Good bass songs

King Knall · #1 10-15-2005, 01:13 PM

My cousin wants to take up bass, but in order to do so my uncle wants him to be really interested in music. So my cousin has asked me if I can get some good some that has good bass lines in it. What would you guys recommend? Whether its instrumental or if it contains vocals. Anything from Jazz to Metal (no Death Metal please, 'cause its against my religion

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timi_h · #2 10-15-2005, 05:01 PM

one band for inspiring bass playing and groove: primus!

Kontalonis · #3 10-15-2005, 05:13 PM

Anything with billy sheehan. Some of his projects include: Talas, Niacin, The David Lee Roth band (early stuff), Mr. Big, and you can here him on recent vai records and dvds.

kennydoe · #4 10-15-2005, 05:37 PM

Anything Motown with James Jamerson

and the Real Me by the Who from Quadrophenia.

~K

Vai_disciple · #5 10-15-2005, 06:15 PM

Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report; Jack De Johnette with Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett; John Myung with Dream Theater; Stu Hamm with Satch and Vai; and of course Billy Sheehan. These are where I would start, then work from there.

AlexBLA · #6 10-15-2005, 06:59 PM

victor wooten, marcus miller,victor bailey and the other that have already been mentions above

mi2tom · #7 10-15-2005, 11:57 PM

victor wooten

mike2558 · #8 10-16-2005, 02:16 AM

Anesthesia (pulling teeth)

ibaraki_gaijin · #9 10-16-2005, 05:16 AM

heh... Jaco Pastorius is the best! but thats aiming really high really quickly
he said he hasn't even taken up the bass yet!!

as a part-time bassist (90% of the time i play guitar) i always found the cure great to jam to.. stuff like "love song" and "fascination street" - pretty simple but great fun and a more realistic place to start!!

Tool's bass player is great too.. jamming along to anything off Aenima or Lateralus is guaranteed to give your sense of rythmn a good workout!!

Chris From Singapore. · #10 10-16-2005, 07:17 AM

Victor Wooten.

You must check out the stuff he did with Scott Henderson and Steve Smith. The stuff with Greg Howe and Dennis Chambers as well!

jem7vwh · #11 10-16-2005, 03:19 PM

Any and all Red Hot Chili Peppers, particularily BloodSugarSexMagik, Californication, and By the Way

megadeth · #12 10-16-2005, 06:06 PM

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fettouhi · #13 10-16-2005, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mi2tom

victor wooten

+1

Regards

André

AirGuitarHero · #14 10-19-2005, 07:29 AM

Michael Manring's Thonk has some really cool solo pieces

sanitarium · #15 10-19-2005, 12:37 PM

Don't bombard him with great players like wooten else he'll probably feel so over welmed by it he'll end end up either giving up or playing bass 24/7 to get that good. It's gotta be a style he likes, it's all well and good saying oh check this amazing ott jazz stuff out but when it doesn't interest him it's pointless. Something poppy like chili peppers or even a band like No Doubt have quality bass lines in and are a good place to start.
I showed an old bass student of mine wooten in i think his 3rd lesson, this was just to show him what can be done with the instrument, he was impressed but found chili peppers more interesting and as most thier new stuff is so easy he picked it up pretty quick.