How do you write the RIGHT Bass Part?

This video is a free bass lesson. We listen to a simple song that doesn't have a bassline, then I write a bassline and discuss my decisions, including chord tones, navigating the bass neck, note duration, locking with the drum part, and creating interesting and helpful bass parts.
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[@nancyvanrijn9732]

Your nerdy bass stuff is even interesting to people without a bass 😄🙋🏻‍♀️

[@thrashgnarly]

He really dumbs it Down well

[@mattyfox_]

I'm a guitar player who just decided to give bass a try I make all the music by myself so this video really helps alot

[@calmthemonster]

This was awesome. As a singer/songwriter/guitar player I know well how a bass line can easily make or break a song. I watch these video to better learn how to communicate with bassists. Love what you came up with. Very tasteful.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching! Cool to hear your songwriter’s perspective.

[@johnl.6930]

As a veteran bass player in several bands over the last several decades covering almost every style, I must say this lesson is superb!!! Your first tip listen to the drummer!! Analyze each instrument a must as well. This lesson is so open to all levels of bass proficiency that each of us can gain insights, whether reinforcing what one already knows or is new to others. Thank you Philip!✌️❤️

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching John!

[@creepymccreepers]

Also you have to think if the singer is singing the third and want to avoid the third on the bass it the singer is singing the third 😊

[@philipconradmusic]

Yes! Exactly

[@chrisbeal5491]

Wonderful breakdown! It's cool to witness the process of creating the part in real time and deciding which parts of the arrangement you'll enhance or break away from.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@pedaltasters380]

Your videos just keep getting better and better. I think the key takeaway from this is to listen and then make informed decisions based on the musical information you have been given to elevate the song. Excellent video!

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching! ⚡️

[@Cliffswanson]

The live class idea is excellent! Please make it happen, Phillip 👍🙂

[@WEREWOLFCaT_STORIES]

Awesome advice as always, Phil. Keep steering the low end lovers in the right direction and showing them what doors are available and places to go with any given idea. 🎉 cheers !

[@thawrinks5549]

I dont play bass but really enjoy the different types of videos you put out. Keep it up Philip

[@philipconradmusic]

Thank you for being here!

[@erikklein5296]

This video is pure gold! As a bass player who "grew up" playing in orchestras and now cover bands, building the creativity muscle has always been hard for me. I love the lesson and I also am a huge fan of the quiet nature of these videos. It matches how I like to engage.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks so much Erik! I’m glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching; glad to have you here! ⚡️

[@FrankLafone]

Speaking as a mediocre guitarist who's messing around with bass, this was amazaballs great! Great insight in how to approach this stuff. Please, more content like this!

[@Soren_Lane]

just ordered my first bass. super pumped to get it. (ibanez talman bass)

[@shawnalove5050]

Really cool fundamental stuff! Which is the most important. I stopped the video at the beginning and imagined what I would play, so I could compare it to yours. My notes were the same, but shorter. I liked your longer note durations better, as they seemed to add more warmth to the progression and the song. Very nice! I would be interested in a Zoom bass improv/class! Thanks for all of this!

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks so much for watching! ⚡️

[@MordecaiSoup7]

Love the analysis of the music prior to jumping in and filling it out. You’re my favorite basstuber. Keep up the great work!

[@Vincent-yv9ng]

That track sounds like it came straight off the B side of a late-era Spoon record, so it was satisfying watching you end up doing a kind of Rob Pope impression. If the shoe fits, wear it!

[@harlanbeeton6869]

this is a really wonderful, insightful and deeply helpful lesson, man! as a lifelong bass player and new bass teacher this is a great example of how to demonstrate and explain concepts that players at any level can benefit from, keep em coming! I love how you demonstrate the process of "overplaying" to work through ideas and slowly refine the part until it speaks to you. And killer playing, too!

[@black-xg3gz]

You’re a good teacher Philip and that’s a gift in it’s self. Best regards.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thank you!

[@createlovehappy]

Great lesson. At 10:26 to 10:28 - that's the part i like the best. It's fluid and seems to fit right in and flow well.

[@matthewbernard4427]

Excellent video. This is quickly becoming my favorite channel. It’s so enlightening to see another bass player delve into the process of creating a good bass line. Not that easy. Great advice, all. I would add that incorporating bits of the melody can also be a consideration. And most of all, keep it simple! Superb sound and playing style, keep up the good work!

[@tiavinaralaimidona8427]

Thank you, Philip! I absolutely love your videos and always learn so much from them, especially about the process of creating basslines. I really enjoy doing these exercises-finding simple basslines that truly serve the song can be quite challenging. Personally, in addition to applying the techniques you’ve mentioned, I also like to sing potential basslines intuitively, even without fully analyzing the process. It often helps me discover some cool ideas!

[@philipconradmusic]

Great addition! Thanks for sharing and the kind words

[@ryanseifferly9621]

Love this video. And that bass! Can you tell me more about it? Idk if I’ve seen that body color before

[@Lowdown_1904]

Another excellent video. Quickly becoming one of my favorite bass channels.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thank you! So glad to have you here ⚡️

[@WhatJeanWants]

Excellence bass line writing session, Philip! Just joined your email list!

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks so much!

[@Azajndo]

I love your approach. Keep up the good work!

[@petermcconaghie7745]

Indeed Philip, bass completes us!

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching Peter! ⚡️

[@El_Revvelador]

That's very interesting. Now, I would like to see a lesson were you teach us how to come up with a song STARTING by creating the bassline first of.

[@mattcwatson]

Thanks for sharing your process. The way you broke it down and explained all the little details was really helpful and kind of demystified the writing process. Definitely interested in that Zoom class / bass line creation workshop.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching Matthew! Glad to have you here ⚡️

[@francoisdallaire5424]

It's exactly what I thought. 100% agreed. The way you explained it's easy for me to understand even if I am a beginner on bass (i'm a guitar player with over 35 years of playing bout bass it's a different beast) it's helping me to sound like a bass player. 😄 Thank you.

[@nucciopld]

Hi Philip, I recently bought the "Bass survival guide" you did with Rhett and I learned a lot! Thank you for letting us become not only better bass players but also to become better at guitar! Improving on bass is the best way to improve on any other instrument❤️

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks so much for getting the course and for watching my videos! So glad to have you here ⚡️

[@nucciopld]

@@philipconradmusic I'll be interested in a live class too!

[@kofosuonbass]

More videos like this 👌

[@philipconradmusic]

Copy that! I’ll do some more.

[@matt.514]

This is very cool! Great video!

[@danno94]

rlly great perspective from philip cccccccc

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@conorlarkin1111]

Yes on the zoom class! But excellent crash course on the things to consider when coming up with a mature and supportive line.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks Conor!

[@kevinallen4743]

I like this format, not certain I would want to hang with a whole group of people working on the same piece though. That would be difficult to manage and every individuals creativity could get discouragingly dissolved in the group work. Giving people a line to work with and maybe workshopping their creations may be better. mine is very different to yours, probably because I have different influences and am far less experienced, I'm happy with it - until tomorrow.

[@philipconradmusic]

Good insight. Thanks for sharing!

[@kevinallen4743]

@@philipconradmusic This is going to sound weird but I play sub-bass in a 3 bass band, if you wanted you could do a bass trio workshop with a sub/ rhythm & lead bass set-up?

[@johnny.musician]

This is actually useful, not just a quickie post for more subscribers. Cheers and thanks.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching John!

[@pcanarsky]

Thank you!

[@philipconradmusic]

Thank you!

[@bolillo5013]

Loved this video, was actually super helpful

[@MC-qe5qb]

Thanks, enjoy all your vids, but especially this one.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thank you for watching!

[@dchauser4]

Another vote for the live class.

[@ivomatic13]

Thanks Philip, this was great!

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@greggunther]

Wow. Very informative. Hoping it helps me write some bass lines for my own original tracks as I work to record demos.

[@philipconradmusic]

Good luck! Thanks for watching ⚡️

[@dansours7157]

What you came up with had a great feel. I really like your approach. Cant wait to give it a try

[@philipconradmusic]

Hope you find it helpful! ⚡️

[@JoseAv-tx4yl]

Just discover you channel, but already subscribe ❤

[@philipconradmusic]

Thank you! Welcome

[@jrpipik]

Nice analysis of the music and how to bring together the bottom end. I'd want to hear the melody first, but I know that's not how a lot of tracks are done.

[@philipconradmusic]

Melody is king. Great point!

[@jrpipik]

@@philipconradmusic Even lyrics matter!

[@philipconradmusic]

Absolutely.

[@ricardodubatti657]

Nice video! That Zoom class sounds like a wonderful idea.

[@philipconradmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@VHToff0li]

This is such a struggle for me. It's so hard to find a sweet spot between overthinking every single line or just following the kick drum.

[@creepymccreepers]

I would like to be in the zoom class?

[@philipconradmusic]

🙏🏻

[@jkf9167]

My question is whether going to that A chord at that end after the G chord makes it sound as if the song itself isn't going to the A chord entirely at that point. Not that it's a bad thing in the case of a song like this where the chordal instruments seem to rest on that beat; in fact, it could be a good thing. But if you were going to add a rhythm guitar after the bass, wouldn't it likely have to acknowledge the A chord, either by going up to the A chord itself, or by adding a 9th or 6th to the G? If I were learning that song on guitar, once I heard that A on the bass, I'd think of it as the root of a chord.

[@philipconradmusic]

Good question! A lot of songs have the guitar or piano voicing something with a totally different root note, and all the different layers creat the chord of the moment. It can be an intentional decision. Or you could change the guitar voicing. Either is cool!

[@mikevonhohenstein5587]

Cool video, thanks for that. Also, how much for that killer bass! 🤣

[@stephenboutwell1012]

Great stuff! How do you know when you’re spending too much time overthinking the part? How do you “economize” creating a part? Thanks!

[@philipconradmusic]

If you are thinking about if you are overthinking, then you probably are. Take a break and come back to it and the answer will reveal itself. Sometimes you don’t need to think at all and it’s your first idea, sometimes it takes some time. Hope this helps! And thanks for watching! ⚡️

[@committeeofsleep24]

“Bass jail” 😅 Route - fifth - octave never goes amiss

[@philipconradmusic]

Agreed!

[@francoisdallaire5424]

👍🏼👌🏼👏🏼🎯

[@philipconradmusic]

🤘

[@1978jazzbass]

Great video. That music you are making the bassline for really sucks but the bass makes it come a little to life

[@noahd395]

EEEE x100

[@johnheath4305]

The track they sent you is AI. They want you to add all the value.

[@aldito7586]

Very simple. You don't jam with anyone. You write your own songs. And that is the right bass part. It's YOUR canvas. Paint it as you will.