new bassist

[JPginger]

I'm a fairly new bassist picked up a yamaha RBX-170 about two weeks ago and have been looking for some practice songs to play I can already play seven nation army by the white stripes, thanks for the memories by fall out boy, what ive done by linkin park and face down by the red jumpsuit apparatus. if anyone has any suggestions on fairly easy but cool sounding songs to play I wud appreciate your advice.

[tom once dead]

What kind of music do you want to play?

I remember when I first started out, I played a lot of Metallica. Thankfully I've grown out of that stage now, still a good starting point though.

[Boyakasha]

Californication - RHCP
Come as you are - Nirvana
Lounge act - Nirvana
Beat it - Michael Jackson
Jammin - Bob Marley

[Mark Perry]

Rage against the machine basslines are a good place to start. Also there's usually only a few repeated riffs each song. So they're not too hard to figure out by ear, once you're more comfortable with the bass.

Good luck!

[BaditudeDude]

Beginner here too; I too bought a Yamaha RBX170 in January, fell on ice a couple of weeks later and broke my wrist, severely restricting my playing. Here's some beginner songs suggestions that I have learned: "One of My Kind" -INXS, "Love is the Drug" -Roxy Music, "Erotic City" -Prince, "Under Pressure" "Another One Bites the Dust" -Queen, "Rock Your Body" -Justin Timberlake, "Hella Good (Keep on Dancing)" - No Doubt

[Comrade Kiwi]

Start with what you like. It doesn't take long to judge what's in and out of your field.

And whatever you do, keep on practicing.

[FutureTense]

Depending on what you like in music, I might suggest looking at Cake. They've got some fairly basic basslines that tend to repeat throughout the song. And they're just a lot of fun to play along with IMO.

[Bozendoka]

I liked jamming on Paranoid and Iron Man when I was starting out (okay, I still do). Pretty straightforward but awesome nonetheless. The intro to War Pigs is cool, although a bit harder. I was in a band where pretty much everyone except me was huge into KISS and I have to admit Gene does have some cool lines - Cold Gin and All American Man in particular I remember liking to play.

Anything from Judas Priest is good if you feel like turning off your brain and chugging out the eighth notes.

[entertoexit]

Originally Posted by Bozendoka

I liked jamming on Paranoid and Iron Man when I was starting out (okay, I still do). Pretty straightforward but awesome nonetheless. The intro to War Pigs is cool, although a bit harder. I was in a band where pretty much everyone except me was huge into KISS and I have to admit Gene does have some cool lines - Cold Gin and All American Man in particular I remember liking to play.

Anything from Judas Priest is good if you feel like turning off your brain and chugging out the eighth notes.

I also started with Iron Man and Paranoid, then played some KISS songs like 100000 years, Plaster Caster, and Love Gun. All were pretty easy to throw down with on the main riffs. Sometimes you'll come across challenging sections of a tab, just practice it often or fill in with the verse riff again until you're more confident.

[hrodbert696]

It totally depends on what your goals are. Is this for fun in your living room or are you aiming to get into a gigging band eventually (and if so, what kind of band)? I would just say learn to play whatever you like to listen to, start with the simple songs and work up. I was having a go at Duran Duran's "Rio" within a few weeks of getting my first bass a year and a half ago and I still can't play it right (not that I've worked at it consistently). But I learned a lot by working on it.

[JoelCMJ]

Welcome to the bass world I'm a guitarist too and I first started off on guitar so I relearned those songs on bass id say nice easy ones such as:

Come as you Are by Nirvana
Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
Back In Black by ACDC
Another one Bites the dust by Queen
Basket Case by Green Day oh and Longview too!