And I came across this gem on YouTube... I wonder if I sounded like this when I first picked up a bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIxdnRZ2HA&NR=1
That dude checked his rhythm and timing at the door.
he has that pete wentz sig bass. it's all downhill from there. :rolleyes:
Wow, that kid needs to play along with some records!
I'm sure that we've all had those moments, but few of us are silly enough to post them on YouTube.
And he's not even in the right octave for that number!!!
I still remember my first gig. December 7, 1977 at the Howard AFB Youth Center. The band had been together for 6 weeks and that was the extent of my experience on the Bass Guitar. We were built up until the day of the show and there probably were 100 kids in the center. During the first song about half of them left! :-[ I had some cheat sheets with written notes on them and started playing the wrong song during one song. My hands were shaking so bad I could barely fret a note. It took a good 3 years for me to get over my stage fright. I used to drink heavily to help combat it. (I'd been drinking since age 15) Lucky for me I was burnt out on drinking by age 20. :) I guess my point is, we've all been where this kid is, just not stupid enough to post a video of it. :D
Geez, that bass sounds awful. Get him a $4000 Wankwick Warwick and he'll play better.
Well, he's certainly not lacking confidence...
Quote from: ack1961 on April 14, 2011, 05:11:56 AM
Well, he's certainly not lacking confidence...
Which I think might change pretty quickly if he happened to encounter this thread.
Keep us posted, I can't wait to hear the whole band ;D
Rick
Quote from: rahock on April 14, 2011, 07:26:38 AM
Keep us posted, I can't wait to hear the whole band ;D
Rick
;D ;D ;D ;D
I believe I saw on the YouTube page that the name of his band is Zero. Heh.
Wonder where he got the idea for that sound? I can't get no satisfaction?
for your consideration. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe0kw3FaRak
Kind of a "novelty" version, but I like it.
Woah! Back in the day when "Walk don't Run" was on the radio (radios being what they were then) I never heard the bass line accurately, and I played it in the wrong octave too. The dude in the original post is playing the correct octave, but the original bass line is much more interesting. (And a P-Bass sounding like it should)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIuIIqbyEIU
As usual, I'm discovering with surf, it's difficult to hear the bass.
I did find this kid's video. Pretty good, I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGOlkV-P3CU
Walk don't run is an interesting tune. As some of us might remember it was a hit for The Ventures in the fall of 1960. The band took it from a record by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, who composed it in - I believe - 1954-55, while fooling around with the old tune Softly, as in a morning sunrise.
Here is Johnny with his version of the tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HwQxdrmwY8
And here's the maginicient Nelson Eddy with his version of Softly... from the movie version of the operett The new moon. Recognize the similarities?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkhfA5kZbXs
Lyrics for Softly... was written by Oscar Hammerstein II. He also wrote lyrics for one of my favourite movies, Show boat. Plus a lot, lot more of musicals. Great talent!
But we're not through yet! Here's the rest: In January 1961 Del Shannon - almost singlehandedly - wrote his breakthrough hit Runaway. In an interview he said, that he had written the tune in late fall of 1960, while fooling around with the guitar. He had, he said, never heard that chord progression before (the A-minor-G-F-E).
Well, Del Shannon was a hero of mine. He had a fantastic voice. He could play the guitar. Good, too! And he always choose great guitars. Martin? Yep! Telecaster? Oh, yes! Gibson Firebird? He had it! Epiphone Batwings? He had these, too. And a few of them!
But would he exaggerate? In public? I guess he did. At least concerning that chord progress...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKvCa5lkgUw
But I guess that's what you call Show Business! :mrgreen:
I might add that I found the link between Softly... and Runaway, while preparing for a lecture on Del Shannon. I hade to find out from where he got that clever chord change for Runaway. It was then I realized that the tune I'd been playing for years, Walk.., must be the ground for Del's hit.
There must be thousands of patterns for tunes we take for granted. Has anyone got another example? Anyone got any info on Farmer John? Donna? ;)
Quote from: Denis on April 15, 2011, 08:27:58 AM
As usual, I'm discovering with surf, it's difficult to hear the bass.
I did find this kid's video. Pretty good, I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGOlkV-P3CU
That is good. I start it on the open A, as I like the "balls" the music gains from being an octave lower. Sue me.
I realize that a lot of surf was played up an octave, but I like the foundation that playing it lower gives us.
This is an old recording but it's all ours...audio is from a stereo Digital 8 camcorder on a tripod shooting the video. (Plenty of mistakes in this one, but I'll still claim it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3jLeXm-oOo