Jeff Schmidt - SOLO BASS - Satori

[HeyItsRez]

How would you describe his sound in this? It kinda reminds me of like an uptempo southern song in some bits

[AggieTreed]

This is now one of my favorite songs ever

[mrCHLENSSS]

im crying!! it's a greatest piccalo bass player in the world !!!!!!!!!

[RizkyDwiPP]

bassist edan.. =)

[MrDevonpianochris]

Very good

[newpariah]

you think you can get through life with rugged good looks, an increadable body and a sexy black t-shirt julian?

[MikeandhisBass]

hey, huge fan of the videos. youre a huge inspiration. could you offer me any advice on composition? i found most of the stuff i try to right starts to get bland. i use diatonic scales mostly.

[zathruszathrus]

@MikeandhisBass Well I'm not Jeff but there are many ways to approach composition. Don't restrict yourself to just one. I prefer a method that involves trying to play whatever I'm feeling in complete ignorance of any scales and rules - whatever it takes to get the sound that expresses me. Another way is the schooled way with scales and mathematical thinking - Tool uses a rhythm based on the Fibonacci sequence in one song. The only right method is whatever combination works best for you.

[moyseseternalfate]

great video !!! great song !!! great bassist !!!

[Zevonfan524]

You have officially surpassed the Great Jaco Pastorious ass my all time favorite bassist & all around musical idol. Tell me you're on iTunes!

[Zevonfan524]

You have officially surpassed the Great Jaco Pastorious ass my all time favorite bassist & all around musical idol.

[BARPOBARPO]

2:38

Jeff, of all the songs ive heard you play, and loving every one of them, this is my favorite moment out of every one.

your expression shows how locked into the moment you are. when i heard you hit that chord, i made the EXACT same face as you. words cant describe the feeling, but ill bet many viewers made the same face, and shared the same happiness you showed.

thanks so much for the inspiration to keep playing.

[stronger157]

oh christ there are too many things to like about this video. Your sexy tuning allows for the most unique chord sounds of like all time. Looping pedal just makes this 1000 times better.

Major major major major props.

[janebroda]

this dude is like the Joe Satriani of Bass guitarists

[kyuteh]

I really want to learn bass. I'm debating getting a fretless acoustic or electric as my first bass, but then again maybe I should just get a standard 4 string fretted squire or something? I already play 6 string guitar and I love the sound of the fretless bass, but I don't know which is the best choice.

[TheBassMan533]

@kyuteh

trust me, playing fretless is HARD WORK.

besides, you dont learn to do the stuff jeff does.

you need to start on a 4 string and learn everything.

its not like youll find a teacher that will start teaching you playing on a fretless 6 string and on your first class youll be learning Satori by jeff schmidt.

anyway man, i wish you the best of luck. you're gonna love bass!

[kyuteh]

@TheBassMan533 thanks!

[baronvonsatan]

@TheBassMan533 Saying you need to start on a 4-string is like saying in order to play guitar you need to start on a banjo.

[TheBassMan533]

@baronvonsatan

are you serious?

have you played a six string?

are you even a bass player?

i know how hard it was for me personally to control and master my 4 string playing. and the transfer to 6 was a bitch.

i only completely mastered it, not long ago.

now the 6 string is my bitch:P

besides, there are so many things to worry about in a six string bass that are just crap when you want to get the essence and basic bass down.

now please, don't be stupid

[baronvonsatan]

@TheBassMan533 Dead serious. Several years ago I saw Trip Wamsley play and when he was done, I asked him about this very issue. After asking me a few questions, he advised me that if a 6-string was where I wanted to end up, it was where I needed to start, because going the 4 to 5 to 6 route meant I was going to have to adjust to different string spacings and muting techniques each time. I won't be stupid if you don't.

[triffling11pirate]

@baronvonsatan When I switched to five, i used what i thought was common sense and looked up my string spacing and purchased a relativly similar spacing on a five, to not lose the dynamic control i had developed through years of practice. Anyway, it would technically be more time consuming to start on a four, knowing you want six.

[baronvonsatan]

@TheBassMan533 Anyway, the point I was making about banjos is that they have 4 strings and guitars have 6, but nobody gives to prospective guitarists the advice you gave to a prospective bassist. The former would probably flip you off and say he doesn't need training wheels, or something. In any case, it's possible that there are as many answers to this question as there are bassists.

[CorvetteCoonass]

Capo, one of the most useful tools for any solo guitarist or bassist. :)

[BIGeSTRING]

If King Crimson looking for a new bassplayer?? Jeff is the MAN.

OMG this is amazing, and a beautyful sound.

[XIIMCMGIIX]

Possibly the best bassist ive ever seen...

[Frombonics]

Great composition, epic, powerful.

FF

[redraywn]

you made me take the frets off my guitar. and then buy a bass, and de-fret that, too. when are you going to stop :) thanks for being a source of inspiration for young artists.

[Dvareckas]

Bravo!!!!!

[scarsymmetry1989]

1:33-1:56 My bass doesn't sound like that :(

[cybershark1991]

it's just amazing oO I wish I could play like you. Will you make new videos in future? I really hoep that you will do taht. it's amazing

[BassistTony]

lol,I've never seen bass capo before o.O

[NHK3115]

made of win, dipped in awesomesauce!

[carabata64]

comprate un stick o una viola...

[Autumnmaker]

This is what happens when there's no fear either to mix emotion, ideas, technique and crazyness, or the result of that mixture.

Congrats

Everyone hail Jeff Schmidt.

[huginandmunin]

this is so fucking ridiculously awesome. its like audible chocolate.. delicious.

[panhead1219]

More like deep fried chocolate coated lobster ,with a capo batter!

this guy is VERY good!

[JonP1961]

very nice work with the left hand on the fretboard. love the sound of the harmonics he's layin' down around 3:15-3:25

[NosoyMathiasLol]

wow dude try this: smoke pot and then watch this video... it's amazing... dude you are my inspiration!

[bumpingbass]

haha that's exactly what i just did

[farrar91]

@bumpingbass thats what i am about to do also :) bass rocks!

[Badbufon]

he is very good.

[ryder6stringbaby]

you look like julian from trailer park boys ...

[ksheptukhin]

there is a lot about the bass he uses and the way he uses it. BUT the way he compose is nothing about the instrument. The composition is really creative. As I know any instrument can't make you play better

[MileSeventySeven]

jeff rules

[mophead319]

looks like no one likes JimDraven (:

lol

[RequiemAeternamDeo]

Ragazzi, secondo me tutta questa diatriba ha poco senso: un bassista è in primo luogo un musicista, e in quanto tale, fa il che gli pare, col suo strumento. Fine della storia. Meglio evitare tutto questo marasma da stadio.

[T3hbassmasta]

i would pay $100 for one lesson from him

[guayo1982]

that's very cheap ...

you should provide at least about 500 hehe

Jeff is amazing but much of his skill comes from the basses he use

[samkeen]

That's not true at all. There are loads of bassists out there experimenting with new instruments and abilities that aren't well known or respected. Jeff stands out due to the standard of his composition.

[Alicaint]

To anyone ho thinks Jeff isn't the best bassist in the world, you really should open your eyes. He's the most imaginative bass played I've ever seen, just awesome.

[Mortycakes]

He an amazing musician as well as a bassist, but I think there are players out there that is better. I think Jaco was better, Wooten, Miller and let us not forget Thunderthumps Johnson.

Do not get me wrong. Jeff is awsome. Really melodical and tight.

[chitarbass]

Indubbiamente questo tizio è bravo...ma per favore,basta con questi chitarristi camuffati da bassisti!!! in questo pezzo non ho sentito una nota di basso...se usasse una chitarra avrebbe un suono migliore e probabilmente sarebbe più apprezzato....

[JimDraven]

apprezzato da te? O da quelli che vedono, come te, nei bassisti a 6 corde dei chitarristi falliti? Credo sia indubbiamente meglio restare poco apprezzati, allora. Jeff ha un dono nel BASSO, lo dimostra ampiamente ogni volta che suona, e chi non vede le doti BASSISTICHE che tira fuori, semplicemente, è cieco.

[chitarbass]

Purtroppo non riesco ad apprezzare le" DOTI BASSISTICHE"di questo tizio...e men che meno la musica che fa'...il fatto che poi usi delle corde ultrasottili e un'accordatura chitarristica probabilmente per te è irrilevante...comunque prenoterò una visita dall'oculista...

[JimDraven]

O forse sei tra quelli a cui basta un solo brano per giudicare un artista nella sua interezza. Forse dovresti farti un giro nel canale di Jeff. E meno male che l'inetto dovrebbe essere lui, eh...bah.

[basschitar]

Le cose che fa' questo tizio le ho sentite fare PRIMA e MEGLIO da svariati chitarristi,suona sempre da solo e mai in gruppo,perchè di sicuro come bassista sparirebbe...sei un ragazzino di 18 anni probabilmente PUNK o METALLARO e ti piacciono gli esibizionisti...di musica e di BASSO non capisci un cazzo! se non diventi un impiegato di banca e continui a suonare (ammesso che lo fai... ) ci risentiamo fra una decina di anni...Ciao.

[JimDraven]

Come volevasi dimostrare non hai capito un cazzo. Non ti sei nemmeno preso la briga di vedere con chi stai parlando. Tiratela meno, idiota. Suono il basso da dieci anni e nel mondo della musica ci lavoro. A non capire un cazzo sei tu, non certo io. Che una cosa è certa: Jeff in una band potrebbe anche sparire, ma se suonaste insieme (ammesso che tu sappia prendere in mano un basso), lo strumento te lo infilerebbe su per il culo in trenta secondi.

[JimDraven]

Ah, e siccome tu "dovresti" essere in grado di capire (dubito, ma amo essere ottimista), nel 2005 Jeff ha vinto il più importante contest per bassisti solisti, Bass Extremes International Solo Bass Competition, e aveva come giudice un certo VICTOR WOOTEN, che disse di lui: "una delle più belle musiche che abbia mai sentito suonare su un basso elettrico". Ma, oh è vero, l'esperto sei tu. PUAHUAHUAHUAH nasconditi e taci.

[JimDraven]

e, terza e ultima precisazione, se facesse schifo come dici, non avrebbe suonato con: Michael Manring, Steve Lawson, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Anthony Jackson, John Patitucci, Billy Sheehan, e Will Lee. Tu ci hai suonato, con anche uno solo di questi? Dubito fortemente.

[chitarbass]

Suoni il basso da 10 anni e ne hai 20?sei un ragazzo prodigio... ma perchè nel tuo spazio non c'è una tua performance?e poi lavori nel mondo della musica...cosa fai pulisci i cessi?prima di sparare cazzate leggi bene...NON ho mai detto che questo Schmidt non sa suonare NE che fa shifo NE che è inetto...sono tutte cose che hai detto tu!!ho solo detto che è un BRAVO chitarrista...e non incazzarti che fa' male alla salute...CIAO bello.

[JimDraven]

Vuoi chiamarmi ragazzo prodigio? Fai pure. Ho iniziato a suonare nel 1999, giusto dieci anni fa, qui dove vivo. Se vuoi, via messaggio privato, ti mando anche il nome del mio professore, così lo cerchi, e glielo chiedi. Ci stai? Non pulisco i cessi, coglione, faccio il promoter dal 2005. E poi perchè dovrei filmarmi? Non sono io che vado a denigrare i video di altri bassisti, come te. Un bravo chitarrista? Ripeto, forse non hai capito: come bassista è apprezzato da tutti. RIDE DI TE. Pure io.

[louison79]

he should try the Chapman Stick

[tatie386]

ohh man,, i love the sounds of the string

[mangreenmanyellow]

He strings his MTD as a piccolo bass, one octave above standard tuning. I believe he uses altered tunings besides that. If you want to try it, D'Addarios makes some ultra light nickle rounds, XL280's I think.

[Poonard]

i will drum for you man, just send me a msg, a plan and i'll pay for the plane ticket.....i have no drums :( but i assure you....very much so....you would not regret at least jamming with me in a closed setting where its all about the music....i REALLY want to scoop the musical ice cream out of your brain and put it to percussion.

[Nosdormu]

Methinks this piece is awesome =D

[TStudiosFilms]

So was so fun and inventive and took me on quite a journey visual.

[kustompr]

by the way what equip do you use?

[kustompr]

how do you get to play like this?

[Mackspane]

My guess? He started off playing a standard 6 string, then moved to bass. No doubt this was just sick, both to watch and listen to. All I can do is drool and wish I could play like that.... That was just amazing,wasn't it?

[croblesky]

He started off playing right handed

[Mackspane]

I don't doubt that for a second, but the Stanley Jordan imitation, only on bass, is just so classic of guitarists, not really bassists. Stanley Clarke gives, to me, the best performance on bass from a guy who has always played bass. And again, I did state I was just guessing... but I still bet I'm right. :-)

[croblesky]

Lol

[gebass6]

Don't let anyone tell you that "you shouldn't, do "that".And that" bass doesn't do that"The best players have thousands of people in their past that said "You couldn't/wouldn't/shouldn't"

[neurotyrant]

Very cool.

[MamzellxLynn]

WONDERFUL, AWESOME,... ! :DD

[skandeeezo3]

F@*k Viagra, use OUTRE!

Jeff is 100% pimp

[JohnLRice]

If Michael Hedges and Tony Levin were on the Starship Enterprise and there was a transporter malfunction while they beamed down to the stage and became combined into one person, it would sound like this video! ;-)

[zoltarbass]

this is the single coolest comment I think I've ever gotten. 

thank you!

--jeff

[Mackspane]

Hmmmm.... I think it would be more like, say, Victor Whooten and Stanley Jordan getting mixed up in a transporter malfunction, but who knows? :-) Either way it's a pleasure to listen to as well as to watch (and make me extremely jealous as a bassist), and I agree Tony Levin is a tremendous bassist, though Graham Maby is my favorite bassist.

[seb1073]

Your a genius! It's incredible, if only I could play bass as you play!

Seb from France

[adammacmillan]

does he have any cd's  if so where can i buy them ?

[gexv8]

Google Candyrat records. He has one album that I know of called Outre. You can buy it off the candyrat website.

[wackiirahki]

i will be buying all of his cd's very soon...i've never heard anything like this at all. genius.

[Teezvid]

this is incredible, Jeff Schmidt is Robert Fripp on bass...:D

[gexv8]

Awesome.

Sounds like hes using a looping pedal from the intro throughout the song.

[bassbuzz76]

Very...very...good solo...this is awesome!!!

[stenforthewin]

He's amazing!

[Kenti59400]

If only Iwas playing like himself u_u But very good

[Romulan07]

The percussive intro is kick-ass.

[joeylorente]

yheaa !

[ewoline]

GOOOD!!! i like!!

[guitarguy10000]

That's it. I'm getting a black t-shirt.

[renaudbassplayer]

AHAHAHAH

[hookahsmokinbassguy]

why does no one carry the D'Addario Pic. strings around here...damn it's annoying...but top notch jeff!

[KurtSandford]

THATS IT.

I'M FUCKING SUBSCRIBING.

[K1LL14N]

This is insane.. o_O

Love it! =D

[jherandresano]

Thumbs up for Jeff!

[zer0iscoolerthanu]

I want to see the tabs for this... Wouldn't attempt it in my life, but I want to view the madness.

[aJazzcat]

alien stickers!!

[pleaselistenclosely]

I absolutely love this song. He's an incredible bass artist.

[MeisterFeist]

Does anybody know what gauge and brand of strings he uses?

[DJLiko81]

Not sure about brand or gauge, but I do know he tunes EADGC (tenor tuning) and an octave up. That would probably mean similar gauges to a guitar (maybe a little thicker so they're all wound), only on a 34" scale.

[zoltarbass]

d'addario piccolo strings.

low string is a .80 - high string is a .20.

offical tuning is E,E,D,E,B w capo on 3rd fret.

but i've been playing it tuned down a 1/2 or whole step lately.

[Chainedorlo]

The strings wouldn't pop when tuned that high?? Is that also high to low, or low to high?

[scarsymmetry1989]

@zoltarbass Is that a standalone loop station or is that the loop station from your boss gt10?

[Stophocles]

This guy's funny as hell too, I saw him live and when he was talking between songs he was like a stand up comedian.

[fusionbassist1]

I doubt it but I bet he can talk better english than you can.

[Flaminglog]

I doubt this too, but I believe the correct grammar for this sentence is "I bet he can SPEAK English better than you can."

[Hergiswi]

This guy is fucking crazy. I love it.

[FatKidWithAsthma]

Wow... that was amazingly beautiful

[raggacore]

Is the percussive thing at the beginning or throughout the whole tune really needed?

[mackjhonson]

uh

yes

[goldmember123]

Consider it the drummer, so skip the beginning part and listen.

[tomhayward99]

Why do you have to be so Rude rag? He is awesome. Thats all that matter. Inspirational in fact.

[Camsauce87]

well for people out there who can listen to the drum beat and the bassline at the same time, yea it makes the song much more interesting to hear

[Klangshooter]

it sound more lika a guitar than like a bass...

[basslinelob]

-slap-

[Klangshooter]

hey, but I didn't say it sounds bad :) I like this guy and his sound and style :)

[cwjs18]

piccilo bass is wat it is

[Marlowann]

Inhumanly amazing.

[mrkhlbt]

schmidt is the shit!

[ka8911]

Ha- This is the one you couldn't get the looper to work on at Woot camp! "Pedals..." Awesome work Jeff!

[tberben]

Awesome :D I wish I could play guitar like this man can play bass..

[DaveGrossmanSoloBass]

Wicked! :-)

[BezZo0]

inhuman...

[saigneursam]

That is the best way to sum it to one word.

[StGSteve]

Ha - awesome - there it is... THE Loop-trick of Satori!

Satori is still one of my favorite tracks on your CD - guess it's because of THAT trick -

oh man - you're exaggerating a bit here, aren't you? ;) still: Great stuff!