Why were older basslines so much more interesting?

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On 21/06/2025 at 10:54, Beedster said:

 

Agree re first line 👍

 

I'm always amazed by just how many people, many of them fellow musicians, are completely mystified by slap, almost to the point as seeing it as a form or irony, the theme to Seinfeld seems to come in for particular flak! 

 

 

The composer, Jonathan Wolff played the bassline on each episode with slightly different fills and varied syncopation. It was to sync with the opening standup routines.

He explained and demonstrated the process in this short video.  It was a patch played on a Korg M1. There were also some other odd sampled patches thrown in/cobbled together here and there.