Beer of the Bass Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 [quote name='M@23' timestamp='1420810119' post='2653715'] I think the poster above is refering to the vocal doubling the main bass line? [/quote] Not so much the vocal (which is clearly audible), but listening on the TV speakers when my wife has a music channel on, it sounded to me like there was some kind of synth sound thickening up the bassline too, though the fills are unmistakably bass guitar. Listening again on headphones, I'm not so certain now - it may just be the bass and the low pitched vocal... Quote
discreet Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1420814743' post='2653801'] ...it may just be the bass and the low pitched vocal... [/quote] I think it may well be. Plus a bit of judicious processing to blend them somewhat. It's a very clean track - there's not an awful lot going on playing-wise... but quite a lot of post-production methinks. Quote
Paul S Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) [size=3]I think I was being too simplistic in spreading out my thoughts. A Vocoder, as far as I know, is an organ/synth effect, rather than a guitar effect, as used by Herbie Hancock in Rockit. I know it isn't one of those. I had in mind one of those guitar effects which was a voice box with a tube thingy as used by Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Richie Sambora et al. I thought the effect on the bass reminded me of this and wondered if anyone was aware of one being used with a bass. If so it might be an effective way of getting a similar sound without complicated processing.[/size] Edited January 9, 2015 by Paul S Quote
Funky Dunky Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Can't comment on the effect used, but it was indeed Jeff Bhasker playing bass on the record, Mark Ronson himself confirmed this in a recent interview. Pretty damn good player, and the tone is awesome as well IMO. (Bruno Mars played the drums on this track). Anyone heard Feel Right from the Ronson album? Musically reminiscent of early James Brown, and Mystikal's performance is quite entertaining. Quote
Damonjames Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Was I the only one who started singing Duran duran's "notorious" after the first four bars of this song??? Quote
deepbass5 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I think this one goes some way to tie it to the bass but studio engineers love to play with their toys so has probably been tweeked beyond a single pedal http://youtu.be/GbGX1Sx0gvo Quote
Bassman68 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 The bass intro reminds me of the intro to 'Edge of heaven' by Wham with that Bass,vocal & low piano "Dow, doh" etc? Quote
scalpy Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Every time I hear uptown funk I go away singing living in America! Quote
dieseldalziel Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1420893838' post='2654658'] Can't comment on the effect used, but it was indeed Jeff Bhasker playing bass on the record, Mark Ronson himself confirmed this in a recent interview. Pretty damn good player, and the tone is awesome as well IMO. (Bruno Mars played the drums on this track). Anyone heard Feel Right from the Ronson album? Musically reminiscent of early James Brown, and Mystikal's performance is quite entertaining. [/quote] Jamareo Artis gets the bass credit according to the wiki page, Bhasker gets a production & writing credit. Also on the finale of The Voice(USA) Artis is playing a Warwick seen in this this clip.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SELnJ3nMS5k Edited January 11, 2015 by dieseldalziel Quote
Drax Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Great seeing the Warwick CS making those, the cut from the pristine sprayed version to the relic (!). Pretty hideous end product but guess he's got the gigs to back it up Quote
UglyDog Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 [quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1420985954' post='2655810'] Every time I hear uptown funk I go away singing living in America! [/quote] Every time I hear Uptown Funk I go away thinking that perhaps there is hope for the future of 'popular' music after all, despite Cowell. Quote
Funky Dunky Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 http://radio.com/2014/12/04/mark-ronson-interview-uptown-funk/ About 3/4s of the way down the page, Ronson says Bhasker played bass. It does sound like Jamareo's playing though. And that tone.....oooo sir..... Quote
molan Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1420658981' post='2651885'] Well, this song has edgamacated me in one regard. I was a bit baffled by the lyric "smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy". Apparently Skippy is a brand of Peanut Butter. I conclude he's not referring to the "crunchy" type. That is all. [/quote] Skippy is my favourite brand of peanut butter but it's become increasingly hard to find. Larger Tesco branches used to have it but removed it a year or so ago. Costco have it in larger jars Quote
Funky Dunky Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I can't seem to ape that wee lick that goes "dum-wackata b'doo". Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 [quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1420804834' post='2653590'] I know it doesn't mean much, but when they performed it live on the US version of "the Voice", the guy played a Precision style bass. I know, i know, it doesn't gaurantee it was on the record, and the performance may have been "mimed", I'm just saying [/quote] He always plays one live yet the bruno mars records are full of 5 string bass, I dont know why, too cool to be seen with a fiver live? Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 We used to do a few Bruno tracks in my old band they all needed a fiver or VERY fast hands and a bass strung B to D! Quote
M@23 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) It's a 5 no doubt. We do 3 Bruno tracks and I use a 4 string. Don't think I'd do anything differently if I was playing a fiver. Maybe the odd big low note and some big slides... Edited January 14, 2015 by M@23 Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 So does he live but the recorded versions would sound a bit thin to me without the lower notes imo, maybe drop D but the the higher bits would be further away and the riffs harder to play, ill stick with my 5s Quote
Funky Dunky Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Cheers for tabbing those licks, Hiram!! Much obliged :-) Quote
deepbass5 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Don't know if you guys caught this Bruno performance but this is the gig we should have been at last year watch it to the end http://youtu.be/F2i0Bc3f7jk Quote
HMX Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Listened through headphones last night and it sounds like a jazz bass. Really cool lick for one bar at the end of the chorus (covered above, I think.) Quote
molan Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Of the people here that are playing covers of this - are any of you playing it without keys (or horns)? Quote
Chrismanbass Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 [quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1421270960' post='2659295'] Don't know if you guys caught this Bruno performance but this is the gig we should have been at last year watch it to the end [media]http://youtu.be/F2i0Bc3f7jk[/media] [/quote] Unfortunately the superbowl is infamous for musicians miming i refer you to the rhcp debacle a couple of years ago iirc all the music is track but the vocals are live for the performance i've seen bruno mars live on his last tour and jamero artis played a 4 string p bass for most of the gig however i remember him changing to a 5 for a couple of songs Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Ah that's interesting to know, any idea what sort of five it was? Quote
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