The Reggae Thread

[stewblack]

Learning, among others) I Shot The Sheriff for a dep gig next weekend.

Timing of the bassline is not immediately obvious. 

Great line though.

[Frank Blank]

4 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Learning, among others) I Shot The Sheriff for a dep gig next weekend.

Timing of the bassline is not immediately obvious. 

Great line though.

 

Like all things reggae, what appears, on the surface, simple, is more often than not, extraordinarily difficult. I once depped on drums for a reggae band thinking it would be a piece of pish... It wasn't just difficult, I found it impossible. Reggae bass lines are, likewise, bastards.

Edited 21 hours ago by Frank Blank

[stewblack]

17 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

 

Like all things reggae, what appears, on the surface, simple, is more often than not, extraordinarily difficult. I once depped on drums for a reggae band thinking it would be a piece of pish... It wasn't just difficult, I found it impossible. Reggae bass lines are, likewise, bastards.

Yep. I've ended up stripping it down and counting the old 1e+u 2e+u and seeing exactly where the notes fall. 

Thank you for your post because I was feeling embarrassed at my inability to just listen and play it

[Reggaebass]

Black Uhuru are my favourite band and I play a lot of their basslines but there’s quite a few that trip me up if I haven’t played them in a while, Robbie Shakespeare had a wonderful way of slightly changing things around part way through, darkness is one 

 

[Frank Blank]

2 hours ago, stewblack said:

Thank you for your post because I was feeling embarrassed at my inability to just listen and play it

No worries. I've been working through a lot of LKJ bass lines, they really sound simple, but... they 'ain't. Reggae is tough.