Tim Riley Bass Singing Tips | How to Sing Bass with Tim Riley of Gold City

Bass singing tips and discussion with Tim Riley, to help you learn how to sing bass.
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Be sure to Like, Comment & Subscribe to this channel for future videos that focus on bass singing. Please also share this video to help us be able to help more bass singers. Bass singing tips and discussion with retired Gold City bass singer, Tim Riley. For those of us who grew up on the bass singers in southern gospel music of the 70s - 2000s, Tim was one of the guys we all loved and wanted to sound like. Any time Tim Riley was on stage, the bass singing fans, would be tuned in and waiting for him to hit his low notes. Thanks to Matt Paasch for the agreement for me to post this video. In this video, Tim shares some tips on his placement and technique for using that style of bass singing.
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[@GamingDrummer89]

Seen this one before...a WEALTH of info. I myself am not a singer (let alone a bass or basso profundo), but it's an academic interest of mine nonetheless, and I had the privilege of speaking with Tim once myself after a Gold City concert back in 2011.
Btw, here's what some of the low notes are here in case anyone was curious: 1:30 - B1, 1:56-2:08 - F#1 on the word "down", several times, 6:18 - Two quick slides from E2-Ab1 (spoken)
Funny thing is, Tim said "it's not volume that you're looking for" towards the beginning (since the mic provides most of that), but he darn sure has volume! That B1 at 1:30 by itself is enough to convince me Tim could sing unamplified with a small choir and still be heard on the low stuff! I'd be interested to hear Tim sing unamplified in a smaller room...there was a big interview they did with Tim on Gold City's Facebook page in the past couple weeks, and they were in a much smaller room...sometimes Tim just speaking sounded like it vibrated the room, so I'd be interested to hear him sing in a room like that.

[@vitormrmr]

1:02 G1

[@heliotropeskies5918]

2:22 Eb1
there's some videos of him singing with gold city off-mic and he hits a B1 thats almost as loud as the tenor belting up in the 4th octave. his resonance and volume is astounding for someone who's so used to singing on-mic

[@GamingDrummer89]

@@heliotropeskies5918 Oh yeah, you're talking about this clip: ruclips.net/video/mAl3SiEqac4/видео.html
That B1 at the end definitely has cut to it. The fact that they're outside also puts any bass at a disadvantage because the lower sound waves don't get carried by the surrounding acoustics, and he still manages to cut through clearly for most of that note.
Volume-wise, a choral bass I'd put Tim around the level of is Aleksander Bondarenko...a clip of him singing with a camera like 2-3 feet away has about the same volume as Tim does here, though Aleksander's voice has more richness to it vs. Tim's having more cut. Since Aleksander can sing with a choir, I wouldn't put it past Tim to at least be able to hold his own down into the lower 2nd octave. He's kinda like the Glenn Miller of Southern Gospel...his voice just cuts through stuff.
There's another clip here from like 11 years ago where he does some C2s unplugged with Gold City. Listen at 1:23. ruclips.net/video/KzJ5yhXbG4c/видео.html

[@dvanbreda]

Hi matt, can you do a video about setting sound for quartet singing and how to properly mix a bass singer?

[@Marcell0Bass]

2:21 F1!

[@heliotropeskies5918]

he hits a shaky Eb1 right afterwards. not a note of particular quality but the fact that its so candid makes it impressive

[@alabanzas_y_cuartetos123]

How nice to see our dear Tim Riley again, though this was a couple of years ago,,,we love him, God bless him ever,,,by the way, who has got the original soundtrack Under Control, pls.

[@comically_large_chungus]

The tips Tim gave are also tips to help people do death metal vocals like growling and shit. Keep the placement forward drop your jaw make sure the diaphragm is active. I've been doing metal vocals for some time and I didn't even know how much that can help me with bass singing.

[@nodoubt46able]

best bass singer ever tim riley.....

[@eujacksonverissimo]

Esse para mim é o melhor baixo do mundo. BRASIL te ama Tim 🇧🇷

[@John-im1sg]

Nice it was longer than the original one I seen on RUclips in the past thanks Matt

[@jeffvandagriff1674]

Very informative. Thanks

[@hypercubemaster2729]

He hit an Eb1! 😲

[@BluevesPL]

It's an old video.

[@jcatiquilo]

Tim raliy i like your bass and matt fouch

[@Robin-ij6ks]

Riley not raliy

[@pinesyeet]

I can't even go that low with subharmonics