How do you write the RIGHT Bass Part?

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  • Опубликовано: 2 май 2023
  • This video is a free bass lesson. We listen to a simple song that doesn't have a bassline, then I write a bassline and discuss my decisions, including chord tones, navigating the bass neck, note duration, locking with the drum part, and creating interesting and helpful bass parts.
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Комментарии • 92

  • @nancyvanrijn9732
    @nancyvanrijn9732 Год назад +37

    Your nerdy bass stuff is even interesting to people without a bass 😄🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @mattyfox_
    @mattyfox_ Год назад +8

    I'm a guitar player who just decided to give bass a try
    I make all the music by myself so this video really helps alot

  • @calmthemonster
    @calmthemonster Год назад +16

    This was awesome. As a singer/songwriter/guitar player I know well how a bass line can easily make or break a song. I watch these video to better learn how to communicate with bassists. Love what you came up with. Very tasteful.

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад +2

      Thanks for watching! Cool to hear your songwriter’s perspective.

  • @chrisbeal5491
    @chrisbeal5491 Год назад +9

    Wonderful breakdown! It's cool to witness the process of creating the part in real time and deciding which parts of the arrangement you'll enhance or break away from.

  • @pedaltasters380
    @pedaltasters380 Год назад +11

    Your videos just keep getting better and better. I think the key takeaway from this is to listen and then make informed decisions based on the musical information you have been given to elevate the song. Excellent video!

  • @Cliffswanson
    @Cliffswanson Год назад +11

    The live class idea is excellent! Please make it happen, Phillip 👍🙂

  • @SorenJohnsonGuitar
    @SorenJohnsonGuitar Год назад +2

    just ordered my first bass. super pumped to get it. (ibanez talman bass)

  • @FrankLafone
    @FrankLafone Год назад +5

    Speaking as a mediocre guitarist who's messing around with bass, this was amazaballs great! Great insight in how to approach this stuff. Please, more content like this!

  • @thawrinks5549
    @thawrinks5549 Год назад +5

    I dont play bass but really enjoy the different types of videos you put out. Keep it up Philip

  • @erikklein5296
    @erikklein5296 Год назад +6

    This video is pure gold! As a bass player who "grew up" playing in orchestras and now cover bands, building the creativity muscle has always been hard for me. I love the lesson and I also am a huge fan of the quiet nature of these videos. It matches how I like to engage.

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад

      Thanks so much Erik! I’m glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching; glad to have you here! ⚡️

  • @johnl.6930
    @johnl.6930 Год назад +1

    As a veteran bass player in several bands over the last several decades covering almost every style, I must say this lesson is superb!!! Your first tip listen to the drummer!! Analyze each instrument a must as well. This lesson is so open to all levels of bass proficiency that each of us can gain insights, whether reinforcing what one already knows or is new to others.
    Thank you Philip!✌️❤️

  • @matt.514
    @matt.514 Год назад

    This is very cool! Great video!

  • @WEREWOLFCaT_STORIES
    @WEREWOLFCaT_STORIES Год назад +3

    Awesome advice as always, Phil. Keep steering the low end lovers in the right direction and showing them what doors are available and places to go with any given idea. 🎉 cheers !

  • @Azajndo
    @Azajndo Год назад +2

    I love your approach. Keep up the good work!

  • @bolillo5013
    @bolillo5013 Год назад

    Loved this video, was actually super helpful

  • @petermcconaghie7745
    @petermcconaghie7745 Год назад

    Indeed Philip, bass completes us!

  • @shawnalove5050
    @shawnalove5050 Год назад +1

    Really cool fundamental stuff! Which is the most important. I stopped the video at the beginning and imagined what I would play, so I could compare it to yours. My notes were the same, but shorter.
    I liked your longer note durations better, as they seemed to add more warmth to the progression and the song. Very nice!
    I would be interested in a Zoom bass improv/class!
    Thanks for all of this!

  • @ivomatic13
    @ivomatic13 Год назад

    Thanks Philip, this was great!

  • @MordecaiSoup7
    @MordecaiSoup7 11 месяцев назад

    Love the analysis of the music prior to jumping in and filling it out. You’re my favorite basstuber. Keep up the great work!

  • @MC-qe5qb
    @MC-qe5qb Год назад

    Thanks, enjoy all your vids, but especially this one.

  • @harlanbeeton6869
    @harlanbeeton6869 Год назад +1

    this is a really wonderful, insightful and deeply helpful lesson, man! as a lifelong bass player and new bass teacher this is a great example of how to demonstrate and explain concepts that players at any level can benefit from, keep em coming!
    I love how you demonstrate the process of "overplaying" to work through ideas and slowly refine the part until it speaks to you. And killer playing, too!

  • @Vincent-yv9ng
    @Vincent-yv9ng Год назад +1

    That track sounds like it came straight off the B side of a late-era Spoon record, so it was satisfying watching you end up doing a kind of Rob Pope impression.
    If the shoe fits, wear it!

  • @matthewbernard4427
    @matthewbernard4427 Год назад

    Excellent video. This is quickly becoming my favorite channel. It’s so enlightening to see another bass player delve into the process of creating a good bass line. Not that easy. Great advice, all. I would add that incorporating bits of the melody can also be a consideration. And most of all, keep it simple! Superb sound and playing style, keep up the good work!

  • @dansours7157
    @dansours7157 Год назад

    What you came up with had a great feel. I really like your approach. Cant wait to give it a try

  • @danno94
    @danno94 Год назад

    rlly great perspective from philip cccccccc

  • @pcanarsky
    @pcanarsky Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @black-xg3gz
    @black-xg3gz Год назад +2

    You’re a good teacher Philip and that’s a gift in it’s self. Best regards.

  • @WhatJeanWants
    @WhatJeanWants Год назад +2

    Excellence bass line writing session, Philip! Just joined your email list!

  • @eazlacfam
    @eazlacfam Год назад +2

    Another excellent video. Quickly becoming one of my favorite bass channels.

  • @conorlarkin1111
    @conorlarkin1111 Год назад

    Yes on the zoom class! But excellent crash course on the things to consider when coming up with a mature and supportive line.

  • @greggunther
    @greggunther Год назад

    Wow. Very informative. Hoping it helps me write some bass lines for my own original tracks as I work to record demos.

  • @johnny.musician
    @johnny.musician Год назад

    This is actually useful, not just a quickie post for more subscribers. Cheers and thanks.

  • @El_Revvelador
    @El_Revvelador Год назад

    That's very interesting. Now, I would like to see a lesson were you teach us how to come up with a song STARTING by creating the bassline first of.

  • @kofosuonbass
    @kofosuonbass Год назад

    More videos like this 👌

  • @mattcwatson
    @mattcwatson Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing your process. The way you broke it down and explained all the little details was really helpful and kind of demystified the writing process.
    Definitely interested in that Zoom class / bass line creation workshop.

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад

      Thanks for watching Matthew! Glad to have you here ⚡️

    • @francoisdallaire5424
      @francoisdallaire5424 Год назад

      It's exactly what I thought. 100% agreed. The way you explained it's easy for me to understand even if I am a beginner on bass (i'm a guitar player with over 35 years of playing bout bass it's a different beast) it's helping me to sound like a bass player. 😄
      Thank you.

  • @nucciopld
    @nucciopld Год назад +1

    Hi Philip, I recently bought the "Bass survival guide" you did with Rhett and I learned a lot! Thank you for letting us become not only better bass players but also to become better at guitar!
    Improving on bass is the best way to improve on any other instrument❤️

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад +2

      Thanks so much for getting the course and for watching my videos! So glad to have you here ⚡️

    • @nucciopld
      @nucciopld Год назад

      @@philipconradmusic I'll be interested in a live class too!

  • @JoseAv-tx4yl
    @JoseAv-tx4yl 9 дней назад

    Just discover you channel, but already subscribe ❤

  • @creepymcpeepers
    @creepymcpeepers Год назад +2

    Also you have to think if the singer is singing the third and want to avoid the third on the bass it the singer is singing the third 😊

  • @dchauser4
    @dchauser4 Год назад

    Another vote for the live class.

  • @kevinallen4743
    @kevinallen4743 Год назад +1

    I like this format, not certain I would want to hang with a whole group of people working on the same piece though. That would be difficult to manage and every individuals creativity could get discouragingly dissolved in the group work. Giving people a line to work with and maybe workshopping their creations may be better. mine is very different to yours, probably because I have different influences and am far less experienced, I'm happy with it - until tomorrow.

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад

      Good insight. Thanks for sharing!

    • @kevinallen4743
      @kevinallen4743 Год назад +1

      @@philipconradmusic This is going to sound weird but I play sub-bass in a 3 bass band, if you wanted you could do a bass trio workshop with a sub/ rhythm & lead bass set-up?

  • @ricardodubatti657
    @ricardodubatti657 Год назад

    Nice video! That Zoom class sounds like a wonderful idea.

  • @jrpipik
    @jrpipik Год назад

    Nice analysis of the music and how to bring together the bottom end. I'd want to hear the melody first, but I know that's not how a lot of tracks are done.

  • @VHToff0li
    @VHToff0li Год назад

    This is such a struggle for me. It's so hard to find a sweet spot between overthinking every single line or just following the kick drum.

  • @mikevonhohenstein5587
    @mikevonhohenstein5587 Год назад

    Cool video, thanks for that. Also, how much for that killer bass! 🤣

  • @stephenboutwell1012
    @stephenboutwell1012 Год назад

    Great stuff! How do you know when you’re spending too much time overthinking the part? How do you “economize” creating a part? Thanks!

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад

      If you are thinking about if you are overthinking, then you probably are. Take a break and come back to it and the answer will reveal itself. Sometimes you don’t need to think at all and it’s your first idea, sometimes it takes some time. Hope this helps! And thanks for watching! ⚡️

  • @jkf9167
    @jkf9167 Год назад

    My question is whether going to that A chord at that end after the G chord makes it sound as if the song itself isn't going to the A chord entirely at that point. Not that it's a bad thing in the case of a song like this where the chordal instruments seem to rest on that beat; in fact, it could be a good thing. But if you were going to add a rhythm guitar after the bass, wouldn't it likely have to acknowledge the A chord, either by going up to the A chord itself, or by adding a 9th or 6th to the G?
    If I were learning that song on guitar, once I heard that A on the bass, I'd think of it as the root of a chord.

    • @philipconradmusic
      @philipconradmusic  Год назад +2

      Good question!
      A lot of songs have the guitar or piano voicing something with a totally different root note, and all the different layers creat the chord of the moment. It can be an intentional decision. Or you could change the guitar voicing. Either is cool!

  • @francoisdallaire5424
    @francoisdallaire5424 Год назад

    👍🏼👌🏼👏🏼🎯

  • @ollylightfoot9649
    @ollylightfoot9649 Год назад

    “Bass jail” 😅
    Route - fifth - octave never goes amiss

  • @creepymcpeepers
    @creepymcpeepers Год назад +1

    I would like to be in the zoom class?

  • @1978jazzbass
    @1978jazzbass Год назад

    Great video. That music you are making the bassline for really sucks but the bass makes it come a little to life

  • @noahd395
    @noahd395 Год назад

    EEEE x100

  • @johnheath4305
    @johnheath4305 Год назад

    The track they sent you is AI. They want you to add all the value.

  • @aldito7586
    @aldito7586 Год назад

    Very simple. You don't jam with anyone. You write your own songs. And that is the right bass part. It's YOUR canvas. Paint it as you will.