Isolated bass tracks

[petebassist]

Stonkin master class in rock bass !

 

[Doctor J]

What I enjoy most about these things is the "mistakes" - the fluffed notes, loose timing and scuzzy tone which should teach us all to never let the quest for perfection get in the way of playing with passion and personality.

[Steve Browning]

Some years I got multitracks to a number of Queen songs and I am delighted to say the DI bass tracks are refreshingly as bad as if I'd played them. Add in the mic'd 4x12 and the 1x18 and it all sounds wonderful.

[thebrig]

I also have all the Queen isolated tracks, and I thought that can't possibly be John Deacon playing the bass because it sounded harsh and quite messy, but when I put all the tracks together in my DAW, it sounded perfect in the mix, and I thought the same about John Entwistle's isolated tracks.

I have to say that hearing these isolated tracks helped my confidence because I had always doubted my tones and playing ability until recently when I started doing some recording at home, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well my bass sits in the mix, and my playing was more than acceptable for someone who plays mainly for fun. 😉

 

Edited September 17, 2020 by thebrig

[police squad]

for me, part of the feel is the looseness of the playing , otherwise it would be clinical and soul less