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06-18-2008, 05:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | Indian virtuouso bassist - Jayen Varma
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06-18-2008, 05:46 AM
| | | | He's amazing, so fluid.
So many amazing bass players out there. |
06-18-2008, 05:46 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | I'm just wondering what makes him a world record bassist. While his style is unique I find his playing sloppy and not as fast as advertised. Not saying he's a bad player but he's definitely not a world class player, IMO. |
06-18-2008, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by DWBass  I'm just wondering what makes him a world record bassist. While his style is unique I find his playing sloppy and not as fast as advertised. Not saying he's a bad player but he's definitely not a world class player, IMO. |
exactly how i feel, sloppy, and i've seen many bassists who are faster. |
06-18-2008, 05:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Stockholm | | | "The way i play bass is the way i play the insturment "qwerty""
Haha!
What is the record? He does not seem to be faster then Billy Sheenan or even wooten?
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06-18-2008, 06:35 AM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | | while being 'proclaimed' the fastest bassist is really not a world record that is going to secure a bunch of gigs or is anything to brag about, the time sigs that he pulls from Carnatic music is cool. He is more of a tabla player on bass. The solfege that is used in Carnatic music is very good for working out odd meter.
Percussionist Trilok Gurtu (son of Carnatic vocalist Shobha Gurtu, kind of a 'big whoop' in southern Indian classical music), uses it very well on his own solo fusion albums and with John McLaughlin.
Can't say his playing really moves me, but I like that he explains the rhythm construction for those that would like to bring that style of music to other genres |
06-18-2008, 09:20 AM
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06-18-2008, 09:20 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | His right hand almost looks like he's playing Tabla, I dig it.
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06-18-2008, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | nice! (did you notice MY location?)
but nothing like anything which makes me go "wow" you get the drift?
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06-18-2008, 10:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, USSA | | | His playing leaves me cold, but it's obvious that he has a tabla background (how could you not have that background, being from India?) and he is leveraging that against his bass playing. Cool stuff with the odd meters, but aside from that, I can play faster and cleaner slap. One of these days I'll have to throw a clip up on Youtube to prove it. Think "Mark King machine-gun triplets". Also, I've seen so many great players play faster, more fluidly, with more tone...a handful to listen to would be:
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Les Claypool
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke |
06-18-2008, 11:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | about his tone, he's also playing a samick there, you cant really find good affordable basses in india, so its not the best piece of gear rly. |
06-18-2008, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassic83 His playing leaves me cold, but it's obvious that he has a tabla background (how could you not have that background, being from India?) and he is leveraging that against his bass playing. Cool stuff with the odd meters, but aside from that, I can play faster and cleaner slap. One of these days I'll have to throw a clip up on Youtube to prove it. Think "Mark King machine-gun triplets". Also, I've seen so many great players play faster, more fluidly, with more tone...a handful to listen to would be:
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Les Claypool
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke | and you do a good indopak accent!!!!! so you got that going for ya!!  |
06-18-2008, 11:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | I can't stand his tone, but I admire him for trying to play in that crazy signature.
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06-18-2008, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by davetakis and you do a good indopak accent!!!!! so you got that going for ya!! | Don' be messing around in that fashion! Get out! Only two kids in the store at one time! No backpacks! You know damn right! |
06-18-2008, 12:48 PM
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Lark in the Morning Instructional Videos; Audix Microphones | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mtns, California | | | + 1 on "cool that he's applying Mrdungum techniques and Karnatic rhythms to bass"
I've got an old Tabla player bandmate (who's since moved to the East Coast) coming for a visit next week, and I've been looking forward to playing some crazy odd times with him.
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06-18-2008, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jerry His right hand almost looks like he's playing Tabla, I dig it. | one of the first things I thought myself. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassic83 His playing leaves me cold, but it's obvious that he has a tabla background (how could you not have that background, being from India?) and he is leveraging that against his bass playing. Cool stuff with the odd meters, but aside from that, I can play faster and cleaner slap. One of these days I'll have to throw a clip up on Youtube to prove it. Think "Mark King machine-gun triplets". Also, I've seen so many great players play faster, more fluidly, with more tone...a handful to listen to would be:
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Les Claypool
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke | I don't have a tabla background... Quote:
Originally Posted by davetakis and you do a good indopak accent!!!!! so you got that going for ya!! | eh, it's decent, I've heard better.  |
06-18-2008, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | I don't have a tabla background too
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06-18-2008, 02:21 PM
| | | | hes absolutely terrible..
listen to it. it doesent sound like music at all. i dont think he knows what notes hes even playing..good for him for playing in that time signature, but thats math..not music...
very dissapointed =/
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06-18-2008, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | what does he say when he's like "i play bass like i play the insturment ......" |
06-18-2008, 03:19 PM
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