Julia gets On The Floor!!!

[ahbradot]

Yeah Julia is good.
I learned "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen after seeing Julia play it on bass a 2 years ago.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I think Fernando Rosa did better job of getting the Louis Johnson tone, but the OP gets the tone and adds her own thing too. That said, I’m pretty sure Rosa was hired just to recreate that LJ vibe and nothing else.

 

[Laurent]

So young and so talented!

Also, I am really impressed by the tone she gets out of a relatively inexpensive bass.
One more time the theory that only expensive bass sound good is debunked.

 

[edencab]

I have that exact same bass but can't play at that level...she's awesome

 

[SkylineFiver]

Julia DOES groove !
I just listened to this one.

 

[pfschim]

She’s got some of the best timing I’ve heard. Forget the metronome. Just feel the groove.

hmmm, well, she is playing to the prerecorded MJ track, and John Robinson is definitely layin' it down here, so I'm not sure about the "forget the metronome" comment

she definitely gets the Louis Johnson groove going though. Interesting to read that LJ has co-writing credit for this tune too.

Its always kind of interesting to me that while he was such a huge dance oriented artist, there are really not a ton of slap bass lines on some MJ hits while there are quite a few that are finger style.

 

[retslock]

My favorite singer, bass player, and YouTube bassist!!

Rock solid!

 

[BismarckHerring]

I’m always impressed by how she plays those complex fills while staying perfectly in the groove. Like around 0:50 and 1:53.

 

[BassBrass]

So young and so talented!

Also, I am really impressed by the tone she gets out of a relatively inexpensive bass.
One more time the theory that only expensive bass sound good is debunked.

Not any inexpensive bass. There's a reason I have 4 Sterlings including one SUB in 5 like her's (flats), also a yellow/mahogany 5, a rosewood(or some other Asian dark wood) HH5 (nickel rounds) and a short scale 4 (steel rounds). I used the shortie for a modern dance accompaniment friday and the last 2 days I've been rediscovering the tones in the HH. The low B string on it is very strong too.

 

[bassliner50]

Too many chord changes for me.

 

[FeltTipPen]

I've watched this about a dozen times since yesterday

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I've watched this about a dozen times since yesterday

I’m probably at 2 dozen.

 

[murphy]

My favorite singer, bass player, and YouTube bassist!!

Oh my...She just did the best cover of my fav bassline to play.
Hmmmm....My 30 years of playing....and still feel humbled by her coolness.

 

[murphy]

I think Fernando Rosa did better job of getting the Louis Johnson tone, but the OP gets the tone and adds her own thing too. That said, I’m pretty sure Rosa was hired just to recreate that LJ vibe and nothing else.

Rosa doesn't quite play it right, though!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Too many chord changes for me.

Touché but is it not a great bass line to great dance tune? I think the great majority of people who have that song would say yes to both questions.

 

[murphy]

She nailed LJ’s feel was only a little brighter than Johnson’s tone. She served big plate of shut up and practice to gearheads like me.

You nailed it @Dr. Cheese