me playings the bass guitars

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:29 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7t1Uugsw4

after recording it something like 15 times this was the best I could get, my wrist kept on giving out during the slap/pop part at the very end. I can play it sitting down but it'll have to be played standing up eventually. I'm still writing more to go with it, but let me know what you think aside from the major fuck up in it.

slay · Post by **slay** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:45 pm

videos are very cool

what bass and amp are you using?

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:02 pm

spector ns2000/4 neckthru, peavey combo 1x15.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:12 pm

You need a drum track behind you just so we can get a sense of perspective.

I bet you could pleasure some girls with those speedy fingers.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:15 pm

I've been trying to figure out garage band so I could at least have drum and bass so guitarists could get an idea of what the hell they could do behind the bass (not in front of it). Garage Band is one of the hardest things I've tried to fuck with, I damn near had a brain aneurysm trying to figure it out, any tips on fiddling with it, floyd?

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:32 pm

waiting for motorhead to come in and insult it for some reason.

I like it though.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:41 pm

hektik wrote:I've been trying to figure out garage band so I could at least have drum and bass so guitarists could get an idea of what the hell they could do behind the bass (not in front of it). Garage Band is one of the hardest things I've tried to fuck with, I damn near had a brain aneurysm trying to figure it out, any tips on fiddling with it, floyd?

I haven't really used GarageBand other than to make generic songs to play drums with. I use Logic. Are you familiar with piano roll functions at all? Or do you have a MIDI controller?

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:42 pm

It's supposed to have a jazzy feel but be more thrashing death than anything, hence the slap pop section, have some guitars playing pretty much what I'm playing there and it'll fucking slam.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:43 pm

Pfl?yd wrote:
hektik wrote:I've been trying to figure out garage band so I could at least have drum and bass so guitarists could get an idea of what the hell they could do behind the bass (not in front of it). Garage Band is one of the hardest things I've tried to fuck with, I damn near had a brain aneurysm trying to figure it out, any tips on fiddling with it, floyd?
I haven't really used GarageBand other than to make generic songs to play drums with. I use Logic. Are you familiar with piano roll functions at all? Or do you have a MIDI controller?

Dude I don't know what's on this computer. All I know is I got garage band and I need a password to download the smallest most insignificant program

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:54 pm

hektik wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:
hektik wrote:I've been trying to figure out garage band so I could at least have drum and bass so guitarists could get an idea of what the hell they could do behind the bass (not in front of it). Garage Band is one of the hardest things I've tried to fuck with, I damn near had a brain aneurysm trying to figure it out, any tips on fiddling with it, floyd?
I haven't really used GarageBand other than to make generic songs to play drums with. I use Logic. Are you familiar with piano roll functions at all? Or do you have a MIDI controller?
Dude I don't know what's on this computer. All I know is I got garage band and I need a password to download the smallest most insignificant program

Well GarageBand's virtual instruments will be programmed either with a MIDI controller (a keyboard is the most common type) or by dragging and dropping into a piano roll, which looks like a sideways piano keyboard on the screen and the rest of the space representing time in the sequencer. If you're unfamiliar with any of that, I'd suggesting picking up a book or a tutorial of some sort because it's pretty hard to explain online.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:00 pm

yeah i was trying to figure it out last night, i have the basic understanding, each key pretty much has a track and you gotta layer them pretty much, but the box they give you on garage band is so fucking small you can't do anything with it.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:51 am

Hahaaaaa...I'm better than youuuuu...

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:56 am

That's cool. I could make up a million excuses as to why I was playing so sloppy, bottom line is I finally changed my strings and had to finger my baby for the first time in weeks.

I'm gonna re record the first video again tomorrow and hopefully nail it.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:56 am

FUCK YOU BASSPHEMY I FUCKING HATE YOU I HATE YOU YOU SUCK AT PLAYING BASS WHY DON'T YOU GO PICK UP A FUCKING HARMONICA YOU BIG SHITHEAD

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:26 am

goddamn right down to the skin, how often do you shave your head?

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:27 am

pfloyd must be awesome at bass, do you have any vids laying down some chops?

Muffin · Post by **Muffin** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:36 am

That was jawsome and it was weird to hear you talk!!!

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:01 am

Hunter/Killer wrote:pfloyd must be awesome at bass, do you have any vids laying down some chops?

I don't really go out of my way to play anything that would make people go "Holy fucking shit!", more of "hey, that sounds pretty cool." I outgrew being chopsy a long time ago; probably around the time I started writing music for other instruments and kind of think of the bass after the fact. In fact, I probably spend three times more time practicing drums or writing music with keyboards than I ever spend playing a bass outside of a formal rehearsal.

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:07 am

Any stuff from your band?

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYDzUS211do

I cleaned up the slap riff a little bit, it's still not perfect though. I added a small intro and fucked with the last riff, and added one more. I think it sounds pretty good

Acid Flashbakc · Post by **Acid Flashbakc** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:18 pm

sounds pretty cool, i like the riff at 20 seconds in. do you practice with a metronome?

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:24 pm

Not usually, most of the stuff I play and write doesn't stay at one set tempo or time so most of the time it's pointless for me to use one. Not that I have perfect timing or sense of tempo but I'm pretty good on my own I think.

Acid Flashbakc · Post by **Acid Flashbakc** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:28 pm

yea the same pretty much goes for me but i think you could make it tighter by slowing some of the stuff down with one. are you in a band? or just writing

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:32 pm

i'm just writing right now, all my bands flop because the guitarists usually can't play what I have written or have trouble writing with my basslines. I thought about slowing it down but that would defeat the purpose of thrash

Acid Flashbakc · Post by **Acid Flashbakc** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:35 pm

hahaha perfect!

slay · Post by **slay** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:29 pm

the second vid sounds much better

what tuning are you playing in?

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:21 pm

Good riffs, you need to work on your tempo and fluidity a bit.

You had alot of mid riff tempo changes.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:16 am

i play in D standard all the time

and PA, I notice that too now that I watch it, I think it's the 'pressure' of recording and getting everything right in one shot that speeds up and slows down the tempo of everything, when I play it with nothing on, I swear it's all in time

whitemike · Post by **whitemike** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:09 am

Pretty cool

Motorhead · Post by **Motorhead** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:13 pm

Not bad

UNGODLIKE · Post by **UNGODLIKE** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:45 pm

these are pretty cool too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4LbXl65 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x04pg3K ... re=related

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:48 pm

thanks dude

too bad all the guitarists who want me to play in a band look at these videos and tell me "I can't write to that:

slay · Post by **slay** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:17 pm

hektik you ever own or thought of owning a 5 string?

I want one.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:19 pm

I wouldn't get a five, I'd rather have a six and tune it like a guitar, but I'm pretty sure the neck wouldn't be able to take the tension and it would just warp out of shape, so I stick with 4 strings.

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:09 pm

I love my 5 string...yeah, it's a Fender Jazz.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:11 pm

I'd have no use for a five string. I don't like playing anything lower than D, hence why I'd get a six string and tune it like a guitar, it'd open a whole new dimension of bass playing, for me anyway.

False_Prophet · Post by **False_Prophet** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:37 am

hektik wrote:I'd have no use for a five string. I don't like playing anything lower than D, hence why I'd get a six string and tune it like a guitar, it'd open a whole new dimension of bass playing, for me anyway.

D is the way to go!
you got some skills on bass. ever in any bands up in MA?

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:40 am

I was in a couple here and there, nothing too serious. I was asked to leave more than a couple bands because the guitarists couldn't write with my basslines...people say they're into Atheist but obviously aren't if they can't play dynamically.

I'm looking for a band right now, more thrashing death though...I'd love to use half the scrap metal I am sitting on right now but I think I'll have to complete all my songs myself and find people to play them.

False_Prophet · Post by **False_Prophet** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:47 am

well.. there are a lot of like minded musicians in your area.. its all a matter of finding the right chemistry

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:51 am

too bad all the good ones are already in good bands

the other musicians around here all play something with core at the end of it. not interested.