It's from 1971, so I think the bass playing is pretty representative of pop/R&B of the period. It's tasty and I like it. More of a Jamerson-ish approach than the foursquare approach of the Johnny Paycheck version. Both work, and sound good to my old ears.
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Is this considered over-playing?
- Thread starter Pauly McCartney
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- Jan 26, 2014
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- I teach lessons and perform live music in and around San Diego CA. Sometimes I even make money doing it!
Really not bad. I like the tone, volume's too high but that's the mixing engineer's problem
. It's nice to hear what's really going on.You're a rusher, which goes hand in hand with overplaying. just a little bit too in front of the beat. That's better than being a dragger, since the problem is you need to learn to relax rather than move faster mentally and physically, but a problem nonetheless.
So here's where it sounds like you're at. Leaving space is hard, because all that space leaves you more room to goof up the next note, so you fill in all the spaces so that doesn't happen. On the upside, you know a lot of good sounding fills, and I only heard one wrong "bassline" note in there. I don't care how "easy" a song is, getting all the way through any song is not easy, so kudos for working on that on your own. On the downside, you need to learn to seat your notes right on the beat.
To build confidence in yourself, you need to prove you can do it. Record yourself working with a metronome, just long notes and quarter notes and stuff, don't let yourself fill in extra spaces. Scales are all it takes. Listen to what you're really doing, and learn to plant that attack right on the click. Work the flams out. Tell yourself to relax while playing! I have literally written the word "relax" on a piece of paper in front of where I practice when I am trying to address my overexertion issues.
Discipline yourself to work through this song with absolutely no fills. It's hard! But you'll gain confidence.
Overall there's a lot of good stuff there, that darn timing thing is the biggest picture problem to attack, and in doing so, you'll learn the confidence needed to not overplay.
Is there a reason I cannot listen to this? I tried listening to it on April 8 when it was first posted. I hit the play button and it just sat there. On April 5 I had run a complete cache delete (which I had not intended), but everything else is working fine on my computer now. On April 10 I allowed the computer to restart itself to run updates, and since that update I no longer even see the playback icon in this thread.
Was the OP (Paul m) the same one who posted a similar thread a while back asking about his bass line? I definitely was able to listen to that.
By the way, I will create a new thread about this question over in Recordings, in case anyone doesn't want to respond here.
Thanks.
Was the OP (Paul m) the same one who posted a similar thread a while back asking about his bass line? I definitely was able to listen to that.
By the way, I will create a new thread about this question over in Recordings, in case anyone doesn't want to respond here.
Thanks.
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Neither of the links are working for you? Hmmm. That's rather odd. Oh, also, I was not the individual who did the other posting.
Well, as the neighbors blast their Spanish music at nearly eleven o'clock at night, I may do just that. Also, you've pretty much summed up my entire music career, dear fellow.Really not bad. I like the tone, volume's too high but that's the mixing engineer's problem
You're a rusher, which goes hand in hand with overplaying. just a little bit too in front of the beat. That's better than being a dragger, since the problem is you need to learn to relax rather than move faster mentally and physically, but a problem nonetheless.
So here's where it sounds like you're at. Leaving space is hard, because all that space leaves you more room to goof up the next note, so you fill in all the spaces so that doesn't happen. On the upside, you know a lot of good sounding fills, and I only heard one wrong "bassline" note in there. I don't care how "easy" a song is, getting all the way through any song is not easy, so kudos for working on that on your own. On the downside, you need to learn to seat your notes right on the beat.
To build confidence in yourself, you need to prove you can do it. Record yourself working with a metronome, just long notes and quarter notes and stuff, don't let yourself fill in extra spaces. Scales are all it takes. Listen to what you're really doing, and learn to plant that attack right on the click. Work the flams out. Tell yourself to relax while playing! I have literally written the word "relax" on a piece of paper in front of where I practice when I am trying to address my overexertion issues.
Discipline yourself to work through this song with absolutely no fills. It's hard! But you'll gain confidence.
Overall there's a lot of good stuff there, that darn timing thing is the biggest picture problem to attack, and in doing so, you'll learn the confidence needed to not overplay.
Best wishes, Pauly
Oh, apparently it was me- the one who made the last recording you listened to. Welp, me mind is about as shaky as a guy asking a girl to the prom, if ya know what I mean.
Okay, well I couldn't find an option to vote for. I think the playing is good for the faster chorus. But when it goes down on the verses I would remove every other 8th note. You are playing "1-and, 3-and". But on the verses I would try it as "1, 3-and" by removing the 8th note after the downbeat.
You've got a lot of nice licks in there, but I'd probably spread them out a little bit and try to focus on the pocket if I was going to cover your bass line.
