Bass Solo - Matt Freeman

[Dudley52]

I haven't seen better than this, my favourite band and bass player - Matt Freeman. Anyone else seen better?

People say punks can't play their instruments - Oh yes they can

Maxwell Murder - Rancid

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CBQ5cQQAbRM

 

[old.Tohtori]

It's good, might not be best, but good.

 

[NikonL]

i found it pretty dull, but then its not my kind of music. Out of interest if hes so keen on doing solos why didnt he learn to play lead guitar instead of bass.

 

[old.Tohtori]

i found it pretty dull, but then its not my kind of music. Out of interest if hes so keen on doing solos why didnt he learn to play lead guitar instead of bass.

Why didn't goalkeepers go learn to be a cashier with all the standing they do.

Well a poor analogy, but still, you like bass, you like guitar, different things.

 

[Dudley52]

i found it pretty dull, but then its not my kind of music. Out of interest if hes so keen on doing solos why didnt he learn to play lead guitar instead of bass.

Matt freeman hardly ever does bass solos, rancid have 6 albums and off the top of my head i can think of 5 bass solos and they have around 120 songs.

 

[Bugz]

Why didn't goalkeepers go learn to be a cashier with all the standing they do.

Well a poor analogy, but still, you like bass, you like guitar, different things.

A bass & guitar have A LOT more in common than a goalkepper and cashier!

That's the worse analogy i've ever seen!

 

[fl3a]

A bass & guitar have A LOT more in common than a goalkepper and cashier!

That's the worse analogy i've ever seen!

you mean like, they are both stringed instruments just like both cashiers and goalkeepers are human? you mean they both evolved from the same thing, like cashiers and goalkeepers? you mean they are played similarly, just like cashiers and goalkeepers stand around similarly? you mean if you can play one you can make do with the other, just like a cashier can catch a ball and a goalkeeper can run the cash register?

 

[Himse]

you mean like, they are both stringed instruments just like both cashiers and goalkeepers are human? you mean they both evolved from the same thing, like cashiers and goalkeepers? you mean they are played similarly, just like cashiers and goalkeepers stand around similarly? you mean if you can play one you can make do with the other, just like a cashier can catch a ball and a goalkeeper can run the cash register?

fl3a, your a clever estonian.

 

[fl3a]

fl3a, your a clever estonian.

AND i speak better english than you!

 

[Himse]

AND i speak better english than you!

i know! amazing.

 

[Bugz]

you mean like, they are both stringed instruments just like both cashiers and goalkeepers are human? you mean they both evolved from the same thing, like cashiers and goalkeepers? you mean they are played similarly, just like cashiers and goalkeepers stand around similarly? you mean if you can play one you can make do with the other, just like a cashier can catch a ball and a goalkeeper can run the cash register?

That is the worse backup of the worse anaology I have ever seen!

 

[dub]

jaco pastorius , victor wooten , les claypoole and that´s without mentioning any jazz men

 

[old.Tohtori]

A bass & guitar have A LOT more in common than a goalkepper and cashier!

That's the worse analogy i've ever seen!

Actually bass and guitar are two totally different things. Like saying if you like anal you must be part gay

More glorious analogies!

 

[Bugz]

Actually bass and guitar are two totally different things. Like saying if you like anal you must be part gay

More glorious analogies!

Actually, some gay men dislike anal becuase too much sensitivity on the prostrate isn't that pleasureable!

Why do I know that....

 

[old.Tohtori]

Actually, some gay men dislike anal becuase too much sensitivity on the prostrate isn't that pleasureable!

Why do I know that....

Kinda self pwning?

 

[Himse]

Actually, some gay men dislike anal becuase too much sensitivity on the prostrate isn't that pleasureable!

Why do I know that....

your gf is rly a man! :<

 

[NikonL]

Matt freeman hardly ever does bass solos, rancid have 6 albums and off the top of my head i can think of 5 bass solos and they have around 120 songs.

well i consider that quite a lot of bass solos lol. i see the bass guitar as a percussion peice- to accompany the drums. iron maiden have around 14 albums i think, and to my knowledge there isnt a single bass solo. and its not because steve harris (the bass player) lacks the talent necessary, far from it. Bass just isnt the instrument to play if youre into that kind of thing (imo).

 

[fl3a]

well i consider that quite a lot of bass solos lol. i see the bass guitar as a percussion peice- to accompany the drums. iron maiden have around 14 albums i think, and to my knowledge there isnt a single bass solo. and its not because steve harris (the bass player) lacks the talent necessary, far from it. Bass just isnt the instrument to play if youre into that kind of thing (imo).

theres bass intro solos though, so you cant say that there are no iron maiden songs with a bass solo

 

[NikonL]

theres bass intro solos though, so you cant say that there are no iron maiden songs with a bass solo

well what counts as a solo?

 

[fl3a]

where a single instrument is highlighted/playing by itself, and an intro solo for me is when the part thats being played is not just the main bass riff of the song, like 'blood on the worlds hands' would count, but not 'clairvoyant'

 

[old.Tohtori]

well i consider that quite a lot of bass solos lol. i see the bass guitar as a percussion peice- to accompany the drums. iron maiden have around 14 albums i think, and to my knowledge there isnt a single bass solo. and its not because steve harris (the bass player) lacks the talent necessary, far from it. Bass just isnt the instrument to play if youre into that kind of thing (imo).

Ladadum....

MAybe not iron maiden, but i'd say metallica counts as a "big" band

Or maybe this.

 

[Succi]

theres bass intro solos though, so you cant say that there are no iron maiden songs with a bass solo

that isnt a solo , just opening riff that happens to be on bass.. thats like saying every drum intro is a 'solo' ; which is rubbish.

And yeah drum/bass solos are boring as hell , pick up a guitar if you want to sound good on your own

 

[Svartmetall]

<Crocodile Dundee>Bass solo? That's not a bass solo!</Crocodile Dundee>

Oh dear. Time for some musical education again, methinks . Here are a few real bass gods:

Jaco Pastorius

Jeff Berlin

John Patitucci

Billy Sheehan

Stanley Clarke

Bill Dickens

Not so much a solo as great bass parts within a song, from two of my favourite bassists/bands ever:

Geddy Lee of Rush

Geddy again

Les Claypool of Primus

Les again

Every bassist who likes to grab the spotlight owes a huge debt to probably the first up-front bassist in any rock band, the late great John Entwistle of The Who...he was playing like this in the mid-60s, and the bass solo in 'My Generation' is the first rock bass solo ever.

 

[Svartmetall]

Oh yeah, I forgot...

Victor Wooten

The amazing Michael Manring

Watch Michael Manring play three basses at once!

Another snippet of Bill Dickens

And Jeff Schimdt

 

[Mojo]

Anthrax : Got the time. has a Bass solo and its bass lead. Only one I know

I also reckon Rob Trujillo kicks most ass on the Bass, he sure looks like he is having the most fun, and he looks the best playing. I know looks ain't everything but he does indeed rock!

 

[Mojo]

Well a poor analogy, but still, you like bass, you like guitar, different things.

Not that different IMO, might be played differently when it comes to style but I could play a bass first time I touched one, even if it was quite basic the notes were the same the strings were the same (cept thicker) with more frett space. I bet a goalie would need some till training

 

[yaruar]

I also reckon Rob Trujillo kicks most ass on the Bass, he sure looks like he is having the most fun, and he looks the best playing. I know looks ain't everything but he does indeed rock!

It's jsut a shame his talent is now wasted in Metallica.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Not that different IMO, might be played differently when it comes to style but I could play a bass first time I touched one, even if it was quite basic the notes were the same the strings were the same (cept thicker) with more frett space. I bet a goalie would need some till training

Basics are quite the same yes.

Afterall, it's an instrument.

A pianist can take a guitar/bass and learn the basics too, quite fast. So can a klarinet player.

But let's say you put your grandma who's been driving a pinto for 50 odd years, behind the wheel of a maserati. 'cause well, car's a car

BAsics don't mean everything in my book.

 

[Mojo]

Basics are quite the same yes.

Afterall, it's an instrument.

A pianist can take a guitar/bass and learn the basics too, quite fast. So can a klarinet player.

But let's say you put your grandma who's been driving a pinto for 50 odd years, behind the wheel of a maserati. 'cause well, car's a car

BAsics don't mean everything in my book.

Oh come on

 

[Mojo]

It's jsut a shame his talent is now wasted in Metallica.

Nooooooooooo such lies

Metallica certainly came out better than Ozzy in the bassist swap though