University piece, 'popular music'?

[Oscar South]

I've been inquiring into changing my pure psych course into psych/music as I think I would come out with a better degree in that. I have an audition which I need to play a 3-4 minute solo piece for, its a 'popular music' course so I think I should play something thats a little more modern than the classical or traditional jazz pieces that usually go down well.

I want to play a piece that shows off some impressive two handed tapping technique but only in moderation, I want to show I can hold a steady groove and play 'the bass' but also throw in a little showmanship. I'm ok with arranging my own piece but I don't want to write something for it, I only have about 3 weeks to prepare it .

Anyone got any suggestions?
Thanks.

[Mark Latimour]

The middle section of Metropolis Pt 1 by Dream Theater, but I don't know how it would sound for solo bass.

Wooten would have a lot of pieces that could fit the bill - You Can't Hold Now Groove would be one, Norwegian Wood another.

[stedtale]

The first one that came to my mind was Wooten's "Amazing Grace", but I don't think that's what your looking for as far as style.

You could do your own arrangement of a 20th century style "classical" piece. Something by Bartok...or something along the lines of "Gigue" by Emma Lou Diemer...or anything else you'd like to arrange for bass.

[CamMcIntyre]

The first thing that came to mind for me was Stu Hamm's Version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata #13 [or is it 14...] either way, it's his "Moonlight Sonata". I did a paper in music history on that piece [not the Stu Hamm version......Andre Watts and Daniel Barenboim recordings]. That'd give you a classical piece interpreted in a new way.

Otherwise-i agree with the others "Amazing Grace" would be nice.

[TrooperFarva]

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