That’s a good answer. I’d like to sound like me only more impromptu versatile… like Tiren Porter.
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Yeah. I had a real hard time answering this one. And even now I am regretting the answer I gave ans it’s not super accurate.
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When i finish the B2B , i will play like Sharay 
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John Taylor. So funky. Duran Duran - Rio (Isolated Bass) - YouTube
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John Wetton
Top 10 bass intro of all time in my book!
I aspire to play like Wetton and it would be such a bonus to be able to sing, too!
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So here’s my problem: I’d love to play like Bill Bruford.
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This entire album is awesome. But, this particular intro is perhaps more “famous” for Bruford playing on a broken cymbal that he found in the trash bin in the studio, left there by the band that was recording before them. He liked the “broken” sound and used it in the opening fills here.
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yes - iconic Bruford performance for sure!
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Joe Dart
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That was fun!
one of my favourite concert videos atm
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Hi guys,
As a newby here I thought I’d offer up my favourite bass player, great style,smooth grooves and great vocals.
Played with Poco, then became the Eagles bass player after Randy miesner it’s got to be Timothy B Schmitt.
I can’t tell you why , and love will keep us alive are both great songs and very melodic bass lines.
Cheers Brian
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What a great read this thread has made 
For my hero and someone I do aspire to play like I would unsurprisingly say Lemmy Kilmister. I just love his driving rhythm and use of cords.
If not Lemmy it would have to be Brian Marshall of Creed and Alter Bridge
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I don’t want to completely emulate a single bass player, which is why the question is difficult to answer without listing other great influencing players. It is also a tricky question because the bass player I can become is going to be a combination of multiple influences, with my approach mixed in.
If I can only list one: Bruce Foxton, The Jam.
The tone, his ability to help the band sound like they are more than just three people, and leading-quality backing vocals. The best you can have in a power trio.
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Yeah, it is a tough question… and maybe not entirely “fair” - but, that also makes it a fun question 
Thanks for chiming in!!
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Despite my original answer I seem to be going Full Hooky a lot recently
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My musical tastes are all over the place. Starting out with Maiden in the early 80s and ending up somewhere in the sea of trip hop via Portishead and DJ Shadow. But the person who made me think ‘man playing bass looks fun’ was French House producer Fred Falke. I’ve always loved French House music; Daft Punk etc but when I heard the song ‘808 at Beach’ that Bass line is just killer. I stumbled across a video of him playing live on top of him DJing and thought. I should really learn bass because that looks awesome. It’s a bit left field but hey !
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I love house, especially deep house, old school stuff - Murk records, etc, things like Liberty City.
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I’ll have a representative reaching out to you to let you amend your original contract 
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This thread has been going for some time already, but I never contributed to it…
One reason might be that I didn’t think about it and another that I wouldn’t know who to choose…
However, there is one bassist who stands out among all in metal, who it would be worthwhile to aspire to because of his impact on the whole genre, Geezer Butler.
https://youtu.be/Zxjz6VhUOr8
Gotta get back to practice 
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