Would like your feedback on a new direction I'm trying.

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I started out as a guitar player, but when I went to form my first band my buddy knew a solo and I didn't so I switched to bass to complete the band. I stuck with bass for years because I realized that even a half assed bassist like myself could find a lot more work than people with twice the chops on guitar.

A few years ago I started to play again and decided to go back to guitar, which I had always wanted to do. And over the past couple years I have been putting out stuff as a guitar player, only using the bass to fill it out.
Jamming with someone for the first time in years recently showed me that when it comes to guitar I just don't 'get' the approach like I do on the bass.
So I decided to switch back to bass, and start writing on that instead.
I am planning on doing another release, (quite possibly my last) but this time I'm going to let someone else do all the guitar work.
I'm still gonna write what I want, but I'm just going to do a framework for the guitar and let the other guy have free run with it.

Anyway, now that the background novel is out of the way: the clip below is something I wrote on the bass with drum loop patterns and only did a rough framework of guitar over it.

Not a finished piece, in fact quite rough.
There are some flubs and rough patches, but this is the start of what I'm writing and how I plan to approach writing material.

 
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I think a lot of great music is a ahead of you with this new approach. I've always thought the bass was your strong suit in all your recordings.

That said, I really dig this track. I liked how it opened up towards the end there. Sounded really nice.
 
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Thanks mate.
I know it's a bit of a dog's mess right now, but as it get's written it will tighten up and morph into something a little cleaner sounding.
 
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this makes me insanely glad you are doing a track on my album :D

love the bass tones. such groove!
 
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Saw Primus live on U2's Achtung Baby tour, that guy is an insane player.
Mostly influenced by Geddy Lee, (like Les), Steve Harris and Stanley Clark.
 
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