain't no mountain high enough - Jamerson line from the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell version
Trouble on Double time - Free
Jackie Wilson said - Van Morrison - think it was Bill Church on bass(?)

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1353689727' post='1877549']
to my shame it was merry christmas everybody by slade

ahhhh the joys of being in a function band around this time of year
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Yep, have to dust that one down for Christmas Eve.

[hollywoodrox]

Currently been working on about 8 bars of " sweet child of mine"
Ok so I'm a bit slow got a thorough dose of man flu at the moment on top of a out 40mg of citalopram my brain does not function too quick

[Mabrothrax]

I've gone all eighties and am loving some of these - Cherish by Madonna, Higher Love by Steve Winwood, Kershaw's The Riddle etc...

[hatori]

Power of soul (Jimi Hendrix)..but the Living Colour version.

[RandomProddy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQDXs75Ulo

[skidder652003]

Black Dog by Zep, nasty timing issues at the moment..

[pendingrequests]

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1353689756' post='1877553']
Oh dear, are you their bassist? haha.

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Nope. Just very good friends.

[MiltyG565]

[quote name='pendingrequests' timestamp='1353859322' post='1879050']
Nope. Just very good friends.
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I see... Well aye, good luck to anybody trying to "make it" in music today. getting so much air shows they really have the dedication to go the distance, but it is unfortunate that their genre tends to be a bit like marmite... you either love it or you hate it. Personally, i'm quite undecided wether i love it or hate it. did they have a bit of mentoring from gary lightbody? he owns that music place in belfast doesn't he? snow patrol is a band i slowly grew out of.

[WalMan]

Just remembered I am supposed to be learning two Yes songs for r/h on Saturday - well three actually but as one is Your Move & that is basically an open E on1 of every bar as far as I can tell I think I have that nailed.

So tonights sesh was Starship Trooper. I did sort of work it out 30 years ago, but that was to Yessongs on my record player and dropping the stylus back & back to pick stuff up. Tonight was an MP3 into IK Multimedia SVT in X-Gear and boy does that make life easier. Set A-B points to loop and slow it down a bit. An hour later and after looping round the walking bits starting at 85% then speeding it up I think I pretty much have it. HURRAH!!

Tomorrow night is Yours Is No Disgrace (if I'm not too late back from father sitting)

Of course what will then happen is that either only half the band will have read the email and learnt the song and/or we'll run it a couple of times and Mr Anderson's squeaks will defeat the vox & they'll get canned.

Still fun to learn & a bit different from the proposed new three piece blues project that is due to try to get off the ground at the beginning of Feb

Edited January 14, 2013 by WalMan

[Cameronj279]

Unatural selection by Muse. Groovy little bassline, really fun to play

[gapiro]

I've been looking at something completely different
A bit of
Meatloaf - paradise by the dashboard light
And
Meatloaf - dead ringer for love

Great fun

[Bassection]

This is the last thing I learned:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nreuzgn7AGQ[/youtube]

[mcnach]

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder.

That unison run took some effort and repetition to get right... but it's a lot of fun once copied into the hard drive in the brain. Still need to work a little to make it run more smoothly though.

[url="http://youtu.be/hmKshpLXnxE"]http://youtu.be/hmKshpLXnxE[/url]

Edited January 15, 2013 by mcnach

[simononstyle]

Arctic monkeys bet you look good on the dancefloor..great choon! Heading for sex on fire next...

[MiltyG565]

[quote name='simononstyle' timestamp='1358366657' post='1937998']
Heading for sex.
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Oh, rub it in, why don't you, or is that their job?

[danthevan]

[quote name='simononstyle' timestamp='1358366657' post='1937998']
Arctic monkeys bet you look good on the dancefloor..great choon! Heading for sex on fire next...
[/quote]

Sof is probably my favorite song to play from all the dross we call a set

[chaypup]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRjqKOUKVLE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRjqKOUKVLE[/url] simple but nice

[Fionn]

A Mhic Iarla nam bratach bana

(sons of the earl of the white flag ... in the english)