Valley Girl by Frank Zappa TUTORIAL by Neal the Bass Player...this time

[WOOKMEISTA]

That was like totally wicked man. You've convinced me to learn it!

Wook

[PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

Love it! You just need a little work on the singing. ;-)

[HeyStupidFlanders]

is that a tobias bass?

[Dehumanizer1]

Great

[jumpyourbone]

very good

[shaftsbury94]

nice one dude

[frostedhead]

Very tight!

[chapmanyasuki1]

Good tune.

Wonderful technique.

[ontherush77]

Your playing some parts wrong

[OcalaMusician]

@ontherush77 Okay - fair enough. SO can you do a video to show me and those who have not caught my mistakes as a video reply on this page?

[thepurplelagoon]

Nice work man. I come home and play Zappa tunes on bass to escape into the twilight realm of my own secret thoughts

[kaylarose823]

NICE..I'm quite sure if Zappa were alive today, he'd truly appreciate this!!

[OcalaMusician]

Wow - that is probably the most flattering comment anyone could have made. I KNOW I'm NOT worthy of that kind of praise, but you are very kind for thinking it.

[136312]

Great playing!

My only problem is with the description.

Valley Girl is off of Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch, not Joe's Garage :)

[OcalaMusician]

Oops! My bad. You are 100% correct and I'm sorry for the error. I'd been working on doing the entire first side of Joe's Garage when I decided to post this Tutorial first.

[OcalaMusician]

Previous incorrect info has been updated. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention.

[smellyou]

wow, you're quite the awesome dude and great bass player man

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks very much for the kind words.

[lowdownbasschick]

Way to go Neal! TUTORIAL!

[OcalaMusician]

Well - wasn't it informative?? :-)

[lowdownbasschick]

well ofcourse! Excellent educational experience. ;)

[jared1847823487]

Good choice of songs, cowboy.

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks Jared - I appreciate the kind words. Just to let ya know - I'm NOT a cowboy, I just play one on YouTube. :-) I'm from New Jersey who is currently living in Florida. Did ya see my other videos where I'm wearing a baseball cap?

[MemoryEleven]

*bows*

amazing! nice!

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks, but I do not deserve anyone bowing.

[lowdownbasschick]

Sure ya do!!! ;)

[OcalaMusician]

Don't go there - it will just cause gossip that will NOT be true!! LOL

[snowdoguk]

Great job.... and now you've got some drums to do for Rocking.... ;-) Cheers :-)

[OcalaMusician]

Right you are Mike - I am definitely going to figure out what would make for an interesting drum song to play since my videos are so stinking boring. :-) I wish I could say I'm going to do some Dream Theater, but that is WAY out of my skill level. Perhaps some Zappa, Kansas, King Crimson or The Knack?? LOL

[elczanka]

Heeeeej, fantastic. I admire.

Alicja

[OcalaMusician]

Thank you so much for the kind words Alicja.

[lowdownbasschick]

I had to come back and watch this again! I totally have to feature this on my channel fer sure. I am a real valley girl from Cali...and uh I really did talk that way...wow! lol

[OcalaMusician]

Like fer sure you didn't. - thanks for the totally awesome favoriting of my vid. That's just SO BITCHIN' of ya!! Later K.. :-)

[governorgilf]

Great job here! I've always thought this song has a wicked bass line, so it's nice to see someone post this. Thanks!

[OcalaMusician]

Glad you enjoyed it. I thought it might be a typical fun, silly song that is still fairly challenging to play correctly as is typical for Zappa. I'm glad it was able to figure it out & play it. Thank you for the kind words.

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks very much for the kind words - take care and glad to have you as a friend on here.

[lowdownbasschick]

This was like totally my song back in the day...LOL...awesome to see somebody actually thought to do this song...kick ass!

[LouddrummerO]

Nice tone. Great playing!

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks LD - I've seen your vids and your play extremely well. Thanks for your compliment on my sound and performance. I'm hopping I can start doing some "virtual" projects with anyone who needs my bass (4-5-6 & 12-string), guitar (electric & acoustic), drums (double bass) or a bit of keys, etc. Anything, nearly any style, anytime since we are all working from home. Thanks again and take care.

[OurVirtualJourney]

Yes very nice.... I remember hearing the Hot Rats album as a young boy !

Frank Zappa !! What a talented man he was.

Great playing my friend.

Dave.

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks for the compliment. I thought it would be unique and quirky enough to get some attention. I wish I could play more Zappa songs, but most are beyond my skill level.

[jazzgirl00007]

AWESOME BASS !!!!!

good on ya!!

[OcalaMusician]

Thanks Darlin' - I'll send out the usual payment in the mail for the compliment.

:-)

[vineyardedge]

Like totally!

[CrusaderU2K]

Love the old school style of music.

[OcalaMusician]

To Kali & Crusader - than you both for the kind words. I NEVER take anything someone chooses to write for granted and I'll do my best to acknowledge whatever someone chooses to write. Thanks again.

[kalisota]

Nice playing,clean and smooth,Im from LA so I knew girls like that-GAG ME WITH A SPOON,haha

[OcalaMusician]

Thank you very much RISENTOFALLEN. I appreciate your kind words.  Thanks again.

[RISENTOFALLEN]

Your Bass work is incredible, the song makes me a little confused, but maybe its supposed to lol. Anyway, badd ass playing man. Peace.

[vineyardedge]

I'm a VAL I knew....

hahah- I live this tune. Great bass line- and you nailed it! :) This is great Neal!

[OcalaMusician]

Hey Val - thanks for the remark. Ya kno - I wasn't even thinkin' of you when I decided to try this song. LOL I'm glad you got a laugh out of it. I get real silly when I can't sleep and try recording at about 2am. Oh, who am I kidding - I'm always just a silly person. :-)