TesseracT "April" Bass Guitar Play Through by Amos Williams

I recently asked which TesseracT song our fans would most like me to do a play through video for. The result was "April". This is a very straight forward track that focuses mainly upon the feel and the groove. I honestly don't think I play this track precisely the same twice, as the intensity and emotion will change each performance depending upon my mood, the environment and the sound I'm hearing.

Seeing as we're about to release an new version soon, I decided to film myself recording that one. So, I filmed and recorded three separate takes for three different angles, and then created a comp track for the final bounce. This is just a rough mix by me at my home studio, that is slightly bass heavy so you can more clearly define whats going on. I hope to soon have enough time to transcribe the whole album, at which point I will also publish tabs and manuscripts for our debut album 'One'.

In this recording I chose to use a Warwick Thumb BO BN for the deep dark sound it produces. This then went into an Electro Harmonix Black Finger Tube Compressor, and then straight into Pro Tools. The only plug in used was the Waves' G series EQ/Compressor Channel strip.

The new EP will be a collection of songs from One that have been approached at from a different point of view. All of this was inspired by an acoustic session we filmed whilst on tour in New York during our 2011 tour with Protest The Hero.

I am currently taking questions and teaching both Bass guitar and Sound Recording at http://www.bandhappy.com/profile/amoswilliams

You can also get in touch with myself or any of the band members through facebook/tesseractband or formspring.me/amoswilliams

Many Thanks to Warwick Basses; Mesa Boogie; Planet Waves; D'Addario; Kristell Gathoye Photography.
(c). 2012 TesseracT/Century Media Records

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[loborneta]

Mos, you are just awesome :-)

cheers from a big TesseracT fan from Croatia ;-)

[MosTesseract]

@loborneta Awesome...we haven't been to Croatia yet. Hopefully we'll plahy there soon.

[Danelawz]

Perfect mixing for this video, loved every second. Keep these videos coming :)

[MosTesseract]

@Danelawz Thanks man! I'm hoping to have the time to do the whole of 'One'. We'll just have to see...

[edthehead83]

@MosTesseract I will give you the cash in my wallet if you do all of 'One."

[MosTesseract]

@edthehead83 That's the plan! It might just take a while. What with us recording the new album.

[ShemyDjent]

dude. i swear. you're my hero. one of the main reasons why I still play bass.

[gazuul]

That bass sound so badass Amos... Cool video, always loved the bassline of this song.

[ChakraNovice]

watched this about 27 times now, can't get enough of that groove and the new acoustic feel

[RockSchooled]

Sorry Mos, I just saw that you've already answered my first two questions.

[RockSchooled]

I have three questions Mos:

1. What's the tuning used for this song?

2. Do you use the fifth string at all in April?

3. When will you check your Bandhappy messages?

:)

Thank ye!

[edthehead83]

@MosTesseract Woohoo! Mos for President!

[loborneta]

@MosTesseract can't wait for that to happen :-) oh, and you need more views on your vids :/ I'll spread the word here ;-)

Cheers