Songs which influenced your technique.

[MacheteSteve]

what songs really helped you construct and define your technique?

and what song heped you develop those chops which you whip out when you want to impress?

just want to improve my technique by learning some challenging songs.

[Andrew Jones]

What is hip,,,will work wonders for your right hand and learning to relax and breath for 5 minutes

[Jawsh!]

Hysteria by Muse

and a ton of other songs by bands like switchfoot, coldplay, The Beatles, Anberlin, and Lostprophets.

i'm really into effects... some as intense like the Big Muff Pi or the Akai Deep Impact, to those which have a warmer less harsh tone.

I'm actually looking at borrowing my friends TS808 and Fuzz Factory to mess around with a bit.

[Onca]

I wouldnt say that I have my own style yet, I would list a couple that have helped me learn new styles and somethign that I would play for people:
Feelin alright- GFR(or anything by GFR for that matter)
Highway star-DP(most other songs by em too)
Anything by the beatles
cant name anymore for now XD. But there are more, these are just songs I play a lot these days

[PocketGroove82]

Originally Posted by Andrew Jones

What is hip,,,will work wonders for your right hand and learning to relax and breath for 5 minutes

+1 Rocco's style and groove are awesome.

For me, the tune which got me wanting to get my bridge pickup, fingerfunk chops together was "The Chicken".

[Lindsay]

Almost every track on Me'shell's first two albums (Plantation Lullabies and Peace Beyond Passion) influenced my playing - so much style and class. There is plenty of space, tasty fills and the right notes. Great finger style, great slap.

My other heavy influence is Bernard Edwards. The bass lick in the instrumental break in Le Freak taught me that it's better (and more impressive) to play something simple that grooves hard and makes people dance than to play a million notes, loose the audience but potentially impress a couple of musicians.

[Bocete]

Tower of Power - Only so much oil in the ground (16th pattern with a lot of moving, made me practice a lot)
Marcus Miller - It's me again (all the fretless tricks I know, and has made me practice dynamics)
Symphony X - The edge of forever (the exact amount of doing a lot, but not overdoing. A reference for just about everything)
Ark - Absolute Zero (whenever I try to add confusing stuff, it comes out like that)

[Gawd]

I'm not sure I've ever learned a technique from a song, I usually practice technique and songs seperate.

Although my bands music has helped my technique. Whenever I'm writing my bass lines I usually use it as a way to push myself, I'll through something in there that I can't do, the time deadline of next practice helps pressure me to get it down. It helped me with sweeping, tapping, and now it's helping me with using four fingers on my right hand.

[backline112]

what songs really helped you construct and define your technique?
None really.


and what song helped you develop those chops which you whip out when you want to impress?
Continuum - Jaco Pastorius - Album Jaco Pastorius (dude, buy it now)
http://www.lala.com/song/504684646362432108

Fuga y Misterio - Composed by Astor Piazolla, performed by La Tenaza
http://www.lala.com/song/1657606151102874738

And the first "difficult" song I learned was Tom Sawyer, by Rush.


just want to improve my technique by learning some challenging songs.
More Astor Piazolla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAPf_ccobc

Anthony Jackson + Michel Camilo + Horacio Hernandez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw8Ff...eature=related

Miles Davis Summertime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N090STPx-2M

Adam Nitti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoLqaQmlx1Y

John Coltrane's Giant Steps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU

Dexter Gordon, Blue Bossa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sr7BXinJMw

Earth Wind and Fire, Getaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2zx4lr-h8

Megadeth, Holy Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YczYC2yHTM

Steve Bailey, ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZGOI3WCE0

Behold... The Arctopus - You are Number Six (turn volume down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=760Tzjouo-g

Marcus Miller, Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNIFJMwhas

Manhattan, Eric Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL8aeeSTthQ

James Jamerson, Whats going on Isolated bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqtELR5GyfI

Bozzio Levin Stevens, Spiral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKfh5vR6Haw

Chancho en Piedra, La vida del Oso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_T0GpfhGM8

That'll get you started.

Oh, almost forgot:
Are you ready!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukjnrXTTvPY

[D Rokk]

guns n roses

[fearceol]

Jethro Tull's "Bouree" did it for me. I practiced it for a looong time, starting slow then building up the speed by degrees, 'till I nailed Glen Cornick's solo.

[fleabee]

Good list of stuff Backline

[backline112]

Originally Posted by fleabee

Good list of stuff Backline

I tried to make it as varied as I could without posting my whole library. It's still pretty common.

I'd love it if at least some people posted more songs. Please!

[Stickk]

Anything by Stanley Clarke and Necrophagist.

[ugly_bassplayer]

Anything by james Jamerson.

Nuff said.

[Asher S]

• John Entwistle, anything and everything on Who's Next
• Everything on the 5 Police albums
• The Chicken and Birdland (Jaco)
• Spirit of Radio and Tom Sawyer: Rush/Geddy Lee (I grew up in Toronto)
• More recently: Jimmy Haslip/Yellowjackets, specifically Revelation, Jacketown, Sea Folk, and My Old School (25 [Live album]), and Evening News & Motet (Mint Jam)

[Icarus26]

hump de bump by the red hot chili peppers.

had a hard time getting down the fingering. loved that sound.

[ben_the_bass]

First one I thought of was "The Lemon Song" by Led Zeppelin.

[Stealth]

Dream Theater's Scarred did wonders, both for tapping and for the slightly more complex chorus line.

[Bass Collector]

Mark King / Level 42 - "Love Games"