Julia answers your questions! | Bass Q&A Ep.1 | Thomann
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Julia answers some of your most asked questions: What's the blue bass? Does Julia like short scale basses? And also lifting the secret where Julia is from...
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Intro
0:15 What's the blue bass?
1:33 How do you record?
2:08 recording and mixing with UAD
2:32 Where is Julia from?
3:13 Learning bass lines
4:50 What's inside the pineapple?
5:02 Top bass lines of CHIC
5:41 Yes, you can buy the db meter
6:04 Does Julia like short scale basses?
7:22 Exercise for the pinky
8:54 Leave a comment if you have any other questions!
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"Sing the bassline." That's the advice I needed. That's smart AF. Thanks a lot Julia.
I try that too since starting few months ago. Sounds funny with „ptnng ptnng, pnng dck-dck“ for the muted notes, or tack-ptack tangtang pack” for the slapped notes, but it helps...😂
That’s the secret to playing any instrument. If you can sing it, you can play it.
The most basic but most forgotten advice. I needed reminding!
How she talks about the blue Bass gives me chills. This is passion
I think your accent always sounds really cool.
Hello, Julia! My name's Cesar Dornfeld. I'm from Brazil, and I'm learning to play the bass and I'm learning to speak English. I love your videos. It's very funny. Your pronunciacion is so clean, so sweet. Thanks a lot, Julia.
3:42 - "...sing the bassline first."
Singing is an excellent habit for musicians! Jazz legend George Benson was an avid practitioner of using singing to develop better solo chops.
In an interview, he said not to worry about how "good" you sound, just think about the tones.
Note what a jazz teacher said in a book he wrote: if you get in the habit of singing along while you play, you'll get to the point where you can't NOT sing while you play, which could be inconvenient for recording.
You might want to pick up a copy of Dannhäuser's "Solfége des Solféges." Start with book 1. It'll teach you how to sing a line by ear using syllables to place each pitch so you can tell what note each pitch is in any given melody you sing.
I don't know if I explained that very well. Look it up on Amazon and read what people say about it. Maybe that's clearer.
I can't stop looking at your hands! Built for the Bass !!!!!!
We can tell by the way she plays the bass how much she enjoys this instrument. That’s why I subscribed
Please do more of these, Julia - it was very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for the Q and A Julia . it is always a pleasure to see you play with a fresh perspective.
Thank you for the video. Always pick up something and creates ideas.
Great Q&A session. Love Julia’s articulate and thoughtful responses. Love to all my bass sisters and brothers!
You are a pleasure to watch where ever your from . I am learning a lot about the way I play from you
Julia is one with the groove. BY far the most influential bass player in UA-cam for me ( I know, Victor Wooten's words are pure magic, but he is not a UA-camr) Lots of love from Chile!
Her sense of groove is one of the first things I noticed about her playing, and it really stands out to me!
She is super groovy! Glad I found this. Her happiness and excitement about music is such a joy!
I didn't realize you have other videos on Instagram. Yay more great bass!
Listening to the song and sing the bass line before you pick up your instrument is such a good advice! It makes me learn more songs quicker, the memory lasts longer and also it's much more fun to play without a chart. Great advice! Thanks!
I'm a percussionist way back from the 70's classic rock era, all totally by ear. still jamming today at age 61, never a lesson one. You are an awesome bassist, enjoy your videos, thank you.
Thank you for sharing your Q&A I have learned a lot of techniques from your lessons. Keep playing and sharing.
I could listen to her allllll day 💙
Loved that - really interesting, thank you!
Great video, thank you Julia, you rock.
Have to agree, learning by ear makes me remember better
Cello background before starting bass? Hey me too! I knew I liked your style, Julia. Really informative video. Cheers!
You are amazing, love you julia!
Those are some long and detailed answers, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Question for the next Q&A: I love the energy and enthusiasm you bring to the bass, are you in any bands or do you have any recorded work? Eg. On Spotify or something!?
Love the Q&A video
I adore you playing Bass. Thanks for bringing us good vibes
You are awesome!! Love the top 5 bass line videos!
Loved your Q&aA Julia! Cheers from Canada
About that pinky: I took violin lessons since I was 9 years old and piano lessons since I was 10 and quit both at 14 because I had an anomaly in my left pinky which basically made it impossible for me to use it on either of the instruments. I could move my pinky but whenever I tried to press anything with my pinky, like violin strings or a piano key, it got dislocated. Later I learned to play the guitar, but still couldn't use my pinky. (Since I'm a metal fan, that wasn't a problem. I just need two fingers for a power chord. ;-p ) One day I got a bass guitar and although it was a short scale I still wanted to be able to use all my fingers. So I started to use my pinky, but not with the tip, as you would on a violin or guitar but I laid it flat on the fretboard. It still hurt but it didn't dislocate that way. And I practised and practised and today I can use ALL my fingers. My pinky doesn't dislocate anymore, since the muscles around it got strengthened so much that they now stabilize it.
I'm still a dead loss on bass though. :D
Interesting story! Thanks for sharing😊
I’m so glad you didn’t give up great story thank you for sharing it!
Thank you Julia! I'm new to playing the bass and watching your video has really inspired me. I love your enthusiasm and the joy you have when you play. Thank you so much!
It's pretty amazing that you can listen to a song once or twice and start playing the bass line after that. Having been a musician myself, I can't wrap my head around that level of skill. Thanks for the video!
I can't read sheet music. So, I play by ear. I also listen to the bass lines 2 or 3 times before playing it.
Thanks Julia; this was fun, entertaining and also informative. Stay safe. Be well. Peace.
Thanks Julia
I am also a "Have one Bass" person . your awesome !! thanks for sharing your talent with us
I love the way you explained how you learn the songs. The bass is my favourite instrument to cue from for both rhythm and sound. I’ve worked as a writer’s demo singer since I was 14. For some songs, usually the pop songs in larger established studios, you have hours and maybe more than one session, but for country demos especially, they want three to five songs in a few hours! I don’t usually get to hear them beforehand and I’m usually learning them through the talkback mic. Over they years, I’ve learned that my first take is the one that I sort of muddle through and scribble weird marks on the lyric sheet. The second take is maybe verse by verse, then a few punched in fixes, but then I say “roll playback”, listen, and then tell them roll the tape and record and do a third take. Country music people are always happy enough with take 2, but I always say “Record take 3 and this will be your keeper”, and it always is. I can always remember if I’ve heard a song in my life even once, but even if you’re not like me, you can learn that your ear is your best friend and should be exploited to the max so you can work quickly and effectively.
I really enjoyed your answer on how you learn songs. I never thought of singing them first. You’re right - I sometimes lose the nuances and it’s only when I go back and listen afterwards that can hear what I missed. I’ve got a new setlist for an upcoming festival and I’ll give this a try. 🌹❤️ from Canada.
Julia, you rock! Thanks
Thank you, very good info.
You're very inspiring. Thank you for your videos
That just cracked me up, the mention of Schwarzenegger's accent because my mother, who comes from the east part of Switzerland, right next to Lichtenstein, has an accent like that. Thanks for the upload! Cheers!
Thank you!
I tried several short-scale basses recently and settled on the Gretch G2220. I changed over to flat-wounds, did a set up on it and I find it to be perfect for my situation. The sound on the Gretch was more full and the pickup selections actually make a discernable difference in the sound. I'm new at bass, for the most part, but with 40 years of guitar experience to influence me. I'm an ear player that understands theory and can read some and it's been lots of fun learning new songs from the perspective of bass. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 🙂
So cool you mentioned singing it. As mainly a trumpet player, I was trained ‘if you can sing it, you can play it’ as ear training technique. That certainly helps me on bass too!
You might want to pick up a copy of Dannhäuser's "Solfége des Solféges." Start with book 1. It'll teach you how to sing a line by ear using syllables to place each pitch so you can tell what note each pitch is in any given melody you sing.
I don't know if I explained that very well. Look it up on Amazon and read what people say about it. Maybe that's clearer.
Great musician and presenter.
Great to hear your advice on singing the part. I have been doing that for difficult passages to get it solid in my head after failing to pick up by ear. For tough rhythmic things I have to sometimes have to write out the notation. So glad I discovered your channel. I love your Top 5 approach for efficiency and the content you have selected. You actually look like Jaco when you play his stuff!
You might want to pick up a copy of Dannhäuser's "Solfége des Solféges." Start with book 1. It'll teach you how to sing a line by ear using syllables to place each pitch so you can tell what note each pitch is in any given melody you sing.
I don't know if I explained that very well. Look it up on Amazon and read what people say about it. Maybe that's clearer.
Super helpful J ....! 🙂
Julia has her sheet down. She kicks arse.
Thank you
Great video and thanks for the pinky exercises
Gracias Julia!
Great video and nice to get to know a little more about julia and her basses and thanks for that pinky finger exersise
Thanks
Re: the Austrian accent disclaimer: I’ll bet you could recite Arnold’s best classic lines from “The Terminator” much better than Arnold could mimic your favorite bass licks on that California TT!
YOU CLOUSE GIV DEM TO ME NAO!
@@moonshine7374 🤣LOL
"Ale be bark" seems to make it into every Arnie film and he lays it on a bit thick like it's an in-joke.
How trite and demeaning.
btw: frank lampard,who thought that julia is danish,was a world class soccer player and coach of fc chelsea....
Hello Julia, please do more Q&A. I love hearing about one of my favorite UA-cam bass players!!!! Cheers 🍻🍻🥂🥂
I've been learning basslines exactly like you for decades, to me it's the best way. About short scale basses, I have a Squier mustang I bought at Thomann a few years ago, I like it for instance for some speed old rock things with a pick like " I saw her standing there" from the Beatles, (check that nice bassline) much easier on a 30" scale, and Paul Mc Cartney's Hofner is one ! Cheers.
Woo! Osterreich! I lived in Austria for a semester. Incredible country! Makes sense, where I recall Austrian German much softer.
Danke für die coolen Video‘s Julia!
Schöne Grüße aus Vorarlberg 😉👍
So sympathisch und super gute Musikerin 😀
Doesn't matter where you are from , You are Fantastic 😁
For a short scale bass I use a “67” Gibson EBO.Plenty of bottom but with an equalizer can get pretty much get all tones I need.
3:11
"Okay, next question, yeah?"
☺️
I'm totally in love.
Great job julia.... very talented woman.
Sehr leiwand, dankschee!
“I don’t switch basses. I play only one instrument.”
An excellent approach to many things in life
Basses* It is not Baseball
@@NadjaBusiness F*ing autocorrect.
This is a great video... I love the tip to sing the bassline before picking up the instrument. I notice that I often have unclarity when I get to the middle of a line about a note or two, often passing tones and I think singing might help me there. Gonna give that a shot!
Awesome!
I like your channel a Lot. You're a great bass player. I like You very much. Thanks for all your videos.
I like the tip to sing the bassline first 😁
We will never know what is in the pineapple xD great video Julia
Absolutely love your work!
Have you covered Rutger Gunnarsson, the ABBA bass player? I would definitely watch that (but then again, I'll watch all of your videos).
Julia...you're my bass crush. Love your videos.
The blue bass suits you very much! 🎸💙
thoughts on small small hands and the pinky: I find my reach dramatically changes depending on my thumb position, and staying relaxed allows me to move all over the neck quickly so I don't have to go for uncomfortable stretches. I switched to bass because I found that I can fret notes with much flatter finger shapes which takes stress off the pinky so I can use it more effectively.
So much charisma
Fooled me as well. I thought you sound very Dutch. LOL. I love all your videos. You are so talented. God bless you.
I'd love a video on Jaco Pastorius, his style, songs, etc. Dude was a legend
hahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! :-))))) ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=jaco+pastorius
My Grandmother imigrated from Austria-Hungary to the USA in 1908 when she was eight years old. She made it across Europe and the Atlantic to New York City and then on to Chicago, as the story goes, all by herself! I got my music from her. She was a whistler on live radio! Translates to bass pretty well.
Pineapple is a suspense now!!
Exactly!?
Juila very awesome. Blessings and keep up the awesome bass
You're closer to me than i could possibly image!🇮🇹
Great Q & A. 👍🏻 I just left the same comment about Bernard Edwards on the Earth Wind and Fire video, glad I found this video, I will be checking out the Instagram video.
Great lets hope to get a few more of these Q&A videos. I love the fun elements you put into your video like the Dancing, singing eta. and the clear information you give. I agree with you on the short scale bass I never really liked to play them. but also I have played a 35" scale bass which I did not like niether. Its got to be 34" for me. Talking of short scale bass how about some of tTna weymouth's bass playing on talking heads for another video.
my favorite frâulien xoxox ..i am of austrian descent und ich liebe ananas auch!!....i have gained so musical knowledge from you ...danke und bitte nie aufhören
Love ya J❤️🎶
Julia, You are totally awesome! I am sure the world is no aware of your beautiful talent and please when this cover, find a lovely band and tour the world!
My first drum teacher in grade school told me "If you can say it you can play it". 42 years later I still use that lesson. Interesting you do the same thing with singing the bass line first!
I was taught an exercise at Berklee to separate the ring and pinky fingers into their own powerful fretting fingers.
Starting at the first fret G string and alternating to the D string play the pattern 1st fret G# on the G string, 2nd fret E on the D string, 3rd fret A# on G string and 4th fret F# on the D string.
Do this using each finger per fret index through pinky.
Take that pattern and descend to the E/B string in first position and ascend back up to the G string before moving up a half step to repeat the entire pattern.
Take this pattern to the twelfth fret and back.
This exercise builds alternate string plucking, muscle memory, tendon release for four finger independence and is a perfect warm up before going on stage.
Hi Julia, love your playing and your genuine enthusiasm for all things music and especially the Bass. Would love to hear you breakdown Love is the Drug by Roxy Music, keep on keeping on
Thanks Julia. keep those ghost notes coming
Thanks Julia. I would love to hear you do some Cameo top 5
5:20 Q and A stops
Chic video starts
Chic video ends
Q and A stats again but "We are family" plays in the background
We like your show
TE AMO JULIA
I've been watching your vids lately, love them. Never really been a fan of the Bass until now, lol. I'm curious if you've made a vid for Fleetwood Mac, Rumors?
Thank you for doing these video's, I like the playing and its fun to see the questions as well. My question would be, do you do a lot of dancing and if so, does the rhythm help your bass playing ?
You are a great player and very clever to communicate.
Hi Julia, love your videos please keep them coming. How about 1 on advantages/disadvantages of low B & hi C 5 strings & transitioning from 4 string. Also, regarding short scale basses I know 30” is most common but have you ever tried a 32” & if so what were your feelings?