So why is it that bass solos traditionally have been so goddamn atonal?
Don't bass players hear the melody? Don't they understand the song?
Are they just playing in their own little bass world?
I was just tripping on Wayne Shorter's Footprints and the bass solo part breaks and this guy starts playing a whole bunch of scales and arpeggios that he learned somewhere along the line (maybe at a Jr College somewhere) that had, in my opinion, nothing to do with the song other than the fact that they were in the same key. So what's up with that?
No wonder no one pays attention to bass solos.
If you don't even know the melody line don't take a solo. No one cares one bit about all of you cool groovy scales and arpeggios or how fast you can play them. If they have nothing to do with the song then just keep it to yourself. Don't give bass players a bad name by playing a bunch of crap that no one gets or even cares a tiny bit about.
Don't bass players hear the melody? Don't they understand the song?
Are they just playing in their own little bass world?
I was just tripping on Wayne Shorter's Footprints and the bass solo part breaks and this guy starts playing a whole bunch of scales and arpeggios that he learned somewhere along the line (maybe at a Jr College somewhere) that had, in my opinion, nothing to do with the song other than the fact that they were in the same key. So what's up with that?
No wonder no one pays attention to bass solos.
If you don't even know the melody line don't take a solo. No one cares one bit about all of you cool groovy scales and arpeggios or how fast you can play them. If they have nothing to do with the song then just keep it to yourself. Don't give bass players a bad name by playing a bunch of crap that no one gets or even cares a tiny bit about.
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