FIRST FRAGMENT - GULA (Fretless Bass Playthrough) by Dominic ''Forest'' Lapointe
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Filmed and Edited by Ismael Mossadeq / Loyal Visuals.
Bass recorded by Hugues Deslauriers at Roarrr Sound Studio,
Basslines on ''Dasein'' are originally arranged and recorded by Vincent Savary.
''Gula'' was composed and arranged by Phil Tougas.
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OFFICIAL SITES : linktr.ee/firstfragment
CONTACT : firstfragmentqc@hotmail.com
Forest uses on this playthrough:
MF 6 strings Fretless bass
Elixir Strings
Mesa Boogie Amp
Darkglass B7K Preamp
General Endorsements:
Mesa Boogie: www.mesaboogie.com
Elixir Strings: www.elixirstrin...
Darkglass Electronics: darkglass.com
Aguilar: www.aguilaramp.com
Marc Chicoine Guitar and Bass: www.marcchicoin...
Sennheiser: en-ca.sennheise...
Grind Custom FX: www.grindcustom...
First Fragment line-up on ''DASEIN' :
David AB : Lead Vocals
Phil Tougas : Lead Guitar, vocals
Gabriel Brault-Pilon : Guitar
Vincent Savary : Bass
Troy Fullerton : Drums
Bass lesson on Skype at : forestbasse@gmail.com
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How do all the Montreal tech-death bands have bassists with a fretless 6 string? That's like every country having their own private unicorn
Besides Forest and Hugo Doyon-Karout (Beyond Creation, Brought By Pain) and maybe the bass player from Intonate, I really can't think of anybody else who does. But then again Forest has played with a lot of the bands from that scene.
America has some, Germany has one, I know another European country does, the bassist for Arhideus, Archspire from Canada also has one. Every country has their own personal unicorn (A 6-string fretless bass player) :D Thank you all!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's less a question of how do they all have 6 string bassists, and more a question of how do they all have Dominic "Forest" Lapointe on the same 6 string bass.
Robert Johnson because he's the best so everyone gets some
Levi Slam I've basically boiled my searches for new music down to looking up all the bands Forest is in and somehow they all just nail it.
This has inspired me to give up the bass
The day you have nothing new to learn is the day you should quit. he shifted the goalpost right to the gates of GAWD DAMN!
Such a good comment lol
@@lmlxmetalhead What part should be speeded up ?
I don't see anything suspicious
@@lmlxmetalhead nope. That is the original tempo of the song....
@@lmlxmetalhead Ok Jared Dines
reported for Pornographic content
Big strings, round bass
FULL ON CHUB
yes, this bass is easy to masturbate..
I came
I feel ya brother
Forest is the best bassist in metal without a doubt. Nobody comes close to his execution, intonation, speed and creativity. My Hero
His song writing is just incredible.
@FantasticBeastsFTW Vincent Savary wrote the original bass lines for the album however. Forest re-recorded this song in his own way.
I know he didn't write the bass lines for this song. I was referring to his writing in Beyond Creation.
I think his bass lines on BC's second album are a bit annoying. I really like his work better on the first album and on Augury's Concealed. He's no doubt very good and influential to this new generation of death metal, of couse.
I like them. His solo on the title track is just amazing.
No matter which band, Forest bring Bassporn into the music
V House Best true told this week.
this coment made my day :D
well this is the one he actually plays for ;)
V House I love it (Bass porn)😅🤘
Its crazy how well he plays holding the instrument backwards
Biology is weird as hell. To think this is related to brain hemispheres and all of those things is crazy. I can't help but find weird how you guys play with the instrument facing the "regular" side hahaha
Southpaws do everything better :)
It's forward for him because it's a left-handed bass
This comment is funny 😂
@@ghastlylife9836 Oh shit it was a joke wasn't it
Excuse me store clerk do you have 35'' 6 string dual action rod fret-less bass guitars semi marked left handed
He probably ordered it. Very nice bass still
Cant seem to keep them on the shelves. I can you one. Be here in anout 2 weeks
@@keithmcclellan4350 well, ain't this place a geographical oddity!
@@keithmcclellan4350 Sir, I'll need one too !
Can’t see the headstock but the fret marking style is fairly unique. I think he’s playing an F bass and if so they are exclusively made to order. Unless it was a pawn shop find though being a lefty suggests he probably ordered it.
My hands are cramping from just watching this.
There's a moment during the 4th or 5th time you're watching this video when you start to analize this bassline and wonder, as a bassist yourself, how much practice would it take to perform it with that mastery. I think around 800 years would do in my case.
To play, up to the second minute, i think it would take a month maybe. Like i said, to play, not actually master. Now, i shall look for a 6 string fretless
1000 for me, lol.
been practicing for two weeks, can almost play the first two minutes, i think itll take antoher week or two to get thte first two minutes down fully
Anything is possible. You just need to 1. have great technique and 2. start learning this at a slower tempo and gradually pick up the pace as you get more comfortable and clean.
Wow!!! This is FANTASTIC!!! Finally a progressive bass player that does not abuse of one technique only and used many techniques to make each part outstanding. Excellent finger picking, beautiful taps and slides, percussive slap, chordal playing, and everything so tasteful.
How can Metal ever evolve past something like this? Remarkable
Cobweb Recordings [Retrowave ] it's kinda sad. I just don't see how it could ever be better than this. And people just don't like it like they like the less amazing stuff.
luke towner it think the worse is that 80% of the world will pass on this cause its not pop or other recycled radio friendly BS.... and they're all supossed to be about the bass.... :'(
Not everyone prefers this super technical and melodic stuff. You aren’t better than anyone else because you listen to this.
Today you have modern tech/progressive death metal giants like First Fragment, Beyond Creation, Archspire, Obscura. Then you have the djent/prog/fusion bands like Animals as Leaders, TesseracT, Intervals... I much prefer the classical tech death sound for the atmosphere it creates
Classical music has evolved to this
I could watch this guy just tune a bass and I think it'd still be pretty amazing somehow.
forest isn't a musician, he's a fucking magician.
Magicians use illusion to make it appear that they are doing something, on the other hand this guy is raw talent
@@BossDrSample, he’s worked insanely hard. You don’t play at this level without serious work.
Forest is the best bass player ever (in my opinion), my biggest inspiration, and every new video of his playthroughs just inspires me even more.
he or Erlend, really hard to choose
Erlend is my favorite.
what about joel schwallier
Martyr of Grenth Him, jaron evil and scott plummer are my biggest inspirations as a bassist and a musician. To me theyre all equal as the best.
Sean Malone...
Reasons to move to Canada:
1. Weed
2. Hockey
3. Tech Death
as a canadian, these are indeed 3 of my favorite things
@Edita Ševčíková well that's just a given
I'm not that much into hockey, but you already convince me with the other two
don't forget tyranny :)
There is more Renaissance/Baroque influence & mood than actual Metal in that music. It’s technically mîdblowing but neither dark nor violent
Agreed, it doesn't have that heavy dark metallic edge of a group like Necrophagist, this has more in common with yngwie malmsteen than Necrophagist, harmonically
When the new album Gloire Éternelle is clearly Flamenco inspired …
It's like they invented the term "neo-classical" for nothing...
Searched for a piano cover cus i wondered the same and it definitely does hahah
He is the best and the most underrated bassist in the world.
He's absolutely not underrated.
How so? He's generally regarded as one of, if not the best death metal bassist. You can't expect the "general populace" to praise him if he only plays a genre of music that the vast majority of people simply hate.
moonra they scared by monstrosity and chaotic musical stuff....tell that to muy neighboo
best? i think otis redding was :p
Teoman kanka yavaş baya biliniyo bu reiz
First Fragment was awesome before, but having Forest in the band is not only going to make their music even better, but also attract more fans because of his legendary status. I can't wait to hear new material with him on bass!
Fun fact, I meet First fragment because I was watching another Forest's playthrough for another band, then RUclips did it's thing.
That was awesome ! So happy to hear Dominic in another technical metal band with his fretless !
Legend has it that he is the first man to discover in addition to the female G spot, the A,B,C,D,E and F spot!
What surprises me is the huge delicacy with which he plays this masterpiece, a painter not a bassist
This playthrough has 34 times more views than the song itself. This is evidence of what makes this band amazing.
A technical exercise. Maybe speaks a lot about modern takes on music.... It's about technicality, not about creativity and atmosphere/feel.
@@cd0u50c9 I agree with you in most cases. Tech/Prog music is sometimes too... Cold. Lots of virtuosity but without a purpose or cohesion. First Fragment is different in my opinion. They are virtuous without sacrificing melodic, harmonic and structural quality. My favorite metal band right now.
THIS has feeling and soul, the difficulty is part of the work he's presenting us. If you were a painter, you could be Van Gough, but if you try and sell me a finger painting while claiming it means something, i'm going to pick my nose and sell you one back, and ask you what it means to you. Life imitates art? Well so do children, and if my kid can do it unprompted, then I'm less impressed. They didn't put our playdough abominations in museums for us to go see on field trips, we went and looked at statues carved meaningfully, and with skill, that skill can be expressed in lots of ways, Mozart being deaf and still being, well, fucking Mozart, makes it even cooler right?
Like yeah it sounds cool but imagine, imagining what all of that sounded like but never hearing what it sounded like...
Anyone can apply ink to a canvas, but some create art, so detailed and skillfully that it cannot be easily replicated EVEN WITH EXTENSIVE PRACTICE. He's painting them a picture with a paintball gun from 500 yards and he gets complaints he seems too focused on his aim?
I wish he did solo playthroughs, just to hear the composition, I'm certainly not good enough to learn the parts and play them alone, but to say it's just an exercise is to reduce this to a scale run, and it's not in the least.
@@cd0u50c9 you’re a moron if you don’t think this is creative or lacks atmosphere
I don't want to scare you, but without the vocals, this song becomes neoclassical
It is, hell, go listen to their new album, many of epics- i mean songs.... have 5+ minute instrumentals of.... Classical, with some insane drumming.... Neo classical, go figure.
@@zakaryedwards5978 yeah first fragment is basically classical music on like... a shitload of amphetamines or something
So good! I worship Forest's godlike abilities. It looks like it's an accelerated video
How am I only seeing one of my favorite songs being performed by one of my favorite bassists now?!?!?!?
Dude i have goosebumps while listening to this... so fucking good
Videos like this make me question the boundaries of technicality
what an extraordinarily talented group of dudes . great music
I hope that bass is at least 18...
Brian Cicio Or 21.
18 here in Québec where he's from :D
Pretty sure I saw A-minor in there
14 where I'm from.
unfunny
This is a true definition of art
Christ almighty, Dominic Lapointe is quickly becoming my biggest inspiration as a bassist. This is the first I've heard of First Fragment, but I'm definitely checking you guys out more!!
This is a masterpiece. Forest is a virtuoso. Genious! Bravo!!! Looking forward for the third album!
This is a combination I would have never seen coming, and is a rather perfect fit at that.
This is also some of your strongest writing to date, holy moly.
Sahil Londhe t
I love how clear the bass is on the album!
Davie504 : left
Frets = smol pp
How many times am I gonna have to say this. Davie504 ruined bass playing on RUclips. I can't scroll through one bass video without seeing something related to him in the comments. It's fucking annoying. Please stop.
@@braxtonfps3580 it really isn't that big of a deal
@@Arjithki yes it is. Davie and his fans are the most annoying fucks on the internet
@@braxtonfps3580 true
This man has THE BEST bass tone ive ever heard. Very impressive.
Sounds amazing and his positioning is so on point. I love watching someone play when their technique is so flawless.
Like if he dipped his left thumb in ink I'm sure by the end of this song you would see a perfectly straight line up and down the neck. So in control.
Been playing bass a long time seeing this gives me hope in the path I have chosen. pure unadulterated greatness
Thank you
Instant subscription.
My stepfather always said "To play the bass is boring, guitarists have a much more interesting job"
I showed him this video and he was like "mh.... ... ... That's not what i meant. You don't understad my point.... ..."
😆😆😆 I won. thank you Dominic. You're a HERO!!!
It's pretty cool that the manager of this account is replying to people in the comments.
pure talent, #forest. all amazing, especially how you keep intonation perfect during your tapping. bravo, monsieur. 🤘❤
video pode ser antigo mas sempre assistindo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ amo o jeito que ele tocar
I love FIRST FRAGMENT, et DOMINIC FOREST LAPOINTE C'est un excellent bassiste et gaucher en plus
Sounds great and very creative. Good job! I like the First Fragment logo a lot also! \m/
fretless works so well on this. All hail Forest Fragment!!!!
Is it even possible to describe how amazing lineup this band has?
Some of the best playing I've ever seen!! 🎶
Brilliant, Hail Dominic!
7 years later, and this video still absolutely blows my mind every time I watch it.
4:03 wow amo esa parte
Outstanding
Left hand fretless mastery, could this man be Steve DiGiorgio’s other hand doppelgänger? His technique is flawless, his dynamics are tight and controlled. Absolutely amazing work.
This is what metal needs now. More of this and this will the the beginning of something amazing.. Evolution for metal
Sick!! Dominic is a fucking beast
I just can't get over this guy! Making the impossible look easy is the true mark of genius, and Forest has it in spades.
This made my day
Jesus christ that riff at 2:00 was insane. This is everything bass nerds could ever ask for
Sick as always.
Wow just wow 😮
Holy frogshit batman someone needs to show this to Glenn Fricker
Ikr
Don't know how sarcastic you are, but Glenn Fricker never pokes fun at all bassists, just the ones who are already broken in by guitarists who just want someone to further boost their ego.
^ I found the bass player
@@putridabomination more of a guitarist nowadays, but I played bass for 8 years both fretted and fretless. Some bassists stopped trying to do their best because their entire environment (band) want them to not be noticed. After constant nagging from my previous bands lead guitarist I switched from fretless to fretted and played far less inspired things, and suddenly he was happy with the way the rehearsal sounded. Namely, his guitar parts were heard better.
That guy is irritating af.
Every new Forest evolution blow my head... Eargasm
#HailForest
Merci pour cette prestation. Salutations fraternelles!
ÉSTE HOMBRE NO PIENSA EN EL MIOCARDIO DE INOCENTES. AMAZING !
I seen First Fragment in Guelph Ontario Canada a few years ago and was able to get Forest to sign my Beyond Creation after he left the band. He was so happy to sign it for me and to chat with me for a bit. It was one the most memorable moments of my life. Hope to see him again soon.
I first heard Forest in Beyond Creation. Omnipresent Perception was my inspiration to become a bassist. I wanna hear him do some solo work like.
i've literally never have seen a bass player which is talented as f*ck.. now i have, it's cool as hell to see someone live along the song, like they do it with emotion to make it look so god damn good.. hope u get it :) keep it going!
Sick!
This dude.... God damn!! I'm a guitarist of 20+ years but when I see dudes like this it makes me break out my 6 string bass and go ham.
His unused pinky is mesmerizing after awhile..
Dylan Leason haha I am a bass player and I've never noticed his pinky before lmao
That's how you know he's Classy AF.
FFS now I can't stop staring at it
The weird thing is, when I took lessons from Forest, he used his pinky constantly, and that's one part of his technique that I left aside because it seemed awkward to me - he would do fast fingering with index-major-index-pinky-repeat. He stopped using this technique for some reason over the years.
He taught me that pinky technique too. I practiced it for a few months and realized I could never push it as far as I would like to. So I stick to what suits me. It was amazing to see him do it though!
What an amazing performance! Great job!
this was a random good suggestion video for me lol
This is beautiful. I even held my breath for a moment, that's how impressed I was. Amazing bassist and great music.
Here you are Forest, I've been wondering where you went.
I've been playing bass as my primary instrument for approximately 3 years and this really inspires me to grow as I learn all these alternating styles of music and techniques out there. There's levels to this game and this guy is on very Very almost unattainable level. Unless you really truly are willing to put in the hours. There's no secret or cheat code it's all practice. Put in the hours and persevere this is attainable.
half of the views are porbably mine, I can't help but to watch this every day
Amazing, elegant and precise.... That's great metal.
simple man I see forest I click.
Okay, that shit at 1:03, when it goes split screen, is just insane. What a gorgeous, gorgeous progression.
Love how this has more views than the actual song
holy shat! from beyond creation to this. his work is just perfect for fretless bass. he might just become my favorite bass player yet. well done ! :D
The way his head moved when he felt what he was playing.
Brilliant... Very tech on hand... Literally on hand...🤙🤙🤙
Gula means Sugar in Malaysia. Therefore... SWEET!!!!
Too much gula, potong kaki la
kencing manis
Gula it's a FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood character :)
it means Gluttony in portuguese
Very very good!!! 🤘🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
although he didn't compose the baseline...
man, the execution and precision is awesome
True
Vincent Savary wrote this bass line
Well I was looking for an audition piece that showed off some playing and looks like I found it. Truly amazing playing that I can only aspire to even come close to
2:24 les claypool mode: activated
Also Tosin Abasi
I can't stop to shake my head now ! damn
1% of bassist are left handed
Forest: hold my beer
Savage bass playing dude! 👊😎
Makes me want to take up Bass just so I can quit in disgust. Just keeping intonated at that tempo is giving me a panic attack.
Fret markers will solve (at least) that problem
Breathtaking! Dominic is amazing. I look forward to the new album.
Do you think he´s good? wait until he can buy the frets in order to finish assembling his bass
Spit take
Apoteósico, brilliant, greetings from Barranquilla, Colombia. I just got here yesterday, and im not going anywere. Congrats, this is art, this is Metal. Thanks!!!!
1:26 to 1:40 I think that bass guitar came three times in 15 seconds.
Toujours un délice Forest pour les 👂🙏🤘
Alguem me explica porque a analogia com porno? Que eu to boiando kekekekk
Ele está "finggerando" o baixo. Meio que uma gíria "meter o dedo" .
wow... im still waiting for more playthrough i hope to see a playthrough of dasein
amk vize haftası gördüm videoyu, şimdi nasıl ders çalışcam
Probably the most disgustingly awesome thing ever