Light My Fire" is a song originally performed by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album.
Speed discrepancy (Wikipedia) The 40th Anniversary mix of the debut album presents a stereo version of "Light My Fire" in speed-corrected form for the first time. The speed discrepancy (being about 3.5% slow) was brought to Bruce Botnick's attention by a Brigham Young University professor, who noted that all video and audio live performances of The Doors performing the song, the sheet music, and statements of band members show the song in a key almost a half step higher (key of A) than the stereo LP release (key of A♭/G#). Until the 2006 remasters, only the original 45 RPM singles ("Light My Fire" and "Break On Through") were produced at the correct speed. The Doors Light My Fire - 40th Anniversary Mix (speed-corrected)
The bassist on almost all of the Doors records was a guy by the name of Doug Luban, who they asked to join the band. He declined due to his studio career just getting started. He later wrote a book about his experiences w/ The doors in the studio, I'm sorry i don't remember the title !!! If I recall, he was also a lefty!
bubblesian The Doors got a session bassist for this song. It was either Carol Kaye or Larry Knechtel, I can't say. But yeah, you can also hear a keyboard bass on the right channel, played by Ray. ,
i'm interested a lot in learning bass but havent made my first step into it yet. been watching your channel and makes me want to ask lots of things but i hesitate my self since you're like an old school killer teacher who teach the hard way ( seen your comment on someone somewhere and your answer was short : use your play and pause button, kid!! so everytime i watch your channel and see the "play" button, i hesitate asking. lol.. but i will absolutely do your tips when i start learning bass autodidact.
alot of it is just practice and commitment to learn,,it has to become a passion really,,finger dexterity,find your root notes of each chord in a song..thats the first thing.Memorize those Tonics,root notes in each song you like.Find your riffs and fills off those root notes and be sure to keep time with the melody at the same time.This song is not really a beginner song.You can still learn it slowly tho.Alot of repetition with 2 riffs,just bouncing back and forth,in the solo for example.Dont be afraid to ask questions also.Bass is a Fun instrument and YOU can Play it!
I *love* the song, and I *so* love the bassline. My *only* serious complaint is how short it is compared to the original studio album version is. It's longer than the "single" version, which was 2:52 long; but the album/cd version was 7:06 long.
Doug Luban, who ended up working with Billy Squire, played on most, if not all, of the Doors early tracks, with a few exceptions noted earlier, mainly Knechtel on "Light My Fire". Luban was apparently offered a touring gig with the band, but turned it down due to an ever expanding studio career !! Interesting !!!
Fabulous bass playing, At this early stage the doors definitely did not have a bassist, bass lines being played by Ray on his keyboard; what a genius. If they did have a bass player, you could have been it. You do embellish some aspects of the bass lines, though this is more an endorsement than criticism. Very inspiring.
Hello Friend!! I want to tell you that I love how you play the bass of this song and it's the best bass cover I've ever heard. And I wanted to ask you if is possible that you play the song again but complete not cutting the part of the guitar please. I know that it's been 6 years since you uploaded this video but if you can please please do it again is great. a greeting
@@infusion26 Thanks. YT must do something to it because I play along in standard tuning and your lines sound a half or a step down. No worries, same notes! thanks
@Pete Bjerkelund this version of the song is half step down but he did not tune the half step he played it one fret down in standard tuning. The original is in Am This one is in G#m
If you listen to the song, you can hear Ray's keyboard bass on one side of the stereo, and the Bass guitar on the other side, each playing slightly different figures.Carol Kaye played bass on Light my fire. A real Bass player was used on virtually all studio recordings. Rarely, just the keyboard bass...and occasionally just the electric bass, but usually, both. Listen to the records...all there, and you can easily tell the difference. Starting with the second album, Douglas Lubahn played bass for several albums. Listen to Soul Kitchen. Organ intro, keyboard bass comes in...then whole band with electric bass. Jerry Scheff played near the end of the Doors' career. Doug was the best. Listen to Wishful sinful. A bass masterpiece. Nothing for Ray to do on this one!
Thank you, Evan for that explanation. I've been wracking my brain over that. I also swore I heard a different bass line in there than what's been played with the tabs.
They used session bassists because the bass lines, weren't coming through strong enough, in the studio. onstage it was rare to see a bass player but it happened a few times. On soft Parade they used at least three different ones.
Excellent playing! Great definition! Now you need to do the same thing I had to. Relearn it in the correct key....This song is in the key of "A", not A flat/G sharp. Just ask anyone who plays the keyboard. It would be nearly impossible to play this on k/b in A flat. At least that what my k/b player tells me. And it's a fact they played it in A in their videos. Soooo....that means they pitched it down/slowed it down in the studio. Back then, they didn't have DAWS to change speed on a tune without changing the pitch. Just open it in a DAW, and transpose it half a step up. Then get to work, cause once you learn a song like this, you have UNLEARN it before you relearn it. This is one of the hardest songs I've ever learned btw. Good job.
AJ Steele No, no. Ray played a bassline with his left hand on his Vox Continental V301H. However, there is an obvious second bassline on a lot of the tracks even in the debut album. The alternate basslines were played by session bassist Larry Knechtel. Larry played on Light My Fire, as seen in this video (Manzarek plays a slightly different bassline.) Manzarek's bassline is panned to the left, while Knechtel's bassline is in the right channel. Knechtel also plays on the tracks "Soul Kitchen", "Back Door Man", "Twentieth Century Fox", "Take It As It Comes" and "I Looked At You".
However, the idea of bringing in Knechtel was not the band's idea, it was producer Paul Rotchild. He was brought in simply to add some punch to Manzarek's already existing lines.
You are correct, I apologize. The bassist is uncredited on the debut album . They over dubbed his bass lines with Rays keys. If you listen to the song, it sounds (to me) like Ray alone on pedal bass though. Anyway, this was eye opening to me.You made me do research which is always good.
kind of ridiculous that ray manzarek played this bassline on a keyboard with his left hand while he played the keyboard melody with just his right... wow.
Es el quinto video que veo que sigue sin respetar ni hacer lo que el señor Manzarek hizo en esta excelente obra maestra. Pero ni el bajista de estudio, quién dobló los bajos porque al productor no le gustaba cómo sonaba ya grabados los bajos de Ray pudo sacarlos al 100. Lástima. :”/
The original recording was mastered incorrectly. I guess a professor found out after looking at the sheet music and noticing it didn't match the song. The remastered one has the correct speed.
I love this bassline
+Rūkasu 平和 Me too, I have spent two weeks to lear it
I love that 6 note melody for the bass line that goes into the middle of the song. I used to hum that everyday when I was younger...
Me too
This man is a great bassit, I follow him since I hear firsth time, long time ago. He plays amazing a lot of different songs and styles
+jorge fernandez Thanks man your a big fan :)
their studio albums ruled.
Speed discrepancy (Wikipedia)
The 40th Anniversary mix of the debut album presents a stereo version of "Light My Fire" in speed-corrected form for the first time. The speed discrepancy (being about 3.5% slow) was brought to Bruce Botnick's attention by a Brigham Young University professor, who noted that all video and audio live performances of The Doors performing the song, the sheet music, and statements of band members show the song in a key almost a half step higher (key of A) than the stereo LP release (key of A♭/G#). Until the 2006 remasters, only the original 45 RPM singles ("Light My Fire" and "Break On Through") were produced at the correct speed.
The Doors Light My Fire - 40th Anniversary Mix (speed-corrected)
Very cool broother execelent thakns for share it
Excellent video, excellent channel!!!. My Regards from Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I was hoping there'd be a bass cover of Light My Fire, and when I saw that infusion did a version of it, I knew it would have great tone.
Nice technique.
I have to play the bass and sin g the song in my band and that really makes me tired. It's a great song.
same... it's not easy!
The bassist on almost all of the Doors records was a guy by the name of Doug Luban, who they asked to join the band. He declined due to his studio career just getting started. He later wrote a book about his experiences w/ The doors in the studio, I'm sorry i don't remember the title !!! If I recall, he was also a lefty!
@preteristaynrand Sometimes session musician and Elvis Presly TCB Band touring member Jerry Scheff, played bass for the Doors.
This makes me very VERY happy!!!
bubblesian The Doors got a session bassist for this song. It was either Carol Kaye or Larry Knechtel, I can't say. But yeah, you can also hear a keyboard bass on the right channel, played by Ray.
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Larry Knechtel, according to the Wiki page of the song.
They also used Jerry Scheff on a lot of their albums including LA Woman
i'm interested a lot in learning bass but havent made my first step into it yet. been watching your channel and makes me want to ask lots of things but i hesitate my self since you're like an old school killer teacher who teach the hard way ( seen your comment on someone somewhere and your answer was short : use your play and pause button, kid!! so everytime i watch your channel and see the "play" button, i hesitate asking. lol.. but i will absolutely do your tips when i start learning bass autodidact.
alot of it is just practice and commitment to learn,,it has to become a passion really,,finger dexterity,find your root notes of each chord in a song..thats the first thing.Memorize those Tonics,root notes in each song you like.Find your riffs and fills off those root notes and be sure to keep time with the melody at the same time.This song is not really a beginner song.You can still learn it slowly tho.Alot of repetition with 2 riffs,just bouncing back and forth,in the solo for example.Dont be afraid to ask questions also.Bass is a Fun instrument and YOU can Play it!
I *love* the song, and I *so* love the bassline. My *only* serious complaint is how short it is compared to the original studio album version is. It's longer than the "single" version, which was 2:52 long; but the album/cd version was 7:06 long.
Doug Luban, who ended up working with Billy Squire, played on most, if not all, of the Doors early tracks, with a few exceptions noted earlier, mainly Knechtel on "Light My Fire". Luban was apparently offered a touring gig with the band, but turned it down due to an ever expanding studio career !! Interesting !!!
Jerry Scheff did play for The Door's in the studio but Ray Manzerek played a bass keyboard thing live.
Awesome! You' re good with the Bass!
Fabulous bass playing, At this early stage the doors definitely did not have a bassist, bass lines being played by Ray on his keyboard; what a genius. If they did have a bass player, you could have been it. You do embellish some aspects of the bass lines, though this is more an endorsement than criticism. Very inspiring.
@cgarbiano
The album version is over 7 minutes in length and features a much longer solo section.
Heavy and sweet, thanks bro.
ty so much now i can play this song just like you :)
nice style man so cleany executed bass lines an inspiration for an amateur bassist like myself
it helps me very much for my beginning lesson
Fender Rhodes Piano Bass.
Hello Friend!! I want to tell you that I love how you play the bass of this song and it's the best bass cover I've ever heard. And I wanted to ask you if is possible that you play the song again but complete not cutting the part of the guitar please. I know that it's been 6 years since you uploaded this video but if you can please please do it again is great. a greeting
amazing on bass :D
Demais!!! Sou seu fã
Great job covering this song. How about covering Hyacinth House??
amazing
It’s almost bass boosted I fucking love it
officially Ray Manzarek played keyboard bass (bass pedals) on the album. However, Carol Kaye claimed to have played bass guitar. both is possible.
Great!!!
sounds great '
any tips bro to play as clean ? really awesome :D
I thought you were going to play piano bass on this song like Ray Manzarek lol!
great man
impeccable fingering.
What tuning did you use here? Thanks for this how-to; I was able to learn the verse's line I couldn't quite get.
EADG Standard tuning.
@@infusion26 Thanks. YT must do something to it because I play along in standard tuning and your lines sound a half or a step down. No worries, same notes! thanks
@Pete Bjerkelund this version of the song is half step down but he did not tune the half step he played it one fret down in standard tuning. The original is in Am This one is in G#m
Nueve pendejos a los q no les gusta esta obra maestra(me refiero al cover) todo un grande carajo
I believe Joe Osborn played bass on the original. Always, so musical!
Why is it that on all of the drum cover videos on UA-cam, people have this song tuned UP a half step?
@ZturdfaceZ
Google translator betrayed me.
I treatment say he is impeccable with his fingers
(tiene una digitacion impecable!!)...Saludos!!
If you listen to the song, you can hear Ray's keyboard bass on one side of the stereo, and the Bass guitar on the other side, each playing slightly different figures.Carol Kaye played bass on Light my fire.
A real Bass player was used on virtually all studio recordings. Rarely, just the keyboard bass...and occasionally just the electric bass, but usually, both. Listen to the records...all there, and you can easily tell the difference.
Starting with the second album, Douglas Lubahn played bass for several albums.
Listen to Soul Kitchen. Organ intro, keyboard bass comes in...then whole band with electric bass. Jerry Scheff played near the end of the Doors' career. Doug was the best. Listen to Wishful sinful. A bass masterpiece. Nothing for Ray to do on this one!
Thank you, Evan for that explanation. I've been wracking my brain over that. I also swore I heard a different bass line in there than what's been played with the tabs.
Well, regardless, you did a great job on that video. Keep it up.
Evan Chuley actually Larry Knechtel played bass on light my fire
very good man
De que marca y modelo es ese bajo?
Well played ;)
not bad but is there bass with the doors? wasn't it just with the synth?
Anyway good cover ;)
They used session bassists because the bass lines, weren't coming through strong enough, in the studio. onstage it was rare to see a bass player but it happened a few times. On soft Parade they used at least three different ones.
thank you
nice :)
el bajo esta un semitono abajo verdad?
La versión de estudio (i.e. en Spoti) está un semi tono abajo yes!
Nice!
very good sir
what tuning?
Do you have this tabbed out anywhere? I'm new and this is the best version I've found. But it scrolls too fast for me to write out.
Sorry i don't have tabs i don't use them because I do everything by ear.
UA-cam can slow videos down, use that, it's very handy.
Usually Doors never have bass player,track bass was performed by Manzarek.
they had 40 bass players doubling Manzarek´s left hand.
Excellent playing! Great definition! Now you need to do the same thing I had to. Relearn it in the correct key....This song is in the key of "A", not A flat/G sharp. Just ask anyone who plays the keyboard. It would be nearly impossible to play this on k/b in A flat. At least that what my k/b player tells me. And it's a fact they played it in A in their videos. Soooo....that means they pitched it down/slowed it down in the studio. Back then, they didn't have DAWS to change speed on a tune without changing the pitch. Just open it in a DAW, and transpose it half a step up. Then get to work, cause once you learn a song like this, you have UNLEARN it before you relearn it. This is one of the hardest songs I've ever learned btw. Good job.
It does take stamina to get thru it ,those long songs.
the best
👍🏼
@paparulo321 Your treatment says hes impeccable?
es el sonido que le gustaba a Manzarek, (jazz latino)
Now this was done on a keyboard the same time as the keyboards your hearing now .playing two melodies at the same time.
Carol Kaye on Bass guitar
No Infusion26 on bass :)
yeahhhhh I like this song thanks
realy this song is in G# or what tono is??
the intro is in G,,not g#,and it resolves into A,its recorded in the Key of A,,,,,,
Evh75011 The Doors got a session bassist to play on Light My Fire and Soul Kitchen, I think.
AJ Steele
No, no.
Ray played a bassline with his left hand on his Vox Continental V301H. However, there is an obvious second bassline on a lot of the tracks even in the debut album.
The alternate basslines were played by session bassist Larry Knechtel.
Larry played on Light My Fire, as seen in this video (Manzarek plays a slightly different bassline.) Manzarek's bassline is panned to the left, while Knechtel's bassline is in the right channel.
Knechtel also plays on the tracks "Soul Kitchen", "Back Door Man", "Twentieth Century Fox", "Take It As It Comes" and "I Looked At You".
Fun fact: The Doors originally wanted a bass guitarist but simply couldn't find one so they resorted to Manzarek handling the bass on his keyboard.
However, the idea of bringing in Knechtel was not the band's idea, it was producer Paul Rotchild. He was brought in simply to add some punch to Manzarek's already existing lines.
You are correct, I apologize. The bassist is uncredited on the debut album . They over dubbed his bass lines with Rays keys. If you listen to the song, it sounds (to me) like Ray alone on pedal bass though. Anyway, this was eye opening to me.You made me do research which is always good.
AJ Steele
;p
Can you do people are strange
could you explain me the chords?
kind of ridiculous that ray manzarek played this bassline on a keyboard with his left hand while he played the keyboard melody with just his right... wow.
@infusion26 BAZINGA!
shoulda did the full version but still good.
Very Telend bass man
@cgarbiano And not only huge hands .......LOL
Es el quinto video que veo que sigue sin respetar ni hacer lo que el señor Manzarek hizo en esta excelente obra maestra. Pero ni el bajista de estudio, quién dobló los bajos porque al productor no le gustaba cómo sonaba ya grabados los bajos de Ray pudo sacarlos al 100. Lástima. :”/
@paparulo321 thats what she said, lol
Sometimes Ray Manzarek
Otherwise, the keyboardist played the Bass on a seperate keyboard
@paparulo321
i'd rephrase that (:
tabs??
Sorry no tabs here.
groovie
u play like cumbia style.......
a huge talent too
Ray Manzarek.. except for L.A.Woman.
you just hit bill wyman's hate list
thanks for this except the song is a half step higher.
Not on the original recording. This version is correct
The radio version is a half step higher and shortened and edited to play in less time. This is the correct version.
The original recording was mastered incorrectly. I guess a professor found out after looking at the sheet music and noticing it didn't match the song. The remastered one has the correct speed.
cant hear the bass music is LOUD!
dont touch the earth by the doors please please please