latin bass

Hello. I play in a big band. I have minimal experience in playing Latin music. Whenever I have played it, I’ve enjoyed it! My band is currently learning « As », by Stevie Wonder, arranged by Drew Zaremba. Here is a link to the audio. I have the sheet music. He notates the first few bars...

I've been playing salsa for decades, on electric, baby bass, and even my Rob Allen. I'm really knocked out by that modern electric bass tone (big, fat, and warm, but when slapped, the highs pop). Any ideas on getting that sound? I'm going to leave this a little vague to hopefully spark some...

Transcription of Rafael Paseiro's complete bassline to "Recapacita" from Bamboleo's 1999 album Ya no hace falta.

The title track from Bamboleo’s 1999 album Ya no hace falta featuring the great Rafael Paseiro of course. When I transcribed it 8 years ago, I had no idea this was the radio version. Hindsight 20/20.

Transcription of Rafael Paseiro's complete bassline to "Se Le Fue La Mano" from Bamboleo's 1999 album Ya no hace falta.

Transcription of Rafael Paseiro's complete bassline to "Lo Mio" from Bamboleo's 1999 album Ya no hace falta.

Here's another great example of Rafael Paseiro from the same Bamboleo album (Ya no hace falta [1999]) as the last video I posted. I've got a few more transcriptions of him I'll be putting up in the coming weeks. It's been great to re-visited these Bamboleo transcriptions as I did them 8 years...

Transcription of Rafael Paseiro's complete bassline to "La Tremenda" from Bamboleo's 1999 album Ya no hace falta. This guy is an amazing, and quite underrated, Cuban bassist that played on some very important Timba recordings of the 1990's. He's currently living in Cuba again after quite a few...

Hey Everyone! Hope you're all all having a good week. Here's another video for the week. Transcription of John Benitez's complete bassline to "La Mulata" from Frankie Vasquez and Martin Arroyo's 1999 album Los Soneros del Barrio. Enjoy!

Hey everyone! I put up a new transcription video this week, once again featuring John Benitez. It's actually from the same album as the one last week, this time with John on electric as opposed to baby bass. Tons of great stuff in this bassline! Hope you enjoy it. As always, stay safe out there.

Check out this session. Ruben has it going on. I usually get a bit tense when I record, i wish I had some of his confidence. I need to learn to relax more in the studio. Also, I noticed that Ruben's bass must have pretty low action. I hear a lot of buzz when the bass is soloed. But it the track...