After playing bass for a long time I came to realize some things.
-Playing in the bedroom makes us approach music in the wrong way. Bedroom tone, lots of distorsion on bass and guitarist that want a thick tone (ocuppying the whole sonic space). Most of the times, not good for the band.
Bass in heavy genres works much better with thin and ugly mid heavy RAW tone rather than distorted and muddy.
Distorsion creates harmonics (more higher frequencies) that mud up the mix where the guitar sits.
-It's all about the mix. The best advice for beginners should be, record as much as you can at home. It's not about you but the mix. To play something doesnt mean it will be heard, and if heard, if it will be clear enough.
-Objectively, bass it's a bad melodic instrument, because low frecuencies are more undistinguishable (this is a property of sound waves). It can be done, but we should be aware of it to do it right, when and how.
-Guitarist shouldn't have a thick low end, instead they should let that space to the bass or start playing bass themselves. They should learn to not play everything at all times, playing chords and holding it's amazing in the song although they might get bored. Lots of unbelivably good guitarist are not good musicians. In classical music, there are times that some musicians don't play anything at all for a long time.
Edit: thick guitar tone is a good flavour for the song, but objectively it's just one flavour that cancels other options and should be used wisely. I'm not against it
Just some thoughts...
-Playing in the bedroom makes us approach music in the wrong way. Bedroom tone, lots of distorsion on bass and guitarist that want a thick tone (ocuppying the whole sonic space). Most of the times, not good for the band.
Bass in heavy genres works much better with thin and ugly mid heavy RAW tone rather than distorted and muddy.
Distorsion creates harmonics (more higher frequencies) that mud up the mix where the guitar sits.
-It's all about the mix. The best advice for beginners should be, record as much as you can at home. It's not about you but the mix. To play something doesnt mean it will be heard, and if heard, if it will be clear enough.
-Objectively, bass it's a bad melodic instrument, because low frecuencies are more undistinguishable (this is a property of sound waves). It can be done, but we should be aware of it to do it right, when and how.
-Guitarist shouldn't have a thick low end, instead they should let that space to the bass or start playing bass themselves. They should learn to not play everything at all times, playing chords and holding it's amazing in the song although they might get bored. Lots of unbelivably good guitarist are not good musicians. In classical music, there are times that some musicians don't play anything at all for a long time.
Edit: thick guitar tone is a good flavour for the song, but objectively it's just one flavour that cancels other options and should be used wisely. I'm not against it
Just some thoughts...
