How to play like John Taylor of Duran Duran - Bass Habits ep. 12

[@PaulDelBelloYT]

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[@Joetime90]

John Taylor is criminally underrated. I picked up on Rio really fast. That syncopation and ghost notes is so fun and natural to play.

[@petetheodocion9542]

Yes DD had so much flash and fashion and he was so good looking that he wasnt appreciated as a musician

[@kevmac1230]

No he's not.Anybody with a brain knows he's great.

[@Daddy53751]

I don’t believe anyone who knew BS from baked beans underrated JT, especially bassists. (Even us hardcore metal heads jaws dropped) However, I absolutely believe the band as a whole were vastly disregarded and underrated as musicians. I watch these old live vids from the day, and as a musician of a bit over fifty years, and I’m seriously impressed with how absolutely top shelf the whole band was!

[@hollib3900]

@@Daddy53751I’m a Duranie of over 40 years and I love this comment!!

[@mintoxace5571]

He’s probably my favourite bass player ever.

[@darkreignfilms5648]

I’ve always thought regardless of genre that John Taylor is one of the the Funkiest most Artistic bassists of All Time. Highly Underrated and often overlooked because most folks just see D2 as a “pop” band and don’t actually dive into what a Great Musician And Truly Influential John really is.

[@billtalbert6165]

He’s a absolute genius and to me one of the best bassist out there.

[@val13c59]

Ughh, stop with the underrated crap. He’s well known in the music industry, appears in many guitar and bass music magazines. Has won many awards in his category, Is considered a huge influence and is well known among many new artists. You have no clue what underrated means.

[@johnhareiel5118]

He is! He's the only bass influence of mine from any of the "pop groups". Yes Duran Duran were pop that also mixed alot of disco dance groove. He can really play! Plus I got a black Aria bass similar to his coming to my doorstep any day. I'm gonna learn to play Girls On Film on it when I get it. Duran Duran play 2 of my fav songs from the 80's....Girls On Film and Hungry Like A Wolf. Well scratch that, there's 2 bassist that are my heroes from 2 "pop bands".....Duran Duran and John Deacon from Queen. I know Queen is Classic Rock, but their 80's stuff is as pop band as it gets too. Another One Bites The Dust is both Classic Rock as well as one of the biggest hits of the 80's being it was recorded in 1980 and not to mention The Junk Yard Dog in the 80's using it as his theme song. So my 2 bass heroes from 2 80's pop bands are John Deacon and John Taylor! Everyone else are just session musicians to me. Duran Duran and Queen were 2 legit bands plus 2 of my fav bands. The Clash were border line pop to me being they broke through with alot of 80's pop influence but they will always be Punk to me that experimented. Aka Paul Siminon

[@silkywellman9046]

Well said!

[@ihazdashcam]

@@val13c59 The point was that he's still just lumped into the "Duran Duran are just an 80s band" category by a LOT of people and musicians alike. There's still a ton that do not give him the respect that he deserves. I'm sorry that you can't see that. I see it all the time. So yes, still extremely under-rated whether you like the term or not.

[@CarlosGarcia-yg9je]

You really dissected John Taylor's bass style down to a tee! BTW, if John Taylor were not as handsome as he was and were just an ordinary looking Joe in a band, he'd be hailed for his bass playing by all other bassists. But, because he was good looking, they denied that he was ever a talented bass player in his own right.

[@user-zt2wc3uh1l]

He's was the cutest guy in the band, AND the best musician.

[@geraldfriend256]

I have the same problem with my massive talent being overshadowed by my good looks.

[@davidgerrard8661]

@@geraldfriend256 😜 me too

[@montys8th]

John Taylor's bass was so damn good in Duran Duran. His style is so damn listenable.

[@kennet7837]

You forgot to mention: add ghost notes. The clearest examples of this are found on "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf".

[@bobboberson2024]

It's part of syncopation. But deserved a shout out.

[@erinfraise6154]

Ghost notes: the bane of bass players everywhere. LOL

[@bobboberson2024]

@@erinfraise6154 WHA?? It's a percussive element to a style! Now, slapping fingers against a pick-up is another story.

[@ryplay08]

Dude, Rio has all of his techniques doesn’t it?

[@DonyaLane]

I believe John Taylor is one of the most underrated bassists in pop/rock/dance music history.

[@dontpanicblink]

he is a great bass player, its just that Duran Duran were seen as a teeny bopper group here in uk, so his bass playing was not appreciated and overlooked, the media were more interested in his looks

[@DonyaLane]

@@dontpanicblink , that may be true in the UK. In the states, Duran Duran was/is not marketed as a "teeny bopper" group. I would say, they were taken more seriously than that. However, what you said about "looks" did overshadow their talent. Anyway, real musicians (and anyone paying attention) know and appreciate how awesome John Taylor is!

[@dontpanicblink]

@@DonyaLane i agree, i personally think JT is in to top 10 bass players today and has been for over 35 years now

[@revlewisrees9880]

I’m a beginner bassist, and my wife is a huge John Taylor fan. If I could play like him she’d be in her element.

[@arturmangolim9385]

You will be playing John's bass lines in no time! And after some years of practicing will be able to handle those little details of his playing thar are so defining.

[@jamespeterson9620]

He’s a damn good player to learn

[@val13c59]

Learn that bass line intro to Save a Prayer. You’ll have her melting in your hands.

[@jaknazryth2488]

IMHO, John Taylor's bass in many of Duran Duran's songs... IS the lead guitar. I didn't know much at all about music or the true art that went into the actual playing of instruments in 1982 when I first started hearing their music (I was 12 and 13 years old)... but I was INSTANTLY drawn to the bass lines of John Taylor. I can't remember the first song I heard on the radio, I think it was "Hungry like the wolf", but I do remember the very first music video I saw... "Is there something I should know". In that song, at first all I could hear was Andy's fantastic lead guitar's haunting riffs, but the more I listened, John's bass rose to the top as the song progressed. When I finally purchased the Album "Rio", John became, and still remains to this day, my favorite Bass player of all time.

[@caeserromero3013]

Highly recommend John's Bass Odyssey videos, they're a revelation.

[@arthurbishop3173]

JT's bass playing is worth a watch/listen here. The guy is fucking phenomenal, and his bass parts usually carried the music and/or gave it something extra. I don't think most 80s stuff is worth listening to, but DD (and specifically, John's playing) is an exception. As an aside, the great Duff McKagan let John Taylor play bass in the Neurotic Outsiders b/c he thought John was/is the better bass player.

[@jasonlapp4559]

indeed

[@jasonllapp]

Name one that didn't

[@clausm2203]

Always loved Duran duran bass Lines

[@brantisonfire]

He looks like he’s having a lot of fun playing, you can see it in his face. I found the CD of their debut album at the thrift shop, having only thought of them as a new wave 80s cliche. When I put it on on the way home, and “Girls on Film” started up, I knew there was more to their sound than what I assumed.

[@erinfraise6154]

That first album still sounds fresh! It sounds like something you could hear on the radio today

[@brantisonfire]

@@erinfraise6154 Especially with a lot of pop stuff on the radio have that sort or synth-driven, vaporwave, electronic drums sound.

[@erichache]

John has been my main influence as a bassist for the last 30+ years and you've got it pretty much covered! :)

[@therealeikichionizuka]

My dad is a Duran Duran superfan, and I know he'l LOVE this.

[@dwaynejones1146]

You can always tell the players who liked listening to funk bands,especially Chic,with Bernard Edwards on the bass.

[@TwoPyramid]

The bass parts in Duran Duran probably were written and recorded by Bernard Edwards.

[@ihazdashcam]

@@TwoPyramid Not at all. They didn't even meet them until years later. Bernard DID write and play some bass lines on the POWER STATION album. John did them live though. Comments like yours are the reason John wasn't taken very seriously by other musicians.

[@TwoPyramid]

@@ihazdashcam Maybe it wasn't Bernard Edwards, but I find it very hard to believe that 22-ish year old John Taylor wrote all the super innovative and intricate bass parts for Rio, let alone the ones on the first album. It's a stretch.

[@ihazdashcam]

@TwoPyramid He did though. Duran didn't use writers. They did everything themselves.

[@TwoPyramid]

@@ihazdashcam Amazing.

[@michaelwilson2340]

I enjoy the way you explain and show the details. Much better than reading it from a book! And no one rocked the mullet like John Taylor.

[@horaciotornicfilho4838]

JT definitly is one of the best pop bassist ever....everytime Im practice I go to Rio....for me one of the best pop bass lines! Tks Paul, you rock!

[@kerrylake4751]

You really nailed his style! Once you notice the 5-6-8 lick and the chromatic scale, you can hear it all the time in his basslines, very distinctive. :)

[@Juki.227]

Mmm... John Taylor es un músico fuera de serie, en todos los sentidos, 😍 tanto por su belleza 🤤 como por su gran talento!!!😉 Pero su arte no ha sido valorado lo suficiente!!!😔 Paul Del Bello, gracias por ser tú la excepción!!!🤗

[@harrycornelius8386]

One of the most awesome bass players that I've ever heard!

[@VinayKumarMusician]

Excellent breakdown. John Taylor is a very unique player. I would love to see a video on Mick Karn’s playing style.

[@songsbongs6134]

i want that too

[@fundymentalism]

super dig how you put all the techniques and licks into the end piece, really tied it together

[@PM-fs2eg]

Taylor is a genius!

[@RetroMusicTube]

Wonderful explanation. Duran Duran is an amazing band

[@IfUfindthisURlost]

Superb breakdown. His bass is such a lynch-pin in Duran's sound.

[@sandraduranie1975]

Thank you very much !! I love John Taylor, and crazy for Duran Duran ❤️

[@lavapirate]

I've always considered myself more of a keyboardist/piano player with rudimentary guitar and drum skills but recently decided i wanted to explore bass more and finally got one a while ago and have been slowly learning it. If there was one band of my generation i would love to have been a part of it would be DD. And thank you for this very well done video breaking down all the techniques that JT uses. You are awesome dude!

[@danepaulstewart8464]

Excellent video. You have done a really great job of breaking down and understanding the very foundation of John Taylor’s playing. The section at the end of you playing the various techniques proves it out. 😎👍👍

[@АндрійОвчаренко-я2ц]

I'm also amusician and JT's style discovered to me how to feel and compose the bass lines for my songs! :)

[@zyphster]

I love me some John Taylor since I was 9. Thank you SO much for bringing the actual notes to my ears. My sister would try to explain it to me, but it took me to you to understand it.

[@diego67.5]

My Biggest inspiracion in bass

[@Ghoulische]

Venom and Duran Duran.. what a sweet mix!

[@erinfraise6154]

For me, John's bass is all about that staccato and pops! That's how I recognize my JT.

[@quincylarsonmusic]

Excellent video on one of my favorite players. I love the practical demonstration at the end. This is the first time I remember you doing one of these. I learned so much.

[@kristopherdavidson2097]

One of your best videos, Paul! Love how you are playing so many styles in this and show so many examples.

[@bobboberson2024]

Well done. You are right!

[@LoveandLightJason]

Seeing you put that all together at the very end sound exactly like John. That was absolutely brilliant to see!!

[@richardrichard5409]

John Taylor, so under rated, up there with Kev Lefty Righty String Stroker. 😎

[@wrldtrvlr4vr]

Underrated player. He's really good.

[@queenigraine6889]

Thank you for this lesson! I'm studing bass and I love ti liste to various Styles. Thank you from Italy🙏

[@LiveBitOfficial]

Love Duran Duran! Great video! :-)

[@CureInsomnia]

Love the "Saturday in the Park" Chicago progression in the tutorial at the end,

[@stevenrios339]

How to sound like Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order pls

[@9167111]

Yessss

[@bonarjames-oneill2483]

Chorus that is all

[@michaelwilson2340]

It must be done!

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Amen bloody Amen!!!!

[@niallsbasstones9713]

Hey from Dublin. Ah this is absolutely brilliant. I love John Taylor’s Bass Lines. Thanks so much for doing those excellent vids. Can you some time please do a video on “sound like Adam Clayton” 🎸

[@nelsonwalker7105]

a really excellent analysis; i like John Taylor bass lines and i think you did a great job breaking it all down and demonstrating the elements here

[@lukekearney1205]

John Taylor is one of my favourite bassists thank you for doing this video Paul keep up the awesome work 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@abdulmajid8888]

your example at the end was very powerful

[@lizardjesus]

Another way one of my professors told me when playing staccato (at least with fingers) is to use your picking hand to also mute. It's lees of a technique thing and more of a sound quality thing as muting with your fretting hand can cause some fret buzz which can sound off when you're in the mix.

[@damiansilguero1986]

thanks for share, John is a legend

[@cygnusx-1318]

Hey, that's really interesting and cool! I think of something like Rio, and when I first heard it back in the day, the first thing I noticed although not consciously was that bass playing. It added so much interest. And Duran music is so often built on this funky sort of rhythm of John and Roger over which Nick soars in spacey ways and Simon adds such fearless melodies. Quite a combination. But I suppose the point might be, the Beatles also had a superb rhythm "section" that I don't think many people understand, this being the earlier stuff like pre-Sgt. Pepper. Just Paul and Ringo and John created all this foot-stomping underlayment over which Paul or John or George -- whoever was doing the melody -- could just climb into the sky.

[@billbuffett]

That’s awesome, man! Your rendering of John’s bass playing is brilliant. Congratulations on nailing it perfectly.

[@michaell4295]

Thanks!

[@PaulDelBelloYT]

Thank you so much!

[@ryan-yu3qi]

Brilliant example Paul, was amazing to watch a simple bassline turn into Duran Duran funk, brilliant well done

[@6moonsofsaturn]

Great video and thanks for including all the photos of John as well ❤😍

[@bobbyggare8364]

please make a video about the moody blues bassist John Lodge. he is my favorite bassist

[@ΜπάρμπαραΜπάρμπαρα]

Thank you! This was super helpful!

[@LegoBuilderStudios]

Thank you so much for this video! John Taylor is one of my favourites, and many of his basslines (Girls On Film, Save A Prayer, Rio, American Science) are some of the funnest to play!

[@juhos30000]

Dont forget Planet Earth

[@josephalaguna]

Your research is always super.

[@Pete_R63]

Very cool job at the end! I'm impressed!

[@NateButlerFresnoCA]

This video is most excellent! Thank you so much for clearly showing all of John's techniques -- and the graphics are very useful! ~ from a fellow bassist, still always learning

[@alanwadey2848]

Thanks for posting this @Paul Del Bello, the demonstration at the end is a really good addition to this kind of video.

[@carpediemarts705]

Great lessons.

[@christianhelwig]

Fantastic

[@novadhd]

That was great thanks. I always liked Duran Duran but never appreciated the bass like I do now trying to learn it!

[@alibearbass]

Love these videos, learning a lot about the craft from you

[@jefffreeman7695]

Excellent as always! Thank you, Paul.

[@auralfury]

a good right hand technique is paramount...if you can master that you could darn well play anything.. everything else becomes much easier. Compression also helps you sound a bit cleaner.

[@diesal_one]

awesome vid! learning to make music rn and I love Duran Duran 😎

[@erinfraise6154]

Check out JT's tutorials on KZbin. They are FANTASTIC and incredibly interesting.

[@DrakrSlyr]

I love all the work you put in your videos. Very informative.

[@pikabear3790]

Thank you so much! JT is the best. Could you do a video on Nick Oliveri in the future? His time in Queens of the Stone Age (Albums: Rated R and Songs for the Deaf) produced some of the most innovative bass playing ever! Especially on the song Know One Knows.

[@cybertaiga9534]

Excellent video. The dedication, effort and hard work you have put into this video really shows. It is very analytical and deep. Simply superb. Will do my best to support your channel and your music related endeavours.

[@kimhebert9905]

Good Work 🎶

[@Eijianthony]

OUTSTANDNG! ty!

[@JoeMurphyLondon]

Excellent video!

[@uby79]

You have a talent to explain things!! I never touched a bass guitar, but i learned so much! I donate 20 euros just for watching this vide. Grateful for you explaining so well

[@PaulDelBelloYT]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@Metal_Horror]

Love your vids, man.

[@ricardojmestre]

Fantastic!

[@vieillecorneille]

Awesome vidéo. Your explanation and exemples were clear and the Taylorizing at the end made it even better.

[@diegolemus4189]

Great!

[@Soyzonar]

great

[@Adrian-AosFotos-Irish]

Cool,nice groove at the end too !!!

[@athena3229]

very awesome video!!

[@MandorlaDorata]

Questo video è una figata! Grazie!!!

[@Archim31]

Really good. Thanks for a great video and tutorial with great examples. On screen dot flashes on root and other techniques really informative. Still looking for John Taylors Tone Selector switch and tone settings he used on his SB1000. It sounds like John also uses compression after the Aria Pro II. Any guidance welcome.

[@andybuhaltor6725]

Awesome and so well explained..thanks

[@arnoldcastillo2054]

Excellent videos. I stumbled upon your videos just yesterday and I've really enjoyed them and learned quite a bit. I've been playing bass for over 30+ years inspired by Cliff, Duff and John T. Great work!

[@georgiasomenzari4704]

Really, really good!

[@BriggsBackingTracks]

Excellent video!! Stoked and thankful that you jammed to one of my backing tracks!! Subbed!!!

[@PaulDelBelloYT]

Cool track man! thank you!

[@Pogokoala]

Bro I LOVE your new channel, its so educational

[@babaji93]

Paul...Will you cover with tabs more Duran Duran songs?...it's very helpful for a lot of us...

[@dimitrissousoulas4328]

Very good video and really useful but can you make a video about cliff Williams??? He is really underrated!!! Anyway, keep working hard !!!!! You re the best

[@simonebottaretto3549]

Molto, molto bravo.

[@christianhelwig]

YES!!!

[@peterpeter2094]

Hey! What about Mick Karn?

[@ihazdashcam]

You know, it's funny. I didn't think many would catch the scale in SKIN TRADE. It's one of my favorite parts of the song. Just that little scale.

[@Superbabiez]

Great vid! Do one on the bassists of THE DESCENDANTS

[@RudeDog412]

Keep it up PDB!

[@kameronwraithd.k.5363]

could you make one of Chris Slorach (METZ) or Pavel Kozlov (Molchat Doma)?

[@rotzfrosch0970]

Unbelievable!