Blues For Mingus Solo (On 6 string fretless Dean Edge)

[deege10]

Think metal is hard? Look up 'Got a Match?' by The Chick Corea Electric Band

Great video btw :)

[akudal964]

ok, there are some genres of metal that have soul, but it's what you prefer. I hate people who talk shit when they do know shit but i also hate people who are bitching about genres, difficulty and blah blah. There are even some Death Metal bands who have emotional bass lines in their songs (Death - Cosmic Sea) if you can't even listen to that...just screw it.

[junkiemunkie1000]

Nice job dude. Keep it up!

[dspugs]

I personally love metal, but i also love jazz and bluesy type stuff. i play both genres, and they are quite challenging in their own way. the difficulty of metal comes from the riffs' technicality while blues and jazz is mainly improvisation, theory, and fast walking lines which are very difficult to master as well. I'm not trying to start an argument with anyone, just trying to stop it. :) keep up the good work dude i like ur video!

[CrackerJackLee]

you're very advanced... please permit me to say: adapt left hand "CLAW": keep thumb down on centre line of back of neck... only fingertips touch strings - only left hand fingertips and thumb touch the bass at all... keep palm away from neck... nice curve on fingers - like little hammers they fall on the strings... don't arch wrist... respect your technique and never stop playing! praxis: scales/arpeggios... learn melody/harmony on piano/guitar as second instrument... you're going to be great...!

[claridgestephan]

@PinkieMoskovits and @Obituary1306 Couldn't agree with pinkydanmoskovits more. When you look at the development of early rock to metal you can see a very consistent pattern of chord changes which esentially just follow variations of the pentatonic scales. And regardless of key, metal follows these same rules, albeit with a few extra notes. I wouldn't even say metal is harder because of it's faster. It's only faster more of the time, and blues and jazz are equally if not more varied than metal.

[andreasswarfeld]

Great solo to work out , I learned parts of this one too , and some of those licks in that solo are now part of my playing vocab as it were, guess thats how the message carries an noone can stop that shit it.

[AsILayDyingOWNS77]

Man this sounds nice. i wish I could play blues on bass haha

[PaganWarDrummer]

@pps234

John Myung, Thomas MacLean, and Dan Briggs are three metal bassists that prove that statement wrong. You cannot compare jazz or funk bassists to metal bassists because they are two entirely different styles and compliment each other. Stop being a four-year-old about your musical preference and just listen to the fucking music.

[pps234]

@PaganWarDrummer Your right i should have researched some more, sorry man 

[freenexton]

When did playing music suddenly become good because of how hard the bass is. Playin music is about making good music that the maker of the music thought was awesome

[freenexton]

When did playing music suddenly become good because of how hard the bass is. Playin music is about making good music that the maker of the music thought was aesome

[lonewolf975]

metal is great, its one of my favorite genres, but its rarely that difficult especially the bass line. there are exceptions but its mostly a matter of speed. blues and more classical stuff require more skill and technique. i play in one of the jazz bands at my school and work on metal covers at home all on a four string. i can tell you from experience that while both can be difficult. i find metal to be easier most of the time.

[JTelli786]

thats a sexy instrument

[freakystyley4000]

"TOKEN! YOU'RE BLACK! YOU CAN PLAY BASS!!!"

[TheMcflago]

WHAT IS EVERYONE ARGUING ABOUT!!!

[mickthomsonify]

i want to comment on this but i cant think of wanything to say that would sound racist.

[T3hbassmasta]

@mickthomsonify isnt that a good thing? or did you mean "not sound racist"?

[PsychoSymantic]

man that is a nice bass. i have never played a fretless, but it just looks 10 times harder then a fretted bass. ill leave the fretless to people with real talent, like you.

to all the morons who say metal is harder then blues, learn some fucking theory. to those who say you only need four strings, and six is a waste learn about the instrument you morons.

[doublethumpbass89]

metal jazz are two completely different styles and are both complex in their own way..sooooo...why the hell are yall arguing about it? hahaha

[blah148]

well, i think we can all agree that jazz is the most awesome and technically difficult genre for bass :D

but really.

[BassGrindcore]

Metal may be harder than blues in terms of speed or complexity but blues is WAY harder in theory. I'm a metal and jazz bass player myself and blues and jazz are harder cause almost no metal bassist can improvise such complex lines and licks over given chords and you can tell them "improvise over Em9 chord in 7/8". And they'll commit suicide. But there are also offbeat, syncopated rythms and odd time signatures in metal. Listen to Mother Man by Atheist. That's a crazy 21/8. Respect both styles.

[Slayer34214]

I swear some people here are really retarded. I myself am a metalhead, but music gets inspiration from everywhere. Metal is influenced from all sorts of music e.g. blues, jazz, etc. There is no point debating metal and blues because they are two completely different styles of music that use different techniques. Why argue over good music in the first place?

[wittkowskibmx]

I really like your video and your bass:) I have a lot of respect for playing on a fretless bass and I hope I'll be good enough some day to play clean on a fretless bass. Keep up the good work bro. Could you tell how much it is? Thx

[UpsideDown727]

Is there any way you could do a review of this bass? It would be much appreciated.

[rory09]

I want your bass!

[loudmouthz]

Nice bass....

Decent string choice.....

Edge Q6 and Rotosounds ftw......however some lessons are in order I hear.

[GroteB]

I can't see if this bass has markers or not (lines where the frets normally are), because I'm waiting for my Dean Edge 6 fretless to arrive, and I'm curious about that.

[thepoison1627]

it doesn't

most fretlesses dont, it's only Fender that does that shit

[realmetaleatsyoursac]

good stuff man, keep up with the accuracy. ignore what other people say, if you listen to everything, then obviously your smart enough to know whats better

[madmadmax45]

badass playing, man, and badass bass

[drewhrt2]

really good playing by the way!

[jackjasonfan]

i am going to buy a 5 strings fretless Dean Edge. is it good??? i got a 6 strings fretted and it's pretty good

[splatcrash]

i've got the 5 string fretless dean edge, and hell yeah its good. it plays like a dream. any problems you encounter with that bass are most likely solved by replacing the 9v battery in the back of the body to keep fueling the juuuuicy active pickups ;)

highly reccomend.

[fender0bass0player]

obituary1306 is a fucking faggot giving metal a bad name

go cut suck a dick you scene wannabe metal fag

ps awesome bass stuff a need to get one of those it'll sound killer in my death metal band

[horuuuunge]

whoa!

[Obituary1306]

Haha, it sounds to me like you're the disgrace to metal and you're trying to take it out on me. I guarantee I know ten thousand times more stuff about metal bands than you, pussy. I bet you listen to shit like Disturbed, don't you? Leave the heavy, real metal, to people like me, and keep listening to your "poser" bull shit, bitch.

[drewhrt2]

obituary1306, whats your primary instrument? i hope its not the drums cause i saw one of your videos and your shit is weak. this guy sounds like he has more taste on the bass than u ever will on any instrument, not to mention chops. i think the general consensus is that you dont know shit about music

[Obituary1306]

Actually, it is the drums, and those videos are weak, I agree, but I don't have any editing software on my computer so I can't upload anymore. Also, this guy is a fool I could learn this fucking song in two seconds. So shut the fuck up pussy, I would destroy you in fucking anything.

[stonedparyah]

arrogance is a sign of weakness my friend ;)

[Obituary1306]

It's not arrogance, it's called sticking up for yourself.

[drewhrt2]

that previous comment was directed towards

Obituary1306.

this solo sounds great!

[Obituary1306]

I think 6 strings are ridiculous, you only need four. I play metal, and metal is obviously harder than blues, so you'd think I would need more than just four strings, but I don't

[rickamaru]

If you honestly think your typical little 4/4 timing in a metal song is as hard as a 6/8 blues tune then you need to work on you theory beacuse you speak like and amature. and the 6 strings is just a bonus i dint need them

[Obituary1306]

I'm not trying to fight, but metal is way harder than ANY other genre. Listen to some Job For A Cowboy or Lamb Of God and then try telling me, it's not hard .....

[rickamaru]

i listened to a song called knee deep and honestly.......... it sucked the bass played 1 note the whole time and the all you could really hear was the bass drum

[Obituary1306]

That's not even a good song, listen to "Embedded" or "Reduced To Mere Filth"

[CaptScrumptious]

@rickamaru

Ugh that guy Obituarry is an idiot, those are the worst bands alive not even metal

try

Obscura - Orbital Elements

you wont be disapointed like you wee with those horrible bands lamb of god n shit, really.

[OiAbA]

@rickamaru your kind of horrifically wrong..

[crazygiant90]

@rickamaru each style of music has its difficulties blues and RnB style you have to play clean and with precision timing but metal its about speed and harmony with the guitar and those bands are not good if you want a bass refrence for metal bassists look up dream theater opeth or mudvayne

[thatoneguymusic1]

@rickamaru I definitely think that you are right, but he does have a point. He gave you a bad example of what metal to listen to. More of the "core" band (deathcore, metalcore, etc) have very simple bass lines. Check out "Your Treachery Will Die With You" by Dying Fetus, although he is using a pick, still difficult. Also check out the video "Nick Recording Bass" from As Blood Runs Black, that's finger picking. Like I said before, I agree with you; but that ignorant fuck does have a point.

[FoxEnyuron]

@thatoneguymusic1 and to further this: Mother man (drum & bass) by Athiest, any Obscura song from really any album (How does one fretless in metal?!) and pretty much every song by Pavor, the german technical death metal band actually -created- by the bassist!

[xPELICANx]

That is not true. Some metal (such as the bands you listed) isn't hard or technical whatsoever.

I've been playing bass for at least eight years, and I can certainly tell you nothing by those two bands are hard to play.

You want to learn some difficult songs? Go learn some Origin or Necrophagist. They destroy anything by the two bands you mentioned.

Hell, go learn some jazz. Learn some Yellowjackets if you think it's so easy compared to Job For A Cowboy.

[Obituary1306]

Yeah, I agree not all metal bands play hard stuff, but their stuff is hard to play (the bands I mentioned). I'd like to see you play "Hourglass" by Lamb of God or "Reduced to Mere Filth" by Job For A Cowboy. Also, I don't think Job is easily compared to Yellowjackets, I just think it's harder to play.

[xPELICANx]

Come on over, dude. Those songs are fucking easy.

Anyone with a small amount of talent can play those songs. They are not that hard. I have learned Job For A Cowboy songs by ear, and from watching them live.

[Kanto2j]

@Obituary1306

I know you wrote this a year ago but seriously man, i play every genre of music, and for you to say Metal, especially Lamb of God and Job for a Cowboy are difficult...well...I love Lamb of God and can play all their stuff, but in comparison to blues/jazz/funk, lamb of god is childs play. I also own one of these basses, and if your a bass player then youd also know that even professional bass players have intonation issues with fretless basses, such as Les Claypool, who is amazing!

[cybertooth49]

@Obituary1306 It's not hard, it's just technical.

[JamieT0]

@Obituary1306 I love metal, but honestly it's not the hardest to play. Classical is most definitely the hardest out there. It requires an INTENSE amount of memorization to be able to play a 30 second part.

[deadlycookies]

@Obituary1306 Bad choice of bands there, homes.

[xCWExSniperWolf]

@Obituary1306 dude, blues can be just as hard.... but... metal is alot harder in some sub genres bands like braindrill, aeon... any tech death metal, or well any death metal really... now one word (being random) BEHEMOTH \m/!!!! fuckin rights

[HonyaDj]

@Obituary1306 Jazz is much harder... Think about it ;-)

[NapoleanXV]

@Obituary1306 I know your comment is over a year old, but you picked probably the worst metal bands in terms of musical complexity.

[srvjmbbking]

@Obituary1306 dude metal is only harder on paper.

[PinkieMoskovits]

@Obituary1306 I go to2 metal festivals a year and metal gigs at every oppurtunity. I love Lamb of God, Machine Head and many more. But your comments are ignorant at best. Good music is good music. Every genre has it's superstar musicians. From Black Metal to classical. When you play metal I can guarantee that you are playing blues scales. Just cos it's faster doesn't make it better. Give Ben Harper or the Dave Matthews band a listen. Then learn some Jazz scales. Then tell me metal is harder...

[MarcusFenixtheMan]

@Obituary1306 as a professional musician i can tell you jazz is the hardest genre, metal is as hard as the songs you write, some bands write ridiculously difficult songs and some write easy songs, you cant say a whole genre is difficult

[websterx9]

@Obituary1306 Its not the hardest thing my friend your exaggerating and being dumb blues and jazz are THE most hard gener ever in music dont say somthing is hard bec of the speed the thing is hard when it requires a technique to play oh and btw nothing is hard if you try and practice. if you say lamb of god is hard then sorry bro you are amature Job for a cow boy(huh!!??) and if you need to listen to ''hard to play'' songs listen to necrophagist or SOP(spawn of possession)

[2scrimble9]

@Obituary1306 Man your arguments are so invalid. Yes I'm a hardcore metalhead myself too but metal really isn't hardest genre to play. JFAC and LoG are both pretty easy to be honest. Both great bands but yeah, nothing too special in technicality. As someone mentioned listen to SoP or Necrophagist or something if you want technical music. But its not always about how many notes you can sweep in 3 seconds.

[junkiemunkie1000]

@Obituary1306 Clearly you don't understand music at all.

[squiresuzuki]

@Obituary1306 Wait, did you just say metal is "way harder than any other genre"? haha, I laughed. I like some metal and I play bass and trust me, metal is one of the easiest genres. I know people who practice their violin for 5 hours every day and are practically virtuosos, meanwhile there's some shitty metal bands out there (like Lamb of God) that people basically judge based on how fast they can hit their bass drums...

that being said, i respect some metal like Tool, Dream Theater, Primus.

[dmanios]

@squiresuzuki High five on the Primus dude. Did you see their tour?

[FoxEnyuron]

@squiresuzuki I agree with you in the fact that metal is an easy genre (none harder than Jazz and Blues) but seriously, only tone-deaf retards judge a metal band by how fast their drummer is with a double-kick. Lamb of God contains some seriously innovative material (just look at the wiki page, and maybe actually pay attention to the music you criticize). I'm a bassist as well (Jazz, Blues, Funk, Technical progressive Death metal, you name it) but good metal is -difficult- to write!

[squiresuzuki]

@FoxEnyuron Personally, I think 95% of metal is crap. I can't stand Obscura, I mean, you might, but it's just too bland to me. I've listened to cosmogenesis a few times and I want to barf when I hear anticosmic overload. There's some good stuff though, I think the album Still Life by Opeth is one of the best rock/metal albums ever written. Lateralus by Tool is a masterpiece as well.

[superdude1525]

@Obituary1306 hey, just to let you know. your a dipshit. the uploader is completely right. you have no idea how hard it is to play the blues or jazz. the two hardest things to play on any instrument.

[slipknot95maggot]

@rickamaru 6/8 is pretty basic. Clearly you don't listen to much metal man. If time signatures are still hard for you you need to change how you approach them. I'm not trying to pick sides on which style is harder I'm only saying 6/8 is basic and metal is FAR from only 4/4

[drewhrt2]

please never pick up an instrument ever again. how can you say one genre is "harder" than another? plenty of bass players spend their whole lives playing the blues professionally and would admit that they still aren't perfect at it despite the fact that they are amazing musicians. playing really fast (if this is how you are defining "harder") is much easier than playing tastefully. a blues bass players could probably outplay you, if they chose to, any day

[Obituary1306]

Blues is the easiest shit in the world, I could play half the shit in one day. Metal is the fucking hardest genre no matter what you say. Also, I'd destroy you in any instrument, you're just a bitch, so fuck off.

[oOJimmySueOo]

Metal is a baby of the blues dude. Don't mock the roots. Beg to differ? You know what the first ever metal band was? Black Sabbath. Where did almost 100% of their sound come from? Blues. Who were they before Sabbath? The Poka Tulk Blues Company. And besides metal is compensation for lack of soul. Try learn some blues or jazz. And not that school book bullshit blues. That white mans blues. I'm talkin the real business. Blues is the roots, all else is the fruits. No monkey junk.

[loosifur]

@oOJimmySueOo alice cooper was the first metal band black sabbath was the first heavy metal band

[oOJimmySueOo]

@loosifur but sabbath was around before cooper

[loosifur]

@oOJimmySueOo cooper was around in 68 sabbath in 1970 cooper was first

[MrBoffom]

@oOJimmySueOo i know this is a year later, so sorry. anyway, i think that metal isnt a lack of soul, i play it and i think its my way of expressing my self. as far as skill, you dont need much to play metal on bass, the deep tuning on guitars are getting rid of bassists.

[m3tallih0lic]

@oOJimmySueOo i love blues but that real heavy death metal just brings a whole different element.. it has feeling too.. i mean.. these fuckers are screemin their lungs out with passion and the instruments are just fuckin insane..

[6bass41r]

ur an ignorant piece of shit

[kensuke0]

You sound like a fucking poser.

[000MetalHeart000]

@Obituary1306

That was just idiotic, man you really have to acctually have some knowledge about blues before saying it's easier than metal. I play metal too, but you have to understand that being fast doesn't make metal harder.

[havenstone19]

@Obituary1306 yes but 6 string are awsome fun! yh i play a four string and 5, i want a 6 string now cus there jsut evil! =) and tbh all music is hard in there own ways, i play all sorts of music so thats what i think personaly, =D

well i think a 6 or 8 string basss muahahha overkilll =D

[DDball]

@Obituary1306 wow, haha. i find that funny.

[T3hbassmasta]

@Obituary1306 im a metal head and your comment still makes me laugh at your ignorance. try widening your view and listen to more than just metal, thats what i did. try not to sound too stupid on the internet

[AndyHoner]

@Obituary1306 Let me apologize on behalf of all the bass players who use more than four strings and can actually play more than root notes, douche bag. Everyone plays with a different style man. Chill out.

Btw Rickamaru, your awesome man! Keep it up!

[vladichoupinet]

@Obituary1306 Play Jazz bass or classical then you will know what is difficulty i play metal and except Cliff Burton and some other great bassist i don't think the bass guitar is good in it.

[omgitsrobertlosha]

@Obituary1306 Six string basses are widely used in Progressive Metal. You don't really need 6 strings, but they are used for lower tunings, and more complex basslines.

[WeezerPoe]

@Obituary1306 wow, your one of those who thinks your style is way better than someone else's. why judge the man for posting his music? and by the way, blues and funk is a fuck load harder to play than metal. job for a cowboy's bassist could not keep up with victor wooten or bootsy collins. anyone can play 4/4 non-technical. there is nothing more annoying on youtube than reading inept comments like yours. "my style is better, im a little girl!" fuck off and go learn some true music.

[Sephiroth78941]

@Obituary1306 Sorry to burst your bubble, but blues and jazz is way harder than metal. And yes, I do play metal, deathcore, grindcore, ect.

[junkiemunkie1000]

@Sephiroth78941 Totally second this. Also classical music is way more technical than metal.

[garywingrove]

@Obituary1306 you don't have more strings because of how difficult the music is. you have more strings for more sounds. if you're not going to solo as a bassist then you probably don't need any more than for strings. if you play jazz or blues, especially in a smaller combo, you may be asked to solo. if you do and you have higher strings the melodies you play pop out way better. it's just another avenue for expression through various tonal qualities

[brakedd]

do you have a transcription of the solo?

[elviso23]

Great job, mate. Love that raw tune, don't listen to unconstructive critics, cause they don't mean a thing - keep up the good job!

[claptonhendrix1]

That's cool. I'm not a Bass player but that was really awesome. 5*

[Illuminato2]

Great job mate!

[bigyouth72]

great solo

good job

[gilch666]

wow, a 6 string fretless that must've cost alot.

[EMG33]

nice playing man. always wanted to jump on a fretless... maybe one day!

[geraldzband]

nice i like geddy and flea and claypool's type of bass playen but that waz great

[amierdolo]

lol youre really out of tune. you might consider using some lines on the fretboard.

[rickamaru]

i got the guitar a few months ago im still trying to get use to the fretless feel and the no lines thing. i dont put lines on my bass because i feel its like cheating.

[rickamaru]

yeah

[TChalla90210]

Sweet six string! Is that fretless?

[Muragle]

Wow, I've seen people not read the discription...

BUT ITS IN THE TITLE.

[TChalla90210]

I love that solo, Brandon. Good Stuff!