INTRODUCING 'BASSIST KARAOKE': 'NO BASS' SONGS ON YOUTUBE - YOU ARE THE BASSIST OF THE SONG

[Mowac]

This is a wonderful concept if you enjoy playing along to some of your favorite music.
Songs on this Youtube channel have had their basslines removed so that you can hear yourself, mistakes and all.
You aren't following the bassist of the song,....you ARE the bassist.
This is a great way to be your own critic and improve.

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For example: You can jam to Level 42 songs.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

This is a wonderful concept if you enjoy playing along to some of your favorite music.
Songs on this Youtube channel have had their basslines removed so that you can hear yourself, mistakes and all.
You aren't following the bassist of the song,....you ARE the bassist.
This is a great way to be your own critic and improve.

♪ JJ-BASSless (ツ)

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For example: You can jam to Level 42 songs.

Interesting. Thanks for posting. What would really be cool is recording both the playback and your part in real time for review after the fact.

 

[DirtDog]

That’s an eclectic mix of music. Leif Garrett?

I’ll definitely jam along with the BSSM tracks. That album is where I started to hone my bass chops 30-ish years ago.

 

[Mowac]

Interesting. Thanks for posting. What would really be cool is recording both the playback and your part in real time for review after the fact.

The best part is that you can learn from your own mistakes by hearing your own mistakes in the mix and improve your performance.
It's like a bassist Karaoke, if you will.

 

[Michedelic]

This is a wonderful concept if you enjoy playing along to some of your favorite music.
Songs on this Youtube channel have had their basslines removed so that you can hear yourself, mistakes and all.
You aren't following the bassist of the song,....you ARE the bassist.
This is a great way to be your own critic and improve.

♪ JJ-BASSless (ツ)

Contact ► [email protected] Bienvenue sur ♪ JJ-BASSless (ツ) Chaîne dédiée aux musiciens bassistes de n'importe quel niveau, d'ailleurs on s'en fiche ! ► Hello ! Jean-Jacques te salue depuis la Champagne😆 ► Chaîne non monétisée, soutenez-moi ► Dons PayPal bienvenus! Soutiens ma chaine, don 🟠►...

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For example: You can jam to Level 42 songs.

Not a new concept. For decades there have been “Music Minus One” tutorial LP’s and tapes for such a purpose, then CD’s. Beginning players in the early/mid-60’s could get an entire series issued by the legendary instrumental band The Ventures…

Any of this is good, one needs to woodshed, but what will really help your development is to just get out and play with other people at open jams/open mics. Make mistakes in public so that learn how not to make mistakes, and think on your feet.

 

[markbmbass]

Nice! How did you get this content past being flagged for copyright? Is it allowed because the bass is missing?

 

[cyclealt]

Seems fun. Good practice too.

 

[drewphishesp]

I use this site: Invalid Link Removed
You can remove bass from any song just click bass. It gives you two tracks to download the bassless track and the track with just the bass
I throw the bassless track in logic and record myself playing along with it
very cool

 

[mike o]

You can do this with Jam Zone and adjust every channel, speed, pitch, etc.

 

[EricOnTheBass]

I use this site: Invalid Link Removed
You can remove bass from any song just click bass. It gives you two tracks to download the bassless track and the track with just the bass
I throw the bassless track in logic and record myself playing along with it
very cool

I do the same with Moises. I make a bass-less version and load it into Logic. I record myself and listen back. It's a great way to learn how to get a good tone for the material.

 

[Guitalia]

Not a new concept. For decades there have been “Music Minus One” tutorial LP’s and tapes for such a purpose, then CD’s. Beginning players in the early/mid-60’s could get an entire series issued by the legendary instrumental band The Ventures.<snip>


Any of this is good, one needs to woodshed, but what will really help your development is to just get out and play with other people at open jams/open mics. Make mistakes in public so that learn how not to make mistakes, and think on your feet.

The original mixes of many recordings released in the early days of stereo (including the early Beatles albums) had hard left/hard right stereo "mixes." If your Magnavox console stereo had a balance control (my parents' stereo did, as I discovered by pulling off the volume knob, which concealed a concentric balance control), you could eliminate half the instruments or voices..

And the first Ramones album was mixed bass left/drums and vox center/guitar right, I suspect as a tribute to the early Beatles. Great for playing along with either a guitar or a bass.

Listening to either channel in mono, that album sounds great. I've wondered whether any voice/bass/drums and voice/guitar/drums bands like Death From Above 1979 and the Black Keys were inspired to form by listening to that Ramones album.

 

[Michedelic]

The original mixes of many recordings released in the early days of stereo (including the early Beatles albums) had hard left/hard right stereo "mixes." If your Magnavox console stereo had a balance control (my parents' stereo did, as I discovered by pulling off the volume knob, which concealed a concentric balance control), you could eliminate half the instruments or voices..

And the first Ramones album was mixed bass left/drums and vox center/guitar right, I suspect as a tribute to the early Beatles. Great for playing along with either a guitar or a bass.

Listening to either channel in mono, that album sounds great. I've wondered whether any voice/bass/drums and voice/guitar/drums bands like Death From Above 1979 and the Black Keys were inspired to form by listening to that Ramones album.

I had a good grasp of the fundamentals, had learned stock riffs and lines, and had been in my first real “teen” band/gigged by the time that Live At Leeds came out…that took things to a whole ‘nuther level. The best part being that I could pan to one side, get almost all Entwistle, absorb and work on that stuff, then pan over to where I’d be going up against Pete.
Because his playing was so freeform, there was so much to learn, and just to keep up with the continuous roar and riffing developed my stamina. If only there was some way to have dialed out Roger’s caterwauling…I much prefered his earlier vocal style.
But the best part was that I got to see them that summer…

 

[JonathanPDX]

Considering that even music interviewers like Rick Beato are getting flagged and threatened, there is no way this channel lasts for long. Editing the tracks doesn't remove copyright.

 

[Dana R Gregory]

I remember those Ventures learn to play albums when I first started to learn bass. I learned to play Walk Don't Run. Long time ago. Still remember it.

 

[micguy]

There’s a Metallica album based on this concept.

No bassist for all…something like that

 

[Plectrum72]

There's another site called Karaoke Version where you can buy the custom version of the song (so writers/musicians can still get their cut). You can then download various versions of the song with instruments and or vocals removed or get the entire karaoke cover of the song. I find it useful for practicing songs where I'm singing lead and playing bass. Helps me be much more prepared and aware of my own vocals and playing. I find it easier to work out parts where either the vocal gymnastics get a bit tricky or the bass line is a bit too complex (for me) to sing over the top of it while playing note for note. There's no hiding behind the original recording.

 

[mikecd1]

My Tascam Bass Trainer has a button to remove the bass parts and ability to isolate and repeat certain sections - the only problem is getting MP3's loaded into it and since the Napster days are over I just have a bunch of old stuff on it that I use for exercise / practice for my chops, but its still fun to use. Have used music minus one and remember using balance controls and whatnot to isolate tracks to learn.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

The best part is that you can learn from your own mistakes by hearing your own mistakes in the mix and improve your performance.
It's like a bassist Karaoke, if you will.

Sure you can hear what your re playing while playing with the baseless track . The question is, are you going to remember how well or not you played all 500 some odd notes in a song? What about tracking your progress? Guess?

 

[bass nitro]

I use some softwares to separate instrument channels and play my bass part with but i think think that real challenge is to make your bass part without knowing the song and listening it for the first time without bass guitar if possible.

 

[rogerb]

Quite an impressive list there. Too bad there aren't the bass line stems included seperarely so you can learn them first. Learn from the orginal track by ear like i did 10 years ago.

I think it is up to the artist to claim copyright and get monitization for the views, until that happens the poster gets the $. I think that is how youtube chamnels like this"work" to some degree, don't pay views to the copyright owner until they ask for it. Strikes would be a problem, could get taken down for that if you don't remove content. "Fair Use" for educational purposes, maybe... but that requires defending and lawyers.