@@joannalewis5279 I hope you are aware that this is by no means live, and still, no, it is not particularly hard. If I were in her position I’m confident that this is the only part here I could do. Even if it sounds cool, the riff before is a lot harder. This is just raking at the 5th harmonic position.
Myung is one of the reasons I started playing 6 strings. Anthony Jackson is another. I can't play their stuff very well, but practice is more enjoyable
He’s the reason I started playing, the live in Tokyo VHS sold me! Under a glass moon is the first song on it and right away I was addicted to that tape
Doug Pinnick is one of my favorite vocalists and bassists. Thank you for sharing this. I did not know that he sang a tune with Dream Theater. John Myung is a maestro. It's good to see a younger musician experience the excellent songwriting of Dream Theater and the brilliance of the bass, the backbone of any great song.
Sharon saying she MIGHT be better than she thinks she is, is the most humble thing ever possible on this channel. This was a freaking great job, and such a joy to watch!
It's cool that all these apps exist to help bassists learn new songs. Back in my day we had play parts of a cassette over and over until we got it. I also learned to play a lot of songs live on a stage. The guitarist would just call out the progression and key, like I, V, vi, IV in Am. Then we'd play it.
Grinning ear to ear watching this. Fell off with DT after 'Awake' but the two of you are absolutely full of such positive energy. Biggest smiles of the day for me. Thank you!
The talent and ability to do something like this in a lighthearted way, nail it and laugh about how you didn't quite "get it" is inspirational to a hack like me that will never be able to do a fraction of what you can do, because your attitude and enthusiasm are are so real. Thank you!
As a DT fan, and an amateur bass player, I can’t quite find the right words to describe how happy watching this awesome video makes me. “Swept away with the tiiide!!”
John Myung - literally reason 6 string Music Man basses exist. I love that some parts of his that sound super hard to play are actually pretty easy as long as you have decent technique and speed. When I first heard Panic Attack I was like "Oh man, whew, I bet that is hard." Then I learned it and I was like, Oh, Pull Me Under was way harder, even though it sounded easier. (Although I guess it helps if you cut your teeth on Steve Harris for 15 years first. 😁 )
Fantastic job Sharon! One of my favorite DT songs of all time! I met John once at a show and he was such a humble and down to earth person. Superb job! Brent VT
Same! I met him and got him to sign my Yamaha 5 string even got to make him smile and chuckle lol I was still a Teen at that Time so he was probably happy to see a young dude playing bass
Loved this video! So fun to watch other people's process of transcription. Also great to see other folks sing the parts to learn faster! Keep em' coming, SBL!
YES! Please make more of these videos. It is entertaining, yes, but seeing the way Sharon breaks down the bassline and learns in general is very informative and inspiring. New subscriber from this video ✌🏼
I love you guys so freakin' much. And as a die-hard Dream Theater fan, I enjoyed every second of it. I can't wait for more to come. You (and maybe a few other guys on UA-cam) make me wanna learn to play bass (as fast as possible). 🧡
She's awesome in this, proving once again that 'if you can sing it / hear it in your head with your own voice, you can soon if not immediately play it.' With all respect to the relevance and importance of sight reading, that above process is the primary 'core competence' of being a musician. All that said, nice work y'all! Cheers! 🫡
Trial of tears has a sweet bass fill. It's very subtle and during JP's slow solo, but Myung just slides a quick vibrato high note at the tail, and his tone sounds soooo good.
First song I ever learned was Erotomania. Not first DT song I ever learned. First song ever. From absolute know-nothing to proficient. It was the only thing I tried to play. Did it all from ear, and it took about a year. It was the song that made me actually pick up the bass. Worth it. Everything else seems easy by comparison.
Watching you learn that specific song/part made me SO happy! Congrats you killed it. 🏆🔥 Easily one of DTs riffiest, catchiest songs and a blast to play. Looking forward to the follow up. And hopefully Just Let Me Breathe 😉👊🏻
Sharon has a killer tone on that Warwick and I'm blown away by the way she pivots - I have smaller hands and it's great seeing how she moves around those low notes on the fifth string. Properly inspiring stuff!
Aaaaah!!! Yeaaaaah!!! Go Sharon!!!! ❤❤❤ Loved this so much! Also adore the camaraderie between you two, Ian and Shroonz! Thanks for the total radness! PS. Shoutout for rad editing too, Yogev 😎
I'm not a bassist (although I own a bass), but I love this exact part in Lines in the Sand. You both have made this extremely fun. Now I want a six string bass!
Dude no way! I found this right after your Tool video and low and behold this is my FAVORITE Dream Theater song of all time. Love DT and this song (and album) is amazing! Total Godsend providence. I have been rocking out to this song for over 20 years. Also, this bass line has always fascinated me and it’s probably DT’s most overtly Christian song.
Loved this. Really glad you highlighted something off of this album. "New Millenium" also happens to be Myungs only usage in his entire career with DT that uses a chapman stick as well!!! Very experimental album. I love trial of tears, Just let me breathe, and this song right here..... Lines in the sand happens to be one of the best Keyboard openings DT has of ALL time if you're into some keys!!!!
I love this idea! It's also super helpful for musicians who are still in the early stages of learning to see professionals working through the same exact problems that they have!
"Learning that I might be better than I think I am". I know exactly what she means. The more songs you learn, the quicker you learn them. Been going to an open jam for a year and there's a re a few guitarists who will just start playing something I've never played and I have to figure it out on the fly. I've been surprised at how many I can pick up right away. It's such a rush. I learned this one by ear along with the video, I've got the notes but to be honest I can't play it as smoothly as them. My fingers still fly around too much. My suggestion to other bass players. Just throw on a playlist of songs you love and see how many you can figure out on the fly. You might surprise yourself. It's a lot of fun.
100% behind the approach of singing during transcription. Looping and slowing stuff down helps me, but generally I feel like if I can sing it, I can match the notes I'm singing to those on my guitar and I can work anything out.
Some gems in here. Three observations: 1) I love this teaching chemistry between the two of you. Y’all dance the line of mentor/colleague really nicely and it’s so fun. 2) Transcribe is a gem; one that I haven’t thought about since trying to learn NHØP solos in college… 3) The last thing you said is great. Never lose sight of your abilities despite the lies your brain makes up! 4) I’d say that Dance of Eternity DT’s Sir Duke 😮💨
Images and Words blew my mind, but like Ian, this album was the height of my DT fandom. I went so far as to buy the 5 string Yamaha RBX775 (closest thing to his signature), that I have to this day. It is the only 5 string that I have kept. gawd it's a great bass..
Thank you for specifying the model! I was looking into that as my first 6 string, but, since it's literally above my pay grade, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Maybe, if maybe, I can dig up something used for below 700€ I can think about it
@@sharonrenold Truth, I definitely have the warwick bug. My corvette NT5 has the most comfortable neck i've ever played. A thumb 5 is definitely next on my list
Transcribe is a great piece of software. My guitar teacher told me about it and I used to learn the most difficult bluegrass song I learned, I don't think I could have learned it without that software.
I loved this album, saw them on this tour and it was fantastic. I was up against the barricade in standing room only club where they played. My cousin and I got there early and we got to listen to sound check and got to meet them as well. it was such a great night.
This was the first DT song that I had ever heard, my friend in school played it to me some 24 years ago and I was instantly hooked. I'd never heard anything like it at that time or a drum kit played like that.
A compositions and arrangements teacher had 2 mantras: - Play slow to incorporate. - Sing every note, otherwise you don't know what to play. I love to see it here too :)
No kidding, the part she says "I'm not happy right now, but I will be so happy when I'm able to play it". HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING. This simple feeling can help you get motivation to learn new songs. Savor it.
John at one time played a Yamaha 6 signature and then went with a Bongo 6 but the neck that was used was for the 5 string and had a special 6 string nut made for the neck. I feel this was to give him less wood on the neck, while putting strings space closer.
when I decided to go full in on the bass guitar I was 14 and my main goal for what a bass player should sound like was John Myung.... the way his bass playing made me OBSSESS over the damn instrument and how HE plays it, his technique with the three fingers on the right hand, his range of playing with the left hand, the SPEED and COORDINATION of both, I thought to myself, there is NO OTHER WAY TO PLAY THE BASS BUT THIS! AND I WANT TO PLAY LIKE THAT! it's been 24 years since that moment, STILL to this day it is my objective as a bass player to be ABLE to play AS IS Dream Theater songs made by this man, it's just MIND boggling the complexity not only musically but physically that it takes as a bass player to execute these songs, it's just an incredibly respectable to do it, no questions asked! if ANY bass player can pull off JOHN MYUNG songs from the first to the last second, you have my UTTER respect! I have yet to still master a DT song without feeling like my left hand will lock-up and my muscles and tendons will give in and I'll become disabled from the physical effort.... it's just INSANE!
I was definitely not expecting Lines In The Sand for this video, maybe Panic Attack or Dance of Eternity, but I forgot how hard the bass line went and Sharon's process was incredibly insightful!
That harmonic run is absolutely lush. Major kudos to Sharon for nailing it in such a short time. Fast fingers and a faster mind!
When Sharon got the harmonics I was like wow. Please do more of this Drumeo format it's great
YESSS! I clapped irl! I thought there would be another section of the video for harmonics
Yep, me too! Lovely moment in the video. Genuine delight from everyone!
Actually not that hard. It is a typical earlier John Myung thing. Sounds really cool, but it is not really complicated.
@@TheVoitel doing it live on a video that will get a million views is hard
@@joannalewis5279 I hope you are aware that this is by no means live, and still, no, it is not particularly hard. If I were in her position I’m confident that this is the only part here I could do. Even if it sounds cool, the riff before is a lot harder. This is just raking at the 5th harmonic position.
Dream Theater: raising the bar for ambitious shredders since 1989.
Amen to that!!
Especially with Mike back, the anticipation is so loud for this album!
I Thought Since 1985... 🤔
@@KristianJoyZX_V-T-D. Well....actually it was Majesty
@@psionic6126
Yes, That's What I Mean...
"Raising The Bar For Ambitious Shredders Since The Majesty Days In 1985!".
Myung is one of the reasons I started playing 6 strings. Anthony Jackson is another. I can't play their stuff very well, but practice is more enjoyable
He’s the reason I started playing, the live in Tokyo VHS sold me! Under a glass moon is the first song on it and right away I was addicted to that tape
Funny fact; myung is the reason i never started playing 6 strings
@@bassimprovjams3772 And to think that the whole Images and Words was recorded on a 4 string is mind boggling
Honestly, Falling into Infinity has a lot of bangers. New Millenium, Hell's Kitchen, Lines in the Sand, Trial of Tears...
It's aged extremely well!
Peruvian Skies is soooooo goooooood as well!
Anna Lee, Just Let Me Breathe... top three DT album easy.
@@jamesrosco4816Anna Lee is easily their worst song, and is an embarrassment. They're allowed to have just one, and that's the one.
@kahwigulum what's wrong with Anna Lee "trying to believe the scars unseen, the tears washed clean" has a great melody.
Doug Pinnick is one of my favorite vocalists and bassists. Thank you for sharing this. I did not know that he sang a tune with Dream Theater. John Myung is a maestro. It's good to see a younger musician experience the excellent songwriting of Dream Theater and the brilliance of the bass, the backbone of any great song.
Sharon saying she MIGHT be better than she thinks she is, is the most humble thing ever possible on this channel. This was a freaking great job, and such a joy to watch!
It's cool that all these apps exist to help bassists learn new songs. Back in my day we had play parts of a cassette over and over until we got it. I also learned to play a lot of songs live on a stage. The guitarist would just call out the progression and key, like I, V, vi, IV in Am. Then we'd play it.
Shes a machine and a talented young lady.
Im more into drums but lines in the sand is one of my favourite dream theater songs ever
Grinning ear to ear watching this. Fell off with DT after 'Awake' but the two of you are absolutely full of such positive energy. Biggest smiles of the day for me. Thank you!
Most musicians that have this musical gift are so cool and humble about it.
Falling Into Infinity was probably the biggest record of my childhood.. i thoroughly enjoyed this 💆🙏😻
Mine too
I love this record too, is so good and have a lot of good feelings behind the songs when you listen carefully. It's the most proggy album from DT.
It's peak DT to me. Scenes from a memory is great and all but this album is just so damn musical.
Very much underrated unfortunately
Not sure about the most proggy (Scenes, Six Degrees and Octovarium are more prog to my ears) but it's aged really well and is extremely well mixed!
Oh, the Bass Face at 4:37. Pure Gold. Fantastic video folks.
The talent and ability to do something like this in a lighthearted way, nail it and laugh about how you didn't quite "get it" is inspirational to a hack like me that will never be able to do a fraction of what you can do, because your attitude and enthusiasm are are so real. Thank you!
As a DT fan, and an amateur bass player, I can’t quite find the right words to describe how happy watching this awesome video makes me. “Swept away with the tiiide!!”
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John Myung - literally reason 6 string Music Man basses exist. I love that some parts of his that sound super hard to play are actually pretty easy as long as you have decent technique and speed. When I first heard Panic Attack I was like "Oh man, whew, I bet that is hard." Then I learned it and I was like, Oh, Pull Me Under was way harder, even though it sounded easier. (Although I guess it helps if you cut your teeth on Steve Harris for 15 years first. 😁 )
Fantastic job Sharon! One of my favorite DT songs of all time! I met John once at a show and he was such a humble and down to earth person. Superb job! Brent VT
Same! I met him and got him to sign my Yamaha 5 string even got to make him smile and chuckle lol I was still a Teen at that Time so he was probably happy to see a young dude playing bass
Falling Into Infinity deserves more love!
Ian made an amazing choice!
I thought you said falling in reverse at first and I actually threw up in my mouth a bit.
@@jamesadamgleason9471 🤣 I meant Dream Theater’s fourth studio album
It definitely deserves more love!!
What I learned from this is double tracked bass sounds so good! Good job you two.
My first DT album was this and since then I’ve been hooked to DT. Love the sonic quality of this album personally.
I LOVE falling into infinity.
Also love a change of seasons.
I love the mid/late 90’s DT
CoS through Metropolis Pt II was a really special period as far as their music is concerned (IMO!),
Loved this video! So fun to watch other people's process of transcription. Also great to see other folks sing the parts to learn faster! Keep em' coming, SBL!
All of y’all at SBL Are a gift to the world🫶🏻 your love for music is so infectious!!
One of my favourite tracks of all time. this helped me figure out the long run. TY Allison and Sharon!♥
YES! Please make more of these videos. It is entertaining, yes, but seeing the way Sharon breaks down the bassline and learns in general is very informative and inspiring.
New subscriber from this video ✌🏼
Love you two. SBL is lucky to have you both on board. :D
SBL is effing awesome and I love everything you do. You guys are a blessing to bass players. Please keep up the good work and great ideas.
The bass playing is extraordinary. But I gotta tell ya: that editing was beyond!!! Kudos to the Production Team AND the bassists! 😎
Mad props to Sharon! Loved that you showed the process and what a tune!
I love these challenges and especially love Ian doing interviews. You have some great questions!
Sharon is so much fun!!! been loving the Ian/Sharon podcast duo and i think Sharon should talk on them more!
Stop making such great content. I'm spending way to much time on UA-cam, and i am not even a bass player. 😂
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Sharon has such an amazing personality, so cute and smart and an amazing bassist of course , I always enjoy see her in your videos.
I love you guys so freakin' much. And as a die-hard Dream Theater fan, I enjoyed every second of it. I can't wait for more to come. You (and maybe a few other guys on UA-cam) make me wanna learn to play bass (as fast as possible). 🧡
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This content is just getting better and better. Keep up!
The album is my favorite of DT's, and this song (including the surrounding songs) is the best of the bunch. Simply my favorite.
I was thinking this would be fun to learn. Then I remembered I only have a 4 string 😅
She's awesome in this, proving once again that 'if you can sing it / hear it in your head with your own voice, you can soon if not immediately play it.'
With all respect to the relevance and importance of sight reading, that above process is the primary 'core competence' of being a musician.
All that said, nice work y'all! Cheers! 🫡
Love this! Thanks for the transcription. Sharon is so humble for being an amazing player
Trial of tears has a sweet bass fill. It's very subtle and during JP's slow solo, but Myung just slides a quick vibrato high note at the tail, and his tone sounds soooo good.
His bass sound on FII is fantastic all round!!
Only seen her in a few videos but I love this girl. She knows her shit. Very well done
Dance of Eternity bass solo breakdown next! DT and John Myung are awesome, thanks for the video
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Lol!!!
Or Ytse Jam bass solo! :D
First song I ever learned was Erotomania. Not first DT song I ever learned. First song ever. From absolute know-nothing to proficient. It was the only thing I tried to play. Did it all from ear, and it took about a year. It was the song that made me actually pick up the bass. Worth it. Everything else seems easy by comparison.
You went in at the deep end with that one, well done for sticking with it!!
Watching you learn that specific song/part made me SO happy! Congrats you killed it. 🏆🔥 Easily one of DTs riffiest, catchiest songs and a blast to play. Looking forward to the follow up. And hopefully Just Let Me Breathe 😉👊🏻
Sharon has a killer tone on that Warwick and I'm blown away by the way she pivots - I have smaller hands and it's great seeing how she moves around those low notes on the fifth string. Properly inspiring stuff!
This was really cool! Sharon is rad and I learned it along with her. I'd love to see more of this kind of thing on the channel.
More to come!!
Aaaaah!!! Yeaaaaah!!! Go Sharon!!!! ❤❤❤ Loved this so much! Also adore the camaraderie between you two, Ian and Shroonz! Thanks for the total radness! PS. Shoutout for rad editing too, Yogev 😎
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I'm not a bassist (although I own a bass), but I love this exact part in Lines in the Sand. You both have made this extremely fun. Now I want a six string bass!
Amazing! She did it in a blast! Such an excellent ear perfect pitch you have their! Keep it up! God Bless!
Dude no way! I found this right after your Tool video and low and behold this is my FAVORITE Dream Theater song of all time. Love DT and this song (and album) is amazing! Total Godsend providence. I have been rocking out to this song for over 20 years.
Also, this bass line has always fascinated me and it’s probably DT’s most overtly Christian song.
Loved this. Really glad you highlighted something off of this album. "New Millenium" also happens to be Myungs only usage in his entire career with DT that uses a chapman stick as well!!! Very experimental album. I love trial of tears, Just let me breathe, and this song right here..... Lines in the sand happens to be one of the best Keyboard openings DT has of ALL time if you're into some keys!!!!
Some of these songs live in my heart. Now you do too.
I love this idea! It's also super helpful for musicians who are still in the early stages of learning to see professionals working through the same exact problems that they have!
Falling Into Infinity is my favorite Dream Theater album, and Lines In The Sand is my favorite of their songs....so...great choice!
She has an amazing ear and can play so well. I love listening to her learn stuff.
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So awesome, Sharon you are amazing! I’m going to go practice now, because I am
completely humbled. Also please do more vids like this!
This was a blast to watch! Please do more videos like this :)
I'm liking her straight off after just few minutes. ❤ Keep her involved 😊
Lots more to come from Sharon!!
"Learning that I might be better than I think I am". I know exactly what she means. The more songs you learn, the quicker you learn them. Been going to an open jam for a year and there's a re a few guitarists who will just start playing something I've never played and I have to figure it out on the fly. I've been surprised at how many I can pick up right away. It's such a rush. I learned this one by ear along with the video, I've got the notes but to be honest I can't play it as smoothly as them. My fingers still fly around too much. My suggestion to other bass players. Just throw on a playlist of songs you love and see how many you can figure out on the fly. You might surprise yourself. It's a lot of fun.
More Dreamtheater and John Myung! 🙏🙏
Having spent around 20 hours in SBL i gotta say that Ian is just a really good teacher. He makes really complicated things seem easy to understand.
100% behind the approach of singing during transcription. Looping and slowing stuff down helps me, but generally I feel like if I can sing it, I can match the notes I'm singing to those on my guitar and I can work anything out.
While the Ian and Scott content is like hanging out with the guys. The Sharon and Ian content is a cut above! Great video and bonkers playing.
She's fantastic!
Sharon is an awesome addition to SBL, more prog!
Agreed 💯
Some gems in here. Three observations:
1) I love this teaching chemistry between the two of you. Y’all dance the line of mentor/colleague really nicely and it’s so fun.
2) Transcribe is a gem; one that I haven’t thought about since trying to learn NHØP solos in college…
3) The last thing you said is great. Never lose sight of your abilities despite the lies your brain makes up!
4) I’d say that Dance of Eternity DT’s Sir Duke 😮💨
That was fun! Great job Sharon!
Sharon's idea about learning it vocally first has changed my life!!! Incredible work
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Transcribe! is an awesome software. I like being able to pitch everything up an octave when I'm having a hard time hearing the low end.
Images and Words blew my mind, but like Ian, this album was the height of my DT fandom. I went so far as to buy the 5 string Yamaha RBX775 (closest thing to his signature), that I have to this day. It is the only 5 string that I have kept. gawd it's a great bass..
Man, I love watching Sharon vibe this hard!
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Lines in the sand is my most favorite song. Everything in this track is incredible. And of course guitar solo is amazing.
It's a killer tune, no question! One of quite a few on Falling Into Infinity!
Sharon's bass face starting at 6:52 is John Mayer level bass face!
I’m impressed Sharon can handle a thumb 6, that fretboard felt like an aircraft carrier deck to me and my hands aren’t small
It is TOTALLY an aircraft carrier deck 🥲 but such a comfy and ‘like butter’ aircraft carrier deck 😂
Thank you for specifying the model! I was looking into that as my first 6 string, but, since it's literally above my pay grade, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.
Maybe, if maybe, I can dig up something used for below 700€ I can think about it
@@sharonrenoldmaybe it's your fingers the secret for that bass sounding SO GOOD.
You rocked!!
@@sharonrenold Truth, I definitely have the warwick bug. My corvette NT5 has the most comfortable neck i've ever played. A thumb 5 is definitely next on my list
@@sharonrenoldis yours from the 80s or 90s? It looks like an earlier one
Transcribe is a great piece of software. My guitar teacher told me about it and I used to learn the most difficult bluegrass song I learned, I don't think I could have learned it without that software.
I love the album!
She nailed it ... impressed!
The album is great, as is Sharon!
Awesome! Sharon is so incredibly talented.
Her initial reaction to finding out what she had to learn is the appropriate response.
I loved this album, saw them on this tour and it was fantastic. I was up against the barricade in standing room only club where they played. My cousin and I got there early and we got to listen to sound check and got to meet them as well. it was such a great night.
Nice!!!
This was so fun! Well done!
Sharon killed it!
This was the first DT song that I had ever heard, my friend in school played it to me some 24 years ago and I was instantly hooked. I'd never heard anything like it at that time or a drum kit played like that.
I love this format, it keeps the playing real, showing actual methods for learning !
Great choice of song and section Ian and well done Sharon! My peak Dream Theater fan period? 1992-now!
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Scott Devine: "Hmm, how can I make learning bass more fun"."What if I put Ian Martin Allison and Sharon Renold in a video together?" ***NAILED IT***
This is actually having the opposite effect. The videos are getting worse and boring
You should try to play Archspire I would LOVE to see that
when the Berklee ensemble pic got out up I did the Leo meme pointing at the screen. im like that's Yogev Gabay
Amazing videos ... and really translate all the emotions we have when we are learning a tune!! congrats guys!!
Myung’s definitely one of the most technical bassist and always underrated
Please accept this satchel of kudos! 💰Great job! I always find the length of Dream Theater lines the most daunting!
Chazz you rule❤
I like the vocalizing. We all shred on the Kazoo
Hi Sharon, well played. I loved that you picked that up so fast. Respects.
Sharon is awesome … fantastic timing, feel and ear
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A compositions and arrangements teacher had 2 mantras:
- Play slow to incorporate.
- Sing every note, otherwise you don't know what to play.
I love to see it here too :)
No kidding, the part she says "I'm not happy right now, but I will be so happy when I'm able to play it". HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING.
This simple feeling can help you get motivation to learn new songs. Savor it.
John at one time played a Yamaha 6 signature and then went with a Bongo 6 but the neck that was used was for the 5 string and had a special 6 string nut made for the neck. I feel this was to give him less wood on the neck, while putting strings space closer.
To the team of SBL, I got a question for y'all. Have any of you played a Bass VI?
Ian has one and has featured it on some of his videos! The Halloween episode definitely had it, off the top of my head. - Lydia, SBL Team
Bro that harmonic flourish is so dope
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when I decided to go full in on the bass guitar I was 14 and my main goal for what a bass player should sound like was John Myung.... the way his bass playing made me OBSSESS over the damn instrument and how HE plays it, his technique with the three fingers on the right hand, his range of playing with the left hand, the SPEED and COORDINATION of both, I thought to myself, there is NO OTHER WAY TO PLAY THE BASS BUT THIS! AND I WANT TO PLAY LIKE THAT!
it's been 24 years since that moment, STILL to this day it is my objective as a bass player to be ABLE to play AS IS Dream Theater songs made by this man, it's just MIND boggling the complexity not only musically but physically that it takes as a bass player to execute these songs, it's just an incredibly respectable to do it, no questions asked!
if ANY bass player can pull off JOHN MYUNG songs from the first to the last second, you have my UTTER respect!
I have yet to still master a DT song without feeling like my left hand will lock-up and my muscles and tendons will give in and I'll become disabled from the physical effort.... it's just INSANE!
I could imagine a weekend workshop of doing an intensive musical seminar with such master bass players.
My favorite DT album ,. Most mature and well produced album
I was definitely not expecting Lines In The Sand for this video, maybe Panic Attack or Dance of Eternity, but I forgot how hard the bass line went and Sharon's process was incredibly insightful!