Actually, having read more thoroughly, I was wrong. OP is not a troll. Prone to mis-speaking, but not a troll.
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Players playing inna Bootsy stylee?
- Thread starter OnTheOneBaby
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Uhh, get better friends dude
I'm a white european who loves funk etc and I've never had to defend myself to anyone..music is colour blind!anyway!
I'd really suggest delving deeper into Larry Graham's stuff. His playing on Betty Davis' first album isn't overtly flashy, but grooves hard. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of amazing funk bassists from back then..Byron Miller and Louis Johnson are my favourites right now, but I haven't heard many 70s funk players who couldn't bring it!
I fell into the "Deep deep dark dark deep dark pit" of funk as I call it after my Zepplin phase. And it was William Collins' fault.
I patterned so many things I did around his style. Of course you do find your own way and path. I picked up Zillatron and Praxis transmutation and Materials Hallucination Engine when they came out, on a whim. and and dissected so much.
Bootsy was the launching pad to get me into, basically everything out there.
Getting to work with Bootsy and Fred Wesley was a dream. Thats something that will never come off my resume.
I patterned so many things I did around his style. Of course you do find your own way and path. I picked up Zillatron and Praxis transmutation and Materials Hallucination Engine when they came out, on a whim. and and dissected so much.
Bootsy was the launching pad to get me into, basically everything out there.
Getting to work with Bootsy and Fred Wesley was a dream. Thats something that will never come off my resume.
Like C3PO, I'm not much of a story teller..but
All I can say is it's such a cool damn thing to be able to work with people who are your musical heroes. Getting to work with Bootsy, Fred, Billy Dickens ( I work with him a lot ) , is a real treat.
You need to hear Billy play piano...his chords will make you cry.
All I can say is it's such a cool damn thing to be able to work with people who are your musical heroes. Getting to work with Bootsy, Fred, Billy Dickens ( I work with him a lot ) , is a real treat.
You need to hear Billy play piano...his chords will make you cry.
I do not want be considered as a troll or other evil web jungle creature.
I am genuinely interrested into music and playing though I am lousy player and childish sideremarker. My nearest ones are already fed up my analyses why this sounds great and that doesn't.
I have five, six Larry Graham albums (and a Betty Davis best of) and not wanting to offend anybody, to me his lines are monotonous prrlmmp prrlmmp or dense weave of syncopated notes. On the other hand Bootsy plays like he teaches playing determined first beat and after that several broken, syncopated notes placed cleverly inside a bar and this way of playing tickles my mind.
Before I came here for an opinion I checked web for Bootsy alikes, but with weak results. There should be players who would be fancied that kinda rhythmic structure or am I just imagining the whole thing?
Here are Bootsy and Larry in Vienna.
I am genuinely interrested into music and playing though I am lousy player and childish sideremarker. My nearest ones are already fed up my analyses why this sounds great and that doesn't.
I have five, six Larry Graham albums (and a Betty Davis best of) and not wanting to offend anybody, to me his lines are monotonous prrlmmp prrlmmp or dense weave of syncopated notes. On the other hand Bootsy plays like he teaches playing determined first beat and after that several broken, syncopated notes placed cleverly inside a bar and this way of playing tickles my mind.
Before I came here for an opinion I checked web for Bootsy alikes, but with weak results. There should be players who would be fancied that kinda rhythmic structure or am I just imagining the whole thing?
Here are Bootsy and Larry in Vienna.
Kind of Bootsy style (see also page 1 for Theron Brison):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64BDOCXBmvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64BDOCXBmvg
Thanks for hinting.
Braguina plays very well and his tone clear and nice. Maybe he is more in the Anthony Jackson vein.
Theron Brison (Thee-Ram) was totally new player to me. Quite funky playing with controlled effects.
I've been funking the whole day and these bass lines came up as an example of what kind playing I like.
Not a big Cameo fan, but this one is catchy.
