Haircut 100 – Love plus one – bass performance
I always loved this bass line so here I present to you my version of Les Nemes' pop masterpiece. His bass part has such a great feel and it's not too hard (if you're a beginner) for most of the song. Give "Favourite Shirts" (from the album Pelican West) a listen as well if you get a chance.
Guys, I can’t remember if I used compression on this one but I usually do. I run through a small Alesis NanoCompressor and then give it some more compression with the built-in compressor in ProTools.
Awesome! I was just listening to Pelican West. Going to give a go at transcribing “Milk Film”.
a great song from the 80s covered brilliantly, cant wait till my skill on the bass is good enough to play that…
I have heard ProTools is complicated to use? How do you find it?
I don’t think ProTools is difficult if you have used another audio program in the past. They are all very similar. It could be a little steep for a beginner but it’s not that bad to get the basic functions going.
I think you mean “Milk Farm” and yeah, that’s a cool little happy tune!
ur low e is out of tune
I don’t think so man. I’m very open to criticism but “out of tune?” Nope! I tune to A440 for every session. What you may be hearing is that 80′s tracks are often sped up to “tighten up” the feel. I try to compensate for this by slowing the track down but I assure you that my bass is in tune with itself. Also, the Aria SB1000 has very distinctive overtones. These may sound “sharp” to you.
Sound in tune to me.
Love this song and superb bass playing dude, 5 stars from me, have you listened to the bassline on The Smiths – Barbarism Begins At Home (Live)? Its awesome! ☺☺☺
I’m listening right now…awesome…and it sounds like a Duran bass line. Andy Rourke is pretty bad ass too.
Always loved Haircut 100, even their b-sides were classics. Good old Leslie Nemes.
What´s the “LEsson” in this Video?^^
Ah yes, well spotted. I have changed the title. This one slipped by me.
Still, I believe there is a lesson in hearing the bass loud and upfront like this.
Well, that´s a help for Transcribing…^^
And that´s great, don´t get me wrong^^
Nice tone, nice playing, cool song!
nice
Great song and GREAT bass playing! I have seen a lot of people post comments railing on the song, but it is just a nice FUN song. The kind someone should make more of. Life is serious enough without everything smacking us in the face. I like fun songs. Once again… EXCELLENT bass playing… I’ll look at some more of your work.
Nicely done.
Thanks a lot!! Nice song and very good playing.I,m trying with my washburn T24,some parts look a little difficult for a beginner like me,but keep trying.Greeting from Spain
Nice smooth playing. Great bass sound (and you play with a great feel) as well given what I am listening to it through. I play drums and I have always loved and appreciated the bass part to that song. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and Go Wings!!
Nice to hear the bass on this song, Otherwise you have to listen very hard when listening to the actual song.
Thanks…this is why I do all of this…so you CAN hear the bass clearly and learn from there.
What a nice feel you have. Nice sound, and a beautiful bass guitar. Thanks, Bro!
nice job…if you are wondering what the guitar player does at the beginning…it’s a tape speed change – ah, the days of analog