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Tasteful and well done slap lines.
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Verdine White on bass.
He's not known for his thumping but when he does, he's tasteful with it.
This whole album is great, BTW. Maurice White produced it and the band is Earth, Wind & Fire.
Fun fact: Deniece was singing with Stevie Wonder at the time. He was supposed to do the album, but she got tired of waiting for him and signed with Maurice.
He's not known for his thumping but when he does, he's tasteful with it.
This whole album is great, BTW. Maurice White produced it and the band is Earth, Wind & Fire.
Fun fact: Deniece was singing with Stevie Wonder at the time. He was supposed to do the album, but she got tired of waiting for him and signed with Maurice.
Funny how this thread almost exclusively consists of music from the 70's and 80's. So let's change that a bit.
Glenn Gaddum Jr., fabulous Dutch bassists, lays down a funky bass line on Martin Garrix' Summer Days:
Paul Turner absolutely shredding on his '66 Jazz on this live version of Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving:
Tim Commerford slappin' his butt off on his Stingray on "Take The Power Back":
And may I also sugges myself on Aafke Romeijn's Stad?
Also, Australian moustache man Donny Benet has some seriously cool slapping stuff on his new record:
Glenn Gaddum Jr., fabulous Dutch bassists, lays down a funky bass line on Martin Garrix' Summer Days:
Paul Turner absolutely shredding on his '66 Jazz on this live version of Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving:
Tim Commerford slappin' his butt off on his Stingray on "Take The Power Back":
And may I also sugges myself on Aafke Romeijn's Stad?
Also, Australian moustache man Donny Benet has some seriously cool slapping stuff on his new record:
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Being honest, we don't hear much thumpin or even live bass on record these days, unless it's the shredding, Berklee kind of thing.
Otherwise, this post would a lot of Jamiroquai, MonoNeon, Dirty Loops and Vulfpeck.
I think the performance is more important the year of release because great music is timeless and what's old to one may be new to another.
Right on?
Good job on that cut, bro!
Oh yeah, Donny Benet. I had friends offer him up to me. He can definitely play.
I kind of avoided his music because I don't care for the slapstick jive loverman parody thing certain people think they have to do when they play funky music.
Just a personal preference.
His playing is good here. He's getting a great Jazz tone out of that F bass.
The back up band looks thrilled to be there. Especially the drummer. LOL.
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Bass by Tony Bey
Not familiar with him but this is a cool album. It's better known for the samples that came from it.
Edwin Birdsong is best known for working closely with Roy Ayers as a songwriter and co-producer.
He made some cool yet eclectic album between 1971 and 1981.
Not familiar with him but this is a cool album. It's better known for the samples that came from it.
Edwin Birdsong is best known for working closely with Roy Ayers as a songwriter and co-producer.
He made some cool yet eclectic album between 1971 and 1981.
I'm gonna check him out.
I was able to find an instructional video of his on YouTube.
Cool, His back catalogue is quite extensive as he also did a lot of session work etc.
Check out the stuff with Dimension. Fifth Dimension is a really great album. I think the only Dimension album he didn't play on was Third Dimension. He's not credited on it anyways.
He was part of a Group called Four of a Kind. The first album is awesome!
In my opinion, the bass-line from "Lies" - Jonathan Butler is very tasteful, laconic, not "intrusive," or "irritable" for any slap "haters."
The very few "pop" notes are properly placed in the whole texture of the arrangement.
Wayne Braithwaite (R.I.P) – bass. He's gone too soon.
Another tasteful "thumbing" by Wayne Braithwaite.
The very few "pop" notes are properly placed in the whole texture of the arrangement.
Wayne Braithwaite (R.I.P) – bass. He's gone too soon.
Another tasteful "thumbing" by Wayne Braithwaite.
For me, I like guys that can integrate it smoothly into a tune, so I'd say Marcus or Mark King, and of course Mr Clarke.
Years ago when slap began to become common, we had a fabulous local guy from a funk band would come in to get strings or hang out. He walks in one day, and 'Roundabout' was playing on the overhead. He was transfixed, wanted to know WHO was this band and who's playing bass, etc.
A couple weeks later he comes by. Asks if we still have that YES record, put it on, he wants us to hear something. He plugs in n a bass, the record starts, and he plays a LETTER PERFECT 'Roundabout' . . . thumb/slap style ! It was the perfect alternate way to play it to mimic Squire, just fabulous.
Otherwise, the less conscientious drag it out for any and everything, which is a drag.
Years ago when slap began to become common, we had a fabulous local guy from a funk band would come in to get strings or hang out. He walks in one day, and 'Roundabout' was playing on the overhead. He was transfixed, wanted to know WHO was this band and who's playing bass, etc.
A couple weeks later he comes by. Asks if we still have that YES record, put it on, he wants us to hear something. He plugs in n a bass, the record starts, and he plays a LETTER PERFECT 'Roundabout' . . . thumb/slap style ! It was the perfect alternate way to play it to mimic Squire, just fabulous.
Otherwise, the less conscientious drag it out for any and everything, which is a drag.
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I've been listening to a load of Level 42 lately, especially the early stuff, and Mark's basslines really are awesome. Its really interesting with him, as I'm currently listening too the self titled album "Level 42" and also the early tapes. He hadn't been playing bass for long when those were release. Pretty wild.
Loving this one at the moment. You know a bassline is good when you start humming it through your day!
Yeah, well that's pretty much how I am. I have around 3,000 Lps and around 3,000 Cds and if there are any songs with slap bass, I sure can't think of any. Although, there probably are some examples in my collection.
But, whether if this is slap bass or just string snapping, I like this little mini bass solo which is found about 1:55 into the song.
While we are talking about "tasteful" thumbing (not just SLAP) bass-lines, I must mention a superb European pop (instrumental) group (from my early days), "Mezzoforte."
Jóhann Ásmundsson – bass
Another one:
And here we have the same track but recorded in the studio. It sounds very close.
That group has influenced a lot of various musicians.
Jóhann Ásmundsson – bass
Another one:
And here we have the same track but recorded in the studio. It sounds very close.
That group has influenced a lot of various musicians.
I always wondered who made this song. Thanks!
The section you spoke of sounds like an aggressive pick attack to my ears.
