RE: Bass Finger Cam for "25 or 6 To 4" and "Beginings" May 04 2025
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It's a cool song, but playing the same riff over and over can wear you down. The chorus must feel like a nice break. I have a couple of guitar gigs coming up, so I need to work those muscles as I've been mostly drumming lately.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. Bass is supposed to be hypnotic, but in situations like this I try to communicate the different sections to the other players with dynamic contrast. So if the base part is the same, the whole time through, I get super quiet when the Singer comes in. If it doesn’t sound too awkward, I play the same riff on a different octave.
And then, if that doesn’t work, I press a magic button and my guitar pick ups turn into bottle rockets/Roman candles. 😁
Hey neighbor, I thought of something else. If everybody’s hammering away on the same riff, you can play less. Nobody will notice or care. As long as the groove and rhythm is solid, you can play hardly anything in the beginning, and then play the full riff after the middle of the song.
It sounds good this way. Layering, giving the other instrument space in the beginning. You know how we all tend to be, blowing our load too early in the solo, playing all of our best licks during the first 24 measures of the song and having nothing later. Wait, what are we talking about?
Oh yeah, play less in the beginning and it sounds groovy.