Looking for popular music without bass

Insomnia_Junkie · #1 06-14-2009, 10:20 PM

Do they make songs especially for bass players to play along with? I've been looking and the only thing I can find is buying a specific band/album instructional book that MIGHT have some songs without bass.

Solarmist · #2 06-15-2009, 02:06 AM

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs don't have a bass, but their guitar player Nick Zinner kinda makes up for it with pedals, and a unique style.

The Doors had no bass (player) either other than Ray on keys ... which totally did the trick in their case

**Rune Bivrin** · #3 06-15-2009, 02:58 AM

Will I be the first to suggest Metallica, Jason Newsted era?

tom once dead · #4 06-15-2009, 03:09 AM

you could also try Local H, althought the guitard has a P pup in his guitar and uses pedals, so you can hear bass.

Insomnia_Junkie · #5 06-15-2009, 03:40 PM

I'm not looking for a specific example of music that isn't using a bass guitar. I'm looking for song x minus the bass to play along to.

msiner · #6 06-15-2009, 03:47 PM

I have heard that some people have some success with the Guitar Hero/Rock Band games. Wait, just hear me out. I guess if you play as the bass part, but don't actually play any notes, then the bass part will not be in the mix. So if you record that, then you can have a version without the bass part. I am not familiar with those games, so I can't be any more specific than that.

Troutdog · #7 06-15-2009, 03:59 PM

If you are a fan of Dave Matthews Band, check out the recent double CD and DVD "Live at Radio City Music Hall." Its Dave and Tim Reynolds going through many popular DMB tunes with only 2 acoustic guitars. Its fun to play bass along with.

mrufino1 · #8 06-15-2009, 09:09 PM

If you search, you can find tons of rock band and guitar hero songs for download, with the parts isolated. Then drop all of the parts except the bass into a multitrack program and you will have popular songs without bass to play along to. And you will have the bass track isolated so you can hear what is really going on. However, this does fall in a gray area legally (as Fletch said, "How gray? kind of in the charcoal area....") so you'll have to figure out how and where to find them. I guess if you bought the game then it is less gray...

JohnnyNacho · #9 06-15-2009, 09:14 PM

But why?

JohnnyNacho · #10 06-15-2009, 09:16 PM

Oh nvm, was a bit of a dolt and didn't read the whole post, sorry. I feel i should contribute something useful now, so so may i suggest a loop pedal?

onewebfoot · #11 06-15-2009, 09:22 PM

Music Minus One (MMO) and Aebersold materials?
http://www.musicminusone.com/index.php?cPath=59
http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merch...ry_Code=BASBOO

**Blackbird** · #12 06-15-2009, 09:51 PM

Check out Standing In the Shadows of Motown, or SITSOM as it's know in these parts.

I'll leave this thread here for suggestions of recordings, but you probably want to look in General Instruction for info on the book.

otis_thick · #13 06-15-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Insomnia_Junkie

Do they make songs especially for bass players to play along with? I've been looking and the only thing I can find is buying a specific band/album instructional book that MIGHT have some songs without bass.

This is a CD player that cancles bass and vocals for bass players and vocalists

http://www.tascam.com/products/cd-bt1mkii.html

MNAirHead · #14 06-15-2009, 10:18 PM

Easier yet.. download some shareware software.. and midi files.. then block the bass line.

T.

rcarraher · #15 06-15-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Insomnia_Junkie

Do they make songs especially for bass players to play along with? I've been looking and the only thing I can find is buying a specific band/album instructional book that MIGHT have some songs without bass.

I was going to say, it wouldn't be very popular here if it didn't have bass, but I see what you are asking

I'm not endorsing any particualr brand here, but I have a Tascam CD-BT1 (need to upgrade to the 1B or the iPOD Version. You can play any standard format store bought or recorded CD and flip a switch and not exactly delete the bass track, but mute it/eliminate it enough that you can play along with the song and be that bands bassist. You can also slow down the song by like 50% without changing the pitch. Real nice feature for learning hard passages. Nice tool, in my book. It'll also "emphasize" the bass if you want, and it has a line out, head phone jack and a semi alright tuner built in. The built in effects are pretty weak, but if you need effects to learn a tune....Check them out thru google.

rcarraher · #16 06-15-2009, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Solarmist

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs don't have a bass, but their guitar player Nick Zinner kinda makes up for it with pedals, and a unique style.

The Doors had no bass (player) either other than Ray on keys ... which totally did the trick in their case

I know and trying to copy Ray nuance for nuance, on a bass, is hard, They actually toured a few times with a bass player, ad one of the beach boys, believe it or not (Not Brian) played bass on a few earlier studio tracks.

longfinger · #17 06-15-2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Insomnia_Junkie

I'm not looking for a specific example of music that isn't using a bass guitar. I'm looking for song x minus the bass to play along to.

If you have a good multi-band graphic EQ on your playback device, you can EQ out the bass. This will turn your entire music collection into a 'music minus one (for bass)' without buying anything new. iTunes has this as does most other playback programs.

One can learn the parts by boosting the bass, then practice by cutting the bass.