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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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*non ambient alert*https://soundcloud.com/penismassacr...d&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
I’ve been grinding away on this for the last few days. In the spirit of “better done than perfect” I set a time limit on how much I would let myself fine tune it, and this is what I’ve got.
Bass is my Spector 5 string through a Night Owl Parabellum. The synth sounds are from my Erica eurorack. The OTO BOUM and BIM are in the mix.
I had a blast doing this with physical instruments and effects, and I learned a bunch along the way.
https://soundcloud.com/penismassacr...d&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
I’ve been grinding away on this for the last few days. In the spirit of “better done than perfect” I set a time limit on how much I would let myself fine tune it, and this is what I’ve got.
Bass is my Spector 5 string through a Night Owl Parabellum. The synth sounds are from my Erica eurorack. The OTO BOUM and BIM are in the mix.
I had a blast doing this with physical instruments and effects, and I learned a bunch along the way.
https://soundcloud.com/penismassacr...d&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
This is great. Simple and elegant. The flanger is more understated than I expected and works just fine, and this is coming from a phaser guy.
Also great! And indeed, that bass part has some really lovely grind.
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Nice 2022 drops! They come at a really interesting time for me, and are definitely serving as inspiration. The past week I've been playing my Alembic doubleneck (30" Bass VI-style 6-string and 34" fretless 4-string) - not sure what inspired me, it's kind of a beast to play, it's huge, heavy and uncomfortable, and I can't just plug it in, gotta use the "blue box" - I've had it for 15 years now. But for whatever reason, I've been playing it, and realized that it's time to realize a vision I've had for years: "Inventions for 4- & 6-String Bass Guitar" I talk about it a little in this video, including the inspiration from Manuel Göttsching (no obligation to watch, just hoping to get a few more views!)
Once again, I'm realizing that I have a very difficult time bringing projects to fruition. It's related to childhood experiences, some rather traumatic. One area that I actually can produce finished products is in music, so I'm trying to piggy-back on that by taking the reigns of my creative process. I've given myself a tentative deadline of the end of January - not sure exactly how far I hope to get by then, though ideally it would be a completed project - I have to start teaching again on January 31 so will become much busier, plus I need to devote myself more fully to work than I have been.
So maybe I will conclude by saying this: thank you everyone for the community this past year - it hasn't been easy, but continuing to walk on this ambient/post-rock/textural journey with you all has been a really important part of my sanity! Let's make lots of music in 2022! Even if it doesn't get "officially released" or even recorded, I think this creative process is really positive.
I definitely agree about needing more than one voice (you mentioned this in the video). Looking forward to what you create!
An artist I've worked with just dropped this. I think the regulars will enjoy it.
hi,
i too want to say thanks to all you folks here. helped me get through a couple of trying years. (even the people who i pissed off
)
couple of thoughts:
finishing stuff: my way to make sure i do this is to give myself goals and deadlines. they can change a bit due to artistic decisions/needs, but i try to stay with them. not saying the result is always good, but at least i finished, ya know? (just a thought.)
second voice: this one is pinging around in my head a bit. in some ways, that's what effects are, no? also, when i hear that, i think of trying to play contrapuntal lines in the same basic space. then there's combining the effect and contrapuntal.
i too want to say thanks to all you folks here. helped me get through a couple of trying years. (even the people who i pissed off
)couple of thoughts:
finishing stuff: my way to make sure i do this is to give myself goals and deadlines. they can change a bit due to artistic decisions/needs, but i try to stay with them. not saying the result is always good, but at least i finished, ya know? (just a thought.)
second voice: this one is pinging around in my head a bit. in some ways, that's what effects are, no? also, when i hear that, i think of trying to play contrapuntal lines in the same basic space. then there's combining the effect and contrapuntal.
hi,
i too want to say thanks to all you folks here. helped me get through a couple of trying years. (even the people who i pissed off
couple of thoughts:
finishing stuff: my way to make sure i do this is to give myself goals and deadlines. they can change a bit due to artistic decisions/needs, but i try to stay with them. not saying the result is always good, but at least i finished, ya know? (just a thought.)
second voice: this one is pinging around in my head a bit. in some ways, that's what effects are, no? also, when i hear that, i think of trying to play contrapuntal lines in the same basic space. then there's combining the effect and contrapuntal.
All this is coming together, even the earlier discussion of "lots of notes" - I kind of see it all as different colors. Busyness can be a color, an effect can be a color (like the flanger in @lucas303's recent piece). I love virtuosic playing, I went for metal and prog early on, and I had some of that in my own playing but couldn't solo for the life of me. It wasn't until I took a few years off from playing (but listening a lot) - I remember realizing that Muddy Waters is the opposite of a virtuoso, and yet says more in a few notes than many people. Somehow when I got back into playing about 20 years ago, I slowly developed the ability to solo - still working on it, but I try and just play to the best of my ability and say something even if it's within my limited vocabulary and ability.
Re: deadlines - in other areas of my life, deadlines are meaningless - I just ignore them! It's a really bad habit that I think grew out of those early life experiences, and I need to address them. Music is one of the few things I can kind of "do" so thinking of trying to capitalize on that to help boost me in those other non-musical areas - writing being the main problem - I can write (too much?) but give me a deadline and it will be at least 4-5 days late...
I’ll just join in the chorus of thankyous. This is a very nice little corner of internet (or are we all on @ugly’s lawn?). The last two years have been tough. I’m fortunate to be in a stable job and a good relationship but for reasons most of you know, it has been challenging.
totally agree: colors, density, gesture, it's all useful to make music.
i guess it depends what you consider "virtuosic" . . . if it's just fast notes, sure. but i know people who are virtuosos of using effects for color and texture. muddy and john lee hooker (etc.) are virtuosos of other things (as you note).
well, it's way for me to discipline myself; not saying it'll work for everybody
I listened to this at work today and thoroughly enjoyed it. Reminds me of something that would be on Cryo Chamber.
He's really good. Totally in that Cryo Chamber area. Take a spin through his Bandcamp, there's plenty more.
Infinexhuma
I'm probably the second-worst role model when it comes to deadlines: Give me a deadline and 9 times out of 10 I will meet it...but only because the night before the deadline I stayed up late, started working on the project, and (just barely) finished it. Tell me something is due next Tuesday and I will consciously think "oh, great, I have a whole week to get this done, so there's no rush to start it today..." And then repeat that sentiment for every subsequent day right up until T minus 1. It's uncanny. Sometimes I think I'd be more efficient if I didn't have any deadline at all.
Cheers and stay safe everyone.
Hope 2022 sux less than 2021.
Fubar everywhere.
Hope 2022 sux less than 2021.
Fubar everywhere.
Awesome.
FWIW, Ashra - Blackouts was the pivotal album that got me down the road I'm going, today, and Inventions is an effin' masterwork. Gottsching is one of my favorite artists ever, I have just about everything he's done (although some albums like Tropical Heat don't really make the cut).
Yeah, Cryo was the first thing that came to mind. Sounds like what I do on my board when I'm in a dark mood.
Since we're all doing NY thank yous, just thanks, people.
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This is my social media, one that is also as insane as the ones I don't use anymore, but the insanity isn't conspiracy theories, MAGA and dinner/baby photos.
