What ‘REALLY’ Makes a Great Bass Player?! /// Scott’s Bass Lessons
Ed Friedland is not only one of my favourite bass educators in the world – he’s also a fantastic bass player and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. In one of his recent live seminars within the Academy he was asked a great question… “What constitutes a great bass player?”
Now take a moment and think about that question.
It’s actually much more complex than it first seems – and, is absolutely relevant to all of us.
I this video Ed shares what he thinks makes a great bass player. And personally, I don’t think anyone could have given a better answer.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott 🙂
PS. Remember that Ed, and many more of the best bass educators in the world do completely live online streamed seminars every week in the Academy.
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I signed up for your course, paid but made 1 little mistake in my email and no one can help me get my lessons started. I did t want the money back !
Victor Wooten's "Groove Workshop" gives the best explanation of what makes a great bass player or just a great musician in general, regardless of what instrument you play.
i couldn't help to repeat this video over when i open my you tube, ED really said it all.. we always tend to throw chops that we want to show, sometimes not thinking could this make the my band sounds good…i heard one great fellow bassist said this,"i'm trying to play not that i could be heard but for my band mates that they may be heard, that we as a band plays as a band… thanks Scott, thanks Ed..
So very true. Same for drumming, that is absolutely an essential trait/skill to have. Having an ear and awareness of what the song and the band needs rather than only focusing on what you want to play.
In other words, what you DON'T play is as important as what you DO play.
Tim B****t is a GREAT player but guitar players (Read Jim M****ty and Jeff B**k here)… hated playing with him.
Never walk over someone else' solo. This also applies to harmonica dudes and second guitarists?
I really hate dialled out or flat bass. Get a thunderbird, richenbacker or a jazz and play it like geezer, Lemmy, flea or Norman watt Roy. Up front and in your face. Yes please!
Hi, can i still play the bass if im illiterate thx
asking for a friend ofc (who's gay but that's ok)
Great advice. I would also like to add:
No your part;
No your place;
Show up on time;
Have reliable gear;
Don’t be an asshole????
Scott! I just want to suggest that you check out/find out the guy who played on all Shalamars biggest hits. Whoever he is, he's friggin awesome! And when you've done that, tell me how to do it! He's deffo a step above! ttfn
I really enjoyed this video, and the info. It is so essintial that players realize where the bass fits in different music. Check out George Jones This Wanting You. Simple bass but the song would really be lost without it. Still needs a bass line, just not anything outside the arrangement. David Hungate was a gifted player, but played on many Nashville sessions.
You need some ladies…
Some Guy: Bass Players should be invisible. You shouldn’t be seen as a necessity or even heard.
Bass Guitarists: Hold our Cliff Burton, Jaco Pastorious, Bootsie Collins, Larry Graham, and Paul McCartney.
To the die hard traditional bass player my favorite bass guitarist Peter Hook is probably a heathen why I describe him as a bass guitarist them bass lines in New Order come out as a guitar riff for want of a better word but definitely my hero
When I can play a video at 2x the speed and clearly understand it, I know dude is talking waaaay too slow.
I'm trying to not over due it like sometime less is more.
That bass tho ????
thank you 🙂
Ed you have perfectly hit the nail at the perfect point of it head to drive it through with the least of energy. That's the kind of bass player I like to be. Taking notes or fills not just because I want to show-off but when it will make the right sense in that moment.
What's the name of the song that cool funk riff is from? Great lesson bro, thanks.
So basically get the time and the timber right
Bingo! The first premise a great bassist recognizes and accepts is that the bass guitar is almost exclusively used as part of an ENSEMBLE, rather than as a solo instrument, because the human ear is simply not capable of discerning as much variation in tone in the typical bass wavelengths, compared to those of the guitar. The second is that almost all ensembles play songs which require that the instruments(and vocals) sound good TOGETHER and does what it takes to make that happen. The result is that a great bass guitar part in most songs will often not be appreciated by the average listener, until or unless it is taken out of the mix.
What is that bass you're holding here? Fender vintage re-issue?
i learnt how to play bass through your lessons and i guess i can play now but theres a problem here with me, im not musical i just cant figure out what kind of basssline to fit to any sooong that comes up aaggh man i suck to a point of feeling like quitting bass … help????????????????
Is that the guy from Tim & Erick's Torino Boy video?
this is so true because it's better to have a bassist who mostly play root notes and do it well than a guy playing licks with poor performance
4:29 :0
Absolutely right. I play with those whom are trained and they can find reading the notes easy but the feel or style of what is happening really difficult. Whereas I have played other instruments in bands and I can tell what is happening and play instinctively what is appropriate at the time. I do practice daily, that is definitely needed as always. It takes a lot of practice, but it is worth it 🙂
I am so glad ive found this vid!as I practice in my band I could play the same song over and over and I play it differently almost every time. at least now I know that that isn't an issue lol
I just love this P bass! It's so cool
Video starts at 2:03
tnx professor X
I love that music at the end
also, 5:17 I hate to be one of those.. but you do know girls can play bass too right?
Yeah im agree cause if you want to be a great bass player you should take care the most in the hearing instead of the playing.