Fieldy has a Instructional DVD....

[dannoman]

For those of you who care...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEi6if-s1-g

[Ampeg SVT]

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Wow that was really hard. Im going to watch the Robbie Merrill one so I can watch someone play bass.

[CapnSev]

"Now kids - Detune your bass to the point where it has no distinctive tones, and smack it a lot."

[GearHeadBassMan]

Step One: Hang bass around knees
Step Two: Grow Dreadlocks
Step Three: Hit bass with fist
Step Four:
Step Five: Profit.

[Willy2911]

I can't wait to go out and buy it - I am going right now...LOL

[thombo]

edit- this is a sincere response

this dvd isn't my thing, but i do think that the guitar hero/rockband style tab is cool! it is intuitive and a lot of people will understand how to play the music in rhythm.
it would be really cool of you could slow it down and speed it up!

[fleabee]

holy shtballs!

[Dark Star]

I was just looking at that a few days ago.

He really doesn't have anything special going for him.

[Bassenstien]

[atheos]

Whoa, he actually plays notes, who would've known?

No, I really like Korn, especially the old stuff from 10+ years ago but I really wouldn't call Fieldy so great bassist. He's more like a percussionist IMO

[RCCollins]

I don't like Korn at all, and he's competent at best, but more power to him! We should all be so lucky...

[tomvelsor]

im baffled that he thinks his bass sounds good?

if i was working for any given company that he endources id pay him to use something else. there is no worse tone than that. its so muddy and brittle and has ZERO punch and ujhgjiofdahg I CANT GET INTO THIS RIGHT NOW

thank god this guy is more wellknown among teenagers james jamerson is..

[Bardley]

LMAO!!!

"I play Dean Markley strings because they are really bright... thud thud thud"

[low-endz]

Everytime I hear someone say that Fieldy is such an awesome bassist, I laugh to tears!

& look who's Next

"How to match your clothes with your bass intructional video by Pete Wentz"

PASS!

[René_Julien]

This can only end badly.

I do not approve of all this Fieldy bashing.
Nor do I want to stop you guys.


But let me step in.

Fieldy adds to Korn's music what is needed.
It wouldn't be cool without Fieldy's slap.
And Korn has a wide fanbase, among them most fans appreciate Fieldy's work.
So he must be doing his job right.

He also succeeds in making the bass audioble.

That slap tone is a slap tone suited for this kind of thrash metal. (nu metal? whatever subgenre Korn is.)
I have no problem with the tone.
And he has nice rythm.

Yes I realize he is more of a percussionist.
But it works.

Korn wouldn't be Korn with a traditional bass.


Just playing devil's advocate here.
I'm no Fieldy fan and I don't wish to have his "skills".

But the same way I look at a famous guitarist, the same way I look at Fieldy.
Appreciate it, but another kind of musician than me.

I used to be a Korn fan. Hey, it was 12 years ago and I was 14... till the age of 17.
(With "used to be" I mean I don't like the stuff they brought out after Freak on a Leash.)



Sorry for the intermission.
Go on ahead with the bashing.



And yes I am in a certain mood today.

(But I'm a little bit glad I got another rant of my chest.)

[jaco1962]

Some where I heard some of the members of Korn did drugs. That could explain it.

[TimWilson]

I don't like Korn and I like Fieldy even less, but I can't help but wonder what Korn WOULD sound like with a real bass player... Shouldn't be hard to find out: There's so little bottom on their CDs that a decent bassist could write and record a real bass part over the song without conflicting with any existing bottom...

[bassdoubler]

you know, I'm sure I'm gonna catch hell for this since I always do....but I'm about to stand up for Fieldy right now. If it gives me any credibility at all, I'm a 10+ years studied classical double bassist, and I've played electric bass with many famous artists and have toured all over the world.

Ok, so he has an instructional video....that's a little whack and pretty hysterical, however, I think people, especially bass players, are really missing what he's trying to do artistically, and I think he is fully aware of the sound he gets.

First of all, Korn was not only genre defying, but one of the most innovative metal bands that has ever existed. Fieldy was first a guitar player, but switched to bass after he saw the percussive effect of slapping at a chili's concert. He then creatively used this technique in a way that hadn't been done before in a musical context of groove meets screaming and rocking out meets hip-hop, driven by extremely painful lyrics sung by a messed up dude with an obvious passion for what he's saying. I have been a korn fan since the bands inception, but sort of fell of by their last few albums and the band started to fall apart. However, I think the sound Korn achieved was not only innovative and fresh, but it deserves far more respect than it's given and I think Fieldy is due a lot of that respect as well.

I'm not trying to say Fieldy is Victor Wooten here, and if I woke up one day and my '69 P-bass made that sound I would light it on fire. I'm trying to say I don't think Fieldy sucks and sometimes I even envy him for having figured out the sound he hears in his head.

[One Drop]

I've always wanted my bass to sound like a meatloaf with a fork stuck in it falling down a metal staircase.

Thanks for the heads up!

[rezin]

so many people love to say that providing just what the song needs is what bass playing is all about. how is that not exactly what he's doing? not every song calls for a a warm p bass tone.