Motown

[Supersonicmusic]

Can anyone please give me any tips on how to create a decent motown bass line as i need to this for a music course?

Cheers

[Big Blue Toe]

I dunno... Just listen to guys like Jr Walker or Otis Redding and go from there.

[powerbass]

Check out "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...dows+of+motown

[major10th]

Originally Posted by Big Blue Toe

I dunno... Just listen to guys like Jr Walker or Otis Redding and go from there.

Better yet, listen to lots of Jamerson, it's hard not to cause he is Motown

[mambo4]

Indeed James Jamerson is the sound of Mowtown Bass. Try a you tube search for " James Jamerson isolated bass" But that said he's also pretty dam hard to emulate. For a more stripped down but equally solid and soulful approach you might want to check out Duck Dunn's work on the old Staxx records/Booker T & The MGs. I belive there is also a book out there called "What Duck Dunn"

[Classickbass]

Originally Posted by major10th

Better yet, listen to lots of Jamerson, it's hard not to cause he is Motown

Hit the nail right on the head, you did. I was surprised that Jamerson was not the in the first response.