I’ve been playing almost 4 years and there a whole lot of 311 songs I’m not even close to playing 
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Hah! I forgot I even posted that. I did end up learning Creatures two days ago funny enough… it ended up being a bit easier than I thought it would be, one of those songs that sound a bit more complicated than it actually is.
Which of their songs do you think have the hardest basslines? I really enjoy P-Nut’s style of playing I’d be interested to hear some of his cooler stuff
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“Cali soca” is an amazing instrumental b-side.
“What was I thinking” has a cool slap line.
“I’ll be here a while” has a fun bassline. I haven’t tried to played it in a couple years. Probably doable now.
“It’s alright” is easy until it’s not. There’s a fast slap part in the bridge that I don’t understand at all.
“Born to Live” has a fun bassline too. I e been working on that one, but don’t have it down to an acceptable level yet.
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I’m currently working on a few songs, probably too many at once since I can’t seem to sit down and just perfect one of them at a time. Sort of just get frustrated and burned out from playing the same thing over and over again.
About 90% of the way through That’s Entertainment by The Jam, same with Love You Madly by Cake. Maybe 75% of the way through Italian Leather Sofa by Cake, and I actually just finished It’s My Life by No Doubt, just working on the mix and video editing for that one.
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Hall and oates-you make my dreams come true.
Sounds great after all this time, super fun to play- plus heavy use of the rock fingers!
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Something new for me and a little different.
John Mayer-slow dancing in a burning room
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I’ve never actually heard this song, or really any John Mayer-really not my preferred genre. But it was really easy to learn and it’s actually a lot of fun to play. Pretty easy to make it super dramatic.
Plus i was playing with the overdrive on it and it was kinda cool.
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It took me a while to come around to JM. I heard his pop stuff and it just wasn’t really my thing, so I kinda ignored him. Then I kept hearing him mentioned in the same breath as Jimi and Stevie… which perplexed me so badly I took another look.
Holy crap, he has some serious chops. Saw him play live with Dead & Co. and he lit the place up. His work with the JM Trio (with Pino on bass!) is worth a listen.
Currently I’m working on Slither by Velvet Revolver. Duff is another guy I should have paid more attention to!
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I started working on Evolve by The Warning. I’m polishing up the rock show where the biggest thing I had to practice was chugging eighth notes fast enough with a pick, and now I’m inspired to learn a song where the biggest challenge looks like it will be chugging eighth notes fast enough finger style 
. There are a couple of really tasty riffs to make me enjoy the practice here though.
After that I think I’m learning something in an oddball drop tuning like indestructible by disturbed which I think is in drop C. Might need to look at heavier gauge strings lol.
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Started learning Sultan’s of Swing yesterday. I think maybe I’m over my head ( bought my first bass four months ago), but it’s a fun song and I’m enjoying the challenge.
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Huge fan of Cake. Still learning to read music and struggle to find any tabs for them online. Definitely a goal, though.
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Chocolate, Yellow or Birthday?
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I have transcribed Arco Arena, It’s Coming Down, Shadow Stabbing, Love you Madly and Italian Leather Sofa, would be happy to send you some tabs if you’d like! Cake is one of my “standard on a desert island” bands. So different from everything else. I’m going to start Opera Singer here soon once this stupid cut on my finger closes up!
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Still working on these three. And also:
- Hotel California, by the Eagles. Because… well, that’s a song I’ve wanted to play all my life and I’ve been working on it off-and-on for years. I can play the basic bassline, but I’m nowhere near able to throw down all the ghost notes in the original.
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That would fantastic. I could completely drive my wife mad! I’ve bought every one of their albums as they came out and she can’t stand them 
I would certainly owe you one!
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Currently working on “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” - Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell. Studying at the Altar of Jamerson is a hell of an education!
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I’ll check my tabs folder when I get home tonight and see which ones I saved and message them to you! I can’t remember if I tabbed Love You Madly or just memorized it but it won’t take too long to write!
Also tell your wife she has horrible taste
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I’ll get right on that 
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Cake_Love-You-Madly_v1_p.pdf (501.7 KB)
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Fontella Bass “Rescue me” 
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