What Makes an Excellent Bassist?

[sokolasty]

What makes great bass player?

John Paul Jones, Pilichowski, Les Claypool, Tony Levin, "Wake me up before you go" bass player

In this order:
Playing a note in right time
Playing diatonic note
Backing vocals
Technique firework
Playing spicy note

 

[Agent P]

Serving the song at hand.

We bassists are the "glue" between pulse (time/rhythm on the bottom) and the "money" (melodic/harmonic hooks up top). It's a lot of responsibility but def the best musical position to be contributing from, imo!