Nathan East & Fourplay

[Makatak]

How many of you bass players out there are frustrated with the token " new kid on the block " type of player who is in the now because of the popularity of the band they are in ?
The thing i have difficulty with, is when Fourplay records multiple albums of maybe some of the most astute compositions possible ...but whenever its being played either in the background/ or foreground , generally the comment is " geez , whats this porn music mate ? ..." I know a lot of it can be cheese by a some peoples standards ,but cant people go beyond the "music " and see technological advancement ?

[DWBass]

I agree!! That's okay though! Nathan East is probably the highest paid sideman bassist (at his highest point probably made a $mil a year) and has ALL the top gigs! Clapton, Phil Collins, Babyface, Fourplay, Anita Baker, Whitney, Michael Jackson just to name a few! And the man can sing! These new jacks don't even come close to Nathan's talents!

[TRU]

In my opinion Fourplay is the worst example of elevator music. Its not Nathan's fault, I really dig his playing. The songs are just... so plain and smoothed out. Like it was made of essence.

Last night I went through my Peter Gabriel collection. Now that is pure musical genius. And Tony Levin rocks!

[cassanova]

Originally posted by Makatak
cant people go beyond the "music " and see technological advancement ?

You can get get the greatest players in the world and put them all in the same band. But a lame song is a lame song no matter how technically proficiant the players are. At least thats IMO

I think Jaco was a brialliant player but I cant stand his many of his songs, they just dont grab me.

[Biggus_Reddus]

it's not "lame", I just think yu don't appreciate smooth music.