Learn To Play Bass Guitar with Blur | How To Start A Band | Radio X
Вставка
- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In the latest of our How To Start A Band series, we recruit Blur bassist (and the man behind Fat Les' Vindaloo, no less) to teach us the secrets of the bass guitar. Learning the bass is no easy feat, but Mr. James gives us some introductory tips to help even beginners look as if they know what they're doing; which is handy, because Johnny Vaughan hasn't really got a Scooby.
So grab your guitar, pick up a pick, and get ready to learn bass...sort of.
Alex James is most famous for his time spent in Blur, recording and touring with the band for over 25 years, recording bass lines on such iconic tracks as Song 2, Country House, Girls And Boys, Tender, Coffee And TV, and loads more. His book, Bit Of A Blur, has become a staple in the rock n' roll memoir genre. Oh, and he makes his own cheese and runs his own food festival (The Big Feastival).
The Radio X How To Start A Band series looks at different elements of music with industry insiders, and gives viewers tips on how to succeed. It's invariably helpful advice from those who KNOW what they're talking about.
Never miss a beat (or riff) by subscribing to Radio X here / radiox
Get deeper into the music by visiting www.radiox.co.uk/
Radio X is the world’s best indie rock radio channel for music news, live performances and interviews with the world’s biggest rockstars.
I'm glad Alex took time from his cheese farm to jam
lmaoooo
Cheese and jam - yummy.
jajajajaj
my name is alex and i play a big big bass guitar
i always thought it was cool that the bass was a main component of blur songs instead of just going along with the guitar and drums, its not like the bass is there to fill a hole, without it the songs would be totally different and i think it goes to show how talented alex is
The lead guitar plays along with the bass, drums & rhyme guitar or whatever instruments are playing.
Great songs tend to have a great bass line 🎸
if blur was a cake, bass and drums are like the dough and graham and damon makes the icing... but the twist is when that dough has special fillings too. i mean, I always think of music bands like that though...
Most under-rated bassist ever
He’s tied for my favorite bassist with Ed O’Brien from Radiohead
@@oskwie861 its Colin
Colin greenwood
Tosiuviki :/ fuck, awk
@@oskwie861 Yeah..that famous bassist Ed O'Brien. I prefer the drummer Thom Yorke actually.
The interviewer is really annoying and keeps on butting in when Alex is talking
That's who Johnny Vaughan is
as a bassist heavily inspired by alex, i've been hoping for a video like this for a while now
well lucky you
He's really not doing himself justice here. Very underrated bass player.
Alex James is a mad bass player with a sense of groove, punk energy, and inventiveness. Love him!
Reason I picked up a bass
Big Boi kewlll
The word “Underrated” gets used a lot, but Alex might really be the most underrated bass-player
I don’t play but I love Blur and I’m glad this got recommended to me
Alex James is the reason why I picked up a bass.
Alex`s no.1 tip; hold it like it`s the leg of a supermodel while chewing a carrot (to combat the Champagne breath)
Into their 50's Austin Powers and Dr Evil set aside their differences to start a band.
Wow. That's just mean. But somehow funny
I’m wheezing so goddamn hard rn why did you write this😂😂
My bass hero. Truly an inspiration.
Di masyaso kilala Blur sa pinas eh noh? Malupit din to eh. Simpleng komplikado mag bass.
Bert Without Ernie Favorite ko siya at si Mat Osman (Suede) . Na kapa ko yung mga basslines niya pero hindi na sasayahan. Kahit yung ibang nag try dito sa youtube parang kulang sa akin. 😂 Sana nag demo siya kahit isang kanta lang. 😁
@@lawrencevillegas7152 sa beetlebum pa lang pamatay na bass dun.
Bert Without Ernie ay oo. madali lang yun dude! 😁 charmless man siguro pinaka mahirap sa akin kapain. super busy ng bassline non. 😂
Christ, I see what people mean about this guy constantly interrupting his guests.
Brendan Cahill I didn’t, it looked like an interaction between the two for an interview.
Alex is ridiculously underrated.
i love blur 😍 his bass lines are legendary
Alex James: "The space is half of music"
Me: cries in B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
Thank you radio x for having our cheese man :)
big big big big bass guitar
I looked at Alex and I smell cheese from my house.
On 0.75x speed alex is basically graham
Half of the music is the space. Brilliant!
@3:20... Just listen to the last 1 min outro of Beetlebum. It's the perfect exmple of groove playing against the rest of the song. And it's absolutely magical!
What happened to his neck???? It's just gone
angry grouse its the way he’s sitting
He filled it with cheese
too much cheese
I was pissed at an after show on their great escape tour wembly arena, Alex asked me for a light and got chatting to him , Steve coogan and drummer from queen, I told Steve a joke about Kurt Cobain made Alex spit his champagne out through his nostrils, quality night out top fella.
did you really tho 😬
Yes I really did, and on a different occasion Damon asked me to swap my Adidas wind jammer for his ford rally jacket he wore at Mile End. The place was at an after show in a deserted church building near chelsea( chemical brothers were DJing as I recall)
i bet the joke was "what is kurt cobain's favorite blur song" and the answer was "bang"
The great thing about Alex Jame's playing is that he uses all four stings.
Most under-rated bassist ever x2. I love him. ♥
Girls & Boys is a super groovy bass line.
underrated bassist
Just listen to his bass on the video "Stereotypes "Live Jools Holland"), it is criminally underrated.
haha song 2 was the first song i learned on the bass
So Liam Gallagher gave him an advice.
that's quite the beer gut. Must be all that cheese !
I hear Damon saying, “He’s called Steve”
Amazing bassist, one of my idols since I was 9. British bands in the 90's with great bassist... Suede, Supergrass, Blur, Kulah Shaker, Radiohead.... Amazing how underrated these guys are.
Yes Micky Quinn from Supergrass is brilliant
Kula*
God i love alex, he's so glorious
Listen to Entertain Me tell me he’s not one of the greats
1000%
Thanks for blessing us with this 😤😩
Thank you master! 🙏🏼
i got a big big big bass guitar
What a bassist and seems like a decent guy too
he sexually assaulted someone
The interviewer should have let him play a few more Blur songs (I only really heard a little bit of Song 2)
He's a granddad now
Hes what?
He’s what
He’s a wot?!
He is a what?
Country sad ballad man
You know my bassist once got very frustrated when he tried to find the bass pattern for coffe n tv😂
Love Alex 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Rule 10 is a must if you’re just starting out! Is this the first episode ?
Actually great advices, very unique and cool 💪
Stop talking over him!
Amazing bassist but awful human being.
No-
@@kirarogers702 Yes🖕
@@tonymccann7445 No-✌️
What did he do?
Step away from the 'cheese'.
Absolute inspiration 💪
Middle-class blarite remoaner that charges an arm and a leg as entrance fee to his 'Feastival' up in the very wealthy area of the Cotswolds....barf.
Alex James & Alexander Borinocchio dePiffle Johnstone use the same lawn mower to cut their hair.
Alex looking like Simple Jack.
Can anyone help me understand the joke 🤣?
should rename the video to "how to have bad posture and constantly interrupt your guest"
My God Alex is getting old
He quoted LG. 😂
alex is cooler
Alex is acting young
ALEX!!!!
Lovely Alex!
what is the song in the VERY beggining?
I definitely need more of this
Awesome! Please do more with Blur
vincentnya orang Inggris ini
2:40 i just laughed for no reason
Tip 1: get a guitar
Maravillosos consejos!!!
Does someone actually need instruments to make music nowadays.?
Very good advice
Where's Alex neck?
Gone-
Perfection.
I love Alex but Sting is so overrated
1:16 John Deacon😂
Pew Umři Koláč he doesn’t do that
@@user-xw6uh3yp7g shut up Lennon
He's looking rough for 50 years old
Aye don’t talk about my homeboy Alex like that😂
I think he looks good for 50
@@medomai565 Same here, but I have like the biggest crush on his mid 20's self lol he was a hottie
yeah that was a waste of time watching
Quite simple. Don’t make a shit song that screams woohoo for 20 seconds
Where's Tip#4 tho 🤣