Recent content by smokerman

Nice! I forgot about all the bass in that one!

Right now it's Boris The Spider. :D Entwistle songs are fun!

Man, I don't know how you guys can do two shots at the same time. One knocks me on my butt. They assume that you won't make it back to get the second one, that's why they tell you it's fine to get both at the same time. One at a time for me, thank you.

I need to figure out how to stop all that clanking.

I switched over to bass 3 months ago, how does this sound? Still trying to work out the occasional fret clank... First try going direct into the Scarlett 212 into Garageband. [This invalid link has been removed]

It's crazy! I know I'll never be able to play like that, but it's fun to try. :D It's pretty interesting to dissect that line, and see the way he bounced that chromatic walkup between the E and D strings.

That's what I meant by studio trickery. Because I haven't been able to find a live video where he played it exactly like that, that fast.

That particular double stop is pretty common, Flat7/Major 3rd. Is there a term for that, like a nickname or something?

I considered that, but it sounds more like a 5th fret D string G. I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time. But even playing it that way, the double stop still happens in the blink of an eye.

I always wanted to be able to play the bass solo in this song, still diving into the details of it, things like where exactly on the neck he played certain lines. I love that strummed double stop section:

I didn't mean to imply that it was all down to luck, obviously he's very talented, too. I was more on the lines of lucky to have made that connection with her.

Was Jaco ever known to tap with his right hand? That's the only way I can even begin to comprehend the speed of that jump.

I've slowed this lick down and looped it about a hundred times, and I'm pretty sure I know what he's doing, but I can't figure out how it's even possible to make a huge jump that fast, and land clean on a sliding double stop. Is this studio trickery? Am I missing something? What's wrong with me...

She is so talented, you're a lucky man.

Colbert is not Daily Show, and today is not Wednesday. :D