Some of the best basslines.

by Reptoidz on Saturday, January 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

This first one comes from a 73′ album from Herbie Hancock. While it falls under that “funk” category, I really don’t give two shits, this is a very tight feel with the drums. Nice and smooth like a Colt 45. One of my all time favs.

Here is the same bassist, I used to call him Pjack back in the day, and it is quite funny to watch. I mean the guy looks like he is farting everytime he hits a note. A bunch of showoffs, but still cool. Very influential to my music. PS- I don’t expect you to watch all 15 minutes of this ****, but fast forward here and there, it’s pretty hilarious. I mean this drummer is on fuckin meth/speed/pillpops no doubt.

And finally what NOT to do on a bass. This is embarrasing, I mean Wooten is a great player, but I feel a lot of what he does sounds like someone smashing a fuckin keyboard against a computer screen. Tink-tonk-tic-tac-donk-donk-donk-tik-tik-tac. come on play ONE fucking whole note already *******. Start at 2:52 here. It is actually something I believe in too. You can learn all the scales, and notes, and theory you want, but it is all bullshit in the end. Just go play.