Female Pop / Soft Rock / R&B

[BassAdder60]

Looking for suggestions of songs for a new venture I’m considering 

 

Anybody give me some song ideas of easier to play pop / Soft Rock / R&B stuff ?

 

No slap please !!  
 

This would be for pub / function bands 

Edited September 11, 2024 by BassAdder60

[Reggaebass]

Not sure if it’s what you’re looking for but Kool & the gang have some good stuff 

[chris_b]

Bonnie Raitt, Keb Mo, Aretha, Chic and the studio labels such as Stax, Muscle Shoals, Atlantic and Malaco.

[Mykesbass]

R&B - is that Jam & Lewis era  and later, or as Chris suggests above, Stax, Muscle Shoals, Malaco? 

[BassAdder60]

1 minute ago, Mykesbass said:

R&B - is that Jam & Lewis era  and later, or as Chris suggests above, Stax, Muscle Shoals, Malaco? 

Don’t know any of them so probably not !! 
More Motown / R&B / Pop Soul 

[diskwave]

Ditto all the above, and dont forget, dial the bass back, dime the low mids a bit and crank the volume, and you'll have feet on the floor for ever. Good luck.

[Reggaebass]

10 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said:

More Motown

Might be worth having a flick through this if you haven’t already, there is some good suggestions there you may be able to use 

 

[Mykesbass]

36 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said:

Don’t know any of them so probably not !! 
More Motown / R&B / Pop Soul 

OK, so it will be the Stax/Atlantic/Muscle Shoals styles then.

 

To break yourself in (as it is as much about the feel as it is about the complexity of the parts) I'd suggest some Wilson Pickett tracks, as their basslines for me (and I'll probably get ripped to shreds for saying this) are a little more obvious than some of the other artists in this style (Otis Redding for example).

@Reggaebass has already sent you in the right direction for Motown.

 

Have fun - some great stuff to work on.

[chris_b]

2 hours ago, BassAdder60 said:

Don’t know any of them . . . .

 

Try these for starters.

 

Stax Soul Classics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trZ_P3_8cls&list=PLG9jLl6Ldd_i27PeQGfgDmZILwqXlVGN8

 

Atlantic Classics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJx2NnnxA0&list=PLZH3edITp5Tn-zX9f9neOl44MSxO3RbiS

 

Muscle Shoals Classics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOxUdnIGOs&list=PLQCDnMCippYeUa6Dkg9AEFpXUvXu5Q46b

 

Malaco Classics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JuAkfaYTP4

 

Edited September 9, 2024 by chris_b

[Barking Spiders]

I used to play in a function band covering Solar artists like Shalamar and The Whispers, the Philly Sounds e.g. O Jays, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes plus KC & The Sunshine Bad, Sat Night Fever and stuff from the Chic stable. Tracks that used to be really popular were And The Beat Goes On (Whispers), There It Is (Shalamar), Disco Inferno (Trammps), Jive Talkin' and Lost in Music (Sister Sledge). Great stuff for the bass player and not a single slap in sight ...or sound. Only hassle is finding singers with good enough chops.

Edited September 9, 2024 by Barking Spiders

[Mykesbass]

1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said:

I used to play in a function band covering Solar artists like Shalamar and The Whispers, the Philly Sounds e.g. O Jays, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes plus KC & The Sunshine Bad, Sat Night Fever and stuff from the Chic stable. Tracks that used to be really popular were And The Beat Goes On (Whispers), There It Is (Shalamar), Disco Inferno (Trammps), Jive Talkin' and Lost in Music (Sister Sledge). Great stuff for the bass player and not a single slap in sight ...or sound. Only hassle is finding singers with good enough chops.

Nice! When's the next gig 😎

[Reggaebass]

2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

And The Beat Goes On (Whispers

That’s a great one, probably one of my favourite funky basslines along with forget me nots, I’ve played that and it took me a while to learn it as I’m not a very fast player , I used this by our Huw a long time back 

 

[itu]

EWF, Brand New Heavies, Prince, James Brown's I feel good, Daft Punk's Get lucky, why not Spice Girls and Who do you think you are?

 

Check scores from our very productive @tomread, and @ChrisDev.They both have lots of very, very good stuff, go to Theory & technique section.

[BassAdder60]

Looks like the new project are aiming more towards soft rock / pop / R&B styles with a touch of soul perhaps 

Edited September 11, 2024 by BassAdder60

[tauzero]

We weren't too bothered about whether the original had a male or a female vocalist. Mrs Zero was our vocalist.

 

https://lightning.tauzero.org.uk/songs.html