Will bassists soon no longer be needed?

[Kirk Bryant]

Oh in case you didn't know you were replaced in the 60,s by fender key bass and the pedals on a Hammond organ, get over it.

 

[NWB]

It's because people are stupid sheep. No one thinks for themselves anymore. No one appreciates how hard it is to play an instrument and master it. "

This gets at my concerns. When people are so conditioned to living with cheap, poor imitations of everything, then they will accept a sequenced track over a real bass. For those that say a sequencer will never replace the bass, consider the stupidity of the listening audience. Many of them couldn't tell the difference between a very poor keyboard sample and the real thing.

 

[topo morto]

When people are so conditioned to living with cheap, poor imitations of everything, then they will accept some neanderthal bashing a couple of rusty strings over a carefully-constructed, timbrally unique sequenced track. For those that say the bass guitar will never replace sequencers, consider the stupidity of the listening audience. Many of them couldn't tell the difference between some crummy old instrument from the 50s and the real thing.

Fixed.

 

[Schmorgy]

I feel like even in modern pop music, the bass has still found a place to dwell.

Let's not forget that there's ALWAYS going to be bands of all styles. Yes, electronic pop seems to be the Top 40 right now, and that's what the big labels are all selling and pushing, but go to any local show and you'll probably see a bigger turnout of real instruments than electronic ones.

It's not like everyone who ever wanted to be a musician unanimously said "welp, Pop music isn't using real instruments anymore, time to forget learning anything with strings".

You'll also notice that quite a few of these artists that have a rather "Produced" sound still tour with a real band. I remember taking my girlfriend to see an Owl City concert (for those who are unfamiliar with him, his sound is completely electronic) and was moderately surprised when he came out on stage with a full band equipped with conventional instruments. I was fully expecting a one man act or a backup DJ or something.