TorVic Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) [media]http://youtu.be/XbEz1mvQyvY[/media] Pretty neat single take! (Correction: I read that it was a single take on one of the online articles. Apparently it is not. Still think it is very good!) Edited July 14, 2013 by TorVic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Doesn't sound much like it at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 That's brilliant! Always impresses me when players manage to do rhythm, bass and lead/chords simultaneously, bit like Me And My Bass Guitar by Victor Wooten [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9uPv_Fxuc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9uPv_Fxuc[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Where's da funk gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 [quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1373584839' post='2139475'] Doesn't sound much like it at all... [/quote] This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Impressive! But it's not a single take... I spotted a number of edit glitches where it looks like the video has been pasted together - check out the neck-snapping, light-speed head nod at 1:55 - 1:56 Still, I'm being pedantic. The guys playes a zillion times better than I can and it's actually a nice cover - and I say that as someone who doesn't normally get all bedazzled by slap'n'pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) This whole Victor Wooten - inspired school of bass playing doesn't appeal at all to me , but respect to this guy for doing a great job on this tune as a party piece . Not my cup of tea , but not take anything away from the guy . Edited July 13, 2013 by Dingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W11ATO Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I think it's brilliant, well done :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichF Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 this is a great song and a great way to cover it. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntLockyer Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1373586513' post='2139495'] This whole Victor Wooten - inspired school of bass playing doesn't appeal at all to me , [/quote] Me either but I found this highly enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Same as above, very clever and skilful, but more party piece than entire gig material. Sounds just like the song to me, chords, rhythm, melody everything. What I like most is the effect he's using (envelope filter?) - it makes the pops sound full and plumby rather than harsh and tinny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) f***ing incredible. How can you criticize this??? Edited July 13, 2013 by Pete Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1373742311' post='2141206'] f***ing incredible. How can you criticize this??? [/quote] Many members of the Bass Chat audience can be extremely hard to please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1373742311' post='2141206'] f***ing incredible. How can you criticize this??? [/quote] For the reasons people have said? He shows fantastic technique and i actually quite liked it (apart from the multiple-take thing, was the OP being ironic?), but it just isn't everyone's cup of tea. Some songs need a bassist to do their job, and this isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Fantastic..i wish i had an ounce of this guys talent...good find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1373742311' post='2141206'] f***ing incredible. How can you criticize this??? [/quote] I really (really) don't like this Wooten-like approach at all, and I don't like this tune either, but yeah, the performance is very impressive and despite it being technically difficult he hasn't gone all-out to sound like he's performing a superhuman feat of bass playing - which is what I usually find so un-musical about Wooten. So he gets an unlikely thumbs up from me. And no I couldn't do it even if I wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowender Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 (edited) I can't believe how some people have to crap on anything anyone presents here. Like it. Critique it. Or move on. They have to find SOMETHING to put down, I guess so they can feel better about themselves. There's no need to post Victor Wooton doing something similar. There's no need to comment on the fact that you don't like "that particular type of thing." It's like being a guest in someone's home and criticizing the food and drink they offer you. Be a little f*cking gracious. Geez, how petty. And I see it here A LOT. Edited July 14, 2013 by Lowender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 As an excercise, it is pretty clean and impressive. I just think it depends how much time and effort you want to put in for a party piece. A bit like devoting 70% of your time going thru slap riffola and not having a gig for it. If you can pull that sort of stuff off and be pretty musical... taste being a different argument.. then you have your syncopation down, pretty much.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 I'd post a of video of me playing root's and 5ths with the band (actual I have done that lol) .. but that's not much of a party piece. The Guys got talent a good ear and plays very cleanly, but I would only want to listen to it once.. Cool and interesting the first time you listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Its a showcase for his expertise, no doubt he is a top player regarding other genres on the bass that would pluck up the ears of the critics on here. I thought he was Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 [quote name='andytoad' timestamp='1373829658' post='2142054'] Its a showcase for his expertise, no doubt he is a top player regarding other genres on the bass that would pluck up the ears of the critics on here. I thought he was Impressive. [/quote] I agree. It's not just an exercise, it's a toone from start to finish. The guys got chops/ears for a tune, and he is articulated musically. At 02:10 it gets a little sloppy for a few bars, although that might be that envelope filter not responding fast enough. But so what, he's doing his thing. It sounds like it has all come naturally. Someone above has said where's da funk gone ? The original was not funk, just a bit of Nu Disco [and great it was] with Nile doing his bit. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowender Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 It's also amazing that people judge someone solely by what they do on one pice. "Oh, he's [i]THAT.[/i] " That's so unfair and so short sided. The guy did a nice job. MAYBE he's not great at other things. MAYBE he plays the most wicked groove you'll ever hear. Maybe he sings his ass off. Maybe he's a lousy golfer. All that stuff doesn't matter. He's not selling a used car. It was a presentation of art. Lighten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Not a huge fan of the Wooten inspired/technician thing but I thought that was great to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunge666 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I saw this last week and posted it on my FB wall - thought it was brill. I'd have a go at something like this but, know it'd end up sounding like I'd dropped the bass down a flight of stairs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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