Thanks so much for this video, I've played this a couple times as the bass player, while playing the root was musically correct, you've given me a great perspective on something just a little bit more.
Mike: How it feels? Me: It feels like a true worship leader making me learn to help others to worship actually...Thank you so much..Those words while you were playing was ❤️
Hello Mike. I am grateful for your recordings. I haven't played bass for 10 years and i'm now thrown into complementing the band of our church. I played a lot in the 80s. Now I'm going to play modern music. It's good to watch. I can't do so much with Basstabs. I like to learn from you. God bless you. I will also watch all the other Videos from you. Let the fingers glow for the Lord. :-)
And play worshipfully :). Felt that was missing from the end remarks ;). Mike, you are an excellent teacher and spiritual leader. Even though this is an older video, I still want to thank you for the work you put into them and continue to put in. On top of playing the music, you remind us why we're playing, to lead people to worship and to worship and praise our Lord. Be blessed Mike.
I am doing a 3 week sub. Ive never played this style and I must tell you.,this is one of the most helpful vids Ive seen. Thank you ! Well played. Beautiful to watch and hear
This is a beautiful and perfect expression of this song! My worship team is always wanting me to play low notes throughout the whole song. I am glad to find another who chooses to be more mindful of the song and use their instrument to portray a story of expression within the song by playing intentionally even when not playing a single note. Thank you for blessing us with these words at the end. It lets me know that what the Spirit is telling me to do will give God the glory he deserves. God bless you for your videos. I wish I had seen them a couple of years ago when they needed a bass player at the church (I am a percussionist). Still, they are very insightful and I wish and hope you come out from retirement. Playing fills is probably the more complex task of playing bass. Your other video that leads into this one, gives the precise information needed to foster growth. God bless you Mike!
Loved the rendering, the build up but most of all the humour pop outs... and oh yes, the wisdom you've shared in this video is soo enriching and and inspiring. Thanks for sharing this video
Your talented Mike. Love the way you run with the bass. I pray that Jesus Christ will bless me to play one day like you. Your a blessing too me may the LORD bless you.
This video is great! I’ve been playing bass for my church for a few years but I’ve never thought about how I can really add to the mood and feeling of the song. Great tips!
Goosebumps... :) Just like Gordon I also started with an acoustic and electric guitar. Now getting my hands on a bass. trying to learn more. Love the way you brought those emotions/feel in the play. Bless you.
Hey Rex, thought I responded to you already, sorry. Thanks for the kind words and the same offer I put out for Gordon stands for you as well. Shoot me an email mike@longshotmusician.com
Thank you Pablo! This was the first, and as I view it, realize the bass volume needs to come up a bit (going to try to fix that soon). I definitely plan on follow up vids, along with companion lesson vids for popular songs.
Right On!!! This was beautiful. I was recently asked to play bass for my church. All thanks to God. This is one song we will hopefully play. Would love to play this bass line if we could contact and trade bass tabs. I would gladly pay for them.
Mike God Blessed you with an amazing talent to play worship and praise for Him,I was in awe of the harmony of your bass line.I hope you would post tabs of this work, just because I am a beginner bassist but would LOVE to learn this to play with our worship team in The Lords House.Again thank you for this beautiful piece that you have given and may your Heart always be revealed in your music for God as it is in this.
+Rene Bourgeault II Thank you so much Rene! Unfortunately, I've never really done anything with tabs. Sorry. Let me know if you'd ever be interested in lessons as I work through Skype with others in various parts of the world. Your suggestions for further videos are always welcome! God Bless!
Mike: fan.tas.tic stuff. Melodic lines, tastefully done, never over-powering. Your comments are thoughtful and helpful too -- good for any musician. Thanks for doing posting this. You've got a new subscriber! ;-)
I actually forgot about the message at the end. Your comment reminded me of those words at the end of the vid and the reason I am a musician. Thanks Matthew!
+Mike Brandenstein yeah im playing bass at our congregation on Friday after a hiatus so I'm just looking for some creative bass fills so I'm here for insipration. Great playing! :)
Nice! Was looking for something different to play in the song for this Sunday. The other thing to think about is what other instruments are playing. On Sunday the line-up means if I play the octave higher I'll be getting mixed up with others (in the sound spectrum) - so I'll keep low but use some of the ideas. Thanks
Many thanks for showing us some ideas that aren't so insufferably boring as the originals...I want to be a good bass player and add to the music - not an every bass player that's just a tacked on afterthought w/ no sense of inspiration or creativity whatsoever! But it is important to know when NOT to play or when to play very little, so I appreciate those reminders as well :D
I'm not too big on the religious theme of the song but I love your style. You have the melodic technique and tone of John Deacon from Queen. Great over all sound!
Hey Thanks Xcorgi! Your comment really means a lot to me because John Deacon and Queen have been a huge inspiration to me! In fact, I believe it was JDs bass lines that drove me to start playing bass back in 1978!
Mike Brandenstein Not a lot of people have his basic technique but when I hear it I definitely know it and you have it. It's really funny. No other bass player's sound or technique really spoke to me or inspired me enough to switch from 25 years of playing drums and 15 of playing guitar to switching to playing bass. Bass must be a British thing for me, my other influences are Andy Roark from The Smiths, the bass player from The Cure and Sting from The Police. English players tend to build their songs around strong bass MELODIES where Americans tend to write a song from all the other instruments then throw the bass line in as an after thought. Deacy of course is the MASTER of this and will always be my main influence.
Thanks! It's in the key of G. Primary notes you can use in your fills are those in the G Major scale, G-A-B-C-D-E-F#. Here's another vid that might help ua-cam.com/video/4I2YQS0BPsk/v-deo.html
Awesome, can you help me out on 5string bass guitars for praise and worship? I came from electric and acoustic guitar and learning. Ran into a tuning change on one of our songs dropped d to standard e and didn't tune in time so I play in dropped d on electric guitar. I filled in for a bass player with a 5 string bass and tuned normal on the low string. I am trying tO figure out do praise and worship use that low string for lower bass tones? I'm learning bass guitar for my church and searched UA-cam and found nothing. I play my 4 string bass to dropped d so I have that low d you don't get in standard tuning in e.
+Don O (DONON) Thanks for the comment Don. I agree that the bass can be a little louder. This was my first cover vid, so hoping the others have a little more clarity and volume.
Thanks so much for this video, I've played this a couple times as the bass player, while playing the root was musically correct, you've given me a great perspective on something just a little bit more.
Really like the thought bubbles. Great way of explaining what’s happening without interrupting the music. Would love to see more of it.
Mike: How it feels?
Me: It feels like a true worship leader making me learn to help others to worship actually...Thank you so much..Those words while you were playing was ❤️
Mike, you have inspire me with this cover
The Glory be to God!!
Hello Mike. I am grateful for your recordings. I haven't played bass for 10 years and i'm now thrown into complementing the band of our church. I played a lot in the 80s. Now I'm going to play modern music. It's good to watch. I can't do so much with Basstabs. I like to learn from you. God bless you. I will also watch all the other Videos from you. Let the fingers glow for the Lord. :-)
Inflection in spades. Very nice musicianship giving it all to Him. Great job.
Praise the Lord. God bless you Mike.
Good job brother! Not many covers are played with much feeling but you do incorporate that into your playing for sure! God bless!
And play worshipfully :). Felt that was missing from the end remarks ;). Mike, you are an excellent teacher and spiritual leader. Even though this is an older video, I still want to thank you for the work you put into them and continue to put in. On top of playing the music, you remind us why we're playing, to lead people to worship and to worship and praise our Lord. Be blessed Mike.
I am doing a 3 week sub. Ive never played this style and I must tell you.,this is one of the most helpful vids Ive seen. Thank you !
Well played. Beautiful to watch and hear
This is a beautiful and perfect expression of this song! My worship team is always wanting me to play low notes throughout the whole song. I am glad to find another who chooses to be more mindful of the song and use their instrument to portray a story of expression within the song by playing intentionally even when not playing a single note. Thank you for blessing us with these words at the end. It lets me know that what the Spirit is telling me to do will give God the glory he deserves. God bless you for your videos. I wish I had seen them a couple of years ago when they needed a bass player at the church (I am a percussionist). Still, they are very insightful and I wish and hope you come out from retirement. Playing fills is probably the more complex task of playing bass. Your other video that leads into this one, gives the precise information needed to foster growth. God bless you Mike!
Loved the rendering, the build up but most of all the humour pop outs... and oh yes, the wisdom you've shared in this video is soo enriching and and inspiring. Thanks for sharing this video
Your talented Mike. Love the way you run with the bass. I pray that Jesus Christ will bless me to play one day like you. Your a blessing too me may the LORD bless you.
To God be the Glory. ..
Amazing God, ,, amazing gift you have. Thank you and GOD bless.
Imagine I'm landing on this now! Definitely a man to watch in my learning bass
Very nice use of extra notes.makes it very nice to listen to can you make tutorial or tab . God Bless You
wow ... really really good play ... i wanna play like this ... awesome and beautiful play ... i listen more than 50 times for this song and Bass music
Thank you for your comment and your kind words. Glad you enjoyed it Shing!
Awesome man! Will look for more of your videos when practicing for church!
Wow sounds great! Love the way you use the high notes.
Thanks Sir for your inspire music and words
Your fill at the 4:10 mark was a beauty! 👍
This video is great! I’ve been playing bass for my church for a few years but I’ve never thought about how I can really add to the mood and feeling of the song. Great tips!
Goosebumps... :)
Just like Gordon I also started with an acoustic and electric guitar. Now getting my hands on a bass. trying to learn more. Love the way you brought those emotions/feel in the play. Bless you.
Hey Rex, thought I responded to you already, sorry. Thanks for the kind words and the same offer I put out for Gordon stands for you as well. Shoot me an email mike@longshotmusician.com
Mike Brandenstein
That's very kind of you Mike. Thank you :)
Aamm so very beautiful song And Good leader i still you by God
Thanks so much Kirk! Appreciate your help.
Sorry it's taken so long to catch up. Outstanding stuff (as always). Can't wait to see everything else you've posted!
Amazingly tasteful and flawless execution. Appreciate the floating comments as well. God bless Mike Brandenstein.
I wanna play like this, this is awesome, keep up the great work, BASS MASTER MIKE
Thanks Rohan! Appreciate you checking out the video. Check out my website for more bass for more! www.worshipbassworkshop.com
Lindaaaaaa canção acompanho com meu Bass
Thanks for making this fresh in my mind. Playing this on Sunday. Looking forward to rethinking this.
Thank you Brian! Go get'em!
Cant stop watching! Want to learn how to play just like this
Good stuff Mike. Just dig your style. Thanks again. Looking forward to more vids from you. God Bless.
Brian
***** Thank you, Brian! Really appreciate you taking the time to comment! Let me know what you 'd like to see in a future vid, song or lesson-wise.
Good stuff, Mike! I'm going to send this clip to all my bass players.
Nice man! Clean playing! God bless you. Gretings from Brazil.
very SMOOTH with a good build up Mike, thanks for sharing.
Bass Face! Essential for the character of today's bassist. ;-) Good sounding vid, Mike.. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Pablo! This was the first, and as I view it, realize the bass volume needs to come up a bit (going to try to fix that soon). I definitely plan on follow up vids, along with companion lesson vids for popular songs.
Fantastic Mike! I'll definitely pass this along. I hope you make more!
praise God from whom all blessings flow
Thank you! Yes, finally getting the tutorial out this week. Feel free to shoot me any requests for future vids.
Right On!!! This was beautiful. I was recently asked to play bass for my church. All thanks to God. This is one song we will hopefully play. Would love to play this bass line if we could contact and trade bass tabs. I would gladly pay for them.
Mike God Blessed you with an amazing talent to play worship and praise for Him,I was in awe of the harmony of your bass line.I hope you would post tabs of this work, just because I am a beginner bassist but would LOVE to learn this to play with our worship team in The Lords House.Again thank you for this beautiful piece that you have given and may your Heart always be revealed in your music for God as it is in this.
+Rene Bourgeault II Thank you so much Rene! Unfortunately, I've never really done anything with tabs. Sorry. Let me know if you'd ever be interested in lessons as I work through Skype with others in various parts of the world. Your suggestions for further videos are always welcome! God Bless!
3:52 ❤❤❤❤ that slide
Thank you so much. After years of acoustic and some electric I am picking up a bass in church. I want to learn so thank you. Love the comments.
Thank you Gordon! Contact me for one free Skype session. My heart is to help guys and girls in your position to play the bass with skill and passion.
Mike: fan.tas.tic stuff. Melodic lines, tastefully done, never over-powering. Your comments are thoughtful and helpful too -- good for any musician. Thanks for doing posting this. You've got a new subscriber! ;-)
Thank you ❤ God bless you❤😘
very nice sir,God bless you
hella zsolt Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you Daniel! Let me know if there's any way I might be able to help you with additional videos or info.
Very impressive playing
Enjoyed the video and the message at the end. Thank you, MIke. Sincerely, Matthew Bono
I actually forgot about the message at the end. Your comment reminded me of those words at the end of the vid and the reason I am a musician. Thanks Matthew!
Nice job, thanks! Love the way that you funkified your lines and made them work within the song. And I'm waiting on the facial expression tutorial. ;)
Great job! This is tricky to play.. either I end up over doing it or lacking bass melody- you did a good job. Very subtle but there.
I really like the way u play 😍
Wow. Nice Bassic, Godly wisdom😀
wonderful hope i can play like that for the Glory of God...
+Ronald Aninon Thank you Ronald! Let me know how I can help you. mikebrandenstein@gmail.com
what an inspiring movement
+Cava Bramono Thank you Cava! Please share!
Calida 👍🎸 que Dios te Bendiga
I love this
+lydia kuman Thanks Lydia!
Wow, amazing! Well done. Any chance of a tutorial?
Loved it
funny comments on the supers. haha. but nice fills. awesome worship! your passion is just contagious. :)
+Rhoderick Ballesteros Thanks Rhoderick! Appreciate your taking the time to comment! Sharing this is also much appreciated. Mike
+Mike Brandenstein yeah im playing bass at our congregation on Friday after a hiatus so I'm just looking for some creative bass fills so I'm here for insipration. Great playing! :)
Great video. Everything sounded perfect
Thank you for the kind words! Appreciate the comment!
really good play....i like's👍👍💖
Am a beginner bassist - can you kindly do a tutorial on this slowly, so I can pick it up. I must say you inspire me!!! I use a Peavey Grind 6 string
Nice! Was looking for something different to play in the song for this Sunday.
The other thing to think about is what other instruments are playing. On Sunday the line-up means if I play the octave higher I'll be getting mixed up with others (in the sound spectrum) - so I'll keep low but use some of the ideas. Thanks
Great! You make it looks so easy!
Many thanks for showing us some ideas that aren't so insufferably boring as the originals...I want to be a good bass player and add to the music - not an every bass player that's just a tacked on afterthought w/ no sense of inspiration or creativity whatsoever!
But it is important to know when NOT to play or when to play very little, so I appreciate those reminders as well :D
Agreed. Thanks for the comment!
Can i have the tabs? 🤩
I'm not too big on the religious theme of the song but I love your style. You have the melodic technique and tone of John Deacon from Queen. Great over all sound!
Hey Thanks Xcorgi! Your comment really means a lot to me because John Deacon and Queen have been a huge inspiration to me! In fact, I believe it was JDs bass lines that drove me to start playing bass back in 1978!
Mike Brandenstein Not a lot of people have his basic technique but when I hear it I definitely know it and you have it. It's really funny. No other bass player's sound or technique really spoke to me or inspired me enough to switch from 25 years of playing drums and 15 of playing guitar to switching to playing bass. Bass must be a British thing for me, my other influences are Andy Roark from The Smiths, the bass player from The Cure and Sting from The Police. English players tend to build their songs around strong bass MELODIES where Americans tend to write a song from all the other instruments then throw the bass line in as an after thought. Deacy of course is the MASTER of this and will always be my main influence.
Perfect. Amen
very inspiring...
Thank you Romeo!
bless god our Lord
I cryed but in the good way thank you 😊
Dude your comments are hilarious. Nice playing as well.
And yes!!!! Five strings r way better for transitioning notes.
Can you make a tutorial video on this?? Sounds amazing!!
great video for all musicians :)
Thank you Jordan!
Mike Brandenstein I am learning and start playing at church. but this is just great i am not there yet... wow,,
Rhoods Kevin Thank you for the comment! Let me know how if I can be of help. Shoot me an email mikebrandenstein@gmail.com
you sir, deserve my subscription! :) God bless you!
Thank you AJ! Blessed to get to play such an incredible instrument and music!
Não sei escrever em inglês mais agradeço muito a Deus por sua vida
Awesome, Is this in the key of D or G?
Thanks! It's in the key of G. Primary notes you can use in your fills are those in the G Major scale, G-A-B-C-D-E-F#. Here's another vid that might help ua-cam.com/video/4I2YQS0BPsk/v-deo.html
Tastefully done BZ
Awesome, can you help me out on 5string bass guitars for praise and worship? I came from electric and acoustic guitar and learning. Ran into a tuning change on one of our songs dropped d to standard e and didn't tune in time so I play in dropped d on electric guitar. I filled in for a bass player with a 5 string bass and tuned normal on the low string. I am trying tO figure out do praise and worship use that low string for lower bass tones? I'm learning bass guitar for my church and searched UA-cam and found nothing. I play my 4 string bass to dropped d so I have that low d you don't get in standard tuning in e.
I wish I could play like that
Nice !!! Where could I find those tabs I’d like to learn I’m a beginner
you are sooo goood
thx, Mike, I loved your funny comments the most!
hey mike could you do bass cover from maranatha maranatha jesus is coming again thanks be xlent xox
hey Mike can you tell me which fret your playing
Make it download
where can i find tabs for this song??
Wow. Beautiful. Its on my learn list. (Do I need to get a 5 string bass for this??)
Thanks brother! No, I only have the 5 string for those awesome 5 notes below E:-)
Where can I get a tab sheet or a chord sheet for your playing on this song
❤❤❤
Manche könn's halt (Certains d'entre nous peuvent le faire.).
5-string master race.
The accompaniment is clear, however, we cant hear you very well
Your playing should be louder so that I can play my guitar as well..
+Don O (DONON) Thanks for the comment Don. I agree that the bass can be a little louder. This was my first cover vid, so hoping the others have a little more clarity and volume.
turn that bass up...
SHEET