Thanks @eric.kiser! To me, learning to play the song is only a part of the fun… Learning the background stories is another part… Using it all in a way that only makes for more memories is by far the best fun of it all…
Actually, this particular project started out as a Sunday morning ‘Challenge’… Knowing that homemade Arancini is one of my favorite meals, Connie told me that she’d only make it if I were to record (audio, not video) the bass line to that song and have it ready to listen to over dinner… You’ll notice that there are a few mistakes in the recording and that’s because after learning the song and practicing it several times, I only had enough time to do one take to record it. Needless to say, the arancini was great!
Thanks @JT! That song is one that will always live on!! Timeless… I believe it’s one of those songs that brings back memories for many of us… As for Valentines day,… after being together for 45 years, every day is ‘Valentines Day’… Yea, I know it sounds a bit epicene, but I’ve never known anyone to call me that to my face…
(I don’t know who did the synch between the audio and the video, but it’s pretty bad sorry for that)
I really love Doomriders. this band represents a good mix between a lot of musical elements and influences I like. Doomriders is one of the Nate Newton’s bands, where he sings and plays the guitar. Nate Newton also played with Jesuit, and Old Man Gloom with Caleb Scofield.
but he is also the bass player of Converge, and he has its place in the very exclusive Green Precision Bass Club :
Thanks @JerryP! Please don’t be shy, fearful, (or embarrassed) to post any song you are working on… The first one is always the hardest - it gets easier over time, and is really fun and educational to do. If you have ANY questions on how to record or produce a song cover, just ask…
A few of my grandkids wanted to know how I do it so I put together a few short (very simple) step by step presentations in PDF format for them. I still have to put something together on how I make the video portions, but I haven’t gotten around to that part yet…
Thanks for sharing this @terb!.. Great cover, and Nate Newton is a legend in this genre… The Doomriders sound does have a lot of musical elements from as early as the 60’s such as… Thin Lizzy, The Stooges, Motorheads… and many more… Again, great cover!
The weather was so nice today, it was hard to resist doing an outdoor cover ! So, some skate punk today :
Adolescents - Creatures
This song is very easy to play and was a convenient choice for doing some tests with my “new” 18-yr old Bass POD XT ! Ampeg SVT-VR + Ampeg 8x10 models, nothing fancy except some tweaks around the virtual pickup choice, placement, and virtual room (what Line6 calls their A.I.R. technology). I also used the BDI21 in front of the POD for more gain and for this agressive GK-ish edge I like (relatively subtle here), but the Bass POD XT can provide some pretty bright attacks by itself if needed.
About the song and the band : back in the very begining of the 80’s, more or less at the time of my first tooth, Adolescents was one of those few bands in California who pretty much invented the skate-punk sub-genre. I’ve seen Adolescents playing live a few years ago. They played with the same energy than what you can ear on their first record, it was pretty impressive. The song I’m covering is one of my favorites on their very first album, released in 1981.
Steve Soto was a founding member and the bass player of Adolescents, and he was also a major figure of the punk-rock scene in California. He died in 2018, at the age of 54.
It usually indicates a muted note, i.e., picked/plucked while you mute that string (with your palm of your plucking hand, or one or more fingers of your fretting hand).
@terb, you and @Lanny are just cranking them out - awesome! The rest of us can still make out your taillights (but just barely) and the dust your racing cars are blowing up, while we are still trying to get the key into the ignition
we all had to do something with the key and the ignition at one time … that’s perfectly fine, nobody’s judging anything but the effort to go out your comfort zone and get better ! DO IT ! I’ll always have an infinite respect for a beginner who will post a cover that he/she will consider as shitty. the intention counts way more than the result. this is by NO MEAN a “performance” thread. we are bass players, we do covers, we record those things, we share them, we get congratulations/advices. that’s it.
@Lanny is like me, a not-so-new musician … keep that in mind !
I realize I said this song is very easy to play. that’s very true : since the beginning of the Great Bass Buzz Cover Era, it has been for me the easiest song to play (with Gacked On Anger by Amyl & the Sniffers and Disgrace by Boss Hog maybe … hard to say) but that’s because I’m very very very comfortable with a pick. I know I’m not the “standard bass player” on this point. for a non-pick bass player this kind of bass line might be a nightmare, I honestly don’t know.
'might start a thread about pick playing because, well, someone will have to do this at some point … and at this time I feel it could only be me … well at least if someone is interrested because it’s not “standard” bass playing. also it’s not what Josh teaches.
sorry for that)
… Actually, my next one might surprise you… A bit off the Motown Soul Train and onto a little rock…
well at least if someone is interrested because it’s not “standard” bass playing. also it’s not what Josh teaches.