That clay solo inspired me to learn how to play bass at 42 years old. I’m super happy you liked it! Thanks again for checking them out and giving this song the play it deserves.
That guest spot was gnarly. I love how it contrasted the rest of the piece - it went from really melodic, lots of melody variation on one theme, and Clay's spot almost gave it a "bridge / breakdown" feel to build into the first true "groove" section. Brilliant arranging!
@@LowEndUniversity I don’t know what happened to me when I heard this song. All I know is for the past two years I’ve been obsessed with learning the instrument. I can’t play any of it yet but it’s been the driving force for learning. I don’t even play with a pick lol all slap because Toby did a RUclips short of the solo and I’ve been concentrating on trying to learn it slap style like he does it. Maybe check it out to see the difference slap. Anyway, I really appreciate the engagement and keep the videos coming! I’ve really been enjoying your content lately!
@@damantx1try it with a pick my friend, sounds and plays so much smoother. I never played with a puck til last year (Clay inspired me) and I never knew that I was missing out on! Took me awhile to get the technique but damn does it sound magical once you get it down! Congrats on your journey into bass my guy, great instrument 🖤
@@theatticreview777 thanks for the encouragement! I’ll give it a go but I’ve barely learned how to double thumb like 6 months ago lol. Teaching yourself isn’t easy at all! 🤣🤣
I got another request! Unprocessed, Abandoned. There’s a great bass play through on their RUclips channel! Another one of my inspirations for the instrument. Thanks again for this reaction. It helps me get pumped to learn more!
Hey man, love your videos. The one were you explain how to double thumb was the trigger to make me take my bass again after so many years of having it abandoned, an it was also the video that got me hooked to your channel and all of your content overall (love your Scale the Summit stuff, and I'm addicted to Tetrafusion). Excellent reaction and analysis as always.
Sometimes I just need someone to vibe out with to the music I also like and this was very much enjoyable. Keep these videos coming and representing us bass minorites 😂👏🏾👏🏾🔥
Was very fun to finally see your reaction to theses guys! They're incredible and I love all of their stuff. Matt (or Matthew?) Fackrell is the other bass player in this band, and him and Toby are insanely talented musicians. For some other songs of theirs to check out, I would recommend: Wax & Wane, Fountainhead, Final Tree (ft. Jacob Umansky), Scurryfunge, or Merlin's ID (which they have a live performance of it) There's too many for me to choose very well but those are some of my favorites.
I remember that the first time I heard The Omnific, I tought that they were very talented but that it was probably only some generic Djent with a dual bass / no guitar gimmick. But then I listened to the full albums and was blown away with the amazing composition and production. Its some very good music on its own, the twin basses concept does not seem to be forced into the music, it just feels right.
I'm really appreciating your content. I like the deeper, more technical commentary than a lot of reaction channels provide. Might I request First Fragment? Forest Lapointe is an amazing bassist that has several playthroughs on RUclips. All with a fretless 6 string.
Aaaand I scroll down just a bit and see you reacted to Gula. Still, I agree with the comments on that video that something off of Gloire Eternelle would be excellent.
Toby and Jacob Umansky have a song together called endless I believe. There’s a dual bass part a minute into that song that made my head explode. Would love to hear your take!
This is such a great song especially with Clay G’s guest star!! Another amazing track from them I think you would enjoy is The Labyrinth Chronicles, the breakdown @2:23 is unreal 🔥
Omnific rules! Can you look at Nuclear Power Trio? Their bass bass is so tasty! Nyetflix and Chill, Clear and Present Rager, Grab em by the Pyongyang. Literally any song is a banger!
great analysis, but the best part for me was getting to know new music. This band is awesome, but a few days ago, I watched the video of the mudvayne song, when you mentioned "soften the glare", i couldn't stop listen to it. Now i have an alternative hehe.
Absolutely - I'm having a blast with these videos because it's turned me on to so much new music, and when it does for someone else, I'm super stoked on it. I have a Soften the Glare video in the pipes soon - stay tuned!
Yes finally, I was sure you will really like this band! Your song's choice is really cool cause this one shine the difference in the way of playing bass and close the debate of pick or not on bass ! I'm not sure but I think, the earlier stuff was played with 2 musicman bongo. As always I come with a next suggestion. Alex katunich. Former incubus bass player. His playing on the "science" album is really interesting. Big love as always
Im about to remove my comment on the tread where I originally suggested this thinking that this was just going to be ignored, but here we are😂 thanks man😊 this really made my day
You can really tell that they have a huge inspiration for John Myung! Matt even has Myungs signature bongo! You can see it in their right hand too that’s definitely Toby! Matt’s playing the bongo
I've been following The Omnific for around 4 years now... My favorite tracks definitely come from their album "The Mind's Eye". The Stoic The Lifeless Charm Final Tree (feat. Jacob Umansky) These are the tracks I would recommend reacting to.
Thank you for introducing me to these guys! What a cool piece, with all kinds of crazy good playing all over it. Speaking of bands with no guitarist, did you ever get into Ben Folds Five? Robert Sledge has always been a huge inspiration to me as a bassist. Maybe sometime you could do "Army" on the channel? Robert does some cool stuff in that song: bends, fills, and lots of distorted pick playing to give the song some edge. And the music video has some nice shots of his beautiful Les Paul bass (I would kill for one!). ruclips.net/video/Yr_s6-Q7f00/видео.html
Love hearing this! Cool that we both were introduced together - my favorite part about doing these videos. I used to jam Ben Folds all the time years ago when I wasn't in the mood for rock/metal. I loved the smooth bass parts but haven't really listened to much outside of Rockin' the Suburbs. I'll see what I can do!!
Haha! Thank you so much for that 🥹 - BUT, it came with those cracks in it! I had a diagonal wrap in the relic, crackle finish (basically along the points where finishes tend to wear anyway). It’s in tip top shape cosmetically 😉
Your old bandmate from Scale the Summit Travis was a fan of chon which is a band with incredibly great bass playing on their latest two albums. Im sure you would absolutely adore taking a dive into the bass lines of the band.
Hey Mark, greetings from Turkey! I'm not a bass player but i love your reactions and i discover such cool bands thanks to you! May i suggest some bands like Niacin (Sheehan on bass), Level 42 (Mark King) and Riverside (Polish Prog Band)? Thanks for your contribution to the music
@@LowEndUniversity I'll list RUclips videos for you, whichever you like. Thank you again! Niacin - Live in Tokio - No Man's Land Level 42 - Mr. Pink (Live At Reading Concert Hall, 01.12.2001) Riverside - Driven to Destruction
Curious as to what's your take on that multi-scale bass: I know that bass players don't really need to be doing a lot of low fret bar chords and such but it still looks like a quite severe fan fret whenever I see these types of basses around: is it similar to how most guitarrist say they can quickly get used to even severe fan frets after just a couple hours or do you really need to pay more attention to technique on a bass which already has a pretty large scale so any changes are way moe significant? I also imagine that finding all of the harmonics would take quite a bit more adjustment since you always have to be more precise for those.
i have the same Dingwall that's in the video, and i never really had any issues with adjusting to the fan fret. felt great almost right away. honestly the 37 inch scale length was a little difficult to get used to physically, but that went away quickly. sometimes chords can be difficult, but nothing too serious...
I've picked around on a few multi-scale basses over the years, Dingwall included. I've learned that they're all different, Dingwall being the most extreme. After a few minutes it felt natural - if I closed my eyes (which I tried), it wasn't too noticeable on just feel. I think it's just the optics of it when you look at it that make it appear to feel different, but there is certainly a small difference feel wise. I think I could get used to it. I remember when I got my first Warwick, and felt the same way. Warwick basses feel so different from any other brand, that it's almost the same adjustment phase. Then, at some point, everything EXCEPT my Warwicks felt foreign. Ha!
@@LowEndUniversity both Prayer Position and MAKE TOTAL DESTROY have their respective bass playthroughs while with other songs you'll have to do some digging around in other places to find Both are really cool but MAKE TOTAL DESTROY has this really cool pick to slap transition Nolly has also changed how he plays MAKE TOTAL DESTROY over time, there's the old Nolly cam version and then the more recent playthrough on Scott's Bass Lessons' channel Prayer Position just hits like a truck man
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Thanks for checking it out Mark! Love your interpretation of the song😊
Cheers Toby! Thanks for stopping by. Huge fan of what you do, and loving the solo singles you're releasing lately.
The Omnific really feel like the dream we all had 20 years ago watching bass superstars and thinking “how do we make a band with two basses?”
Ha! There's a Spinal Tap joke in there somewhere...
So refreshing to hear someone that knows what they're talking about.
That clay solo inspired me to learn how to play bass at 42 years old. I’m super happy you liked it! Thanks again for checking them out and giving this song the play it deserves.
That guest spot was gnarly. I love how it contrasted the rest of the piece - it went from really melodic, lots of melody variation on one theme, and Clay's spot almost gave it a "bridge / breakdown" feel to build into the first true "groove" section. Brilliant arranging!
@@LowEndUniversity I don’t know what happened to me when I heard this song. All I know is for the past two years I’ve been obsessed with learning the instrument. I can’t play any of it yet but it’s been the driving force for learning. I don’t even play with a pick lol all slap because Toby did a RUclips short of the solo and I’ve been concentrating on trying to learn it slap style like he does it. Maybe check it out to see the difference slap. Anyway, I really appreciate the engagement and keep the videos coming! I’ve really been enjoying your content lately!
Here’s the short.ruclips.net/user/shortsKywS9O4gbHQ?feature=share
@@damantx1try it with a pick my friend, sounds and plays so much smoother. I never played with a puck til last year (Clay inspired me) and I never knew that I was missing out on! Took me awhile to get the technique but damn does it sound magical once you get it down! Congrats on your journey into bass my guy, great instrument 🖤
@@theatticreview777 thanks for the encouragement! I’ll give it a go but I’ve barely learned how to double thumb like 6 months ago lol. Teaching yourself isn’t easy at all! 🤣🤣
Polyphia and the Omnific are two of my favorite bands. They’re all incredible.
Clay's style is so different from Toby and Matt's respective styles that it almost feels like a different instrument.
I got another request! Unprocessed, Abandoned. There’s a great bass play through on their RUclips channel! Another one of my inspirations for the instrument. Thanks again for this reaction. It helps me get pumped to learn more!
I'll check it out! Appreciate the request! Cheers!!
Thanks for this reaction,
I'm really looking forward to see them live at Euroblast here in Cologne/Köln Germany end of September 2023.
these guys music production its just one of the cleanest i have ever seen in my life
I really enjoyed that crisp, weighty, modern production - really lent itself to the orchestration and those hi-fi bass tones.
I wanna see music. Pass that doobie.
Hey man, love your videos. The one were you explain how to double thumb was the trigger to make me take my bass again after so many years of having it abandoned, an it was also the video that got me hooked to your channel and all of your content overall (love your Scale the Summit stuff, and I'm addicted to Tetrafusion). Excellent reaction and analysis as always.
They have the coolest riffs
Sometimes I just need someone to vibe out with to the music I also like and this was very much enjoyable. Keep these videos coming and representing us bass minorites 😂👏🏾👏🏾🔥
Awesome, thank you! Means a lot - this was a fun one for sure.
Matt and Toby are amazing bassists, and Jerome's drumming gives their groove a center to spin around.
Was very fun to finally see your reaction to theses guys! They're incredible and I love all of their stuff. Matt (or Matthew?) Fackrell is the other bass player in this band, and him and Toby are insanely talented musicians. For some other songs of theirs to check out, I would recommend: Wax & Wane, Fountainhead, Final Tree (ft. Jacob Umansky), Scurryfunge, or Merlin's ID (which they have a live performance of it) There's too many for me to choose very well but those are some of my favorites.
Really glad you checked this out!! Didn't know if you noticed Clay is on the wall in the corner on the left 😅
I remember that the first time I heard The Omnific, I tought that they were very talented but that it was probably only some generic Djent with a dual bass / no guitar gimmick. But then I listened to the full albums and was blown away with the amazing composition and production. Its some very good music on its own, the twin basses concept does not seem to be forced into the music, it just feels right.
Thank you so much for this video. What a phenomenal band!
check out Jacob Umanskys playthrough of Lock & Key if you dig this! He’s also been a feature on an Omnific track!
I'm really appreciating your content. I like the deeper, more technical commentary than a lot of reaction channels provide. Might I request First Fragment? Forest Lapointe is an amazing bassist that has several playthroughs on RUclips. All with a fretless 6 string.
Aaaand I scroll down just a bit and see you reacted to Gula. Still, I agree with the comments on that video that something off of Gloire Eternelle would be excellent.
Toby and Jacob Umansky have a song together called endless I believe. There’s a dual bass part a minute into that song that made my head explode. Would love to hear your take!
This is such a great song especially with Clay G’s guest star!! Another amazing track from them I think you would enjoy is The Labyrinth Chronicles, the breakdown @2:23 is unreal 🔥
Omnific rules! Can you look at Nuclear Power Trio? Their bass bass is so tasty! Nyetflix and Chill, Clear and Present Rager, Grab em by the Pyongyang. Literally any song is a banger!
CRITICAL BASS THEORY
great analysis, but the best part for me was getting to know new music. This band is awesome, but a few days ago, I watched the video of the mudvayne song, when you mentioned "soften the glare", i couldn't stop listen to it. Now i have an alternative hehe.
Absolutely - I'm having a blast with these videos because it's turned me on to so much new music, and when it does for someone else, I'm super stoked on it. I have a Soften the Glare video in the pipes soon - stay tuned!
@@LowEndUniversity looking forward to it. I didn't realized i wasn't subscribed, but already fixed that.
Cheers!! I really appreciate the sub 🙏🏼
I love this band. I saw them live during their tour with Ne Obliviscaris in munich and holy they slap
That sounds like a great concert lineup.
@@whatdothlife4660 they actually had persefone with them as well
Objets de Vertu is another amazing song of theirs, the dueling bass harmonies are insane
Yes finally, I was sure you will really like this band! Your song's choice is really cool cause this one shine the difference in the way of playing bass and close the debate of pick or not on bass ! I'm not sure but I think, the earlier stuff was played with 2 musicman bongo.
As always I come with a next suggestion. Alex katunich. Former incubus bass player. His playing on the "science" album is really interesting.
Big love as always
I just subbed & I'm enjoying your reviews & exposure to new stuff.
Gorgeous Warwick! I got 2 myself.
Cheers to that Nathanael! Happy to have you here. What 'wicks you got?!
Im about to remove my comment on the tread where I originally suggested this thinking that this was just going to be ignored, but here we are😂 thanks man😊 this really made my day
Haha, no worries! I read all comments - just takes me some time to log and decide which requests to take! Appreciate you!
You can really tell that they have a huge inspiration for John Myung! Matt even has Myungs signature bongo! You can see it in their right hand too that’s definitely Toby! Matt’s playing the bongo
I just saw them live with Ne Obliviscaris in Dallas. Killer!
good to see the bass bros getting some recognition
I've been following The Omnific for around 4 years now... My favorite tracks definitely come from their album "The Mind's Eye".
The Stoic
The Lifeless Charm
Final Tree (feat. Jacob Umansky)
These are the tracks I would recommend reacting to.
Please more Omnific 🔥🔥🔥
What do you recommend?
@@LowEndUniversityPharaoh 2.0 ruclips.net/video/WMtLcJgniho/видео.html
@@LowEndUniversity ne plus ultra please 🥺🥺
The reverse of Animals as Leaders (two 8 string guitars & a drummer). Pretty cool
Thank you for introducing me to these guys! What a cool piece, with all kinds of crazy good playing all over it. Speaking of bands with no guitarist, did you ever get into Ben Folds Five? Robert Sledge has always been a huge inspiration to me as a bassist. Maybe sometime you could do "Army" on the channel? Robert does some cool stuff in that song: bends, fills, and lots of distorted pick playing to give the song some edge. And the music video has some nice shots of his beautiful Les Paul bass (I would kill for one!).
ruclips.net/video/Yr_s6-Q7f00/видео.html
Love hearing this! Cool that we both were introduced together - my favorite part about doing these videos. I used to jam Ben Folds all the time years ago when I wasn't in the mood for rock/metal. I loved the smooth bass parts but haven't really listened to much outside of Rockin' the Suburbs. I'll see what I can do!!
"No guitar players in the way, just kidding". No seriously, very different and refreshing!
OMG you have cracks in your finish 😢... I love that bass. I remember when you first got it. Still one of the most gorgeous basses of all time.
Haha! Thank you so much for that 🥹 - BUT, it came with those cracks in it! I had a diagonal wrap in the relic, crackle finish (basically along the points where finishes tend to wear anyway). It’s in tip top shape cosmetically 😉
Songs a banger for sure.
Your old bandmate from Scale the Summit Travis was a fan of chon which is a band with incredibly great bass playing on their latest two albums. Im sure you would absolutely adore taking a dive into the bass lines of the band.
Considering it! I listen to CHON regularly - really love them.
@@LowEndUniversity Nice, happy to see you consider my request.
This song is filthy?! Love Kenny powers on drums. Thanks for bringing this song to my attention❤
You bet!
The real drum n' bass music
Hey Mark, greetings from Turkey! I'm not a bass player but i love your reactions and i discover such cool bands thanks to you! May i suggest some bands like Niacin (Sheehan on bass), Level 42 (Mark King) and Riverside (Polish Prog Band)? Thanks for your contribution to the music
Greetings! Appreciate you so much, and glad to hear. Would love to cover them all - what songs do you recommend?
@@LowEndUniversity I'll list RUclips videos for you, whichever you like. Thank you again!
Niacin - Live in Tokio - No Man's Land
Level 42 - Mr. Pink (Live At Reading Concert Hall, 01.12.2001)
Riverside - Driven to Destruction
Nuclear power trio next please 🤘🏽
Hell yeah!!!
07:35 y’all rests are effective
Say it louder for those in the back 🫡
@@LowEndUniversity that’s so zen bro. Im gonna practice loud ass rests all night ❤️
You should check out Steve DiGorgio!
Curious as to what's your take on that multi-scale bass: I know that bass players don't really need to be doing a lot of low fret bar chords and such but it still looks like a quite severe fan fret whenever I see these types of basses around: is it similar to how most guitarrist say they can quickly get used to even severe fan frets after just a couple hours or do you really need to pay more attention to technique on a bass which already has a pretty large scale so any changes are way moe significant?
I also imagine that finding all of the harmonics would take quite a bit more adjustment since you always have to be more precise for those.
i have the same Dingwall that's in the video, and i never really had any issues with adjusting to the fan fret. felt great almost right away. honestly the 37 inch scale length was a little difficult to get used to physically, but that went away quickly. sometimes chords can be difficult, but nothing too serious...
I've picked around on a few multi-scale basses over the years, Dingwall included. I've learned that they're all different, Dingwall being the most extreme. After a few minutes it felt natural - if I closed my eyes (which I tried), it wasn't too noticeable on just feel. I think it's just the optics of it when you look at it that make it appear to feel different, but there is certainly a small difference feel wise. I think I could get used to it.
I remember when I got my first Warwick, and felt the same way. Warwick basses feel so different from any other brand, that it's almost the same adjustment phase. Then, at some point, everything EXCEPT my Warwicks felt foreign. Ha!
2 Basses + Drummer reminds me of Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey’s project “Bass Extremes”. Completely different genre, but same band setup
What up? You never got back to BAND-MAID..... Looking forward to your take on more of MISA's base work....
Check back this week!
im sure you know the song but i would love to hear an analysis of Marcus Miller - Power. That song inspired me to learn double thumb.
Omnific are ridiculously good, the composition is almost as good as the play.definitely check them live if you can
You gotta listen to Spastic Ink, or Spiral Architect (the band) for awesome bass playing
Also how have you not done a video on anything from Periphery?? Nolly is insane!
I know! I’m still trying to decide on which song to do. What do you recommend?
@@LowEndUniversity both Prayer Position and MAKE TOTAL DESTROY have their respective bass playthroughs while with other songs you'll have to do some digging around in other places to find
Both are really cool but MAKE TOTAL DESTROY has this really cool pick to slap transition
Nolly has also changed how he plays MAKE TOTAL DESTROY over time, there's the old Nolly cam version and then the more recent playthrough on Scott's Bass Lessons' channel
Prayer Position just hits like a truck man
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Dude it was definitely played that way at 14:23. These dudes are music nerds they wouldn’t be caught dead glitching their shit like that…
You should do a reaction of the real me by the who. Entwistle’s bass part is insane
Hey I suggested this!🤣
I’m here, once again, to suggest a reaction to either “The Big Wave” or “Self Defense” by Tribal Tech
Should try bleed by meshugga
can you do Akroasis-Obscura?
I plan to do some Obscura soon!!
If you would like to react to an artist you might not have heard of, I would say the artist Aesthetic Perfection with the song Gods & Gold.
sounds like midi music to me
Great playing, but those modern productions sound like midi to me. Compressed and EQed to death.
Not guitar player 😂 yes
Nintendo music
Nintendo has composed some of the best music ever written.
@@LowEndUniversity This style always reminds me of Mario Brothers.
cool, but also somewhat boring
No lol just no. Neat idea but one bass please
Ok boomer