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Give me songs to learn

#4
Number27 said:
really? you can't even fake your way through a few songs? :(

oh and... uh... i don't know learn... "i can't help myself" i think jamerson did that one.
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I could fake my way through a lot of songs if I wanted. I don't know, I'm kind of a perfectionist. I don't like doing things unless they're "right" or perfect. It's not that I can't play. I just haven't really learned an entire song from start to finish. But let's not discuss this.
 
#5
its not jazz, but you cant go wrong with blues rock man.

robert de leo of stone temple pilots is what i consider to be the epitome of traditional bass playing. sour girl is great. everything else is too.

our lady peace is like the canadian stp, but only their 2nd-4th albums. i think those are "clumsy," "happiness is not a fish...," and "spiritual machines." those are solid support basslines that i feel i really learned from.

i dont play like them at all now, but i think they are amazing learning tools. good blues rock tops the charts, no questions asked.
 
#6
Homework? you want Homework?.......:cool:
5. STYLES
~Blues
Blues progressions explained w/ audio samples
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Slow blues
Blues bass player's club

blues jam terms/progressions

Getting into the blues
ii-V-I
more blues
1 First jam
2
3
Gig coming up

Influential musicians (mostly) pre-1959
History and styles
20 important blues recordings plus others

"Blues Bass" by TB member Jonster
Ed Friedland's Essential Styles and Techniques
Blues books
"Complete Rhythm Guitar Guide for Blues Bands" by Larry McCabe
"101 Blues Bass Patterns by Larry McCabe
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~Funk, Slap, Groove, R&B
Links to over 20 funk,groove and R&B bassists

TB's Funk 101 list of funk tunes
TB's Old School Funk tunes suggestions

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"Funk Bass" by TB member Jonster (John Liebman)
R&B/Funk book
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New funk groups
Modern Funk bassists

The late, great, James Jamerson
Get that dead flatwound string sound

TB slap bass references/links
Over 60 slap/funk lessons by MarlowDK
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Look for Books/Videos from:
F. R. Prestia/Tower of Power
Anthony Vitti
Alex Sklarevski
Bill Dickens
Tony Oppenheim
Larry Graham

~Latin
Learning Latin music
"The Latin Bass Book" by Oscar Stagnaro/Chuck Sher

~Jazz
1 Learning
2 Learning
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Theory, soloing, videos by Ethans1980 website
Walking bass lines examples
Walking bass lines books
Jazz Scales
History of Jazz website

~Metal
Play Metal bass
Demystifying metal styles
Tuning your bass for metal discussion
How to scream/growl

~Hip-Hop
1 Hip-Hop bass
2
Hip-hop bands with instruments

~Reggae
Reggae bass
Aston Barrett

~Urban Gospel
Examples of songs
Gospel/PW basses/rigs/strings

For more homework, check out the links in my sig. below.

I also suggest you get a 3 ring notebook and fill it with charts to all the songs you learn. Create your own "library" of tunes.

Good luck.
 
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#12
Signed, Sealed, Delivered Stevie Wonder/Michael McDonald Version MOTOWN album

Home at Last Steeley Dan AJA album
Josie Steeley Dan AJA album

I love stuff like above, because it's not just the same 2 or 4 bar phrase repeated for 64 bars....

Seek and ye shall find
 
#16
If you want some easy first songs try

Island in the Sun by Weezer
Take it Easy by the Eagles
One Headlight by the Wallflowers
Cant Explain by the Who

not to hard from a technical standpoint so you can focus on learning the different parts and throwing them all together while still maintaining your time in between riffs
 

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