I’m a big fan of Tash Sultana (below) which made me wonder if there are any similar artists but who loop/layer bass to produce one man band music, live?
I might have seen these guys here in the forum or somewhere else - who knows? Anyway, here is an example with a bass player using loops for all the non-vocal music:
Whoa that bass - 7-string? It’s gorgeous.
Damn, that’s great. Inspiring stuff. Think I’m gonna invest in some looping gear.
Oh, yeah, almost forgot: here is one of my favorite bass players, Frans Vollink, playing his tune Tapatah. You can’t really see him use any looping gear here, but he plays a chordal structure for about the first 50 seconds, and then loops it and plays a melody and a solo on top. Beautiful, in any case (just a pity the clip stops a little abruptly…)
Wow, that’s a great subtle use of the looper. Beautiful.
I wish I were better with my looper pedal. They are actually kind of tricky to get the timing right on if you don’t have a drum track going. Or it could be that my time counting just sucks
Couple more Ailia X tracks, s’good stuff
Adam Ben Ezra does some sublime stuff with his upright bass. This clip isn’t a digital loop piece but it’s a lovely introduction to his work (and his dog). He also plays with looping and drum machines.
With looper and effects.
Awesome!! And you just have got to love that dog… so cool, true to itself and in the moment
I know it’s a bit off topic, but you might enjoy this one as well:
It reminds me of JJ Cale - Clyde: “Misery loves company, and his old dog sings harmony. Tambourine tied to his tail. You can hear him moan, you can hear him wail”
Some of my favourite music has a deceptive quality. Sounds simple but is deep and cleverly put together. Looping takes a very creative mind.
As they say; “It’s takes a lot of work to make it look that easy”.
Yeh I know I am late to this thread but felt I could contribute further with my experiences with a looper pedal.
I am always surprised more people do not use multi track looper pedals.
You must have heard of Ed Sheerhan, right
Here is a demo of what he does with a looper.
And if you take this one step further you can actually turn yourself into a multi track looper.
Watch this amazing video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDHdBG_5ac
I talked to James Hill several years ago at one of his seminars and asked him how long it took him to put Billie Jean together. His answer was “approximately 7 months”. So patience is the thing to remember.
I decided a looper pedal was the way I wanted to go.
I just started Bass guitar a month ago but I have many many years with 6 string guitars.
What I used to do, in my Boss RC30 looper, was lay down a drum track, similar to what Ed Sheeran does in the above link, and then play a rhythm track on top of that, just playing chords, and then play around with ideas I had for adding solo riffs on a third track within the looper.
If you decide to purchase a looper just make sure you get one with multiple tracks and make sure it provides enough time to record all of those tracks. I picked the Boss RC30 because it has 99 individual tracks and a total recording time of 3 hours. It is not cheap.
Now granted in the examples above one example is a 6 string electric/acoustic and the other an electric/acoustic ukulele but I am sure you can apply these same principles to Bass.