Anderson .Paak’s Secret Bass Weapon: Kelsey González
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In today’s video, we asked Kelsey Gonzalez to name the bass lines that helped define his career with American singer, rapper, drummer, and record producer Anderson Paak. You’ll hear nuances to his bass lines you never noticed before – and probably rush home to grab your bass!
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Video Breakdown:
00:00 – Introduction
00:48 – The Anderson .Paak TinyDesk
02:34 – Flea’s Advice
05:08 – Come Down
06:08 – Hip Hop Approach to Bass Playing
07:51 – Reggae Music & Family Man
08:33 – Kelsey’s Musical Background
10:27 – Playing With Great Drummers
12:11 – Anderson .Paak & The Dilla Influence
16:08 – Inspirational Jam Session
19:19 – Keeping It Simple
21:20 – Layin’ It .Paak
23:28 – Musicianship
25:25 – War Stories
27:22 – Tye Tribbett – Bless The Lord
29:00 – Playing In Church
31:05 – Effects
35:40 – Shafiq Husayn
37:00 – Thundercat
38:00 – Kelsey’s Process
39:00 – Mother Nature – Crystal Cadillac
42:00 – Jaco Pastorius
42:50 – Being a Musical Director
46:15 – Kelsey’s Advice
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It's cool to be dumb as an adult
???? the glue of the band!
I want a Christmas card!
why is this man holding a basketball ????
????????????27:29 Yeah, there's no other band in the world like SoundCheck and no other bassist like Thadd! I'm so blessed to be a part of the movement.
That's an awesome first gospel song to have to play!
Literally saw this guy play like 2 days before this video came out. So cool to hear the back story behind his work
what a legend legend!!!
kelsey is super high!!!!
Ian! Thank you for always repping MN! Love to see it.
Dude… what a bozo. Sorry.
Let me tell you, I grew up with this “fool” Kelsey since elementary school. We mostly lost contact after high school but it’s crazy to see that even after 20 years, he still exactly the same at his core. Saying random funny shit, and chuckling about it. Just having a good time wherever he is. He’s the type of dude where you don’t see him for a few years and when you do finally hang out with him, you just pick up right where you left off. We had an inside joke in fifth grade, or you would rub your hands together and say “toasty”. I bet at 38 years old, next time I see him I’ll bust that shit out and he’ll just laugh. He always had this uncanny ability to have people gravitate to him by being humble. Quite literally one of the coolest dudes I’ll ever know. Stoked to see him get his flowers with this interview.
OMG, had a bassist on one gig (a pretty new bassist – he was good, but not played with others often) who kept thinking WE were speeding up, so he would speed up. Nope, it was all him. He kept driving the tempo up and up and up, until it was almost too fast to play. No drummer, just bass and a handful of strummers/singers, so we were all following him. Absolutely hilarious. xD
Reggae is what got me into bass. And now I play bass for a reggae band.
This dude’s sound is my goal right now. So tight, warm, and funky
Kelsey is super humble, love this man
Maybe a basket ball will make me a better bassist?
Is dude sponsored by spalding or Nike?
Or did he lose a bet?
Why the basketball?
WHAT A BASS PLAYER. My fav bassline is trippy
Es el numero uno, el groove por delante de todo es el rey
wow….. a lot of THC going on…… not so much interesting info though
24:26 ian spittin bars "if you lock in some kinda rigid arrangement,
it would feel kinda strange then,
to change it.."
damn!
Could we have something African
Nah I've known this foo for over a decade and he's always like this ????
I can't wait to see them next week in Phoenix – Kelsey is who inspired me to learn to play this wonderful instrument!
That fool flea and this guy miguel, dude is working with legends like it's nothing. he is my spirit animal
dope ! ❤
beautiful interview !!!!!! so much JOY ;))))) thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved this! Thank U????????????
Shafiq Husayn is one of the most underrated????