This song popped up in my subscriptions feed this morning (Sunday). I follow Murphy Karges on YouTube (The bassist in Sugar Ray).
He did this cover and I thought, It’s the weekend and this song is by The Weeknd. It’s done in Drop C. I’ve never learned a song in Drop anything. So my tuning is CADG. I’m not buying a 5 string Bass just to do this sort of thing and to be honest it doesn’t sound too bad, considering it’s a 4 string.
Simple bass line, easy to learn and record in a morning. I love getting to the point in my playing where this sort of thing is just fun rather than frustrating. Put the work in kids, it’s a beautiful thing when it pays off.
I’m pretty sure the original track is a synth bass. But I used Moises.ai to remove the bass and overdubbed mine. Oh and he’s Canadian ![]()
Fun fact - Currently the most streamed song on Spotify with over 3.3 billion (yes that’s billion) plays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZ9iCjj9hw
I started playing Bass in Nov 2020. Posting covers to work on improving my playing.
HX Stomp
Comp - Line 6 Original Deluxe Compressor
Pre Amp - Mic Requisite Y7 mic preamp
Amp - Fender Bassman
Modulation - Retro Reel
Delay - Simple Delay (Line6)
MIM Fender P Bass
GHS Precision Flats
DAI - Focusrite Scarlett Solo