I’m double posting to get this one in the index. 
The Clash - London Calling (Bass cover)
There’s an official post in the 50 Songs Challenge area, but that thread hasn’t been touched in over 2 years. lol
The bass was good in my headphone monitors, but it’s pretty boomy in my soundbar and in my jeep. Meanwhile, it sounds ok on my phone. I think it’s time for a pair of big boy monitors. Are the JBLs still the way to go?
Like anything, it depends on your budget. I’m running some high-end French-made Focal Shape 65 monitors now, but is the U.S. I had some reasonably price M-Audio BX8 D2 monitors (they’re shipping the newer D3’s now). They were very good. If they’re too big for your space, the smaller BX5 D3’s are also very good.
They are an excellent choice
Yeah, I know, another Tijuana Brass cover. I did this to work on a few things that Josh taught us in the B2B course.
Root/fifth bass line
String crossing
Finger roll
Speed
And an excuse to bring out the Yamaha BBP34.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Maltese Melody
I hope you all enjoy it and thanks for watching!
Fast fingers @JerryP !
Really great job! I didn’t know this one.
Thanks John! It’s short and quick and fun to play.
I’ll add them to the list to look over. Thanks for the recommendation!
Totally enjoyed it! Such a great job - and special enough to bring you out of the seat. 
It reminded me of a song that needs to be on my cover list.
Thank you, Professor!
Amazing! And your bass is a beauty!
Thanks so much Talva!
“You Can’t Hurry Love” by Phil Collins, composed by The Supremes
I rushed thrice and dragged once in this cover, but it’s a good example of how noticeable it is on bass in an otherwise decent cover.
So there’s a little bit of backstory to this song for me, which I will open up about. It’s quite personal. I wouldn’t be breaking my Rush streak if it weren’t.
I moved here to Japan about two and a half months ago to study at a religious university, despite being out of school for ten years. It was a turn of events, if you will. This uni is quite small with only about 250 students, about 10% of which are international like me. And indeed, I did meet someone here that I was interested in. She has an abundance of the qualities I am looking for in a partner, more than just about everyone I have met so far, especially now that I am in a season where I feel very much ready for a relationship.
I gave myself two months to think it over, and I did seriously consider letting be because she did make me feel rejected a few times by simply interacting with other people instead of me, but I think that’s more because I’m sensitive to that sort of thing rather than her avoiding or being repulsed by me. I talked it over multiple times with my mentor, and he never concluded that I shouldn’t at least try. I’m inclined to trust him because he actually did recommend cutting off my previous love interest back in early 2025.
After two months in Japan, I still liked her; the emotions didn’t go away. I asked her out last Thursday, June 4. I was pretty confident in my idea for a date, which was to tour some famous mochi places and to watch the sunset from an elevated position, specifically because she mentioned that mochi is her favorite confection and that she misses watching the sunset back in her home country. I was also quite surprised that it happened so soon in the month of June; I was kind of expecting God (don’t worry, this isn’t preachy) to make me wait until at least the 21st or something before I was even given a chance. This was also the first time I’ve ever asked a girl out.
Sadly, she declined. To quote the girl exactly: “That sounds really fun, but I’m going back to [my home country], so I’m not really looking for a relationship right now.”
This was not a surprise to me. I was ready for her to say no, and to accept it if she did. I replied, “Yeah, I figured you’d say that, because if we started something now, then it would become long-distance for at least a few years. Personally, I was willing to go through that, but if you’re not, or if you’re just not open, I completely respect that, and thank you for being honest.” And she has every right not to be open.
We chatted for a bit, then when we got to the dorms, I concluded by saying, “Anyway, thanks again for being honest, and I’m more than happy to remain on talking terms with you.” She gave me a beaming smile, and we parted ways.
It’s been just under a week since then, and much to my gratitude, her mannerisms around me haven’t changed. She’s still comfortable to be around me and does not actively avoid me.
Of course, I am disappointed. I could see a bright and harmonious future for the two of us because of our common interests, purpose, and of course beliefs. I think it could have worked out very nicely in the long run. But she said no, so that’s that.
I took away five things from this:
That’s the thing: she’s not open to a relationship right now. If she were, and if she were planning on staying here, she’d probably have a boyfriend already, and if not, then I think there’s a reasonable possibility that she would have said yes. So it’s not necessarily me.
Now sure, the fact that she’s leaving is an easy cop-out, which is why I haven’t fully accepted point 5 yet, but… it’s worth keeping on the radar, I would say.
This song was something I listened to on repeat back in late 2024 and early 2025. At first, it was a way to encourage my feelings, but then it more or less became a way to cheer me up, however little it did. It’s serving a similar purpose now, only my emotional response isn’t actually anywhere near as extreme as I expected it to be. I’m a little bit sad, but I’m not depressed or heartbroken like I was last year.
So by doing a cover of this song (plus it’s pretty easy), I’m redemptively expressing that feeling of sorrowful patience along with Phil Collins himself in the spirit of The Supremes.
Well done for having the courage to open yourself up to someone. If you’ve never done it before it can feel monumentally difficult.
I’ve been in a similar headspace to you in the past. All I can say is that you’re never as unattractive as you think you are. You’ll look back one say and realise that you are - in fact - attractive. In many ways that you don’t see yet. But someone will.
The message of the song is a good one, because you really can’t force or hurry it. Love can come when you’re absolutely not expecting it.
Speaking of love…
The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love
Part 3 of my Beatles album pick lessons. The songs get slightly more rhythmically interesting with each album. This is the last song that can be played with all downstrokes and pretty much all quarter notes.
The tips from @BeerBaron have been a lot of help. I’m working on resting my wrist further back. But when I’m recording and thinking about a bunch of things it seems to slip forward, so it’ll be a process of building muscle memory.
This was not as tight as I was playing it yesterday, but I’m happy to get it recorded and move on.
This one is for the new trio I’m playing in. Simple, but fun to play. Who am I kidding - almost every song is fun to play! 
The Rolling Stones - The Last Time (Bass cover)
You always look like you’re having fun!
The Beatles - Eight Days A Week
Here I am again spamming this thread with another Beatles song. Beatles For Sale is definitely their weakest album, but luckily is does have one great track. And even more luckily, it fits perfectly into my sequence of pick lessons because it’s slightly more complex than the song before.
This one has eighth note triplets in the intro and outro, and the chorus also has eighth notes. So that means that I need to use alt picking for the first time.
The hardest thing so far is moving quickly between strings when you’re playing something fast. Like hitting the first note of the verse after the intro.
Also, I guess I’ve got a World Cup theme going as I’ve worn a football shirt for the last 3 songs. Points for anyone who can name all 3 teams.
So true!
Nicely done!
Is one the Turkish national team?
Not the national team, but a Turkish team.