GoryGummyBear
03-02-2009, 03:57 PM
Howdy. I'm looking for prog music with a difficult bass part. It can be old prog (king Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, etc) or modern (Jelly Jam, Spock's Beard, etc). Thanks.
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This is a search-engine-friendly text mirror of the TalkBass Forums GoryGummyBear 03-02-2009, 03:57 PM Howdy. I'm looking for prog music with a difficult bass part. It can be old prog (king Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, etc) or modern (Jelly Jam, Spock's Beard, etc). Thanks. vl4dimir 03-02-2009, 04:05 PM Justin Chancellor from Tool is an awesome prog bass player, you can try some of their songs... "Jambi", "Schism", "Vicarious", to name a few. You can find those on Youtube if you don't have the CDs. megadan 03-02-2009, 04:05 PM How hard? Try King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (the middle section especially) or Yes - Heart of the Sunrise - easy to learn, difficult to master. GoryGummyBear 03-02-2009, 04:10 PM Well, not Pastoriusly hard, but not that far from that. Something similar to Dream Theater would be nice, without the metal vein. megadan 03-02-2009, 04:14 PM Well, King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man will be quite a challenge, I'd start with that. As well, "The Great Deceiver" is very fast, I can't play it cleanly. Good one for speed. akaTRENT 03-02-2009, 04:15 PM Well, not Pastoriusly hard, but not that far from that. Something similar to Dream Theater would be nice, without the metal vein. Try my band on for size. link is below "lady radiator" pm me if you want the actual tracks. cmewhinney 03-02-2009, 05:20 PM Try some Jethro Tull- it's not too chopsy, but Ian Anderson really liked to screw with the time. Elrend 03-04-2009, 09:26 AM Justin Chancellor from Tool is an awesome prog bass player, you can try some of their songs... "Jambi", "Schism", "Vicarious", to name a few. You can find those on Youtube if you don't have the CDs. Dear god, stop calling that hack a prog bassist. And neither Schism nor Vicarious is particularly hard. chroma601 03-04-2009, 09:32 AM Please check out Ray Shulman's stunning bass line from the title track of Gentle Giant's "Three Friends". Here is the sheet music: http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/sheetmusic/3friends-score.gif The Gentle Giant catalog is rife with stunning bass passages. They are really worth checking out. http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/ CounterpointFTW 03-04-2009, 09:35 PM in the metal vein, some between the buried and me stuff is good although most is repetitive. check out selkies the endless obsession and viridian. the album colors as a whole is pretty amazing. DudeistMonk 03-04-2009, 11:38 PM Dear god, stop calling that hack a prog bassist. And neither Schism nor Vicarious is particularly hard. ..and that makes either line sound worse how? I think you've gotta open your ears man. I've seen "that hack" live and it was tight, his lines complement the songs very well and he manages to lay out some nice stuff through long fairly complex songs with tons of time changes. Tool was established when they choose him, they could have had anyone, they picked him for a reason. Grayson C. 03-04-2009, 11:50 PM Try my band on for size. link is below "lady radiator" pm me if you want the actual tracks. Sweet baby jesus! You band is one of the tightest things I've heard in a while...You all sound totally amazing rtav 03-06-2009, 04:37 PM Try John Myung (Metropolis) or Tony Levin (When the Water Breaks)... fun fun fun to play!!!!!!!! :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: Pedulla? 03-09-2009, 03:53 AM Anything by Protest The Hero Psychotic_Hell 03-09-2009, 05:09 AM Try John Myung (Metropolis) or Tony Levin (When the Water Breaks)... fun fun fun to play!!!!!!!! :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: +1 You read my mind sir cowsgomoo 03-09-2009, 12:25 PM does Zappa count as progressive rock? if so, there's a lot of challenging bass on my site (see sig) Ramstien 03-10-2009, 07:31 AM Panic Attack - Dream Theater. Good luck. |