Tetsuo Sakurai 6 string slap bass demo

[MichaelScott]

Check it out I'm a fan... although I bet lugging that thing around must give him a serious case of back ache.

[BuffaloBass]

Cat's cool! If I don't hear ghost notes anymore, it doesn't get my full dig. Vic W and Ant Wellington have done jaded me.

Either the cat's small stature or that bass is like "SuperSize"!

Anyway, thnx for the dose of slap with my morning coffe. Much oblidged!

[bassist 4 life]

Nice clip! Jauqo posted this a while ago.

[DWBass]

Excellent wankery! A lot more musical than a lot of other posted clips of other bassists!! I love the sound of Yamaha basses too! That's why I bought one!

[Lorenzini]

That's why I bought one too!

Yes those basses are frickin' heavy.

[Rod Torfulson]

Stringing together a bunch of cliched slap licks with no sense of "the one" just ain't funky.

[DWBass]

^^^^I followed it just fine granted there were a couple of sections of sheer wankery but he came right back in on time! And it was funky! Sorry you didn't enjoy it!

[BuffaloBass]

Wankery .... hahaha... and now I have a new word for the day.... heavy ??..... man I done learned on Peavey t40s, I KNOW the M60 machine gun is lighter.... it was too easy to schlep that rig for 30k with my T40 muscles!

I hear a groove Rod... and the cat's pretty good.... each is own .. its all cool... gotta gimme some ghost plucks in there man is all.....

[remo]

sorry.. boring octave chopping, textbook pentatonic runs and no pocket feel or groove at all... 3/10

[THIRSTYGUMS]

dire durge drivel! i HATE this meaningless, feelingless, soulless slap bass nonsense, it makes a mockery of our fine instrument! other musicians laugh at us now! you see what slap bass has done for us??? Tell someone your the bass player and they start waving their thumbs around and slabbering about Flea or some other talentless chancer!!!!!

Nice looking bass though, I love the heavy menacing look of six strings even though i rarely even hit the low B

[DWBass]

Tetsuo Sakurai
BASSIST, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, INSTRUCTOR
Tetsuo was born in Tokyo 1957 Nov, 13. He started to play bass when he was 13 years old.
He was a member of the group named <Casiopea> in 1976-1989, <Jimsaku> with Akira Jimbo in 1990-1998.
He has released 37 albums with the Band and Solo titles at all. Also he made 3 instructual videos.
Now, he is composing and playing his own music as a solo artist with domestic and foreign musicians.
The 3rd solo album "TLM20" released in 2000. It was recorded live concert with <Casiopea> members.
The 4th solo album "GENTLE HEARTS" released in 2001. It was recorded with Greg Howe & Dennis Chambers.
The 5th solo album "Cartas do Brasil" released in 2003. It was the self cover vocal ballad album recorded in Rio de Janeiro with Djavan, Ivan Lins, Rosa Passos and so on.
Tetsuo made the concert tour with Greg & Dennis in 2004. And he recorded the"GENTLE HEARTS TOOR 2004" live CD & DVD. It will be released Feb 23. 2005.

Just wanted to throw out something positive amongst the negative comments. He is a noted, first-class bassist and probably Japan's finest (and they have a lot of them).

http://www.tetsuosakurai.com/

[THIRSTYGUMS]

That is quite a CV! I guess hes just showing off his chops or whatever?!?

[Christopher]

I usually like his playing, but that clip's a little dull - he's on autopilot.

[Groovy Bastard]

Originally Posted by remo

sorry.. boring octave chopping, textbook pentatonic runs and no pocket feel or groove at all... 3/10

So let us hear your sense of the pocket. He does a lot of syncopated stuff but always lands right on the one, sometimes it's just only after a couple of bars.

I'm not a big slap fan, but this video is just an exercise and people calling it not groovy or not on the one should check their own timefeel instead of criticising a pro player.

I get the feeling people with a limited technical ability try to talk theirselves up by calling themselve a 'groove player' instead of a 'wanker'. Well guess what, being able to play a simple groove doesn't make your sense of groove better than guys like Wooten et al. who play more complicated stuff that not everybody gets (and then call it not groovy). I don't like everything these kind of guys do, but you are crazy to criticise their timefeel.

/rant off

[narud]

Originally Posted by DWBass

Just wanted to throw out something positive amongst the negative comments. Believe it or not, he's one of the worlds best bassists and probably Japan's finest (and they have a lot of them).

http://www.tetsuosakurai.com/

he may be one of japans finest but imo definitely not one of the worlds best bassists.

[narud]

Originally Posted by Groovy Bastard

So let us hear your sense of the pocket. He does a lot of syncopated stuff but always lands right on the one, sometimes it's just only after a couple of bars.

I'm not a big slap fan, but this video is just an exercise and people calling it not groovy or not on the one should check their own timefeel instead of criticising a pro player.

I get the feeling people with a limited technical ability try to talk theirselves up by calling themselve a 'groove player' instead of a 'wanker'. Well guess what, being able to play a simple groove doesn't make your sense of groove better than guys like Wooten et al. who play more complicated stuff that not everybody gets (and then call it not groovy). I don't like everything these kind of guys do, but you are crazy to criticise their timefeel.

/rant off

i dont care if he's a pro or jesus, that clip didnt groove. listen to marcus slap and then a/b it with that clip. HUGE difference.

[Josh Ryan]

Cool, I like that guy's playing.

[MichaelScott]

Here is a solo

With Casiopea- pretty groovy for the 80's

Bass Duet! The other guy, Yoshihiro Naruse (who is the current Bass player for Casiopea) is playing a really nice Tune bass.

Anyways, love it of hate it we hardly ever mention Japanese bass players.

[THIRSTYGUMS]

no accounting for taste

[THIRSTYGUMS]

"With Casiopea- pretty groovy for the 80's"

fu***ng atrocious! I love it!!