As a bass player, I'm fine with the bass player doing some cool lines and runs as long as it doesn't distract or affect the overall groove and rhythm structure of the song. For me personally, the most important part for the bass player is to keep the groove and rhythm of the song rock solid for the rest of the team, and as long as you don't loose that along the way, I find that playing basic/simple parts, or playing extra notes and runs can both work fine. This pretty much goes with any instrument really. You just have to be experienced enough to play within your skill level and listen to honest feedback from other team members to be sure everybody else in general feels good about what your playing. We all can get caught up in specifically what we are doing and end up missing the bigger picture at times, and feedback from the rest of the team can be helpful (in a constructive loving way of course). I find that watching/listening to myself playing from a recording of a live situation over the years afterwards is very helpful in judging myself on what I played and using it to mold what I might play in the future. Sometimes it feels different in the moment when playing live, but you'll feel different when listening to it later on. Anyhow, just thought I would share my opinion. I really love this worship band workshop series from Paul.
Hey, i am here to say that I was totally blessed in my journey as a worship leader, actually I play guitar and i am kind of a MD in my church, and Im very thankful, i want to ask your permission to translate, adding Brazilian subtitles so we can use at our ministry here. Cheers from Brazil !!! God Bless Y'all
I really like what yall say and its very helpful. In general tho, the songs are a little bit older songs. Itd be cool and probably if you could teach us with 2018/2019 songs
This is cool; our team does a lot of your stuff. I've noticed that a musician's role within the context of a song can change, depending on the personnel in the band. There's been times where I've stayed in the pocket on the roots, and times when I needed to hold down the melody. Flexibility is the key.
A steady stream of quavers sounds good in the right context, but not all songs call for it. I can’t help but think that the song in the vid could be much better if the bassline did some variation & still not distract from the main purpose of the song, that is to praise God. The Bible says “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord” not “Make a mediocre noise”.
We just played Hosanna yesterday, ha. I think if you have a smaller team like our Church does, then more bass fill - or chords - can be important to make more of less (team members).
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As a bass player, I'm fine with the bass player doing some cool lines and runs as long as it doesn't distract or affect the overall groove and rhythm structure of the song. For me personally, the most important part for the bass player is to keep the groove and rhythm of the song rock solid for the rest of the team, and as long as you don't loose that along the way, I find that playing basic/simple parts, or playing extra notes and runs can both work fine. This pretty much goes with any instrument really. You just have to be experienced enough to play within your skill level and listen to honest feedback from other team members to be sure everybody else in general feels good about what your playing. We all can get caught up in specifically what we are doing and end up missing the bigger picture at times, and feedback from the rest of the team can be helpful (in a constructive loving way of course). I find that watching/listening to myself playing from a recording of a live situation over the years afterwards is very helpful in judging myself on what I played and using it to mold what I might play in the future. Sometimes it feels different in the moment when playing live, but you'll feel different when listening to it later on. Anyhow, just thought I would share my opinion. I really love this worship band workshop series from Paul.
This is world to me, thanks for sharing.
Hey, i am here to say that I was totally blessed in my journey as a worship leader, actually I play guitar and i am kind of a MD in my church, and Im very thankful, i want to ask your permission to translate, adding Brazilian subtitles so we can use at our ministry here.
Cheers from Brazil !!!
God Bless Y'all
Bass player:up your game,it would sound better and more powerful......👍
receive.
👍👍👍
What’s your main overdrive pedal for that chorus Ben!?
I really like what yall say and its very helpful. In general tho, the songs are a little bit older songs. Itd be cool and probably if you could teach us with 2018/2019 songs
Without a great drummer, it’s all a moot point. I could work with this guy though
The 1 dislike came from a frustrated bass player lol
This is cool; our team does a lot of your stuff. I've noticed that a musician's role within the context of a song can change, depending on the personnel in the band. There's been times where I've stayed in the pocket on the roots, and times when I needed to hold down the melody. Flexibility is the key.
A steady stream of quavers sounds good in the right context, but not all songs call for it. I can’t help but think that the song in the vid could be much better if the bassline did some variation & still not distract from the main purpose of the song, that is to praise God.
The Bible says “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord” not “Make a mediocre noise”.
Know your genre. For example gospel music is a free for all lolol ordered chaos
We just played Hosanna yesterday, ha. I think if you have a smaller team like our Church does, then more bass fill - or chords - can be important to make more of less (team members).
Thankyou Paul... Very good workshop
How to lead with keys alone
Wow , love from nepal
Bass guitar and drum kick are inaccurate timing.
real pro's in the know that's the way to fatter sound ;>)