The Best Bass Players are the ones you Don't Hear

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  • @RobertJakobMusic
    @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +391

    watch - 'When you LITERALLY Can't Stop playing Can't Stop': ruclips.net/video/BvcWYG4W9Pk/видео.html

  • @jessISaRicePrincess
    @jessISaRicePrincess Год назад +13146

    Ahhh the bass player the last one anybody notices

  • @justiceperhay8328
    @justiceperhay8328 Год назад +4028

    It's true for drums too. People will say "I love what you did on the drums" but it was 50% drums, 50% bass

    • @boejudden9011
      @boejudden9011 Год назад

      You need to stop hanging out with so many idiots

    • @solorollo9756
      @solorollo9756 Год назад +16

      Bruh

    • @hekja
      @hekja Год назад +10

      Bruh

    • @kimpavfx
      @kimpavfx Год назад +222

      more drums, less bass, but us drummers are close friends with the bassist. without the bass, the song will sound naked, and without drums, there is no song

    • @Michael-iw2me
      @Michael-iw2me Год назад +20

      @@kimpavfx with out each ither the sing wint sound as good dach instrument thats in every song is there for a reason they work together

  • @Genevieve.D
    @Genevieve.D Год назад +1247

    Honestly i try to notice the bass players, every time I go the a live concert where there’s a bass i like to make eye contact and smile real big, cheer, and clap to make sure they know they’re appreciated

    • @jormungand5641
      @jormungand5641 Год назад +116

      Creep

    • @Genevieve.D
      @Genevieve.D Год назад +178

      @@jormungand5641 wait I didn’t mean it like that. well shit🤦‍♀️

    • @braydenschmitz2409
      @braydenschmitz2409 Год назад +16

      I'm confused and fucking zooted beyond belief

    • @umrasangus
      @umrasangus Год назад +30

      You're so nice, thank you

    • @SpecterNeverSpectator
      @SpecterNeverSpectator Год назад +75

      I just imagine the bass players like "why the does this dude keep looking at me" "he is screaming at me now is he mad or something?"

  • @kevinlittrell3407
    @kevinlittrell3407 Год назад +3482

    I’ve played in too many damn bands where people cheaped out on getting a bass, and it’s like trying to drive a car with three wheels. You have 75% of what you need, but its still not gonna work.

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +126

      more than 75% of my songs on Spotify have bass. please check them out and subscribe:-))

    • @requiemforameme1
      @requiemforameme1 Год назад +78

      Guitarist and Vocals: “Where tf are drums?!”
      Bassist and Drummer, unloading car: “Maybe one day the other guys will chip in for the Uber. 😢”

    • @LSqre
      @LSqre Год назад +19

      the white stripes: aight imma head out

    • @VAL3NTIN3
      @VAL3NTIN3 Год назад +7

      Kinda like that and justice for all album 😂 . You don't hear a bass

    • @kugelblitz1557
      @kugelblitz1557 Год назад +4

      You can drive a car with three wheels. Might not be great for the car if it was meant to have four wheels, but it drives for a while until something gives up and it either goes kablooie or just stops.

  • @DirdyJoker
    @DirdyJoker Год назад +181

    I feel like before I started playing bass, I struggled to hear it in music. Now it's one of the first things I notice when I listen to music.

    • @karensabortionclinic7491
      @karensabortionclinic7491 Год назад +3

      real

    • @ishaeldeguzman
      @ishaeldeguzman 6 месяцев назад +3

      right! most of the time i tune out the other instruments so i can enjoy the lines the bass produces haha

    • @gazmckenzie8420
      @gazmckenzie8420 4 месяца назад +1

      Brilliant. There's only us bass players who can hear it. Unless you're a fan of level 42. But then, you're probably a bass player!

    • @MASTERofDESASTER62
      @MASTERofDESASTER62 2 месяца назад +1

      Start actively listening to the red hot chilli peppers.
      Flea (base player) is driving the songs most of the time.

    • @po7aris
      @po7aris 2 месяца назад +2

      Yeah it's actually crazy to think that a lot of people don't know what bass sounds like because it's so prominent in pop songs especially today

  • @Cissonius
    @Cissonius Год назад +1768

    Just got done practicing my bass for 6 hours and opening RUclips shorts to see this really cracked me up.

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +33

      lool

    • @Cobblestoner
      @Cobblestoner Год назад +3

      How do you practice for that long ?

    • @Cissonius
      @Cissonius Год назад +48

      @@Cobblestoner lose track of the time and practice songs you love the feel of. then half way through start practicing your scales then once thats done practice chord progressions and finally practice songs at diffrent tempos and in diffrent styles.

    • @gummybearvitamins1211
      @gummybearvitamins1211 Год назад +9

      @@Cissonius lmfao after abt the 5 hour mark i cant feel my fingers 😂

    • @joshuabarton541
      @joshuabarton541 Год назад +2

      Bruh I do the same thing just with a normal guitar😂

  • @lucapontrelli1772
    @lucapontrelli1772 Год назад +9011

    This joke is too complex for people to understand somehow

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +306

      haha...check out my new song Staying Alive on Spotify, i don't think it's too complex for people to get ☺️☺️

    • @Itsnotme12332
      @Itsnotme12332 Год назад +34

      @@RobertJakobMusic I don't get it🤔

    • @LitteralBeans
      @LitteralBeans Год назад +54

      @@RobertJakobMusic that was a good plug

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +47

      @@Itsnotme12332 then try Ghetto Girl (Robert Jakob) instead

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +28

      @@LitteralBeans only if you checked out my music!

  • @TheRubberMatch
    @TheRubberMatch Год назад +1426

    “The best bass player are the ones you don’t hear” - *laughs in Flea

  • @delshi13
    @delshi13 2 месяца назад +26

    you can only hear bass when the bassist plays a wrong note

    • @DuckSauceSnack
      @DuckSauceSnack Месяц назад +3

      no no. When a guitarist plays a wrong note, you hear it. When the bassist plays a wrong note, you FEEL it

  • @ravenblackwing7888
    @ravenblackwing7888 Год назад +78

    Bass players are the middle child of the band. They’re one of the best parts, but nobody notices them 😭😭😭

    • @314jrock
      @314jrock 9 месяцев назад

      Nobody notices unless the bass player is a woman.

  • @Replyingg
    @Replyingg Год назад +217

    “Bass players are like the the Offensive line of the guitar world, they’re like the egg that binds the ingredients together” - Master Oougway

  • @anonymous0009
    @anonymous0009 Год назад +189

    “well it’s your *riff*”
    bro idk why but i’m on the floor💀

  • @LilMystery
    @LilMystery 2 месяца назад +11

    This is why I love the bass guitar

  • @Vivelix
    @Vivelix Год назад +387

    Bass players unite!

  • @alfonso5026
    @alfonso5026 Год назад +63

    i always tell myself: "you don't hear the bass, you feel it."

  • @jamesm7649
    @jamesm7649 Год назад +45

    Bass players are like offensive linemen in football. You forget they exist until they mess up.

  • @stevej1154
    @stevej1154 Год назад +19

    Look at Queen - the bass is a very present part of the sound, not just there to boost the low end. John Deacon played some of the most iconic bass lines of all time.

  • @General_Kenobi.
    @General_Kenobi. Год назад +48

    Bass guitar : I make your "riff" sound good
    Guitar player _buys a 7string_

  • @fescue101
    @fescue101 Год назад +191

    Jason newstead:

    • @jamesfarmer6878
      @jamesfarmer6878 Год назад +16

      Especially on injustice for all

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +6

      @@jamesfarmer6878 my favorite album

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +1

      hey man, please subscribe! and check out my music on Spotify and tell me if there's bass or not!

    • @kiWi-zv8vr
      @kiWi-zv8vr Год назад +7

      Pretty much every metallica bassist

    • @maxchacon
      @maxchacon Год назад +3

      Was gonna comment the same thing

  • @d3ad.4gain
    @d3ad.4gain Год назад +117

    “That’s what I’m playing?”
    “yeah. that’s what you’re playing”
    😭

    • @zackglickert4495
      @zackglickert4495 Год назад +2

      the way he said it lol

    • @ZorrotheArtist
      @ZorrotheArtist Год назад +3

      No, that’s not even what he was playing. He could AT LEAST play the same thing.

    • @jqtc
      @jqtc Месяц назад

      @@ZorrotheArtistfr

  • @emmittmusic
    @emmittmusic Год назад +77

    As a huge red hot chili peppers fan, the best bassist are the ones you do hear

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +5

      check out one of my recent videos 'Why Guitar Players Don't Need Bass Players' to hear my stance on that!

    • @emmittmusic
      @emmittmusic Год назад +5

      @@RobertJakobMusic will do! Do you have a link to it?

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +3

      @@emmittmusic sure! thanks!:-) ruclips.net/video/nXg_6m2y9ns/видео.html

  • @foxnoop5895
    @foxnoop5895 Год назад +9

    That's the exact reason i have become a bassist - i may not be heard in a band, but i am needed all the time

  • @aarondavis4341
    @aarondavis4341 Год назад +3

    As a bass player of 25years this is truth...thats why every concert i get to meet bands i go RIGHT for the bass player,their usually the most knowledgeable about what their playing and chill to top it off

  • @j1mbobtech
    @j1mbobtech 2 месяца назад +5

    But... I really like it this way, but I also like it where the Bass is "outfront" also...

  • @neonrecording
    @neonrecording Год назад +20

    I was listening to Mayer trio the other day and honestly went into it wanting to focus on pino and his interaction with the group…. Very quickly found myself listening to drums guitar and vocals.
    Only hearing pino when he wanted me to hear him. Dude is a genius

    • @RobertJakobMusic
      @RobertJakobMusic  Год назад +1

      check out my recent video 'If John Mayer Had a Loop Station'! ruclips.net/video/q8nGOORomrw/видео.html

  • @Langford0101
    @Langford0101 Год назад +10

    Bass players deserve more love

  • @apz6004
    @apz6004 2 месяца назад +2

    Unrealistic, the guitarist noticed the bassist's existance

  • @alvar5720
    @alvar5720 Год назад +23

    Cliff Burton disagrees

  • @tenry9822
    @tenry9822 Год назад +18

    You never notice when they are there but you do when they aren’t 😂

  • @MomLookIHaveNiceSunglasses
    @MomLookIHaveNiceSunglasses Год назад +3

    Well yeah. But I like brrr brr deng

  • @keeno7354
    @keeno7354 Год назад +7

    The bass is like the background in the music, it's kinda the instrument that gives the band life because it just adds depth to the music.

    • @N31907
      @N31907 Год назад +2

      But it also works amazing as a lead, look at primus or other bands like them, or simply go on RUclips and look up “bass solo”. Some of the stuff people do is crazy.

    • @klondikebar2849
      @klondikebar2849 Год назад

      Les claypool

    • @po7aris
      @po7aris 2 месяца назад

      ⁠@@N31907Another one I would suggest is J-rock bands. The bass is treated like a 2nd lead guitar over there, lots of melodic basslines.

  • @mandavaler
    @mandavaler Год назад +1

    Bas adds so much to the music it helps keep rythm and adds that punchiness to the guitars that just makes most songs

  • @JewishCircumcision1155
    @JewishCircumcision1155 Год назад +7

    I just recently started hearing bass in songs (most recently, Master of Puppets) and it’s wild

  • @doot1176
    @doot1176 Год назад +2

    it's like BASS clarinet and melophone/French horn, you don't notice when it's there, but you do when it's not

  • @casualnerdjason6678
    @casualnerdjason6678 2 месяца назад +1

    Fun fact: Most bands have 2-3 bass players in hopes that audiences will be able to identify one of them.

  • @JustCobaltVA
    @JustCobaltVA Год назад +2

    bass players are like a medic or a support unit, and a damn good one at that

  • @thunderboltbird7757
    @thunderboltbird7757 Год назад +19

    I like how he doesn't actually compare it bc even he knows

  • @Zack-bl2gg
    @Zack-bl2gg Год назад +12

    It’s really true. I need a friend who plays bass…

  • @lumonade7408
    @lumonade7408 Год назад +1

    for me, when listening to songs, the instruments i always fail to hear are bases and drums, but its very noticable when those things aren't there

  • @DrCranberry
    @DrCranberry Год назад +1

    As a guitar player this is soooo god damn true.
    Without drums and bass, the sound just... is off all the time and isn't rounded at all.
    You could have everything but missing a bass or a drum in the song will be incredibly obvious.

  • @StepBro399
    @StepBro399 Год назад +1

    This is still one of those things that, no matter how much I understand, my brain still can't wrap itself around the idea 🤣🤣🤣

  • @emes8742
    @emes8742 Год назад

    I was trying and trying to hear Bill Wyman, and now I know why I couldn’t.
    Thank you. I didn’t know.

  • @alexiboo7309
    @alexiboo7309 Год назад +11

    I tried telling my old band mate this, but he insisted on the bass being louder than EVERY instrument including vocals.

  • @sitruunamehu
    @sitruunamehu Год назад +1

    You don't hear the bass you feel it

  • @daniela_loves_naruto
    @daniela_loves_naruto Месяц назад

    I’m so excited to learn how to play the bass!! I’m getting one for my birthday so yeah!!❤

  • @maka3130
    @maka3130 4 месяца назад

    I’m not a musician, but my father is a very successful sound engineer. He works for a touring country band and I’ve been helping him with gear, setting up/taking down and doing the lights for the shows and certain things like that. Ive never really noticed the bass players sound but I’m sure I would notice if he wasn’t playing ,that just wouldn’t happen because everyone sound checks together and performs together and I will probably never hear it without him in the mix. Usually he comes with us in the van with all the gear to the gigs because he lives close to us, right now they’re doing a theatre tour so I spend 5 days a week on the road with the dude and he has some of the best taste in country music, he had the aux playing without a single skip for about 5 hours straight of driving. 😂

  • @sgorgato
    @sgorgato 9 месяцев назад +2

    I fully agree on the importance of the bass in a groove but if you really played the same rhythm on the guitar you would make the message of the video more truthful 😅

  • @3seven5seven1nine9
    @3seven5seven1nine9 Год назад +1

    True. when I'm practicing to the full soundtrack, the only time I really hear myself clearly is when I mess up

  • @thatguy431
    @thatguy431 6 месяцев назад

    i realized this a few years ago. if nobody comes up and says anything to me after we play, i mustve done a good job xD

  • @mrtoast244
    @mrtoast244 Год назад +1

    I can't unhear the Trooper without bass

  • @moctawolf
    @moctawolf Год назад +1

    "You know, the best bass players are the one you don't hear"
    Chris Wolstenholme : "lol"

  • @grimmskid8060
    @grimmskid8060 Год назад

    After playing in a few bands and orchestra bass players are so under appreciated considering they’re the backbone of most songs and set the tone for a good melody

  • @thejoanna_a
    @thejoanna_a Год назад +1

    Subscribed!!!! Absolutely Love this! Bass players are the most underrated yet the instrument makes music sound better.

  • @joejones1991
    @joejones1991 6 месяцев назад

    Songs when bass comes in late gives me chills. Bass is the best part imo

  • @LaserFace23
    @LaserFace23 Год назад +6

    Ah, reminds me of the old parable:
    The lead songwriter of a band was dying, and in his final moments was hearing every song he'd ever written flash through his ears. In quite a number of songs he could hear the bass quite vividly, and it sounded quite nice. But often, some of the best songs he'd written had no audible bassline at all. He asked the bassist "Bro, how come whenever we played songs that were just OK, I heard you, yet on the songs where I needed you to lay down a tasty jam the most, you were never there?" The bassist smiled, and turned to him, and said "Bro, every time you could only hear yourself playing, are the moments when I carried you."
    "... Bro..."
    "Bro."

  • @Dimitris81
    @Dimitris81 8 месяцев назад

    I just noticed the bass riff from “crazy town - butterfly” went by so unnoticed

  • @M_Heat3
    @M_Heat3 Год назад +2

    Bass is very underrated

  • @lord461
    @lord461 Год назад +60

    Play without me
    Proceeds to play without hitting any low strings...

    • @ZorrotheArtist
      @ZorrotheArtist Год назад +15

      Didn’t even play the same thing. Like c’mon man, at least play the same goddamn thing. There wasn’t even any actual bass in this.

    • @electro2888
      @electro2888 Год назад +1

      ​@@ZorrotheArtist ong

    • @808Mark
      @808Mark Год назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Spartan-hg7ej
      @Spartan-hg7ej Год назад +2

      He is technically playing without bass though

  • @ethanmcnichol2980
    @ethanmcnichol2980 Год назад

    Always appreciate the bassist they’re always great musicians who never really get heard

  • @abcdefu3198
    @abcdefu3198 Год назад

    Lolllllll this is so true. Once I stop playing the bass to like turn up my volume real fast the sound/music becomes sooo empty 😂

  • @joppless943
    @joppless943 Год назад +1

    Actually happened to me when i was a basist in a band at school years ago 🤣

  • @MonkeWithHat
    @MonkeWithHat 9 дней назад +1

    i love the bass

  • @dynamo5326
    @dynamo5326 Год назад +1

    Good musicians hear everything

    • @314jrock
      @314jrock 9 месяцев назад

      Good musicians hear everything, but the vast majority of people who listen to music are not musicians and they won't hear the bass.

  • @ltcrescent4011
    @ltcrescent4011 Год назад +2

    You don't realise what you have until
    it's gone

  • @parkercushingable
    @parkercushingable Год назад +2

    "well it's your.. Riff"

  • @jakepearce5699
    @jakepearce5699 Год назад

    The bass is the backbone of the band every band needs one

  • @samuelivascu7633
    @samuelivascu7633 Год назад

    Keep on killing it bass players, we love you!

  • @geni_fetahu
    @geni_fetahu Год назад +5

    If you were being sarcastic I’m sorry but you played a full chord in the begging and 1 string in the end.

  • @prod.byYODEE
    @prod.byYODEE Год назад

    Ich bin Solar aus den TikTok Streams hab dich nie auf yt oder so gesucht. Wurdest einfach vorgeschlagen😂

  • @prodigaldaughter5978
    @prodigaldaughter5978 Год назад

    🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏 I'm a bass player and I'm not gonna lie, I hated being told that I needed to blend but it really does make a difference

  • @taichivillaruel9114
    @taichivillaruel9114 Год назад

    Bass is my second fave instrument to play, behind piano. Bass is crucial!

  • @bagelofpower7133
    @bagelofpower7133 Год назад +3

    Drums and Bass are like the 2 horses that pull the rest of the band like a carriage. You don’t have horses, well, where the hell are you gonna go?

  • @RedR2RD22
    @RedR2RD22 3 месяца назад

    Bass is the most underrated instrument I swear

  • @RohitKumar-nu8jy
    @RohitKumar-nu8jy Год назад

    Bass is the flow. Create bass in life. Its there but you dont see. Others see its results

  • @AVGVA
    @AVGVA Год назад +8

    There isn't light without darkness.

  • @liamliam3079
    @liamliam3079 Год назад +2

    People need to under that Bass is the most important instrument in songs

  • @samuelhinshelwoodjr
    @samuelhinshelwoodjr 4 месяца назад

    "yea... that's what you're playing" 😂😂😂

  • @Black_licorice_enjoyer
    @Black_licorice_enjoyer Год назад

    Bass is a support instrument it adds to others

  • @nino_thomas
    @nino_thomas Год назад +2

    *Fieldy entered the chat*

  • @mikialamays6462
    @mikialamays6462 2 месяца назад

    Give me funk…I want to hear the bass!

  • @gomaplayzyt3603
    @gomaplayzyt3603 День назад

    "The best bass players are the ones you dont hear."
    *Peter Hook enters the room*

  • @carsonbader8503
    @carsonbader8503 2 месяца назад

    I totally get it now! I love you guys! 💓

  • @slowerpanther2463
    @slowerpanther2463 Год назад

    "The best bass players are the ones you don't hear."
    Ryan Martinie: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @danielpalmersofficial
    @danielpalmersofficial 11 месяцев назад

    That’s me, I can relate so much. ✌️😙

  • @jvbble
    @jvbble Год назад

    Primus’ existence counters this video

  • @FimbongBass
    @FimbongBass Год назад

    People like to rag on how unrecognized bassists are but in my opinion one of the biggest reasons I started playing bass was because I personally don’t like getting too much attention in any situation, I love being in the background and not necessarily in the spotlight so I felt bass was perfect for someone like me

  • @TheMusicTheorists18
    @TheMusicTheorists18 Год назад

    True. I play bass and I can confirm

  • @inspectrgajit
    @inspectrgajit Год назад +1

    Deep

  • @jetmould
    @jetmould Год назад

    Love this... I could'nt stop laughing....so awesome

  • @JoeJoe-uy6ck
    @JoeJoe-uy6ck Год назад +12

    Nope...see Jason Newsted

  • @rezbonez8139
    @rezbonez8139 Год назад

    I need to get back into bass

  • @rudygracia5573
    @rudygracia5573 Год назад

    I played a funky bass solo in front of a large church crowd once,and all I heard from people was;"That sounded like you probably play really good!?"..🤔I thought to myself"Is that good or bad?".The general public totally doesn't get the bass.John Taylor,Billy Sheehan,Ez Gomer,my favorite!(Leviticus),dUg,Les,Geddy,Jaco,Stuart,Flea,Victor,Sir Charles!(New Gen).TOPS!

  • @chillyphilly6569
    @chillyphilly6569 Год назад

    Thank you man

  • @RAAADAA_BOI
    @RAAADAA_BOI Год назад

    I love this.

  • @daserzengelchen5236
    @daserzengelchen5236 Месяц назад

    To be fair, really depends on genre and bassist. Korn's bassist tends to be very present, and stuff like feel good inc. are like 60% bass, at least in the beginning

  • @bumbo7196
    @bumbo7196 6 месяцев назад +1

    how many times has he made this exact video now?

  • @gabrielnilsson5398
    @gabrielnilsson5398 9 месяцев назад

    Spot on 👌

  • @myflyingpotato0
    @myflyingpotato0 Год назад

    I always think of it as you hear bass in any given piece %25 of the time, and you feel the bass in the air the rest of the time.

  • @josephnaja
    @josephnaja Месяц назад

    Right on Brother 😂