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02-01-2011, 10:36 PM
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Elsewhere another beginning bass player like myself related how his video cover of "Eight Days a Week" had been trashed on YouTube. Several TB'ers encouraged him to ignore the haters. I said I wouldn't even have the cojones to post a video of myself playing bass, at least not until I get a lot better. Which probably means never.
Well after further consideration, I decided I would do it. I give you my cover of Eight Days a Week. You have no idea how much I've practiced this, and it still has some rough spots. To stack the deck in my favor as much as possible, I play it on an Ibanez Mikro! It's just like cheating! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fdrpNm4Ivs
Let the critiquing begin! 
If you're a beginner and you can play "Eight Days a Week", I challenge you to post your rendition in this thread, even if it's just the audio.  Or whatever other song you can play. Just do it! |
02-02-2011, 09:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Buffalo, NY. USA | | | I liked it. First off, I could hear everything that you were doing and I like your sound. Remember that Sir Paul used a pick on flatwounds. He was a great- perhaps the greatest- slider... sliding his finger as it rings. Try "Bathroom Window" next! It would be a good fit for you. (You can check my site under "Abbey Road side two")
What's the scale length on that bass, and how did you record it. I see you had headphones. |
02-02-2011, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by OldDog52  Elsewhere another beginning bass player like myself related how his video cover of "Eight Days a Week" had been trashed on YouTube. Several TB'ers encouraged him to ignore the haters. I said I wouldn't even have the cojones to post a video of myself playing bass, at least not until I get a lot better. Which probably means never.
Well after further consideration, I decided I would do it. I give you my cover of Eight Days a Week. You have no idea how much I've practiced this, and it still has some rough spots. To stack the deck in my favor as much as possible, I play it on an Ibanez Mikro! It's just like cheating! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fdrpNm4Ivs
Let the critiquing begin!
If you're a beginner and you can play "Eight Days a Week", I challenge you to post your rendition in this thread, even if it's just the audio. Or whatever other song you can play. Just do it! | Sounds good, you have good tone.
Just try to keep your fretting hand fingers under control...They shouldn't fly off the fret board like that. They should all stay close to it, ready to fret.
Really, if an observer can tell which finger you're using to fret at most any given point, your economy of motion can probably be improved greatly.
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02-02-2011, 10:12 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | Thanks. I know I need to work on keeping the fretting fingers under control. It probably explains why I tend to play a little too staccato or something, need to hold the notes longer.
The Mikro's scale is 28.6". Small!
I was surprised how the recording turned out because I didn't spend any time tweaking it. The Mikro is plugged into a basic Behringer mixer. The backing track was ripped from CD and played back with iTunes, the computer line out also going into the mixer. Then back from the mixer to the computer line in. I listened to the backing track & myself with headphones plugged into the mixer. Recorded it with Audacity. It might sound even better if I normalized the audio. I recorded the video separately and sync'd it up with the audio in Sony Vegas 10, rendered it at a fairly low resolution for YT to keep the file small.
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02-02-2011, 10:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Deep East Texas Piney Woods | | Thanks, for sharing. Yes coming from an old guy of 76, those old fingers did grest.  |
02-02-2011, 10:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Olympia WA | | | Great job man! I thought it sounded pretty smooth.. |
02-02-2011, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MalcolmAmos Thanks, for sharing. Yes coming from an old guy of 76, those old fingers did grest. | Heh, my fingers are a spry 58.  |
02-02-2011, 11:12 AM
| | | | So you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! Keep it up...
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02-02-2011, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NE Ohio/Central Florida | | Thanks for putting yourself out there. good job
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02-02-2011, 11:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Dallas / Fort Worth | | | Nice. How long have you been playing? As a fellow noob - Keep it up! |
02-02-2011, 12:26 PM
| | | | Good job!! You have excellent time too!
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02-02-2011, 04:57 PM
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As a fello noob, I had to watch. Glad I did, well done I thought. Now that you've set the bar, I may have to learn this song too. I also have the excessive-finger-movement thing, not sure how best to try to remedy that.
Few questions though -
How long have you been playing?
How'd you get the backing track w/ no bass or vocal? |
02-02-2011, 05:01 PM
| | | | Well, I think you did a good job. Where I would work is on the fretting hand that move a lot and on your picking hand to let the note ring a little longer.
Otherwise very good, you are on the right track |
02-02-2011, 05:21 PM
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That's brave to put this up for people to see.
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02-02-2011, 05:38 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Heh, well thanks everyone for the encouragement and suggestions. Appreciate it. |
02-02-2011, 06:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Mountain South | | | Well done! The timing is very good. I would try to concentrate on keeping your thumb behind the neck and the fingers closer to the frets. Your fingers have to move less distance that way. It is a problem I have to concentrate on myself. It looks like you have very good reach, have you tried a full scale bass?
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02-03-2011, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by MrM As a fello noob, I had to watch. Glad I did, well done I thought. Now that you've set the bar, I may have to learn this song too. I also have the excessive-finger-movement thing, not sure how best to try to remedy that. | Slow down, a lot. Give your hands the time to learn how to do it the right way. It takes awhile. |
02-06-2011, 01:42 AM
| | | | I thought it was great.
My advice, for what it's worth, is to focus more on enjoying the part than on making it sound perfect.
Loosening up relieves the pressure you put on yourself to get everything exactly right, which will improve the way you sound.
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