Nick Jonas?!?

[Ortus]

I just had to learn "Waffle House" by the Jonas Brothers for a wedding gig and that is one sick bassline. Lots of little funky grace notes and slides and a cool "Taxman" nod too! Chat GPT tells me it's Nick Jonas himself playing it. If so, I guess I'm forced to admit these cats are more than just celebrity teen idols....

Jonas Brothers "Waffle House" video

 

[FugaziBomb]

Chat GPT tells me it's Nick Jonas himself playing it.

Probably in the same way Jeremaine Jackson played bass on I Want You Back - meaning he didn't

 

[Michedelic]

I just had to learn "Waffle House" by the Jonas Brothers for a wedding gig and that is one sick bassline. Lots of little funky grace notes and slides and a cool "Taxman" nod too! Chat GPT tells me it's Nick Jonas himself playing it. If so, I guess I'm forced to admit these cats are more than just celebrity teen idols....

Jonas Brothers "Waffle House" video

Chat GPT? You couldn’t go to an actual credible source like Allmusic? That has listed a ‘TenRoc’ individual as the bassist. Also, apparently it took ten people to write the song. Wow.

 

[Ritter667]

Here's his epic guitar solo:


And transcripted:

 

[Killing Floor]

Funny thread.

Dude's been a full-time professional musician for almost 20 years. Sure, fakery can happen in the biz, but Nick Jonas is a legit musician.
Sure, he's kinda cute and they were a boy band and TV stars. Suzi Quatro was on Happy Days, just saying.

ok, more than "kinda", he's dreamy
But that's him on the track. He also plays guitar. Kevin plays guitar on all their stuff and has since their debut.
Nick played drums on their 2006 album.

 

[richntiff]

Nick Jonas is a seriously talented dude. Full stop. No clue if he plays bass and played that line - but he's a great singer, great performer.

 

[friskinator]

I think the term "musician" is being used loosely here. People like that are "entertainers."

 

[Ritter667]

I think the term "musician" is being used loosely here. People like that are "entertainers."

They might well be a musician, they play music after all, but they are not artists doing so, they are entertainers.

Their primary goal is not art, it is entertainment.

 

[DWBass]

TenRoc is credited on bass.

 

[Michedelic]

“Waffle House” is track #7….

 

[Killing Floor]

I think the term "musician" is being used loosely here. People like that are "entertainers."

What would different a trained, full time multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and performer for 20 years from an actual musician?