NoOnesFang13
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Like the title says, what bassist influences your playing the most? Give a couple of tracks as a reference so we can check it out.
I would say the player who influences me most on bass is Gabe Nelson from CAKE. His style to me is a combination of funk and jazz, and gives the band a key part of their sound. I see a lot of videos on youtube talking about how bassists need to just hold down the root, and keep it simple ect. ect, but frankly as a songwriter that's not what I want in my music. My favorite bands have every player influencing the overall sound, and if you take one of the members our and throw someone else in, its just not the same.
Anyway some tracks to check out would be Short Skirt Long Jacket, Open Book, You Turn the Screw, Let Me Go, as well as their cover of I Will Survive. Honestly their whole catalogue is good IMO and I'm always down to listen to some CAKE.
I would say the player who influences me most on bass is Gabe Nelson from CAKE. His style to me is a combination of funk and jazz, and gives the band a key part of their sound. I see a lot of videos on youtube talking about how bassists need to just hold down the root, and keep it simple ect. ect, but frankly as a songwriter that's not what I want in my music. My favorite bands have every player influencing the overall sound, and if you take one of the members our and throw someone else in, its just not the same.
Anyway some tracks to check out would be Short Skirt Long Jacket, Open Book, You Turn the Screw, Let Me Go, as well as their cover of I Will Survive. Honestly their whole catalogue is good IMO and I'm always down to listen to some CAKE.
