Casiopea - Conjunction on Bass

[@Louiesarge1]

This track always reminded me of return to forever and seems like an homage to the more Spanish driven sounds of chick coreas jazz fusion sounds

[@BassAri]

Good point!

[@kevinlynch2248]

I am a big fan of Return To Forever and I can totally hear what you’re talking about. This song sounds like it could fit in somewhere on “Where Have I Known You Before” from 1974. My dad turned me on to fusion and we used to listen to that album all the time when I was a kid. The song “Vulcan Worlds” really got me turned on to the bass guitar at a young age and Stanley Clarke’s influence is the reason why I still play to this day, some 30 years later.

[@justmarc2015]

Thanks, this video helped me learn this song. I've been listening to Casiopea for as long as I can remember.

[@BassAri]

Glad I could help! Same here, Casiopea was one of the bands that got me into learning bass!

[@Elboy522]

This is so great, I can't even describe how happy I am to finally see someone with good quality casiopea bass covers BESIDES u214d! If you do any more casiopea, and if you want to stand out from the rest of the cover players, I'd highly recommend covering some of the more "obscure" casiopea songs like "life game" and "strasse" or "from over the sky" and if you really think you'd be up for the task, maybe take a look at "olion" and "air fantasy" Thanks!

[@BassAri]

Ellery Ballou I can't even describe how happy hearing that makes me! I shall keep that in mind. I'm definitely planning on making more Casiopea and also other J-Fusion bands like Trix, T-Square and Dimension. I also love Akira Jimbo's solo albums so yeah, more to come ;) (I'm not making exclusively fusion covers tho) ---Damn, I hadn't heard u214d's covers before, but they sound flawless!

[@eduardoalvescoelho]

What an astonishing right-hand technique. Well done, mate.

[@BassAri]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@kevinlynch2248]

Great finger work and timing!!

[@BassAri]

Thank you!!

[@Hulloder]

Yes!!! I love these Casiopea covers 😎

[@BassAri]

Thanks, so do I 😁

[@cristian3369]

OMG you are alive! I would love to see some Televisor

[@bellwood1319]

素晴らしいです

[@bonnieheat_on]

One day I'll be as amazing on bass as you... Amazeballs! :')

[@BassAri]

I believe you will! (Workworkwork!) Thanks! :)

[@MrDiscordinated]

Great talent Keep deepening ur musical mind

[@BassAri]

That's the plan!

[@MrDiscordinated]

BassAri Is that just a standard squire ? Why squire ? There much more well crafted Basses for u out there

[@BassAri]

It is, that was my first bass and the bass that I played for the first few years. Currently I'm loving my Sire V7 Marcus Miller 5-string bass, you can spot it on the 2 newest live vids I have from my school gig last spring! :)

[@LeeTavMusic]

Man, that was awesome. I’ve uploaded a lot of Casiopea bass covers; None of them hit the spot like this 👌

[@RCROX]

Damn, dude!....I could barely keep up with you on this one!.... Wow!....That was just incredible, man!...I'm at a "Losfer Words".... Lmao!...Maiden humor....

[@BassAri]

RCROX Haha, up the Irons! :D Thank you very much ;)

[@juuupa9127]

Thats great maan! Hyvi suomalaiset vetää casiopeaa :D.

[@BassAri]

Oujea! Kiitosta :D

[@welshphantom8964]

Great skills mate! Yeah you made that look easy...which I am sure it is not ;)

[@BassAri]

J Huet - WelshPhantom Haha, thank you very much mate! :)

[@tabierful]

Wow! great!!

[@BassAri]

tabierful thanks!! ;)

[@markprell]

Congrats on your graduation! Awesome talent! I literally just discovered you this morning while doing a "who plays bass for Televisor" search. Crazy, huh? :-)

[@BassAri]

mark prell Haha, that is crazy :D Thanks! They make their basslines themselves as far as I know which sometimes makes it tricky to actually play them :p

[@markprell]

***** This sounds a lot like stuff from Greg Howe. He has some funky prog rock bass in his music. Worth checking out. :-)

[@BassAri]

no I haven't, but I shall check him out!

[@BassAri]

update: I'm sold after half a song :D

[@markprell]

***** Yay! Rock on! :-D

[@jacoblanchett2796]

...You win.

[@aarontran2608]

man i just started learning this and it’s a beast! do you have any tips for getting it up to your speed?

[@BassAri]

Playing it slowly to get it right and then ramping up the tempo as you figure it out. It's a patience game as it needs the repetitions, occasionally I like to practice tough lines while watching a movie or something else. Also playing above the tempo you can play it cleanly in is a fun way to push your limits too, I've surprised myself plenty of times having to just survive in the original tempo. Enjoy ;)

[@cocottedemai9183]

This was meant for you :) When will be your graduation concert on Y.T mate? Really want to hear it again!

[@BassAri]

cocotte de mai Thanks! :) I'm not sure if I can upload the whole concert, but I'll possibly upload a few songs at least. I do have the the link to the dvd file of the concert in dropbox tho ;)

[@コロハチ-z8d]

cool

[@BassAri]

thanks

[@densdens12]

hey dude that was incredible, great time and feel how long do you play?

[@BassAri]

SchendzieDrummer Very much appreciated! I've been playing for a bit over 6 years now :)

[@darkmehong1469]

galactic funk please

[@BassAri]

It's a classic, will definitely play it at some point!