5 Famous Synth Bass Lines

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  • Опубликовано: 30 янв 2025

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  • @NicolasMelis
    @NicolasMelis  Год назад +2

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  • @elsongs
    @elsongs Год назад +60

    Synth bass is such an underrated skill. Most bass players shy away from it, and try to "fake" it using effects pedals, while the ones who can play both bass guitar and synth bass are busy doing high-profile gigs with major artists.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад +8

      I really like playing synth bass :) but cannot play the bass guitar 😁

    • @elsongs
      @elsongs Год назад +7

      @@NicolasMelis I started playing piano/keyboards when I was 12. Then I picked up bass guitar when I was 23 (I'm 51 now). It only took me like 6 weeks to learn how to play well enough to play out with others in public. If you play synth bass with your left hand primarily, that translates so easily into fretting movements. You already know how basslines work in the musical/rhythmic/harmonic sense, so that's half the battle already! All you need to learn is the fretboard (way easier than on a guitar) and developing plucking/picking/slapping technique.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад +3

      @@elsongs do you think i should try?:)

    • @robertkielty5094
      @robertkielty5094 11 месяцев назад

      @@NicolasMelis DO IT!

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  8 месяцев назад

      @@robertkielty5094now i saw that 😁

  • @Heathaze813
    @Heathaze813 Год назад +19

    Your ability to stay in pocket with a great groove is amazing. Keyboards are truly percussion instruments.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Glad you like it! Thank you 🙏🎹

  • @enricoarmandola7566
    @enricoarmandola7566 11 месяцев назад +3

    I'm an (amateur) keyboard player, I love black and white keys but I think the soul of any song are drums and bass. When I see the white and black keys generate a sequence and rhythm as you know how to use them, I get shivers! Voyager and Dark'n Lovely are great, THANK YOU!

  • @SamStormsKBD
    @SamStormsKBD Год назад +2

    Damn, man! These keys and the bass line were fire 🔥
    Keep 'em coming!

  • @pyxlhertz
    @pyxlhertz Год назад +12

    Daft Punk has some of my favorite basses of all time, you recreated Voyager perfectly :)

  • @DEADMOOSE23
    @DEADMOOSE23 11 месяцев назад +3

    I like how you showed what synth was (likely) used. If you could show a picture of the patch settings too would be awesome

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  11 месяцев назад +1

      Actually i just wanted to make a video about playing these synth bass lines:)
      It wasn't my intention to imply that they were played on the exact same synths I used, which is unlikely anyway :)

  • @grrinc
    @grrinc Год назад +4

    Fantastic collection and performance!! Pleasure to listen to!! Ta!

  • @Lagrange_Point_6
    @Lagrange_Point_6 11 месяцев назад +1

    Funky AF. I love it.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you like it 🙏🎹

  • @prosciutto1234
    @prosciutto1234 Год назад +3

    It's like the 80's synthpop. I enjoyed the video.

  • @JAtlanticJoker
    @JAtlanticJoker Год назад +2

    6* You Did A Really Good Job With These

  • @groovedealerfeaturing-ashl6476
    @groovedealerfeaturing-ashl6476 Месяц назад +1

    Props for The Chops man!

  • @rleriche5044
    @rleriche5044 Год назад +1

    You defo flowing on the Moogs.
    Enjoyed them all 🙂

  • @martinlubitz3171
    @martinlubitz3171 Год назад +1

    Well done my friend 👌💫love the LP🤩

  • @henrikhilmersen7324
    @henrikhilmersen7324 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great job! Awesome!

  • @MatthewB.-qv5wr
    @MatthewB.-qv5wr 9 месяцев назад

    Very inspiring playing and groves! Thank you.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  9 месяцев назад

      Glad you like it! Thank you 🙏🎹

  • @jaimeross7507
    @jaimeross7507 Год назад +1

    DuranDuran.....''Save a Prayer''??.......#6??......You NEVER Disappoint!!...Great Demo!!!

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Thanks Jaime :) if you have any more suggestions i would love to do a part 2!

    • @rleriche5044
      @rleriche5044 Год назад +1

      @@NicolasMelis 1 vote for Northend Happy Days

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      @@rleriche5044 noted :)

  • @DJCJ999
    @DJCJ999 Год назад +1

    That Madonna Bassline was fire!

  • @Individual_two
    @Individual_two Год назад +2

    Excellent!

  • @MissionEdPossible
    @MissionEdPossible Год назад +1

    Awesome work!

  • @notbugs
    @notbugs Год назад +3

    Chaka Khan is definitely on my top 10-list aswell as Madonna. I would love to hear your take on ABC - Look Of Love and Imagination - Music & Lights aswell as Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica N.Y. Cheers from Sweden! 🎹🎶🔉

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад +1

      Tom Browne tune is one of my fav too! I think i have to do a part 2 :)

    • @notbugs
      @notbugs Год назад +1

      @@NicolasMelis I would love to hear a part 2. Btw, this version of ABC's Look Of Love is my favorite when it comes to the bass line. ruclips.net/video/qq3AfK-klKc/видео.html

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Oh cool cause i was searching for it and in the original is not a synth bass ! Thanks

    • @notbugs
      @notbugs Год назад +1

      After i posted my first reply to your clip i have come up with a few more great tunes with amazing synth bass lines. First is another Chaka Khan song Best In The West which has much of the same flavour as We Can Work It Out. ruclips.net/video/RMiAl8qwJM4/видео.html Another song with an amazing bass line is probably less known among most people but for me it is one of the great 80's amazing tunes with an amazing break where the synth bass goes bananas. Candela is the name of the group and the song is Love You Madly and it is produced by Amir Bayyan who formerly went by the name Kevin Bell and was known for being a member of Kool & The Gang along with his two brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell. ruclips.net/video/1HtyHI0Z9mo/видео.html Finally i also came to think about a song from the early 90's which is Don't Wanna Fall In Love with Jane Child. It may not have the same distinct kind of bass line like the others but it is still what makes the song tick in my opinion. ruclips.net/video/zWd__w5UWVc/видео.html

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      @@notbugs thank you!! Will check them out 🙏

  • @OriginalRaveParty
    @OriginalRaveParty Год назад +2

    Damn. You have skills 🎹😮

  • @Hyper5nic
    @Hyper5nic Год назад +1

    Eat your heart out Espen Kraft!
    😅 Just kidding, but you did play these basslines awesomely well!

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      I love Espen Kraft ! Thanks 🙏🎹

  • @markslandingsandaviationvi3123

    Fantastic! Would love to hear a performance of just an Illusion by Imagination!

  • @janeduval0716
    @janeduval0716 Год назад +2

    Cool for the summer has an amazing instrumental please do that

  • @t.s.m3379
    @t.s.m3379 4 месяца назад +1

    I have the hardest time playing synth bass notes. One day, it will all come together 😂

  • @djengoelv
    @djengoelv 5 месяцев назад

    glorious intro.

  • @ElectricVibes1925
    @ElectricVibes1925 Год назад +2

    Nice gear and skills ❤

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Thank you!! Right back at you 😁🎹

  • @BOTTOM432
    @BOTTOM432 Год назад +1

    Nice !!

  • @RayyMusik
    @RayyMusik 5 месяцев назад +1

    I ❤ synth bass! Btw: Anthony Marinelli just released a video about the “Into The Groove“ bass, but he used a Minimoog. Is there any reliable information what was really employed in the original?

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@RayyMusik love synthbass too! I think the original was on a minimoog

  • @MrMikomi
    @MrMikomi Год назад +1

    Great skills, and lovely to watch. How did you learn these? I have a book Learn Funk Keyboards (or something like that) and I recognise the Parliament one from the chapter on synth bass. But the rest I don't recognise.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Thank you 🙏! I ve played along with original many times and tried to listen to the bass line :)

  • @flowmaka
    @flowmaka 9 месяцев назад

    Very nice on the keys! I love the feel! Could you please find that bass sound from the Moog that Gap Band uses on Burn Rubber on Me. I know you could not only program it but kill it on the keys! Thanks in advance!

  • @TXF_Records
    @TXF_Records 11 месяцев назад +1

    Subscribed

  • @believethebible88
    @believethebible88 8 месяцев назад +1

    His chops are too righteous!

  • @larsuk9578
    @larsuk9578 Год назад +1

    Love it! Would have added Chameleon though on ARP Odissey! 😊 (did a tutorial on my channel)

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Thanks Lars! Unfortunately i don’t have an Arp Odyssey… just watched your tutorial :) well done 👏

  • @BrandonElliotSmith
    @BrandonElliotSmith Год назад +1

    @NicholasMelis 3:21-3:26 .... SMH I quit lol 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @oliverschweers8725
    @oliverschweers8725 3 месяца назад +1

    Important to work with the Patch wheel❤❤😮😮😮Not so simple!!!❤❤❤

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  3 месяца назад

      🙏🎹

    • @oliverschweers8725
      @oliverschweers8725 3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for contact!!!pitchwheel needs a "lovely feel"....have a nice weekend!and love music..PS. if you are close to germany,Hamburg,take contact..!!!!

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  3 месяца назад

      @@oliverschweers8725 i did study in Leipzig classical piano performance ! Long time to come there though :)

  • @DHTSciFiArtist
    @DHTSciFiArtist Год назад

    I like to make a correction. Into the Groove was neither a moog or a juno. It was an MKS-80

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад +1

      I didn’t say that they were played on the instruments i ve played here. Just wanted to make a video with some synth bass lines i like playing! Thanks for the info though

  • @fish8life
    @fish8life 16 дней назад

    NEW VID!

  • @DanKonev
    @DanKonev 2 месяца назад

    А где Imagination "Just an illusion"?🥺

  • @Aurum1977
    @Aurum1977 Год назад +1

    Into the groove was a Moog Source

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      I would love to have a moog source but i dont :)

  • @oliverschweers8725
    @oliverschweers8725 3 месяца назад +1

    Pitch..i ment..sorry ..😮😮

  • @undercrackers56
    @undercrackers56 Год назад +3

    This is a use of the word "famous" that I am not familiar with. Nice playing though.

    • @NicolasMelis
      @NicolasMelis  Год назад

      Thanks! Yeah, those are some of my fav :)

  • @Nervejam
    @Nervejam Год назад +1

    Funky. Famous?

  • @litemakr
    @litemakr Год назад

    Thumbs down for getting the bass line to Into the Groove wrong. In fairness, it's a hard one to get right, but this IS a video dedicated to showing how famous bass lines are played.

    • @universalvibe72
      @universalvibe72 Год назад

      Into the groove is a slight rip off of Shannon let the music play.

    • @jae6220
      @jae6220 Год назад +2

      Then you do right it and upload it. Show us your expertise.

  • @Kouros-t6d
    @Kouros-t6d 6 месяцев назад +3

    We can work it out from CK WAY over the rest!

  • @westbethkid
    @westbethkid Год назад +1

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS AMAZEBALLZ!!!!!