Birdland "Weather Report" McLovins Cover

[startbass]

wow, that's awesome !!!

[AnjelicaLee16]

Excellent! You guys actually know how to play. If you ever come to Toronto, I'll be there.

[mikeymigs1]

great! try and hit those harmonics in the beginning!

[CCWSig]

Lay back and groove.... Felt overly rushed for my taste, but still not bad. Thanks for the vid!

[nikolajhansen15]

does the bassist use a syntheziser for the bass intro?

[NachyoLulz5596]

Great. I woulda liked a horn thrown in there just for more layers but was still a great cover of the original song. Maybe more smiling? Ah, im done critiquing you guys got something going here.

[kolancoleman]

Its awesome to so dudes in my own age do something like this! Awesome, really inspiering ! :D

[discolando]

I'm impressed. Keep up the good work!

[eveleigh02]

hey, i realise this vid was uploaded ages ago, but just wondering if anyone still has the bass music for this piece? I want to do it for my hsc prac... would be much appreciated if you could let me know :)

[ChrisManuel]

Well done! It's like the Police covering Weather Report. The drummer is on top of the beat without rushing - like Stewart Copeland .

[Yalsmal]

JUST AMAZING!

[meatwad61]

wow, yem and birdland. You guys wail

[limegut]

I'm sorry to be correcting, but the introductory bass line (on the guitar, not the bass) annoyed me... its supposed to start on the & of 4, not 1..... combined with the effects, it sounded almost like the y of 1. But it is still amazing song choice with some great talent.

[ilovehummusforlife]

@limegut It's a cover its not supposed to be the same dumbass

[TheWhatFace]

Jealous of the drum set... wish I had enough money to afford a decent one:( Great cover guys!

[scriptulike]

Excellent choice for a cover.  The tempo change around 3 minutes is very effective.

Well done boys.

[computico]

very well, kids. great choice.

[ivancordero]

wow this is amazing!!! im diggin this (slightly) faster version! u should do a sick 53-minute-long jam of this tune, gooin back and forth from guitar and bass leading!

[pastorius1]

KUDOS YOU AWESOME YOUNG LADS!

[razzec19]

very well, kids. great choice.

this song is really fantastic

those 9 are just jelous people

congratulations

[TheKevieH]

GREAT COVER

[HardManAndres]

wow...

you guys are fucking awesome !

[Skidhblanir]

very nice the guitar is a nice addition but it does need a saxophone

[addyr100]

you should have used a click track but i like it

[mariano26788]

jajajaja McLovins great cover

[kafcin]

you guys gotta do some steely dan covers .... u guys really understand jazz rock

[kafcin]

awesome :)

[smashN]

8 jelous guys.

[NachyoLulz5596]

This is definitely creative, and very different from the original tune. I like it, but it just doesn't sound right, especially around the 2:00 to 2:30 mark.

[nagygergo76]

Nice job, well done! (y)

[FedericooGamba]

buenisimooooo

[robman8855]

nice... need a saxophonist?

[UhMysteryGuest]

Very very nice

[frozencokes]

@wesman2232 their artifical harmonics, cover the string at the pickup with your thumb and then pluck with your index right behind your thumb, this creates an 'artifical' harmonic, if that didnt help, research it or watch jaco do it! : )

[TheTest4echo]

Thats pretty cool

[wesman2232]

someone tell me how the hell I do the bass part at the beginning, i have sheet music and it is just all over the place and I can't figure out shit cause the notation in the back of the books doesn't tell me much (like what H.H means)

[sbvikings30]

@wesman2232 use tabs and h.h i think means harmonic

[topspin1616]

hey bass, take charge

[Cocteau120]

You guys are playing this way too fast.

[allerdyce]

my main complaint is that the bass is out of tune, but its pretty good

[Carlitosbass13]

Great! :D

[nickppp100]

I like the sound of the sax in the origional better than the guitar but great interpretation none the less

[ShakeTheMuskrat]

I like the interpretation, but being a bass player myself, it's a little sad to see the bass sulk back to the rhythm section, rather than being lead, as Jaco is in the original. Either way, you guys are incredibly talented.

[Harvo4282]

Fast

[Pinkfloydrocker13]

Awesome job guys, that just bad ass.

[oneamongmany10]

This is great. Love this Weather Report cover! You should cover some of John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu stuff from that period (or a few years before), or some other fusion..not exactly what jam bands are playing right now, but fantastic stuff to play.

[katiemeowkitty]

fucking awesome.

[dalex03]

Very nice guys. Just slow it down a bit. Keep up the good work!

[FellowTraveller]

pretty damn good! keep it up. FT 5/5

[SlyMcdoogal]

I think i'll go kill myself

[ametuerbassist63]

the guitar is not holding the notes long enough. and bass leads the intro (with piano)

[yeatsg]

@ametuerbassist63

i dont htink theyre dumb, i liked it their way

[romainlabaye]

sounds good guys !

[ponciarello]

it is the green days's cover!

(^_^)

[TheBrianc123]

the kids are alright!

[AssOnAPlate187]

damn. You guys are 10 steps ahead most musicians your age.

KEEP ON PRACTICING!!!!

[y05cahillj]

its so annoying how no bands nodats like this jsic, ur an awsome band and keepit up , make classic rock and jazz awsome

[PoposNewGuitarChan]

Haha I like the way you have your dist/od going into your wah

[rodcrippler]

i'm not sure but i think the bass player used bass pedal effects instead of playing a fretless bass like in the original recording, the initial sound is quite too clear, am i wrong?

[yason13]

hey this is jason the bass player. i actually am using a fretless in this video, the begginning sounds like that because i used a technique called false harmonics like Jaco does on the recordings.

[y05cahillj]

ur an awsome bassist and u have a great taste of music

[FellowTraveller]

yeh but they're kids and you give them lots of lee way. they need a key board tho  FT

[rodcrippler]

ha mclovin style!

i'm glad you guys can appreciate good music, most talented kids i know only want to play metallica or ac/dc, they don't have a clue what they are missing out

[monkeybass01]

Dang, nice job guys. I've been a professional bass player for 30+ years and I wish I could have played like you guys when I was your age, I'd be subbing for John Pattitucci today if I was this good back then.

[MJZ1974]

Guitarist 14...Drummer 15...Bass 15. Unbelieavble isn't it?

[sgaff2001]

it is. they're 15-16-16 now.

[nycbassist76]

wow how old are you guys?

[bassasm33]

excellent tone on the bass!

[jazzbassvm75]

It's amazing grace ! GRATULATION ! Keep it up guys !:D

[fretlessbass94]

fool it's birdland from jaco pastorius

[lyricistlee]

wow... quite the eclectic musical taste...

come gig in boston

[moggieman10]

can you guys read music?

[StateofSeptember]

Awesome drum fill at the end :) It almost looked like you were blurring on the vid coz you were playing so fast.lol

[ChildofDust6969]

awesome man bass player myself and having trouble with the intro. you got it down man, all of you were very good.

[soundblaster32]

Not bad for a cover. You guys need a sax and a keyboardist to really tackle it... But not bad. Agree with billyorbit, great that you'd tackle a chart from Weather Report.

[billyorbit]

love that you guys are tackling Weather Report~

[yamahadrumsman]

the drummer is completely playing the wrong thing

[funnyduck]

It's a cover, and their interpretation is completely valid. Also, it's amazing.

[jamietrhcp17]

man, you guys are all awesome, it's hard to find a sweet jazz guitarist like that. bass and drums are completely kickass too, good job

[slapfish]

dudes that was fuckin amazing!!

[dd9679]

love the bass.. sound exactly like the weather report.

[Wutangforlife111]

jaco's amazing

[fighter4life914]

ahh you've made me excited to play this song for our jazz concert in a month great job guys!!

[dannyb21892]

just performed this tonight with my school band. love this song! Awesome job guys

[BassistBob81]

Well done!

[devader]

damn good job, keep it up I subscribed!

[BennettSJP]

great job guys. Just work on the artificial harmonics for the bass intro. you never went up an octave and it sounds like ur skipping a beat, but everything else sounded great.

[sirhConeroM]

You did a very good cover. I, as, a drummer, personally have to congradulate the drumer on that song. He stayed on time and added some real sweet licks. Im learning that song myself and to really play that song at that speed is amazing. Great job guys.

[DrumDude41]

Weather report too???!!! you guys srsly are amazing ... and where did you find that guitar player?! he's just amazing. Drums and bass are amazing as well... hell you all are GODS!

[samm1809]

it was good i like the way u made it your own but WHAT THE FUCK DID U SPEED IT UP FOR? ha im the first to notice- busted!!!!!!

[saladbarjam]

dudes, you guys are great, and your young, stay together forever and you will rock the planet!

Peace

[CrimesIMA]

You guys are great, watched all the vids - keep at it.

[Dancintank]

wow` what you guys 15?

[Ace22522]

ahhh jake, its dammers, idk if you remember this but we played this song in band like yearsss ago idk if it was middle school or not but ya i remember it .

[zorbazoo]

good job guys!

[Feldman742]

basslovin is pretty sick; he's got good technique. He doesn't rest the right arm on the bass body, Jaco would be proud.

[carlopastorius95]

very good boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[homco]

AWESOME!!!!!  Jaco and Weather report rock. AMAZING fresh take on the song!!!

[tjkleinschmidt]

have you guys herad of Umphrey's Mcgee?

if not listen to them learn some shit it would be nice to see

[ziqqyman101]

a little bit on the rock side

[Thatguy301]

very nice. I dig this song a bunch but I can never get those false harmonics right, lol. You guys are gonna be something else when you're older :D

[Racinein61]

Great song choice, guys! Cool interpretation.

[quinney3441]

sick choice, now work on that hood!

[MrArmadillo]

you guys are an awesome trio, each one of you has talent. even better that you chose to cover such a technical song.

Just make sure you keep it steady, don't speed up throughout and relax a bit. I'm just speaking particularly of the triplet figure near the end.

Keep it up!

[jujujus2]

awesome thanks .. love it

[emiliano1527]

you guys rock!!!! holymolly!!!!!!!! it's GREAT!

[calumbowen]

the drummer sure does like to do them triplet ride/snare things!

[nol13]

sickness! when is midwest tour?

[BIgGuidojoe]

lots of talent guys

[PhilGM123]

where are these guys from and do they have a website?

[nancies4132]

you guys are money, keep rockin

[johnyzildjian]

at first i thought these guys are crazy to even try to cover weather report. u totally took me by suprise. good job

[minus00]

lol, cool guys! ive been thinking of doing my own version for a while. all you need are keys and for the bass player to sing the melody lol. tight

[dinny02]

Amazing!! You guys are killer.

[OldManAP]

There is a level of musical maturity here that amazes the heck out of me. From someone with two college degrees in music education, I congratulate these guys, and I hope they continue to play well!!!

[powerfulpills]

McLovins!!! keep it up guys

[formicahjones]

keep up the good work.

[captaingraff]

keep that left foot active for maximum status

[cmcn145]

It's Jaco's birthday today. You guys are awesome.