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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#8,064
lordradish said:
Wait, lots of people don't know about Henry Cow?

Dang, that takes me back. Weird-ass awesomeness. I was getting into them and oddly, Gong, around the same time.
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I went after everything different starting from about my sophomore year in high school (77-78 ish). Faust, Can, Gong, Univers Zero, etc., and kept looking for years after. Such a revelation as a young teen to learn how much more there was than the FM radio of the day.
 
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#8,067
Bob_Ross said:
What year did he play all over that Diana Ross album with "Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out" on it? Was that 1980? That's when I became hyper-aware of what a monster bassist Bernard Edwards was. I'd probably been subliminally aware of some of the Chic tunes before then, but when that Diana stuff was all over the airwaves my ears got seriously schooled in Groove 101. You kinda couldn't avoid it.
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1980. i remember thinking that she sounded really stiff on that album, but i'm listening to it now and it's pretty good.

(check out chic's i want your love . . . )
 
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steubig said:
(check out chic's i want your love . . . )
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That one is just plain crazy.
Straight up alien I tells ya.

One I never even tried to pull off is Everybody Dance. My jaw drops everytime. (And scares the living crap out of me.)

Plus back then he probably played the entire thing in one pass.
No punch ins, no cheating.

Damn I need to go woodshed bad!!!!

Edit: did he play flats??!?! I can't remember?
 
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#8,072
In the category of « 70s funk »
This one is has been my eternal nemesis, always played it..... not quite right......just a few hairs short.
The main line is still one of my favorite right hand warm up exercices.
I got through entire Tower records, but this one....nope....still kicking my lame @$$. Damn you Rocco and your bionic mutant right hand super power x-men stuff.

(Saw them live and they actually play it faster now.....!!!.....and yes probably a million other songs kick me sideways)

 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
In the category of « 70s funk »
This one is has been my eternal nemesis, always played it..... not quite right......just a few hairs short.
The main line is still one of my favorite right hand warm up exercices.
I got through entire Tower records, but this one....nope....still kicking my lame @$$. Damn you Rocco and your bionic mutant right hand super power x-men stuff.

(Saw them live and they actually play it faster now.....!!!.....and yes probably a million other songs kick me sideways)

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Rocco was the first thing I can honestly say completely changed my mindset about bass. And he only uses two fingers on his fretting hand, you know?
 
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lordradish said:
Rocco was the first thing I can honestly say completely changed my mindset about bass. And he only uses two fingers on his fretting hand, you know?
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I was deep in his stuff, transcribed a lot of songs. Many of hours of failing punched in. Added pain bonus: the bass is $%%^& hard to hear on some TOP recordings.
I only realized a few years later seeing a video of him play that his left hand is a huge part of his sound time and feel.

It was like AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! NOW I GET WHY I SOUND LIKE CRAP PLAYING HIS STUFF!!!!!!!

Still do, but at least I kinda know why.

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ugly_bassplayer said:
I was deep in his stuff, transcribed a lot of songs. Many of hours of failing punched in. Added pain bonus: the bass is $%%^& hard to hear on some TOP recordings.
I only realized a few years later seeing a video of him play that his left hand is a huge part of his sound time and feel.

It was like AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! NOW I GET WHY I SOUND LIKE CRAP PLAYING HIS STUFF!!!!!!!

Still do, but at least I kinda know why.

:roflmao:
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I've been able to pull off a pretty decent Rocco, although since I've taken a turn towards the massive pedalboard craziness, my funk chops are going to crap.
 
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