basslines

[Morgan]

I play tuba, and I'm going to play it into my g2 for effects and synth doubling

It will be totally meaty and teeth rattling

. . . but what I hear in my mind's ear is verrry vague right now. It runs somewhere between drum and bass and electrofunk, two genres that I don't know well.

If anybody has favorite basslines (not necessarily dnb or funk) please let me know.


thanks in advance

[ark]

[elektro80]

If you can play along to a click track and feed the tuba into a stepfilter patch then you could really shake the ground.

A stepfiltered bassline can sound something like this:
http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/wholesale_11b.mp3
But you gotta have some speakers that go low in order to hear what is going on here though.

[Morgan]

to you both!

[jksuperstar]

Look up the MuRF model (mock up of the Moog MuRF pedal). That will do some funky things!

[Jyoti]

[Uncle Krunkus]

I think my all time favourite bassline to listen to and to play would be
The Man in the Dark Sedan - Snakefinger.
I also love
Freedom of Choice - Devo
Brave Faces - Midnight Oil
Metal - Gary Numan
One Step Ahead - Split Enz
Jinx - Tuxedomoon
Blurred Girl - John Foxx
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Like Cockatoos - The Cure
And,..
Pump it Up - Elvis Costello

Thanks for this thread, it reminded me that a couple of these aren't on my practice list.

[Antimon]

Some basslines I enjoy (I could probably think of loads more - I love simple and catchy bass):

Stereolab - "Les Yper-Sound" and "Metronomic Underground" (both on Emperor Tomato Ketchup)
Public Image Limited - "Theme" and "Low Life" (both on their first album)
Christopher D Ashley - "You & Me Bobbysox"
μ-Ziq - "Brace Yourself Jason"
Nirvana - "Lithium"
Devo - "Mongoloid", "That's Good"
The Alan Parsons Project - "Hyper Gamma Spaces"

/Stefan

[Morgan]

the track "chewbacubeat" at myspace.com/wake

[Alexander]

I can't get enough of older Jamiroquai tracks. Stuart Zender played bass on most of the first albums, I think.

Great stuff...

(if linking videoclips on youtube is not allowed, please remove! )

I know there's better examples out there, but you should just go and buy the first couple albums!

I practice to Curtis Mayfield a lot, I love the mellow and smooth part of basslines and I am not a very technical player and pretty lazy, so I just sit back and go with the flow.

Great songs mentioned above, I will be listening!

[Wayne Higgins]

I used to play fretless bass in a few bands. Lots of different sh*t. Never got a band to play what I would practice. I used to know all the bass lines from King Crimson when John Wetton was in the band, lots of Johnny Gustaffson bass lines from Roxy Music, John Deacon's bass playing on Queen songs, Mike Oldfield was always fun but you can't get a punk band to play "Tubular Bells", ect...
But actually, one of my favorite bass players was Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads). Simple bass lines that couldn't be improved, and fun to play. Every thing on the album "More Songs About Buildings and Food" is great.

[Jyoti]

[Acoustic Interloper]

I've witnessed Stanley Clarke perform this piece live three times, and it's always exciting! Imagine, playing a doghouse like a flamenco guitar! The last time was after a full day of directing an orienteering meet on Mt. Penn east of Reading, PA. I didn't buy advanced tickets because I figured I'd be too tired, but after a shower Jeremy and I headed down to Philly, sitting practically at Stanley's feet. A few seconds into this, and I was no longer tired.

[x_x]

two of the many I like xD

tommy the cat by primus


tarantella by Giovanni Bottesini

[Sam_Zen]

Lee Sklar in 'Stratus' - Album 'Spectrum' by Billy Cobham.

[Doctor Shakes]

bassline champion has to go to drum and bass producer called dj hazard... even though im not a d n b fan... this man can make the ground shake..