How To Play Better Bass Lines

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@BassDawStew 4 ай бұрын

I love it when I'm at a point where I am looking for the next thing to work on and a Janek video drops with an inspiring idea. Thank you, Mr. G!

@randyclere2330 4 ай бұрын

Right??? He’s such a great player and clinician.?I wanna less on how he bobs his head and making faces!!! He’s a treasure!

@BassDawStew 4 ай бұрын

@@randyclere2330 Yeah, his playing ability is a testament to the hard work he put in, and his teaching style is very constructive, but you just can't teach that kind of bass face. I, personally, look like I am about to lose control of my voluntary muscles when playing bass (drool has happened), so I am jealous of the bass-face-gifted. ;-D

@dr_b_bass 4 ай бұрын

Even through my phone speaker the double P bass sounds so clean and punchy, hell of a tone x

@davidvitale9338 3 ай бұрын

I second that opinion. Incredible tone

@arnfriedm.machtard4956 2 ай бұрын

I'm just an amateur player, but I find nuggets in so many of your videos that inspire me even as a non-professional - thank you so much! The fact is that I can't internalize the little hints here and there, half-sentences or parts of a more complex idea, as fast as new videos come out :-) On top of that, 'Bass Player's Guide To Pentatonics' came through my door recently - I really like it!

@vinsharrelson2246 4 ай бұрын

Digging the props you gave Meshell Ndegeocello! Her new album is phenomenal!

@bartoandreskibinski2253 Ай бұрын

Thank you !!!

@justinerb6975 3 ай бұрын

I clicked the Amazon link after two minutes of the video. I've really been exploring the pentatonic lately and I'm fully convinced that all great basslines are simply the pentatonic with minor additions or subtractions. I'm excited to dive into this. Also, shout out to Meshell Ndegecello, one of my top three favourite bass players. I saw your interview with Scott Devine where you talk about how influential "I'm Diggin You (Like an old soul record)" is on you. It's one of my favourite basslines and drips with funk! I immediately sat down to learn it when I first heard it.

@TheBombshelterBassSpace-gj9tw 4 ай бұрын

As soon as you isolated that lick I thought, "Dang, that sounds like Me'Shell" Been trying to cop her style for decades. But then again, who hasn't? Love the lesson, and insight, and your groove! Thank you!

@johnrulli56 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been playing bass for many years. You got some good chops,

@trebm 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoy the percussive ghosts notes you're adding with your plucking hand during the rests, thank you for the video!

@SombraDeLaMosca 4 ай бұрын

Yes indeed, this is why this sounds so groovy as hell =)

@edwardeatmon325 4 ай бұрын

Your videos always does a great job of breaking complex ideas to pure simplicity,thank you for all you do

@monkey010279 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful lesson sir! Totally like the way you phrased the practice. It’s all about getting the vocabulary down so that you can engage in a musical conversation to whatever extent you desire (or is required).

@nicacrush 4 ай бұрын

I bought this book and it's great. Itbwould be helpful if the videos were indexed for each exercise. I highly recommend this book, it's great at improving your basslines and fills.

@Mcsixstrings 4 ай бұрын

This kind of video lessons are really helpful! Thanks Janek great video

@AntonioPlaysBass 4 ай бұрын

Loved this video, straight to the point, honest demonstration and super inspiring! Been looking for a way to get a deeper understanding of pentatonic vocabulary and I think this might be it!

@smakt18 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered on Amzn. Thanks!

@markstein8880 4 ай бұрын

This particular video was really inspiring, Janek! Thanks for all you do!

@brettverrender3167 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, learnt a lot.

@glennhm8142 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered on Amazon, another awesome bass book on my Janek Gwizdala bookshelf.

@jameslabs1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@ianmackenzie686 4 ай бұрын

Excellent practice material, thank you. Zdrowie!

@1234drums 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the lesson ❤

@Bassic778 4 ай бұрын

Very cool and practical! Embellishing WITHOUT ABANDONING THE GROOVE!!! Stealing from the great ones! YESSIR!!!

@SteveBlancoMusicianWarrior 4 ай бұрын

I'm a fan of this video. Cheers 🥂

@EncounterCaneCorso 4 ай бұрын

Nice, extremely helpful.👍🏿

@BrightonSky_BSD 3 ай бұрын

that P bass tone is amazing

@malsbass 4 ай бұрын

I was just working on this exercise yesterday! What are the odds? Thanks a lot for this insightful video 🎉

@jerdure 4 ай бұрын

Excellent lesson, thank you so much ! Love the drums and keys line too, is it somewhere to be found ?

@Lecretois 4 ай бұрын

Hey Janek ! As usual this vid is really helpfull. U'r talking about form. I personnally have a certain lack of sense of form...; of awareness of form...; can you please talk more about this and how to developp our inner sense of "form" ? Will you make a video talkin' about this topic ??? please :) It'll be great for my averall playin' Thanks and cheers from Cahors France Thierry

@rafbass 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I need a chair like that! Do you remember the model?

@IvanBassist 4 ай бұрын

Awesome 🙌🏽 Are you going to bring physical books to the guitar summit in Germany?

@janekgwizdala 4 ай бұрын

Hadn't thought about it... but that could be a thing!

@user-mo9mt6yu8y 4 ай бұрын

Amazing funk line When i get back from vacation im on it

@paulgaggl3855 26 күн бұрын

Hi Janek, I love this exercise (and video). Unrelated to the exercise itself, I love the tone in this recording. Is this just compression and EQ or also something else? I hear a tad of distortion. Amp? Maybe somebody else has clues. I'm new to fiddling with bass sounds and just about everything I know about it is IMA and Scott Devine's videos on recreating iconic bass sounds on the HX stomp. I'm guessing this one is probably going to be close to the Meshell Ndegochello tone they recreate (The Way). Anyway. Love your channel and your books, Janek! Can't wait for the scale book to arrive in the mail! :)

@janekgwizdala 26 күн бұрын

Just a hair of compression in post and no eq. I like to keep it simple for the clean tone when I’m making videos like this

@paulgaggl3855 26 күн бұрын

@@janekgwizdala thank you! All in the fingers (and the bass) then! :)

@claydough2k 4 ай бұрын

Great video and I love this book. This video encourages me to dig deeper into it. I love the backing track. Do you have a resource for these or do you make your own? I didn’t see them available for download with the book videos. Thanks again and loved seeing you in Minneapolis a couple months ago!

@janekgwizdala 4 ай бұрын

All of the books come with access to the custom backing tracks via a link inside the cover.

@claydough2k 4 ай бұрын

@@janekgwizdala Ah! So you're saying....RTFM. Ha! Thanks brother!

@Orbit91 4 ай бұрын

Hi Janek, how are you managing to get your bass at that angle in that position without a strap? It seems like the ideal playing position.

@jrn9872 4 ай бұрын

Janek, you and Michael Ruff would be amazing to see at the Baked Potato in LA. Do you know him?

@qfella 4 ай бұрын

👍🏾Cool👍🏾

@davidsummers1977 4 ай бұрын

Please tell me where you got that chair!!!

@janekgwizdala 4 ай бұрын

🤷‍♀ Office Depot? Can't remember

@tabonejohann 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this book .But I'm stuck in the pentatonic box ( pentatonic inversions ) and need something much further to advance my creativity.

@janekgwizdala 4 ай бұрын

Pretty much the only thing needed is listening at the end of the day. That's what I almost always come back to whenever I'm looking for inspiration. Just listening to new music. It's all there.

@lxxwj 4 ай бұрын

not sure if this would be helpful for you but maybe check out some no wave / post punk / dance punk, there are some really melodic but groovy basslines from bands like gang of four ("Entertainment!") and the contortions ("Buy"). if you want to break out of a box, that would definitely do it because that shit is completely alien sounding. swans' first EP and first two albums ("Filth", "Cop") are almost a deconstruction of the bassline entirely.