Duran Duran - Last Chance on the Stairway - bass lesson

[@MrBeta911]

JT and double D!!! Best band in the world!! Incredible bass player 🎸

[@zumazmusic]

@@MrBeta911 Awwww yeeeeah! 😎🤘🎶🥳

[@Cathalheraty69]

i think you have the greatest longevity of any youtuber. 17 years later you are still making videos, and also corrected mistakes you made then. i have spent a while trying to think of what to play for lines of the rio album, i was glad to know by looking at your video that i had successfully transcribed my first song by ear (new religion)

[@zumazmusic]

@@Cathalheraty69 Congratulations on that achievement! 🎉🎵 Now don't stop! Keep that momentum going. 💪🐯

[@mrbungle7586]

Hi, a difficult week for you. How have you been? I'm glad our msgs provided some comfort for you. Smart move with the performance/lesson format. Great to look back at that young punk 😂 and see how you thought something was played, to find out it was close but not right. Shows you can always learn and improve.

[@zumazmusic]

Those old adages really ring true, especially as we get older. Nobody's perfect! Yes, it's been a crazy time. It feels like I've started another chapter in my life. It also feels like I'm dreaming, very difficult to put into words. I got her ashes back on Thursday. It's good to have her home again. ♥🐶 That young punk wouldn't know Pepper for another two years!

[@mrbungle7586]

@@zumazmusic happy to hear she's back at home with you. That young punk and Pepper didn't know the beautiful relationship ahead, cherish those memories. In time and it's too early at the moment, you might be ready to make another friend.

[@zumazmusic]

@@mrbungle7586 Perhaps... gonna do some traveling first! ✈️

[@mrbungle7586]

@@zumazmusic Sounds like a good idea.👍

[@calvinlawrence2184]

Everyone talks about Rio and rightly so. But last chance is also Amazing

[@zumazmusic]

@@calvinlawrence2184 You said it! In terms of figuring out the notes themselves, I found it more challenging. 😎🎶

[@felipeland1685]

Great ! Great ! Great Zuma ! ! !

[@zumazmusic]

Thank you Felipe! Much appreciated!

[@mediaboyz9848]

Enjoyed listening to this Zuma. Your analysis and attention to detail of music is impressive! All the best

[@zumazmusic]

@@mediaboyz9848 I do enjoy geeking out on the theory. Glad you enjoy it too! 👨‍🎤

[@JoshGrange]

Love you buddy!!!

[@zumazmusic]

Love you too my brother

[@gillesfigueira9684]

Bonjour Zuma, Merci beaucoup pour cette lesson. It was expecting for a long time for all us. The format is great. This lesson, I hope, is one of many. You're a great teacher. Now, I'll take my bass and pratice, pratice...

[@zumazmusic]

@@gillesfigueira9684 Merci mon frère. There will be more, for sure!

[@blaked248]

Thank you! Thank you! Finally got this one nailed down thanks to you. I have to work on my speed but on my way. Sounds especially good on my JTS:)

[@zumazmusic]

@@blaked248 Right on man! This is so cool to hear. Play the f'in bass Blake! 😎🤘

[@DeanWThomas]

This is a really great video. A lot of great insights on how KZbin works as well. I really like how you break this song down. This one like Rio is too fast for me to play but I love John Taylor’s baselines and it’s great to see exactly how he does it. I’m very sorry to hear about Pepper.

[@zumazmusic]

Thank You Dean. I miss my little Bamba-Butt (one of my many names for Pepper)!

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Heh ... I learned this from your first video in 2008. Going to watch this a bit later.

[@zumazmusic]

@@ColtraneTaylor Please do! It's not vastly different, I'd say it's even slightly easier. 😊🎶

[@woksrandomchannel]

That’s a classic. ❤❤

[@zumazmusic]

@@woksrandomchannel Hi Jack. Thank you and hope you're doing ok. 😎🎶

[@forbiddendonut]

I play it they way you taught me the first time. Now I have to learn it again. lol

[@zumazmusic]

@@forbiddendonut We're re-learning it together then! 🤪🥴

[@grahamkirkness7952]

Hey Zuma great idea to have separate lesson videos, helps me a lot when you vocalise the actual note names you are playing. Keep up the great work, you will make your goal for the channel. I have an idea for a video, do a bass lesson of Seven and the Ragged Tiger the unreleased song. The demos on KZbin. I would send you a link but I don’t know how 😂. Only issue is the quality poor. But it would be original and interesting should get loads of views from the DD fans.

[@zumazmusic]

@@grahamkirkness7952 That is a great idea. I will add it to the queue ☺️👍 Thank you for the feedback as well. I will continue to name those notes 🎶🎵.

[@abdulmajid8888]

I did hear JT say in an interview that he and Roger Taylor give each other a look just before some songs bcos they are so hard to play at this age like Rio or Girls on Film I. E. young person bass line lol (so agree with you simplifying to lighten his load)

[@zumazmusic]

@@abdulmajid8888 Most definitely heard him say that about Rio, and this song is very similar in terms of a workout. 😎👍

[@markcassidy3994]

Could you incorporate a tab bass line below?

[@zumazmusic]

@@markcassidy3994 Sorry man. I don't use tabs, and even if I did, the time/effort required to produce them would be quite high. I can barely crank out what I'm doing now. 🥴

[@markcassidy3994]

@@zumazmusicno worries, thanks for what you do!

[@griseldagudino4039]

🙏 R.I.P. lil Pepper 🐾❤

[@zumazmusic]

♥♥♥ MY BABY! ♥♥♥

[@ryanlane7153]

Which strings do you prefer…… Flatwound or Roundwound?

[@zumazmusic]

@@ryanlane7153 Roundwound! Flats are great if you have a bass you can dedicate them to. If I only had one bass, it would definitely have rounds.