Bass Player Appreciation Thread

p0mt3 wrote: mrcozdude wrote: Any Colour You Like wrote: p0mt3 wrote: Waters isn't very good . . . .There, I said it! OxO Haha, I know that, Gilmour played some of the more difficult parts anyway. Victor Wooten is amazing, but I still beleive that his technicality needs to be kept in check, otherwise he just sounds like a rambling, eccentric (but brilliant) mess. Yep pretty much spot on. I think Waters song writing is a fair trade for his bass playing.He's almost his Ying to Gilmour's yang (awaits flame) Waters was an exceptional songwriter in Pink Floyd. He has never been a very capable musician.

Lemme Kilminster (technically - he played in Hawkwind )

Tal's young, keep your eye on her, I get a feeling she will continue to impress.  

Yes; he does a lot of unexpected things. I was actually pleasantly surprised with his playing in Beck's band; I knew him from a different background where he did a lot of those double bass drum thunderstorms which I  (mostly) detest since I rarely see the artistic reason for them. I have heard one or two exceptions, but generally that's my opinion on these double bass drums thunderstorms. Just a personal preference, of course; you'll never find me doing them. Gender actually may play a role here; these double bass drum stunts are full of testosterone, in my honest opinion, though Mike does not like to hear that .

fuxi wrote: BaldFriede wrote: I like his performance in these Jeff Beck videos very much. It shows that the double bass drum escapades he sometimes is engaged in but which I dislike are not really necessary; on the contrary, his playing is much more interesting without them. This is of course my opinion only; others may disagree. Oh, thanks. As a non-drummer, I still find myself wondering what's so special about his style. He's very energetic, and he's got an incredible CV, but I still don't see what's so great about him. Will have to keep watching and listening, I guess...

I judge a drummer mostly by his fill-ins; keeping the rhythm, even if it is a complicated one, is in my opinion basic.. And I love spontaneity with a drummer; one should never be able to predict what he is going to play next. (unless, of course, a certain figure is needed to announce a change in the song; e. g. Gong's "Isle of Everywhere", where a certain drum figure tells the band members it is time to change the rhythm). My favourite drummers are all very spontaneous.

No mention of Andy West?

My response to the Hattler comment is that those of us not in Germany have probably never heard of him except when you and Jean mention him.  Which made me think of Jeff Whittle from Tiles.  He is a monster on bass, but unless you are from Michigan and have seen them play live 4 or 5 times, you are probably not going to mention him either.

Stanley Clarke deserves more mentions BTW... 

I like his performance in these Jeff Beck videos very much. It shows that the double bass drum escapades he sometimes is engaged in but which I dislike are not really necessary; on the contrary, his playing is much more interesting without them. This is of course my opinion only; others may disagree.

Some bassists that I think are not only hugely talented in their own right but add so much to the music of the band, and havnt been mentioned yet.

Joe Battimelli (No Made Sense)
Joe Lester (Intronaut)
Torsten Reichert (Vanden Plas)
Oliver Holzwarth (Sieges Even)
Kristoffer Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation, Dark Suns)
Kristian Karl Hultgren (Wobbler)
Johan Hogberg (Anglagard, no one weilds a Rickenbacker better than this guy)
Troy Sanders (Masterdon)
Jonnas Reingold (Flower Kings, The Tangent, Karmekanic)
Pete Trewaves (Marillion, Transatlantic)
Toby Driver (maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot)
Matt Thompson (Guapo)
Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me)
Roger Patterson (Atheist)
Jan Erik Liljestrom (Anekdoten)
Mariuz Duda (Riverside)


Edited by sleeper - July 27 2009 at 10:01