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Tasteful slapping in pop songs (or other)... Name your examples!
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Yep. Hungate was very good at emulating the thumb slap using fingers instead. He does the same thing on Rosanna. I used to try and play that bit with my thumb, and it never sounded quite right. Then i finally saw some footage of DH playing it, and he's using fingers.
Yep, that phrase right after "take me all the way" in rosanna is killer. It always stuck out to me.
I really love a good fusion player who adds in pops now and then as accents and does not go overboard.
I really love a good fusion player who adds in pops now and then as accents and does not go overboard.
I've always liked the bit of slap and pop and during the verse of Digging in the Dirt by Peter Gabriel.
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None of you know this tune, it's in french but cool slap bass on a fretless:
Tune is called Alger by french-quebecer Jean Leloup, recorded somewhere in the 80's.
Tune is called Alger by french-quebecer Jean Leloup, recorded somewhere in the 80's.
Dude, seriously! That song is like a 4-minute thumping exercise. I used to think he was using the thumb-strum technique till I saw a video a few years ago of him just straight thumping. I've got pretty good thumbs, but after hours of shedding that tune, I just gave up -- just can't keep the groove solid for the whole song. King is a freak of nature... in the best way
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Ashes to Ashes, Bowie.
Most of Level 42's releases were great subliminal jazz funk/fusion songs in a sea of popular music during the 80s. Mark is and always has been a cool guy and an extreme player, most of what he does slap wise is forearm/wrist and thumb controlling the 'bounce' back off the strings,using the technique a drummer would use to control his stick bounce of a snare.
One you get it, and feel that initial bounce... its all about momentum and maintaining it.
Guitarists use a similar technique with the edge of a pick, and again its about being relaxed and using the bounce and harnessing the momentum....great player and like i said really cool guy.
Also add to the list, Danny's All-Star Joint, Ricky Lee Jones....great intro.
Most of Level 42's releases were great subliminal jazz funk/fusion songs in a sea of popular music during the 80s. Mark is and always has been a cool guy and an extreme player, most of what he does slap wise is forearm/wrist and thumb controlling the 'bounce' back off the strings,using the technique a drummer would use to control his stick bounce of a snare.
One you get it, and feel that initial bounce... its all about momentum and maintaining it.
Guitarists use a similar technique with the edge of a pick, and again its about being relaxed and using the bounce and harnessing the momentum....great player and like i said really cool guy.
Also add to the list, Danny's All-Star Joint, Ricky Lee Jones....great intro.
Oh, I get the technique, believe me. Like I said, my thumbs are good, but doing what King does in Lessons In Love for the duration of the song with the precision and feel he does... and he often speeds it up live... and then there's the whole singing-at-the-same-time thing. He's just on another level, as it were
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-great bassline, sleak and sneeky.
"You can call me all" -this song is not that easy to make groove properly, Kumalo makes it look easy.
Since we´re mentioning Nitti and Steely Dan under "pop":
"Aeroplane" (and a whole lot of other songs..) Red Hot
"Christmas Song" -Marvin Gaye
"White, discussion" -Live (just a few plucks, but sounds good)
Oh, I get the technique, believe me. Like I said, my thumbs are good, but doing what King does in Lessons In Love for the duration of the song with the precision and feel he does... and he often speeds it up live... and then there's the whole singing-at-the-same-time thing. He's just on another level, as it were
LOL, he sure is, quick story, back in about '85' he was doing all sorts of various guest slots, one of which was to guest present a radio show whilie the regular presenter was on holiday. One of the guests was on to promote his book on 'slap and pop bass playing'.
Mark played it straight, the guy had no idea who he was, and asked if he could learn some fromhim.......it was some of the funniest radio i had ever heard, and when Mark let loose at rhe end i would loved to have seen the guys face.
LOL, he sure is, quick story, back in about '85' he was doing all sorts of various guest slots, one of which was to guest present a radio show whilie the regular presenter was on holiday. One of the guests was on to promote his book on 'slap and pop bass playing'.
Mark played it straight, the guy had no idea who he was, and asked if he could learn some fromhim.......it was some of the funniest radio i had ever heard, and when Mark let loose at rhe end i would loved to have seen the guys face.
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Ha, yes!LOL, he sure is, quick story, back in about '85' he was doing all sorts of various guest slots, one of which was to guest present a radio show whilie the regular presenter was on holiday. One of the guests was on to promote his book on 'slap and pop bass playing'.
Mark played it straight, the guy had no idea who he was, and asked if he could learn some fromhim.......it was some of the funniest radio i had ever heard, and when Mark let loose at rhe end i would loved to have seen the guys face.
There are a handful of players -- him, Miller, and Jaco come to mind -- who I think are physically gifted in addition to having immense musical talent. They're able to pull off a lot of stuff that other talented musicians can't because they've just got some extra "juice" that enables them to execute some things just a bit better than anyone else. Often imitated, never duplicated, as it were. It's like certain athletes. Take Usain Bolt; there are plenty of athletes with great form, but that guy just has some physical gifts that others can't compensate for with great form.
