missis sumner Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Is this song played very much behind the beat, or wot? S'cuse my noob bass ears, but it just seems very... "relaxed", no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 The clue is in the title, maybe..? ... 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Check this video, Lee Sklar has played it hundreds of times with Phil Collins. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 hours ago, missis sumner said: Is this song played very much behind the beat, or wot? S'cuse my noob bass ears, but it just seems very... "relaxed", no? Which version? Phil's and the Supremes are very different in feel and note choice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 hours ago, missis sumner said: Is this song played very much behind the beat, or wot? In all my years of playing music I've never grasped the concept of playing behind the beat. Or in front. I'm sure I've been doing it, or hearing it, but if I have it's been subconsciously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 10 hours ago, ambient said: Check this video, Lee Sklar has played it hundreds of times with Phil Collins. I've been watching a lot of his videos, recently. Great stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 9 hours ago, wateroftyne said: Which version? Phil's and the Supremes are very different in feel and note choice. I was actually playing along to the Supremes version, with Rocksmith 😳, for my sins (well, because I haven't figured out how the song goes yet ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 This may help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: In all my years of playing music I've never grasped the concept of playing behind the beat. Or in front. I'm sure I've been doing it, or hearing it, but if I have it's been subconsciously. Push and pull - I'm sure I do it all the time, much to the consternation of my drummer! 😂 Not that I have a drummer anymore... 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: This may help I actually have the "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" book at home, but I'm locked-down in my mum's house. It'll do me good to work it out by ear (with a little cheating, from above). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 This one sounds like the most accurate to me, by our very own Constantine 🙂. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Reggaebass said: This one sounds like the most accurate to me, by our very own Constantine 🙂. ...for the Phil Collins version, maybe 🙂 John Giblin straightened the part right out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 It'll be different again, by the time I've learnt it...😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 My favourite is Andrew Bodnar on the 1976 Graham Parker and the Rumour live bootleg.. I play it at least once a week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I’ve only played it once after hearing it on the radio, it’s such a cool Bassline, definitely a great one to learn 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 13 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: In all my years of playing music I've never grasped the concept of playing behind the beat. Or in front. I'm sure I've been doing it, or hearing it, but if I have it's been subconsciously. I brought this up ages ago and was soundly berated as I said surely if its behind the beat it's out of time but the final conclusion was that behind the beat is a feel rather than playing slightly out of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I've just listened to the original, Supremes, recording (again...) on Youtube, and it sounds just fine to me, neither slow, fast, behind nor in front. Just a sound, solid, bass line, nicely tucked in with the drums. The 'feel' is of a real player, rather than a metronome, but there's no fault that I can hear (Disclaimer : I'm a drummer...). I can't hear any problem with it. Just sayin'. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 19 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: In all my years of playing music I've never grasped the concept of playing behind the beat. Or in front. I'm sure I've been doing it, or hearing it, but if I have it's been subconsciously. Yeah me neither... too clever for me. I just play in time... 🤔 I also play my fretless in tune 🤥 ...honest. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/15376/what-exactly-is-the-act-of-playing-behind-the-beat This is all quite interesting and shows that it is all about feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 This video came up on the one that @ubit posted. The description at the top is great. The rest is a bit of a let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 What I don't understand is when they talk of drummers playing behind or in front of the beat. It's the drummer who creates the beat surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FDC484950 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 3 hours ago, ubit said: With the greatest of respect that video is rubbish. On was appropriate and in time, behind was out of time, and ahead was alternating between out of time and the same as on. When he’s playing behind you can clearly hear a nasty flam effect with the double bass. It’s just different terms for the right feel for a style or genre. There is no on, behind or ahead of the beat, only something that is in time. Think about it - if I play ahead, the keys are on the beat and the drums are behind, it’s a train wreck. If everyone plays ahead or on or behind then it’s just in time, which is on.. I’ve heard the beat being described as having a width which permits this behind, on or ahead. I’ve never heard it and never heard anyone I’ve played with demonstrate it successfully either. Don’t confuse feel, timing and especially note length and articulation as this is often what people really mean. All IMHO, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, FDC484950 said: With the greatest of respect that video is rubbish. On was appropriate and in time, behind was out of time, and ahead was alternating between out of time and the same as on. When he’s playing behind you can clearly hear a nasty flam effect with the double bass. It’s just different terms for the right feel for a style or genre. There is no on, behind or ahead of the beat, only something that is in time. Think about it - if I play ahead, the keys are on the beat and the drums are behind, it’s a train wreck. If everyone plays ahead or on or behind then it’s just in time, which is on.. I’ve heard the beat being described as having a width which permits this behind, on or ahead. I’ve never heard it and never heard anyone I’ve played with demonstrate it successfully either. Don’t confuse feel, timing and especially note length and articulation as this is often what people really mean. All IMHO, of course I thought that too. It wasn't the best video to represent the definition. I thought he was playing wildly out of time. If you look at the link below my video the information explains it much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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