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Indian virtuouso bassist - Jayen Varma

#6
while being 'proclaimed' the fastest bassist is really not a world record that is going to secure a bunch of gigs or is anything to brag about, the time sigs that he pulls from Carnatic music is cool. He is more of a tabla player on bass. The solfege that is used in Carnatic music is very good for working out odd meter.

Percussionist Trilok Gurtu (son of Carnatic vocalist Shobha Gurtu, kind of a 'big whoop' in southern Indian classical music), uses it very well on his own solo fusion albums and with John McLaughlin.

Can't say his playing really moves me, but I like that he explains the rhythm construction for those that would like to bring that style of music to other genres
 
#10
His playing leaves me cold, but it's obvious that he has a tabla background (how could you not have that background, being from India?) and he is leveraging that against his bass playing. Cool stuff with the odd meters, but aside from that, I can play faster and cleaner slap. One of these days I'll have to throw a clip up on Youtube to prove it. Think "Mark King machine-gun triplets". Also, I've seen so many great players play faster, more fluidly, with more tone...a handful to listen to would be:
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Les Claypool
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
 
#12
Bassic83 said:
His playing leaves me cold, but it's obvious that he has a tabla background (how could you not have that background, being from India?) and he is leveraging that against his bass playing. Cool stuff with the odd meters, but aside from that, I can play faster and cleaner slap. One of these days I'll have to throw a clip up on Youtube to prove it. Think "Mark King machine-gun triplets". Also, I've seen so many great players play faster, more fluidly, with more tone...a handful to listen to would be:
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Les Claypool
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
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and you do a good indopak accent!!!!! so you got that going for ya!!:D
 
#15
+ 1 on "cool that he's applying Mrdungum techniques and Karnatic rhythms to bass"

I've got an old Tabla player bandmate (who's since moved to the East Coast) coming for a visit next week, and I've been looking forward to playing some crazy odd times with him.

JK
 
#16
jerry said:
His right hand almost looks like he's playing Tabla, I dig it.
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one of the first things I thought myself.

Bassic83 said:
His playing leaves me cold, but it's obvious that he has a tabla background (how could you not have that background, being from India?) and he is leveraging that against his bass playing. Cool stuff with the odd meters, but aside from that, I can play faster and cleaner slap. One of these days I'll have to throw a clip up on Youtube to prove it. Think "Mark King machine-gun triplets". Also, I've seen so many great players play faster, more fluidly, with more tone...a handful to listen to would be:
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Les Claypool
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
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I don't have a tabla background... :D
davetakis said:
and you do a good indopak accent!!!!! so you got that going for ya!!:D
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eh, it's decent, I've heard better. :smug:
 
#18
hes absolutely terrible..

listen to it. it doesent sound like music at all. i dont think he knows what notes hes even playing..good for him for playing in that time signature, but thats math..not music...

very dissapointed =/
 

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