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The suggestion came up that we, that is my band, write a few original songs. The aim to begin with was to just play covers but what the hell . I said I'd be up for that. As I don't actually play anything else, bar the fool, I assumed the song writing would come solely from the guitarist. However, the others are keen that I should come up with some ideas.
I don't know if this just means a nifty riff to work off or a whole song, probably the former. That aside though, and just as a sort of idle question, has anyone else written songs starting with the bass/on the bass?
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Marvin, it's perfectly possible to write music on any instrument and doing so on the bass is something you shouldn't shy away from. I have just started a free youtube series covering things like using chord tones, what the role of a bass player is, how to start building a line and what you can get by listening to others. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHIHncaNaDw"]Check out part 1 of 3 here[/url]. Hopefully it will shed some light on this subject.[/font][/color]
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