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02-23-2006, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ocean Springs, MS | | | Need a short little one to two minute song I can play solo on. FAST!!!!
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So for my English class I have to do a "How to" project. Naturally I chose bass. I need a short one to two minute little song, but I cant think of one. Last semester my friend did the oompa loompa song. I will be playing by myself. Any input is greatly appreciated
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02-23-2006, 04:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan | | | Try learning The Awakening by les claypool....it's pretty simple and you should be able to cut out a little bit seeing as you only need 2 minutes......oh, and shouldnt this be under recordings? |
02-23-2006, 04:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montréal | | | If you play fretless, I recommend Jaco's version of America the beautiful, which is usually titled Amerika. The birthday concert version is real nice I find, and not that hard to play. It sounds a lot better on fretless than fretted though. |
02-23-2006, 04:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southern California | | | Wicked World from Black Sabbath, the intro line moves pretty fast and sounds good unaccompanied. NIB from Sabbath is great too, if you can pull it off in a day. In fact, most Sabbath songs have great basslines that sound good alone, so check them out if you are interested in that music. Can you tell I love it?
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02-23-2006, 04:46 PM
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02-23-2006, 05:21 PM
| | | Orion's a killer song, might be a bit hard and complicated to learn though, its a pretty long song and the pattern is never the same.
I would say look into Black Sabbath. Lord Of This World, Into The Void, or Iron Man is fun to play also.
If you prefer something softer, I'd go with Arctic Monkeys, though some songs are complicated. If you decide to give that a go try the songs Fake Tales of San Francisco or From the Ritz to the Rubble, they're both fast paced enough.
Well, on the other hand, if you're a geniusly talented young bassist, why not blow everybody away and give Metallica - Anesthesia Pulling Teeth a go, pending you have a good distortion pedal  |
02-24-2006, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada | | | Stu Hamm... I can think of a few of his. Country Music and the Peanuts song come to mind
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02-24-2006, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Yorkshire, UK | | If you can tap, do a few bits of Stu Hamm's County Music, it'll knock them dead, I used it in a similar situation with the result that I now get harassed to play it all the time  .
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02-24-2006, 07:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lynchburg, VA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Kruton It is Due tommorow | I'm just curious - why'd you wait until the day before to figure out what song you were going to play?
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02-24-2006, 08:19 PM
| | | | do the jeopardy theme song i did the same how to thing played this song and got an A+ |
02-24-2006, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ocean Springs, MS | | | Well I ended up not going today. And she assigned it on wednesday and it was due today friday. I don't know if I want to learn The awakening or go with country music since I already know it. BTW, those were some awesome sabbath songs, I have never really listened to them. Thanks a LOT for all of your help. So what would you guys rather hear in a boring old classroom, country music or The awakening? |
02-24-2006, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | | Go to the michael kelly site and download the dragonfly fretless acoustic sample song, it's a great little solo piece.
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02-24-2006, 10:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | Since there's no drummer, I'd go with Country Music. IMO, a big part of The Awakening is the drumming.
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02-25-2006, 06:46 AM
| | | Yep black sabbath rules, glad it could help |
02-25-2006, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southern California | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by morf Yep black sabbath rules, glad it could help | Is there anything Sabbath can't help? |
02-25-2006, 11:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Anchorage Alaska | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by ZombieGhosTrain Is there anything Sabbath can't help? |
Geometry homework mostly.
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02-27-2006, 04:10 AM
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