10 Songs That Taught Me SLAP (Easy to Effin’ Hard)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2022
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Learning slap bass is a long lonely road… here’s 10 songs that taught me how to slap, and how you can level up YOUR slap bass game.
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When I started playing bass at age 13, nothing seemed cooler than slap bass. But frankly I sucked at it… for kind of a long time. That’s why all these slap bass lines were so crucial to get my technique to the next level.
Which slap lines, you ask? Well you’ll have to watch the video, you saucy reader of descriptions. You’ll learn things like:
- The easy formula Stuart Zender (and everyone else) uses for funky slap
- That yes, Flea bass lines will appear in almost every slap bass lesson ever
- A trick Les Claypool of @officialprimus uses to sound more melodic
- Who the grandfather of slap bass is
- How impossible it is to slap the bass too hard (thanks Louis Johnson)
- Nate Phillips sexy thumb-fingers hybrid technique
- @MarcusMiller1 slaps amazingly and once wore parachute pants
- Stupid-sounding-but-fantastic advice from Mark King about slapping fast
- @squarepushermusic is not a human and he slaps too fast
- How @victorwooten re-revolutionized slap bass
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Idk the name of the bassist but there's this old Japanese futurepop song called Merry Go Round by Tatsuro Yamashita with a dope bassline
Hi Josh, have to say at first that i love your channel and have learned a lot from you and thank you for that.😊
Now….i discovered recently Tesseract and Amos Williams, what i love especially id their song King, i just adore how he is playing there, it’s not some super fast but super smooth technique. You should really show us how to learn this kind of slapping easier.😅
Clay Gober is my favorite bassist right now. His work on nasty, crush, ego death, drown, death note, goat as well as his solo on antecedent are amazing and show his incredible use of negative space and ghost notes
Thundercat >>> All others. Everything about him is odd. Triple Humbucker hollow body 6 string bass. Weird lyrics. Weird fashion. Weirdly great music.
Yeah you missed Larry, kind of important.
Man it's so nice to see someone giving props to Squarepusher. He's an amazing bassist but people think of him as an electronic musician and he doesn't get the credit he deserves in the bass community.
LOL, never heard of him in either community.
Agree! He's got mega chops and uses them in really interesting ways. Not to mention his drum programming is the coolest s*** ever.
Its a killer track with an even more disturbing video. But I always thought it was played live and sampled and then heavily modified as usual in dnb
@@lexruptor who asked 😂
@@lexruptor is probably a Stoolpusha anyways ;)
That Les Claypool solo was a real force on the early internet. I learned it myself, although I was sloppy as hell
Didn't know it made the rounds so much on Limewire, thought it was just me in my bass cave!
@@BassBuzz WE, THE BASS NERDS, ARE LEGION!
- or -
WE, WHO ARE ABOUT TO SLAP, SALUTE YOU!
Take your pick.
Hey, that was a pun! Get it: _Pick_ Good, eh?
(Canada's favourite expression) "SO-ree!"
I remember as a young musician studying music at school, I had to choose a minor degree, so I chose bass, which I hadn't even touched before. This man got me through my early years of bass playing.
Cheers to bass Bob Ross.
“It’s so important to slap something every day that will make you happy.”
Awesome. I hope 45yrs old is not to old to learn
It’s not. You still have another 40 or so years in you
@@SHOW_ME I picked up the bass for the first time at 45. It’s a lot of fun, and once you get the hang of keeping basic time, your skills pick up really quick.
If I can do it, so can you. Go for it.
@@jooyoonchung3593 thanks so much. I will definitely post my progress on my channel
Thank you so much for referencing the original bass lines and artist who did them. This is often overlooked by teachers and people that post on UA-cam. I knew all of the songs in the original form when they came out except for one. You have my respect sir!
Thank you very much! Yeah, gotta give props to the artists, we stand on their shoulders!
Some of my favourites on your list there, started my bass journey in the late 80's, really great to see classic mark king on your list too, massive inspiration for me growing up, ironically I didn't live far from the squarepusher, he was and always will be one of the most influential and phenomenal musicians out there, used to watch him play my favourite tracks on an old ibanez roadstar two bass and just be in awe, sitting opposite and asking him to teach me how to play it, such a legend and its a real privilege to see he's done well, cool channel, great getting back in to the bass again, and your one hell of a player yourself. Keep up the great work
clicked faster than flea playing get up and jump
To be fair get up jump up isn’t crazy fast compared to Jayne Varma
Remember, start slo and then, get faster.
If only flea was as fast trying To run after toddlers he was kidnapping
@@thesaltmerchant4564what?
THANK YOU for including Mark King. Level 42 are amazing to listen for bassline construction, feeding off keyboards and just all round party awesomeness!
YES! Jamiroquai! I was so excited when you started playing that bassline. Virtual Insanity was the big hit from that time, but Alright was the one that really stuck in my head.
Same!
Yeah, after all the slick & sick basslines that Zender did, that's the one everybody remembers. It's like there's nothing to listen to but His (friggin') awesome tone! Loved Zender, but His "replacements" cranked out some pretty sick lines themselves. Jamiroquai is like Incognito, no matter who sits in the Low Chair, they rock!
@@JamesDavisakaRemguy Randy Hope-Taylor's bassline he did for Jamiroquai ( Don't Give Hate a Chance ) is my favourite , he did Tallulah too , and another one i forget, he would have been perfect as a perm' member. He also did work for Incognito too. Zender did some work for Incognito also
@@JamesDavisakaRemguy i think zender had a HEAVY creative influence on the band, since everything after synkronized (aftershock of stu) sounds so different
i started playing bass last March. the Beginner to Badass course was probably the best money i could’ve invested in myself. it got me playing quickly. after spending many hours upfront practicing, i played my first church gig 1 month later and people thought I had been playing for years. Thank you Josh for the amazing course !
soo how much he paid you to say this?
You're welcome Trent, glad it was so helpful! Apparently your testimonial is so positive that someone thinks I paid you to write it, sorry that won't be reflected in your bank account balance. 😜
I mean, i dont know if its worth it pay to a person just to write an anonimous message
@@BassBuzz I took your course as a refresher and it kicks ass.
(send the payment to my Cayman Islands account, you know which one 😂)
@@BassBuzz i still love you
I'm relatively new to your channel, I've been subscriber since the Geezer Butler video. By far this is one of my favorites, because not only was this fun for me, but I could tell that you were having endless fun playing and showing us your path from a beginner to an epic teacher! Thank you for doing what you do! It has helped me immensely.
Glad you enjoyed this one! I had extra fun too, although I'm relieved I can stop slapping 16ths at 190BPM for a while now. 😛
Thank you for paying homage to the modern greats and older legends. I took a slap bass lab at Berklee, and while Marcus Miller, Larry Graham, and brothers Johnson etc were revered, newer players like Flea and Les Claypool were completely overlooked as slap bassists which bothered me because they are who inspired me to start playing bass and learning slap in the first place! That being said it was a great experience and I was lucky enough to meet Victor Wooten and take a bass lab with him, which was hugely beneficial.
Anyways I appreciate seeing new and old influences given their respect, you da man Josh.
Btw I wish I could hear you play the rest of the Awakening where it gets extra fast lol. That song is super difficult for me and I’ve been practicing it on and off for over a year
Funny thing is since I learnt songs like higher ground and Dark Necessities first, I struggle more with simple eigth note slap lines because the triple feel is what I started learning
Interesting! Yeah, you've gotta learn a lot of patterns and rhythms to get fluent either way.
“Higher Ground” was one of the first slap bass lines I learned when I picked up bass and all, I love Flea and he’s one of my biggest inspirations along with Marcus Miller, Mark King and Louis Johnson and many others. 👌😌
Just stumbling into your channel and videos... good stuff. Really deserved like&subscribe. It's a shame things like this did not exist 20 years ago when I used to have time and will to practice!
Dude, Marcus's run for cover is an incredibile groove.. one of the first i've learnt years ago. thank you for mention it
I basically got into slapping from Flea and Les Claypool and I’ll occasionally throw it in some of my own songs when I feel it’s needed, definitely a lot of fun to do but needs a hell of a lot of concentration
Perfect timing! Just wanted to say you are fantastic and really helpful for helping me find songs to apply my techniques. You are a good teacher!
Thanks Noah! Glad this is helpful, I'll just go revel in my fantasticness now. :)
Josh you have such a fun approachable explaining style and your videos are always a joy to watch. I’m even learning some things (I have A LOT to learn to be a better bassist). Thanks again for posting!
Thanks so much Steve!
Thank you so much for your videos - I started bass about a year ago and your classes helpde me a lot to keep up in my band and come up with better bass lines. The tone of your videos are hilarious too.
The song that played during your "When I was a lad..." immediately bugged me because I know I'd heard it before. Took a couple minutes, but then it hit me. Well done, Waker of the Wind. Well done.
The first song selection made me so happy, Havent listened to that album in such a long time. time to put my guitar away and put the bass in the stand!! Thank you for this video!
You're welcome! I never get tired of those old Jamiroquai records with Stuart Zender on bass, what a killer.
as a musician, a taught and surnamed drummer (and lover of exceptional music for all the memories i have from my life), i love the choice you had to represent Les. a diety of the bass world. a ridiculously abled, unique, talented, and artistic visionary of music that creates some of the most thick and sickest grooves and fills like he is just playing a drum kit he can carry. it's as if it is an extension of his brain that just produces the "out of this world" moments we all (surely) hear in our heads at any moment. just felt like it was missing that high-"bouncing" left leg. lol. your videos are great and thnks for spending your time for others. ,\m/
This is pretty dang awesome! Hats off to you sir! Love your videos! You're one of the main reasons i, as a guitar player, have now bought my self a bass and trying to see what i can fumble around in with it! Keep the awesome content coming!
Thanks Claudio, welcome to the dark side! 😎
Come on my selector (and Squarepusher in general) is probably one of the bigger reasons I've wanted to get into playing bass throughout the years. It's sick to see him get some recognition from the channel that finally convinced me to buy one and start practicing.
Being a huge DnB/IDM nerd, alongside a lot of the bands featured here frequently, it's awesome to see those worlds collide, lol.
Glad you enjoyed the collision! And glad I helped coax you to start bassing. 😊
I love your videos. I always learn so much. Not to mention you're easy on the eyes. Keep killing it friend!
Thanks Julia! 😊
Best bass channel ever. So glad to have discovered you! Thank you!
Thanks so much Jered!
I've really enjoyed your videos, they have inspired me to play more, I use to play a couple times a month, but now I'm playing a couple times a week, I know it's not much but it's better than a couple times a month, I've learned more techniques from you than every bass book I've ever bought.
Glad you're playing more! All about having fun with it. :)
This is awesome! As a newbie Bassist. I practiced many slap techniques recently but actually don't know how to use them very much. This video offers practical songs and it is truly helpful to me.
Excellent analysis! The content is really good, and the editing is super fun 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Gabriel, appreciate it!
I'm sorry to say that I had never left a comment on your videos before. Man, your videos have helped me a lot and I'm really thankful. As a self-taught bass player, I have found myself reshaping my bass technique many times after watching your videos. It's great to understand what I've been doing wrong for years and have the chance to get better at it. I just wanted to say thanks so much!
Thanks Pablo, glad my videos have been helpful!
Not even kidding a little. This made things much clearer. Great job.
Another banger video, slap bass is easily one of the most difficult yet rewarding slap bass techniques, keep up the good work!
Thanks Cameron! It certainly is difficult lol, rehearsing all these riffs tight enough to record and not just play live was a project!
Very inspiring video. I'm currently trying to learn Tommy the Cat and it's kicking my butt. This video was just what I needed to see that I can get it down and even continue to hone my slap technique. Thanks Josh keep it up!
Thanks Adam, glad this was helpful! There's some Tommy the Cat in this vid too - ua-cam.com/video/_7baIuHOyIY/v-deo.html
Bro you are dam good at playing your bass, thanks for taking time to help me learn slap and plucking the right way!!. keep it going!!! Thanks!!!.
Thanks Robin!
So dope, I had no idea the awakening was a cover!!! This has been one of my favorite lines for years, my mind is blown!
This is next level insight, thank you for your guidance!
I have the tascam bt2 which is the old old version and it still works great! Best training tool for cheap. Watching this video multiple times to absorb the slappage!
I will say this again: you are one of the best and most entertaining bass tutors on the internet. Not only do I learn a lot but I have a great laugh as well.
What a great lines you choose for this video. Especially that crazy one by Level 42, Mark King is the SLAP-beast!
Thank you Josh for this amazing gift, you made my weekend busy slapping like there's no tomorrow!
You're welcome for the thumb blisters!
Mark King is a killer bassist.
very underrated for years..
One of the best ever
Yup 1000 percent all time great legend. So glad I discovered him and level 42 early teenage years!.
mark king is the virtuoso.
Wow I just realized Ode to Joy sounds a lot like Carousel from Blink 182. Can’t believe no one has ever called Beethoven on this.
I'm sure UA-cam has a copyright claim email heading straight to Beethoven's inbox this second!
The part where he’s talking about you can’t slap too hard regarding the master legend thunder thumbs . Love it
I mean, fair call, I'm watching this and learning a lot, but also giggling at the slap, like, and subscribe gags. Fair play on that.
And also a couple of weeks into learning the basics of slap (I'm about a year into learning bass in my 40s), and this is useful and entertaining.
I managed to play all of these except the last one.. amazing video man, Victor is just another f**king creature. A mere excersise becoming one of the hardest, if not the hardest slap song ever.
Wow, nice moves! That Squarepusher line kicked my a** too.
So great to see Mr pink on here. That was THE song that opened my eyes to the wonder of the instrument. Level 42 Live at the jazz cafe is so so good
Totally, I listened to it like every day for many teen years.
Your video production is really stepping up! I can't imagine how long these take to edit 😅 Great work as always. Love this one!
Thanks Terry!
Excellent video! Always interested to see what everyone's first slap inspiration was. For me it was Hot Water by Level 42, and from there I went deep into the back catalog. Joe Hubbard wrote a book called Basslines in 1985 that covered Mark King, Jaco, Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller so it opened me up to the those tunes. As for Flea, Aeroplane is one of his most amazing basslines ever. Nice work!
You are a very entertaining character and great bass player I really enjoyed watching you 👍
Thanks Doug, glad it lands as "entertaining" and not "obnoxious" 😜
I'm actually trying to get good at slap right now
So this and your other slap videos could actually be pretty useful
Thanks Josh!
Nice, slap on! Here's my full slap playlist - ua-cam.com/video/UfdG9gsAGlI/v-deo.html
Wind Waker!
Also love the vids!! Thanks for creating them. ❤😊
You covered some amazing techniques i played most of the songs you did have to go back to Stevie wonder forgot about that one. Thanks for posting i will subscribe
Your videos made me bring my bass to a guitar doctor and pick it back up again after 17 years of not playing. I'll be forever grateful.
Awesome, welcome back to bass world!
Such awesome content! Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching Joshua!
Very nice list, and explanation, thank you! (Also, love the limewire bit 😂😂😂)
This video is a gold mine of nuggets of treasure anyone really looking to progress bass needs to read in-between the lines here and understand man is spinning gold!! Preach it again and again!!
Thanks Michael! I gotta go cash in on some of these gold nuggets!
Dude!!! From making helpful videos about cruise ship gigs to one of the most awesome bass teaching channels! Bravo!!! Awesome job. Plus you got shredded in the process compared to you ten years ago, impressive hahaha Greetings from Greece
P.S. Our paths to slap discoveries are kind of similar. Oh the LimeWire days :D
Haha, thanks George! Yeah Josh from the old cruise vids is a skinny little dude. 😛
The only thing wrong with Josh’s videos is that there isn’t enough of them. Seriously. This was totally kick ass. Entertaining, too.
Time for a video on Bass Face. You have some advanced techniques there too 🤣🤣
The bass face is either super on point... or requires medical attention, not sure which. 😜
Your methodology of teaching is great, man
Great Video. Thanks for that. What got me going with learning Slap Bass was Eyes Waterfalling and Love Games from Level 42.
Nice! Mark King is so cool.
You are literally the ONLY bassist I ever heard play Glide correctly. Kudos!
Thanks! Did some careful listening to catch that C natural that people play as a B. :)
I learned a lot to you bro, your dedication and love for bass makes me wanna practice more everyday
Aww thanks Edward, glad I can help! Bass on.
I've played bass a few years but haven't picked it up in a while, would like to start again and also learn to play it better. I think i'll sign up for that course.
I love this video man!!!! Thanks
Another great motivator... watching the progression is inspiring! Any thoughts on Rosewood (types) vs. Maple as far as "slap tone " is concerned?
Thanks Sean! Honestly, I would have to do some research and A/B testing to form a strong opinion about rosewood v. maple, personally. In my experience so far... haven't noticed anything. Or haven't noticed that I'm noticing anything, lol. Always more to learn though!
Great video-lesson👍❤️ Thanks a lot and Greetings from Berne, Marcel 🙋🏻♂️🎸🎤😎
Thanks for the tips!
1) 0:42 - Jaimiroquai
2) 2:21 - Stevie Wonder
3) 4:04 - Primus
4) 6:52 - Earthquake
5) 9:01 - Michael Jackson
6) 10:39 - Pleasure
7) 12:39 - Marcus Miller
8) 14:20 - Mr Pink
9) 15:53 - Squarepusher
10) 17:28 - Victor Wooten
Best bass content on UA-cam!
Thanks Matt!
Fingers to slap is something I've never actively thought about outside of just moving technical changes, but all inside of riff building. Just one of those things that's always right there in front of you but you never really look at
That is one sweet Fender jazz for your demos. Clean, too.
Your next video should be 5 basic tips on how to help me fix my broken marriage
The tips will NOT involve slapping!
"Anyone can sing it... even bass teachers..." 😂
Why ya'll love your 5's and 7's so much like most of the slap solos or riffs use them all the time
Louis Johnson actually snapped the E string during that little solo. It is on the George Duke Live in Tokyo 1983 which is on You Tube. It's a brilliant gig and one of my all time favourites.
Another great slap bassline imo is Dani California. It’s got great grooves and has hammer ons and that classic octave pop technique.
Totally, so freaking many great Flea slap lines, I should do a whole video!
Return of the Dream Canteen has touched ground and Flea's sound is so good. You can hear a lot of his signature motifs, but there's some new sounds happening in the mix and he's never sounded better. UL was an amazing album for those who didn't have unrealistic expectations comparing it to past albums and nostalgia, which is never a fair comparison. ROTDC is equal and even better than UL IMO. Both are as good as any of their previous albums and we are blessed to have these gems in this day and age of general trash music.
Definitely agree, really enjoyed UL but I feel ROTDC was more consistent. The songs I love on UL I really love, however for me it has the most songs I skip since their first record. ROTD is just banger after banger after banger
Nice, excited to check it out!
Thanks again for sharing, you are a bassist blessing ! 😁
Thanks Arnaud!
Ahhhh, Glad to see your videos again. I am very excited and can’ wait for your new lesson courses. Does it has any progress update? Thank you josh. Hope you all the best.
Thanks Lui! No new course progress at the moment, just lotsa UA-cam plans. :)
@@BassBuzz Got it！ I can’t wait for another UA-cam videos🤤
Pin this first comment
This man needs a pin and some likes, stat!
He needs more blankets and less blankets at the same time
If you need attention maybe you should create some content
I think he needs a hug.
From a homeless Sacramento meth head.
Don't be offended, there's always Kensington Philadelphia, and you can get your fix for free.
@@sicilianmammalian Pro grade Walk Hard reference. :)
I like that you respond to peoples' comments so frequently and genuinely, given how many comments you get. Pretty cool!
Thanks Evan! Nice to connect a bit and remember that real humans watch these videos. :)
Ha! The Awakening is my absolute favorite bass solo of Les’s, so cool it’s on here 🙌🏻
Dude I had no idea that victor wooten lick was a quote. From the bass battle! Good stuff sir
your cntent is pure gold!
Love your selection. Ive been working on the first bars of "run for cover", it feels so good to play that. And for the master Wooten, good pick, but "u can't hold no groove" has got to be my everest : so many techniques and such a groove.
Also, just for practice "Forget me not" from patrice rushen works fine to me : not too difficult and a good way to practice double thumb.
Thanks for the advices Josh, and Kisss from France :)
Yes, I was waiting for someone to mention Forget Me Nots! Freddie Washington kills it.
Yeeeesssss! So thankful for your content!
Thanks Jeremy!
Great to see Squarepusher on here. Saw him live for the first time back in ~1998 at a gig outside Brighton and he was just going nuts. Went out and bought Hard Normal Daddy the next day.
Saw him about a decade later at the Southbank in London - performing as himself (Tom Jenkinson) together with the British saxophonist, Evan Parker. He’s just a brilliant and versatile player that seems to slip under the radar for some reason.
Love your vids! Really inspiring!
Thanks Roberto!
Come on My Selector has been my favorite slap bassline for years and I am so happy you covered it!
Thank you for this inspiring one 😋
This made me so happy to see Squarepusher on this list!!
ur so awesome thanks for these vids ur my fav bass channel fr :D
Thank you!
Great video! Ryan Martinie is the person that got me interested in slap bass. Brbrdeng!
really cool video, man
made me take my bass after months without playing
thanks a lot!!
Glad it helped you pick the bass back up Gabriel!
WOWW you just pulled Limewire from the depths of my mind haha! Thank you for this video!!🙏🏼
Haha, those were the days!
i really enjoy watching you go from "teacher face" to "bass face" so quickly. excellent work!
Haha, the bass face is unstoppable!
that bit from the Wind Waker intro was nice
Bass tutor whobis not bord to watch awesome sir😊,thanks for the wonderful idea of bass playing
Welcome back Josh. Another great video!!!!
Thanks Judi!