Great music that isn't about the bass

[leftybassman392]

Don't get me wrong, I love the bass (otherwise I wouldn't be here), but I've always thought that it's important to one's development as a musician to listen to music played on instruments one wouldn't normally think about.

This thread is for people to post music that highlights other instruments. Can be any genre and feature any instrument, but it should be something that doesn't feature bass guitar as a prominent element in the sound.

Here's my opening offer:

 

 

[Rich]

 

[chris_b]

Love these guys . . . 

 

 

[ambient]

There are loads, I love classical music for instance, and anything by Brian Eno or Harold Budd. Most of what I listen to is sound based, rather than instrument.

This piece is very inspirational in my work at the moment: 

 

[Barking Spiders]

loads of music I like where the bass is very much low in the mix. In fact what really gets my spine a-tingling are songs where the drums or percussion is to the fore. Few things get me more buzzin than this 

 

 

[chris_b]

I've seen the Kodo Drummers. A total assault on your senses.

[Barking Spiders]

4 minutes ago, chris_b said:

I've seen the Kodo Drummers. A total assault on your senses.

Yep they're great. Seen em three times including once at the Albert Hall many moons ago . Unforgettable. Even more excellent aare Yamato, a smaller group but they have more audience interaction and humour. 

[tonyquipment]

Ambient and field recordings would be my suggest. Maybe a bit arty farty for some but it manages my anger issues .... sends me to happy place. 

[DaveFry]

A Cuica is a Brazilian drum with a rosined stick attached the middle of the underside of the head . By pulling the stick through the fingers of one hand whilst varying pressure on the head with the other , it can be made to talk . 

[fretmeister]

Almost everything I would have thought.

Bass is not the prominent item in 95% of music.

[BrunoBass]

I don’t listen to music for the bass, I listen for the song. I’ve always been a song guy. A listenable bass line is a bonus. Most of my favourite albums don’t feature prominent bass; one of them, Pink Moon by Nick Drake doesn’t have any.

[mikel]

Most of the music I love and would go back too again and again is not about the bass. Its always about the overall sound and the quality of the song for me, I am also a sucker for a good harmony, but melody and interest make the music. I love both the bass and the drums but I prefer them both as accompaniment instruments.

[NickD]

I lover it when Imagined Village go to town on a trad number...

 

[TheGreek]

 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2018 by TheGreek

[Sibob]

This thread could equally be called:

”List 99% of the worlds music”

Si

[Maude]

3 minutes ago, Sibob said:

 

”List 99% of the worlds music”

Si

I like a challenge but that's too much

[leftybassman392]

1 hour ago, Sibob said:

This thread could equally be called:

”List 99% of the worlds music”

Si

...which would make 1% of the world's music bass music. Dunno about you but I reckon that could be a tad optimistic. 

[DaveFry]

No electric bass guitar in this current Seattle band .

[DaveFry]

Music that highlights other instruments .
Two versions of the same jazz standard * :

 

 

*Tune from the 1959 film " Black Orpheus ", worth seeing to get the flavour of the ballad .😉