Phil Levine - Slap Bass - Student Spotlight

[bizzyindmp220]

I really want to know how to play that first song its amazing

[D4ni31]

WOAHAOH I KNOW THAT GUY ooooh man that is so weird just randomly finding someone you know on youtube

[bizzyindmp220]

I KNOW HIM TOO WOAH

[AllenFreigh]

this style reminds me on flea ( Red Hot chili peppers)...:)

[codito]

RHCP are one of my favorite bands, especially their earlier albums, and Flea's pretty decent but this kid's probably better than Flea.

[Nireves33]

I think Flea's biggest strength is his ability to write melodic lines, and not his slapping.

[TrUmPzTeR]

I love this video, seriously,

nice bass, and most important; nice playing! ;)

[HuntsAnnexStudios]

Thanks for sharing that comment, Phil is overseas right now, and learning the Sitar!

One thing I want to clarify, although Phil states that he studied for 6 years, it was bass for 3 years, and then guitar for next 3 years. He was an active student of Jimmy's for 6 years total. He has a guitar solo on here too.

Also, his tone was much better in the studio than was captured here. We had been doing sessions all day, and were mentally burnt out, so we forgot to re-adjust the levels,.. it happens.

[aJazzcat]

cool

[DrSalvadore]

Nice song as well as style, shows off your skill without being invasive and boringly technical - this is musically technical :)

[gerogerogerotczew]

funky :]

[elmoisred616]

nice you don't see a lot of slap style with 5-6 string bass players

[lacrosserox60]

i love bass i wish i could play like him

[obito55]

you can...all u have to do is just practice and thats it

[pari666]

the only i can think of off the top of my head is Fiely from Korn...and he pisses the hell outta me lol

[jeffey217]

les claypool, victor wooten, stanley clarke, theres several more

[sidaksingh90]

Really Funky...I like!

[boltp777]

great playing man

[LelloLeslie]

hey i just started learning some slapping stuff with my teacher i hope i can play as well as you someday (but that will take awhile...)

[kuechengeist]

Hey man awesome playing! Which warwick model are you using?

[wilko2409]

looks like a warwick corvette fna jazzman to me

[deathon2legs55]

you are correctomundo!