i have to do a performance of an australian piece of music for my music assessment, but i can't manage to find any songs with bass parts that are interesting or hard enough to get me a decent mark.

help me!

Greg Macainsh (sp?) from Skyhooks. Most of their songs were heavily dependent on the melodic bassline. Most are fairly easy but are a vital part of the song.

I'd start looking at John Butler Trio. Probably of the prominent aussie artists they're a group that has a great bass player. Whether its assessment piece good i dont know. Let us know what you decide!

Craig Newman. Check his website for who he's played with. He is one bad cat.

www.craignewman.com

Not necessarily super hard, but very interesting grooving basslines that are vital

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me?
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
Nick cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Pete Murray - Tonic
The Vines - Factory
The Vines - Outtathaway!
John Butler Trio - Zebra
John Butler Trio - Treat Yo Mamma
John Butler Trio - There'll Come A Time (if you nailed the quick semi-quavers cleanly you'd probablly get a good mark for chops too)

The Living End perhaps?

Try a track off Tommy Emmanuel's Determination CD. Rob Little on bass for most of the tracks I think.

try Evripedes Evripedou! Traditionally a flamenco guitarist. Plays 6 string basses and also has a 7 string custom made Belman.

LRB even; Roger McLaughlin on bass.

Correct me if I'm wrong but Ric Fierabracci might be Aussie?

Craig Newman. Check his website for who he's played with. He is one bad cat.

www.craignewman.com

+1 great player and teacher.

also check out jeremy alsop, incredible player

Yuri Pavlinov, The Bamboos.
One of my favorite funk bass lines is off My Baby's Cheating if you can get a copy of Rawville.

http://www.myspace.com/thebamboos
Maybe listen to Step It Up or The Bamboos Theme off their site to give you an idea.

Or there's always Tal Wilkenfeld... That should be hard enough ;)

Craig Bloxom from Spy V. Spy. The Spies were a trio that played some really kickin' Rock n Roll back in the '80's & early 90's. They gained quite a rep as a great club band that would totally rock the joint every night.

Albums: "A.O Mod. TV Ver." & "Harry's Reasons" are 2 of my all-time favorite albums. Great tracks, with killer driving bass throughout.
Songs: If you're looking for something interesting and driving, listen to "A.O. Mod" off the Xenophobia (Why?) album.

Truly underrated everywhere except Australia. I still listen to them almost daily.

Yuri Pavlinov, The Bamboos.
One of my favorite funk bass lines is off My Baby's Cheating if you can get a copy of Rawville.

http://www.myspace.com/thebamboos
Maybe listen to Step It Up or The Bamboos Theme off their site to give you an idea.

Or there's always Tal Wilkenfeld... That should be hard enough ;)

Went to college with Yuri for a while, check out his playing with Renee Geyer too. Tasty player and very funny guy

Steve Hunter is a great jazz bassist. I played one if his solo pieces when i did my Australian assesment for school

I was going to suggest Steve Hunter too! And, Craig Newman.
Also check out Wayne Jones!

Rebecca Johnson's a great player.

Dane Alderson from Perth, plays with Void and James Morrison. He's awesome.

try Evripedes Evripedou! Traditionally a flamenco guitarist. Plays 6 string basses and also has a 7 string custom made Belman.

Didn't he play with James Morrison? I recall seeing a name like that...

i'd definately reccommend some of the living end's earlier stuff... theres some great lines there... umm also the bassist from Hunters and Collectors... check out their stuff such as When the river runs dry... umm the DiVINyls also have some great lines...also..what type of exam is it? uni or school? ... why not check out some of the great australian jazz quartets? analyse a walking line... ??? play the head, followed by a walking line, solo then back to the head??? With conservatoriums such as WAAPA all around the counrty there are plenty of virtuoso players on our rich jazz scene.. hit it up!

Roger McLaughlin who plays in the Geoff Achison band. Very good.

Some funk/soul by DIG?

try listening to the podcast on itunes titled basscast

Flea (RHCP) was born in Australia..

Pete Jeavons from Thrust is awesome.

Sean Fonti when he played with Massappeal did a track called "Chrysalidz".
Interesting bassline with plenty of tricky bits and if you can nail the funky slappin bridge in the middle, you will blow the minds of your assessors!

I've got an album called "Cloudfaces" by a bassist called Wayne Davies. I picked it up in the UK from the guy who played drums on it, so I don't actually know what level of acclaim he reached but the playing was pretty awesome.

Tracey Pew... he owned Aussie post-punk bass.

Helen Carter (Do Re Mi) was the reason I started playing bass in the first place. "Man Overboard" has a nice (if not particularly difficult) bass part, as does "Adultery", "Guns and Butter", "Idiot Grin" and "Deep Blue Sea".

I'm sure there are Do Re Mi clips on You Tube that you could check out. :)

Helen Carter (Do Re Mi) was the reason I started playing bass in the first place. "Man Overboard" has a nice (if not particularly difficult) bass part, as does "Adultery", "Guns and Butter", "Idiot Grin" and "Deep Blue Sea".

I'm sure there are Do Re Mi clips on You Tube that you could check out. :)

Good call. Helen's a very, very good bassist and added some growl to Do Re Mi's smooth sound. Adultery is one of my all-time favorites.

Some funk/soul by DIG?

Sam Dixon= AMAZING!!! :bassist:

both as a "composer" and as a player...

try Tal Wilkenfeld... one of our biggest exports one must admit...

I like Tass

...and Al!

try Tal Wilkenfeld... one of our biggest exports one must admit...

actually a pint-sized export...;)
BIG player, however...

I love listening to Tal

Craig Bloxom form v Spy v Spy
Robbie Gauppen- Mal Eastick, Renee Geyer
Paul Christie- Mondi Rock, Party Boys
Geordie Leach- Rose Tattoo
Steve Balbi- Noiseworks
But my fave is Chris Bailey- The Angels, Gang Gajang etc. He's the maestro in my ears.

How about Bob Daisley?

I like Tass

...and Al!

You mean me? :confused: Hah

Heaps of awesome aussie bassists out there...

+1 on sam dixon

also.... you could play a lot of Alicia Keys songs, her bass player Steve Mostyn is Australian and is awesome,
he's written and co written alot of alicia keys songs

Helen Carter (Do Re Mi) was the reason I started playing bass in the first place. "Man Overboard" has a nice (if not particularly difficult) bass part...'Man Overboard' is a cool song! Quite unusual too, compared to other songs from the same time (mid 80's, wasn't it?). Its bass line really stands out!

My suggestions-
Bob Daisley (early Ozzy Osbourne band): this guy practically wrote all the songs, including lyrics, for Ozzy during the Randy Rhoads days. In terms of hard rock/metal stuff, Bob is a great plectrum player who lets the guitarist be the hero (which is what guitarists want to be, right?).
Greg Macainsh (Skyhooks): I know Greg, played in a band managed by him and used a bass he very generously lent me for a period (pre-Ernie Ball Stingray, heavy heavy bass). Greg wrote the Skyhooks megahits; he rewrote the book for Australian pop music in the 70s and is a much better bass player than the Skyhooks tracks would lead you to believe. Very clever guy and a hero to anyone who aspires to write a 'classic' song.
Flea- (he is an Aussie, yeah?)
Stephen Hadley- (Loose Change shred-jazz band from Melbourne). I only ever heard them, never saw them, but **** he can play. Blistering runs in unison with guitar.
John Archer- (Hunters and Collectors): Check out the early Hunnas track 'Talking to a Stranger' on YouTube, before they went all pub-anthem-rock. This is from 1982, when everyone else had synth-bass programmed lines; John Archer's line is years ahead of it's time in terms of sound and direction.

Try Jon Stockman from Karnivool, or Stewart Hill from Dead Letter Circus if you like melodic heavy rock!

John Archer- (Hunters and Collectors)


+100000

My favorite Aussie bass player. :bassist:

It's a pity that a lot of their recordings have the bass pushed way back in the mix. :scowl:

Lloyd Swanton, Jonathan Schwartz, Brett Hirst, Cameron Undy, Adam Armstrong, Alex Hewetson and Steve Elphick.

Chris Ross is amazing......

Flea's an Aussie!!!

Chris Ross.