I saw it was acknowledged in your write up, Harris’ style is definitely messy but it works very well. For him and anyone who wants to learn it. Too many people are hung up on isolated bass tracks and getting things to mirror exactly without realizing these tracks are a capture of 1 specific point in time. Mistakes happen, changes and growth occur, sometimes people can’t even play the songs they’ve written in the fashion they’ve been recorded. Sometimes all of that makes a recording and sometimes it doesn’t. We need to focus less on mimicking recordings (and their imperfections or changes) and just enjoy developing the skills to play everything and anything with whatever way we’re comfortable playing it. A lot of the greats don’t even play their recorded version of a song when they tour. Why would someone expect anyone else to? Great job breaking this down, playing it with your gallop style, and getting it out there for everyone to see 🧡
Thank you so much! And I definitely agree with you. There is no need to do the EXACT same. If we're talking about accuracy then yes, in my opinion a transcription should never be "your version" of a song. So the isolated bass track helps a lot with getting as close as possible to what the musician was doing. But I don't see why I would have to learn his technique first in order to cover an entire song that way. No way!
@@LeoBassCovers2 100%! I didn’t mean to trivialize isolated tracks. They’re so helpful with transcriptions and visualizing a part of history when a track was being recorded. I love them for that! My point was more to not worrying about what anyone says or thinks of a play through especially considering an “album version” may sometimes only ever be heard on that album to begin with, never being played that way again when live. There are a lot of comments like “finally, someone who plays it the right way”, “this is supposed to be drop-D” or “you missed 3 ghost notes in the second chorus” that just take jabs at people for no reason other than to make the commenters feel good about themselves.
Can you clarify "messy"? I think that is MASSIVELY wrong and unfair. I'm pretty sure Steve would wipe the floor with many of us haha. Are you talking about his gallop style?
I'm only guessing here, but probably "messy" as in, when you listen back to the isolated tracks or even just the full studio versions, you can hear that his tracks are quite messy. His tone makes it seem a lot more messy but you can hear how he often mutes a string by accident, you can hear him play out of time and you can also hear him struggling at times. That is exactly why he wipes the floor with us. Even his sloppy playing is still good as a final bass track. If you listen closely to the bridge in this song, you'll notice that it's not perfect. Unlike most bands and artists these days, they didn't care so much for these little mistakes in a take.
@@captainchunk4078 Leo explained it perfectly in his response. There are a surprising number of tracks (not just Harris) that come across as messy by some of today’s standards but these guys weren’t recoding and cutting and aiming for perfection at every turn. They were putting out a recording and moving on with a tour. People also weren’t picking them apart like we do today either. A portion of “noise” was buried under other tracks or totally undetectable in the full studio so it was left alone. When you’re fantastic and miss a few things here or there, you’re still great. Steve Harris loves his clicks and clacks too so accidentally muting a note here and there or having a lot of chaos in his gallop was probably fine anyway.
can you imagine playing this with flatwounds and only ring/middle finger on the gallops? Steve and the boys in Maiden might actually be demons here to play metal XD
I just started last week. You can get it before the end of the week at speed and just work on endurance. Like anything else it’s just consistent practice and thinking about what you’re doing.
1982 I was 16 rockin this. Retired got bored bought a bass at a pawn shop, Im 57 now, and I will learn this thanks to you. Keep Rock alive, its on life support right now.
hi leo,,, ive not long started playing bass and ive been playing along with your bass covers for a while now .. im doing quite well...... just hit the subseribe button .... thanks for your great work its inspired me alot 👍👍👌👌
Learning Iron Maiden songs on bass just makes me appreciate how much of beast Steve Harris is. Most Maiden songs are pretty learnable on the guitar once you've nailed a few core techniques, but the bass is deceptively hard. I just don't have the endurance for it. It's really hard. The notes aren't difficult, but those gallops are, and that's Harris's signature style. I just have no idea how he plays like that for hours on end - it's absolutely killing my arm! I play classical guitar too and playing with three fingers feels natural to me so, while it might be heresy, I think I'm going to try that on bass. Thanks for the upload and tabs - well played!
Apparently he strums so lightly that his arm is pretty much fine during any 3 hour shows, it's insane! The three finger technique also felt so much more natural to me so I'd say you should definitely keep that up. You're not Steve so I don't see why you have to mimic his technique. Most fans will disagree with me but in the end it's about having fun and to some people, his signature technique really is not a fun way to play bass
I once again read some important information no one is going to read😂 Very helpful. Keep the vids coming. This more guitarist than bassist appreciates it!
I saw it was acknowledged in your write up, Harris’ style is definitely messy but it works very well. For him and anyone who wants to learn it. Too many people are hung up on isolated bass tracks and getting things to mirror exactly without realizing these tracks are a capture of 1 specific point in time. Mistakes happen, changes and growth occur, sometimes people can’t even play the songs they’ve written in the fashion they’ve been recorded. Sometimes all of that makes a recording and sometimes it doesn’t. We need to focus less on mimicking recordings (and their imperfections or changes) and just enjoy developing the skills to play everything and anything with whatever way we’re comfortable playing it. A lot of the greats don’t even play their recorded version of a song when they tour. Why would someone expect anyone else to? Great job breaking this down, playing it with your gallop style, and getting it out there for everyone to see 🧡
Thank you so much! And I definitely agree with you. There is no need to do the EXACT same. If we're talking about accuracy then yes, in my opinion a transcription should never be "your version" of a song. So the isolated bass track helps a lot with getting as close as possible to what the musician was doing. But I don't see why I would have to learn his technique first in order to cover an entire song that way. No way!
@@LeoBassCovers2 100%! I didn’t mean to trivialize isolated tracks. They’re so helpful with transcriptions and visualizing a part of history when a track was being recorded. I love them for that! My point was more to not worrying about what anyone says or thinks of a play through especially considering an “album version” may sometimes only ever be heard on that album to begin with, never being played that way again when live. There are a lot of comments like “finally, someone who plays it the right way”, “this is supposed to be drop-D” or “you missed 3 ghost notes in the second chorus” that just take jabs at people for no reason other than to make the commenters feel good about themselves.
Can you clarify "messy"? I think that is MASSIVELY wrong and unfair. I'm pretty sure Steve would wipe the floor with many of us haha. Are you talking about his gallop style?
I'm only guessing here, but probably "messy" as in, when you listen back to the isolated tracks or even just the full studio versions, you can hear that his tracks are quite messy. His tone makes it seem a lot more messy but you can hear how he often mutes a string by accident, you can hear him play out of time and you can also hear him struggling at times. That is exactly why he wipes the floor with us. Even his sloppy playing is still good as a final bass track. If you listen closely to the bridge in this song, you'll notice that it's not perfect. Unlike most bands and artists these days, they didn't care so much for these little mistakes in a take.
@@captainchunk4078 Leo explained it perfectly in his response. There are a surprising number of tracks (not just Harris) that come across as messy by some of today’s standards but these guys weren’t recoding and cutting and aiming for perfection at every turn. They were putting out a recording and moving on with a tour. People also weren’t picking them apart like we do today either. A portion of “noise” was buried under other tracks or totally undetectable in the full studio so it was left alone. When you’re fantastic and miss a few things here or there, you’re still great. Steve Harris loves his clicks and clacks too so accidentally muting a note here and there or having a lot of chaos in his gallop was probably fine anyway.
Also known as “Hope You Got Good Stamina: The Song.”
Hey, that's cheating!
I'll say it again mate! You're a massive blessing to the bass community and an absolute LEGEND!!!
Thank you so much!!
Agreed. I love these covers. Reignited my passion for the instrument.
can you imagine playing this with flatwounds and only ring/middle finger on the gallops? Steve and the boys in Maiden might actually be demons here to play metal XD
I just started last week. You can get it before the end of the week at speed and just work on endurance. Like anything else it’s just consistent practice and thinking about what you’re doing.
Its illegal paly maiden songs using trhee fingres
Why? 😂
1982 I was 16 rockin this. Retired got bored bought a bass at a pawn shop, Im 57 now, and I will learn this thanks to you. Keep Rock alive, its on life support right now.
You got this! Well it's definitely not an easy song but you'll get there I'm sure
hi leo,,, ive not long started playing bass and ive been playing along with your bass covers for a while now .. im doing quite well...... just hit the subseribe button .... thanks for your great work its inspired me alot 👍👍👌👌
Thanks for the sub! It's nice to hear that you play along with my covers :)
@@LeoBassCovers2 ..you make it easy to learn with ...i never thought ide be playing the songs i have been ... again thanks
A pleasure!
Learning Iron Maiden songs on bass just makes me appreciate how much of beast Steve Harris is. Most Maiden songs are pretty learnable on the guitar once you've nailed a few core techniques, but the bass is deceptively hard. I just don't have the endurance for it. It's really hard. The notes aren't difficult, but those gallops are, and that's Harris's signature style. I just have no idea how he plays like that for hours on end - it's absolutely killing my arm! I play classical guitar too and playing with three fingers feels natural to me so, while it might be heresy, I think I'm going to try that on bass. Thanks for the upload and tabs - well played!
Apparently he strums so lightly that his arm is pretty much fine during any 3 hour shows, it's insane! The three finger technique also felt so much more natural to me so I'd say you should definitely keep that up. You're not Steve so I don't see why you have to mimic his technique. Most fans will disagree with me but in the end it's about having fun and to some people, his signature technique really is not a fun way to play bass
🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I once again read some important information no one is going to read😂
Very helpful. Keep the vids coming. This more guitarist than bassist appreciates it!
And I appreciate that!
👏 bravo
Excellent ! Merci pour ton partage. ☠☠🤟🤟
Merci beaucoup!
great cover!
Thanks a lot!
first
Santo cielo...
Nice playing!
Thanks a lot!
Awesome!
Thanks!
But can you do it with just two fingers like the man himself?
Not the full song, it takes a lot of practice to master that Harris technique
Legendary!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great quality!
Thanks a lot :)
That repeating gallop at 2:14, one of the best bass lines ever written in my opinion.
Nice Corvette!
Thanks!
@@LeoBassCovers2 I play a red Corvette $$. I love it!