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03-24-2008, 11:04 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar, D'Addario, Subdecay, Tonefactor | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | meh, that was ok. he was rushing quite a bit on that unison line, and it all seemed pretty mechanical. decent chops, i suppose, but it didn't make me want to get up and dance.
the second guy was certainly a bit better.
i don't really understand the whole youtube thing, though of videotaping yourself playing along to famous cuts... so maybe i am a bit biased.
that bassline IS killing, however.
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03-24-2008, 11:11 AM
| | | Heh...I know nothing about the first guy (other than he's been playing since 11 years old  )...but the second one, MarloweDK is pretty damn good.
Edit: Not that the first is bad.
You should check out the rest of Marlowe's 200+ videos. Not only vids of him just playing well, but he has several intructional/demontrative ones up too. His videos always inspire me to learn songs that I hadn't considered before.
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03-24-2008, 11:11 AM
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03-24-2008, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada & USA | | | The tone on Do I Do is killer. What bass is that?
EDIT: oops, they're both Do I Do. I was referring to the first one. |
03-24-2008, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Madison WI | | | Don't worry, I'm sure it took these guys a while to make a recording good enough to put it on youtube, most people who put youtube videos up of themselves playing just put songs up that make them look good (not knocking on these guys though). |
03-24-2008, 12:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada | | | the first ones okay, not great.
that's not really the best video you can find from Marlowe though, he's pretty great. |
03-24-2008, 12:15 PM
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i don't really understand the whole youtube thing, though of videotaping yourself playing along to famous cuts
| A/Because the bass player never gets a closeup on DVD.
B/Because the tutorials don't show it either. |
03-24-2008, 12:46 PM
| | | | first guy is very pedestrian, but A for effort
Marlowe is a funk specialist with nice feel and technique |
03-24-2008, 12:49 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charleston, South Carolina | | | The thing is... most people like that have no style or "personality" in their playing. Sure it's technically impressive, but they certainly don't look like they "feel" the song or anything like that.
Personally I'd rather see variations on lines like that with unique flair and character added by the bassist. Not a note-for-note cover.
edit: that's all for the 1st one... the 2nd one certainly does have a better feel for the song.
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03-24-2008, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Torrance, CA | | | Youtube is more for showing off than as a learning tool. While it's cool that they show how it's done, I've found that the better and more useful youtube videos are the ones where the guy will teach and explain what he played, either on the video or through some sort of web accompaniment, using youtube just to host the video.
Don't let this stuff sway you into not practicing. Some people are just better than others and need to practice less, but everyone has to practice at some point. Also, I've seen some pretty awful players put their videos up on youtube for no good reason at all. |
03-24-2008, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Inside John Malkovich head | | | Music is not a contest against other people. Music is about having fun and be creative. But I have nothing against youtube, itīs pretty fun to watch. |
03-24-2008, 03:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Washington, DC | | | That first dude needs to hit the woodshed. If he was playing it with a real band it would be a mess. That Marlowe guy is alright.
Is that really considered a tough tune these days? I mean I used to watch video of Wooten going nuts and get that "ugly" feeling. The vast majority of bassists could never play like that (assuming they wanted to). Stevie Wonder bass lines like that are an attainable goal if you practice.
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03-24-2008, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vortex of sin and degradation | | | Personally, I thought both were pretty good. I wish I were as "bad" as either of them. But what I couldn't help noticing is how they both use four fingers across three frets on the lower frets and the first goes four-to-four on the upper frets while the other seems to stick with four-to-three.
I strive to use four-to-four pretty much everywhere except at the very bottom while telling myself that mastering this will make be better in the long run. But everytime I see what appear to be good bassists using four-to-three, I always start second guessing my approach. What's your philosophy on this? |
03-24-2008, 08:44 PM
| | | | I'm a lazy savage and I want a tab for this song.
Anybody has one? |
03-24-2008, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Night Prowler Music is not a contest against other people. Music is about having fun and be creative. But I have nothing against youtube, itīs pretty fun to watch. | Whatever dude. I can play better than you!
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03-24-2008, 08:56 PM
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I strive to use four-to-four pretty much everywhere except at the very bottom while telling myself that mastering this will make be better in the long run. But everytime I see what appear to be good bassists using four-to-three, I always start second guessing my approach. What's your philosophy on this?
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I play like those guys Most Groove guys with normal hands do.
You have to be comfortable. I mean play for hours comfortable.
BTW the Marlow guy is my favorite on electric on you tube.
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03-25-2008, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by PunkerTrav The tone on Do I Do is killer. What bass is that?
EDIT: oops, they're both Do I Do. I was referring to the first one. | Im not positive but im about 90% sure thats a rickenbacker 4004 of some kind. There are a few flavors if it. |
03-25-2008, 05:15 AM
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03-25-2008, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Night Prowler Music is not a contest against other people. Music is about having fun and be creative. But I have nothing against youtube, itīs pretty fun to watch. | ditto
As a side note, After 6 months "playing" I still suck but I have a lot of fun with my bass :-)
Seriously, man, don't compare you against other guys but against yourself. Record your self and you'll see you improving over time ;-) | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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