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This is my approach to Paul McCartney's iconic bass line in "Come Together"

This John's tune...his "dog song". Compare it with Paul's dog song "Martha my Dear". Paul's playing is some of my very favorite. The free spirit of...

Written by Paul in Switzerland, EMI regular Alan Civil, a world class London French horn player, joined in the fun. Civil spent years recording wit...

A John tune, I always looked at this as the other bookend to his "Come Together". Part of me also playfully thinks Paul's glissandos are retributi...

This recording was a typical Beatle tune, with the head being one texture, and a "change of gear" at the bridge. Keep the notes in the bridge short.

Sir Paul stated that this beautiful song came to life when he added his bass line.

A real study in arpeggios and the change from a major IV to a minor iv. Sir Paul makes it sound easy and fun.

This 1971 Carol King tune is performed on "James Taylor Live" (1993). Jimmy Johnson put his own stamp on it.

An oldtime two beat theater type piece that starts in A, modulates to Bb using F as the pivot chord, and enns with a kick chorus in C.

The first number following the Overture

The first number following the Overture

This tune a great to hear and more fun to play.

From the album "Steppenwolf". How is it played, what makes THAT sound?

This early Beatles tune was revived during the Get Back sessions. This demonstration is not meant to imitate Sir Paul in anyway and it taken from t...

A composition for solo electric bass by Paul B. Schmid. Picture a beautiful place south of Florida before it was infested by people.

This video is taken from the creche in the chapel of Canisius High School in Buffalo, NY. The sound is taken from the performance of the Bach Gouno...

The C Major Prelude from Bach's Well Tempered Clavier with Gounod's melody played at Canisius High School Auditorium. Michael Miskuly plays violin.

Here's a lot of thought for bass players.... what Spenner did with two chords (!) abd his use of 10ths. All of this is followed by Strange Thing My...

Inspired by the era of manned space travel, this tune first appeared on Elton John's 1972 album Honky Chateau. It was recorded at Chateau d'Herouvi...

This 1971 Carol King tune is performed on "James Taylor Live" (1993). Jimmy Johnson put his own stamp on it.

I'm 14 and playing guitar on another Beatle's favorite.

This song has been recorded in many different styles. Here we play it with an old time roots feel with TJ Wheeler on guitar/vocals and my dad on d...

Here's another Elton John masterpiece. Though its pieces are the classic verse/chorus, I find the relationship between the two to be a bit unique. ...

Paul Schmid playing electric bass at the St. Paul Cathedral lunchtime series.

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You can tell that this is a mostly John composition by the meter change in the bridge. Great bass line by George...or was it Paul???

Goin' Home/Largo (Dvorak)

Taken from the slow movement- Largo- of Dvorak's New World Symphony, this tune was made into a popular song in the early...

This version is taken off of "James Taylor Live" (1993) with Jimmy Johnson on bass. The tune was originally recorded at Trident studios for Apple i...