Bass Player Problems ft. Adam Neely
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- 4 strings, low end rumble, and the struggles that come with it. These are the problems of bass guitarists.
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Big ups to Letterkenny Problems which obviously inspired this series. If you want to check out some guitar player problems hit the link th-cam.com/video/o5DF5MOlHl4/w-d-xo.html
Love Letterkenny! Just started watching it a few weeks ago. It was cool to see you both in a video. Thanks for all the great content!
I FUCKING KNEW IT
"a couple of bass players came up to the produce stand the other daaayyyee"
What kind of fucked up pageantry is that?
The irony is that the Seinfeld theme wasnt even played on a bass he used a keyboard. LOL th-cam.com/video/oVldNNHQWVw/w-d-xo.html
BASS
BASS
BASE
Bass player problems with Adam Neely... ya!
Go on...
༼ つ ◕_ ◕ ༽つ GIVE BASS ༼ つ ◕_ ◕ ༽つ.
Problems bass players deal with: a decent amount of people don’t know what a bass guitar even is
Zach G oh u play the B I G G U I T A R
That happens all the time.
Me: I play a bass guitar.
Random person: So you play guitar? Cool!
Me: The pain is too real!
Zach G Hey why does your guitar only have 4 strings?
This is my number one pet peeve! I think 50% of people I speak to after gigs realise me and the guitarist are playing different instruments. Might be particularly bad here in the Middle East though, idk
Sereta Do people mistake for a sitar sometimes?
when you're actually a guitar player but the band needed a bass player and you weren't as good as the other guitarist.
Oh that's just painful
Well shit dat me
I am the best guitarist in my band and I play bass, how about that? :D
me
when you're actually a guitar player and a band asks you to fill on in bass BECAUSE you are better than both the guitarists and they gave you 2 weeks to learn the setlist
Bassist: What key is this song in?
Guitarist: I don't know.
Bassist: But you wrote it!
Guitarist: I'm sorry!
I know you wrote this a year ago but I had to share my agreement...bass player here, i know more theory than any of the guitar players i've had to deal with (which means I just know major scale modes and the fucking name of the notes in my fretboard, isn't that your minimum responsibility as someone who wants to play music?) and guess what...it's useless as musical language serves mainly to comunicate and they don't speak this language...and we lose so many possibilities just because of this...even worse when your dear friend flamenco guitarist uses inverted and altered chords (but still can't even say what he's doing) and expects me to just magically know what to do and gets annoyed when I ask him to stop for a moment so I can analise what the fuck he's doing...and even more frustraring when all his response is "you don't need to know the cords, just play the roots..." He's a great guitarist and a beautiful person, but I still want to kill him in this moments
@@eliaspecholapida513 I feel like I am taking crazy pills , everyone loves talking shit but I am the only one that knows the notes , chords and scales ! When I ask what chord is that or what key are we in everyone looks at me like I have lobsters crawling out of my ears
@@eliaspecholapida513 You’re mad asf
@@Henry-uv9xu oh, forgot I wrote this...yup, I was pretty mad atm. Life changes haha
Bruh yes, my best friend writes amazing guitar tracks but when I ask him the chords he's like "I don't know man"
"That's our territory mother-"
coming from a guitarist, yes, i agree
*When the pianist plays below middle c*
-fucker
*mother-* four strings do not make it easier to play than a 6-string.
I was in a band that tuned drop C# on the guitars. Not a lot of room for me to play on a 4 :-(
This cut deep
Too deep
Except I *can* play the Seinfeld theme, and it is all I ever get asked to play.
I only started playing bass because I needed a bass player but couldn't find a decent one and.....yeah, someone said I should learn the Seinfeld theme song already. Damn. Lol
I never got around to learning it, but every one of these hurt me on an emotional level
Don't u need those Tony Levin drum stick medical rubber finger thingy's to do that Seinfeld strike?
I legitimately refuse to learn it because its all that anyone asks me to play
same here fella.
being told you're playing too loud...when you're not even plugged in (because of the keyboard player)
John Wiltse yes
1. When the only bass player anybody knows is Flea and so everybody wants you to "Slappa Da Bass".
2. The only songs people request from you are Seven Nation Army, Feel Good Inc. , Stand By Me and I Want You Back.
3. When you realised that there is no respect for Bass in rock so you decide to try out soul/R&B but then you remember you're nowhere near as skilful as Pino Palladino or James Jamerson.
:-(
Play punk then, punk bassists get all the respect, their the only good players in the band. lol Seriously though some punk bass lines are crazy.
Hey, now. I also know Les Claypool. Now SLAPPA DA BYASS!
Although on quite some RHCP records (don't know all of them), Flea hardly slaps at all. For instance on Blood Sugar Sex Magic. He is actually much funkier finger style.
I want you back is fucking epic though.
Pino Palladino, Les Claypool. You’re both very busy and I don’t like it.
"Accidentally played a whole gig tuned down a halfstep and nobody noticed" Jesus that's too accurate, except it was the guitarist who was tuned down a halfstep and I was following his fingers.
keyboard players that won't move their left hand out of you're frequencies.
Keyboard players all around your frequencies because of that sexy pitch bender
Once spent hours writing a bass part for a studio session only to have the keys player record synth bass over my part because it "wasn't in my octave" when it most DEFINITELY was
Even worse when you have a pianist, especially one that is used to playing solo. I can understand him though, I am that same pianist too, but when I play the piano, I don't play the bass.
Big OOF
I’ve played both piano and bass for years so I understand the pain. I used to play the bass lines on the piano which annoyed the bassist
That bass clef tattoo thingy... Ouch. Hit the target there.
Yes, I DO have one.
You should accompany that clef with another tattoo, a big L. Yeah.
I thought about it then realized what I could get for the cost of a tattoo. Plus I'm just not interested in tattoos for myself.
Treble clef here, not much better. Worse even..
@@Promaja It's worse only because people who have no clue about music theory and only listen to the charts get them too.
I was about get oneyears ago...now I'm happy I dodged that bullet
the bass mispronunciation as the fish reminds of that famous Kiss interview where an obvious not very sober Ace Frehley is having the time of his life, and when the interviewer introduces him as the guitar player (after having introduced Gene as the bass (as in the fish) player) Ace corrects him and says "no Im the trout player" and laughs his drunk ass off at his own joke :)
ohhh thats great lol
i have 4 words for you
"bass solo take one"
What is this sorcery?!
Check out Cliff Burton - Anesthesia
Dodododododo
I love how it instantly registered in my head.
\m/
I'm sure you've all heard this one before, but I can't resist...
An elderly gentleman is on safari in Africa. He calls the safari guide over and complains, " Can't you do something about that constant drumming? It's driving me mad?"
"oh, no," says the guide. "If the drums stop, something terrible will happen!"
"But what could be worse than that constant infernal drumming?" asks the old man.
Suddenly, the drumming stops.
The guide says, "Here it comes...........bass solo!"
"Guitarists who turn up the bass on their amps, it's our territory motherfu-"
/w\WORD/w\
25 million bassists and still my band struggles to find a bassist....
A wise man once told me "To get a bass player in your band, you must become one."
Bleron Mehmeti There's estimated to be double as much guitar players, so...
OOF I mean I'm here, just no one cares 😂
25million bassist and my band struggles to get a guitarist lmao
I think I looked it up a while ago and it said like 80 million guitarists
I saw this notification and had a mini heart attack.
It finally happened. Adam and Samurai.
I didn’t think I’d live to see the day.
Also, my god, I took an upright on the subway once. It was the scariest experience of my life.
now all we need is Tyler and samurai.
David Nwokoye why not all three together? They could be like the *Superhero League of Theory*
Pretty rad name right?
(If you three are interested dm me lol)
Adamurai
SamuDamly NeeRai
Problems only cowbell players will understand.
hearing loss....haha I played cowbell in a patricks day parade for 90 minutes and couldnt hear put of my right ear that week.
you actually dont know Don't Fear The Reaper and you never even watched Saturday Night Live
0:25 lmao
Lol wtf its ruuuudy!
Bro
Hey man i like your channel
Bassists are great listeners, which is a great quality to have !
francis bélanger were also great at keeping our mouths shut when people are making stupid decisions around us because we want to watch them fail and realize you were right the whole time
I remember telling some people at work I was the bassist in the band, a girl said "oh the cool one", I was blown away lol.
@Punch Down King lmao
@Punch Down King I don't think the human voice actually goes down contrabass territory.
Though the bass player's left hand must be a contributor to successful dating.
You forgot:
"Why are you using pedals? Bass players shouldn't use pedals."
Sigh
Andyuf2 say that to cliff burton
Say that to Juan Alderete
Say that to lemmy kilmister
@@genzeuronymous7787 oh Lemmy didn't use distortion he just turned the volume up to 11
Cries in chris wolstenhome
As a drummer I love you guys. Bass is everything and there's never any drama (at least in my experience)
Without any bass guitar, we would sound like "...And Justice For All". And that's horrible...
We need a bass in a band, like it or not.
Hail to Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Orion, John Entwistle and Billy Sheehan! I salute you!
...& Geddy Lee
And Les Claypool
Billy Sheehan is a god among bassists! it's a shame Mr Big was a cheeseball band :( him & Paul Gilbert are amazing musicians
You started learning basa because everyone is a guitarist and no one wants to lower themselves to playing bass
Unit27 ain’t this the truest thing
Pun game on point. Bravo.
I actually learned bass because I needed it for recordings. Now I really enjoy practicing bass because I a. like the sound a bit more than guitar tone (especially fuzzy distorted sound) and b. I can focus on new techniques that don't make a lot of sense on the guitar. Playing both equally well is what I'm after right now
Basa
You started playing bass because there are millions of guitarists and singers so you are actually required in lots of different scenarios. Así estoy aprendiendo a tocar de todos los géneros. Saludos!
I just realized how concisely Steve speaks vs. how verbosely Adam speaks and it's really funny
Can u translate to me?
not many words vs many words
@@Gotinha123 He was considering the relative merits of garrulousness and taciturnity.
my soul burns from watching this. It hurts too bad.
Me... "I play bass." Them... "Oh, you play guitar? Maybe you can get it out and play for us and we can sing along?" Me... "No. I play bass. It doesn't really work like that. Unless, do you know the words to Bust a Move or Another One Bites the Dust?" Them... Puzzled look. Me... Physical escape quickly to find someone else to talk to.
Ya'll know circles?
“Why does your guitar have 4 strings”
And that is where my faith in humanity has left me
mine has 5
I love how it always seems that my favorite musician TH-camrs end up knowing each other and inevitably doing a video together.
1:00
I play guitar with the bass all the way up
I feel like this is a personal attack
I turn the bass all the way down and the treble up, let's fight.
Wow thank God I didn't mention that I use an octave pedal too
It is
Because bass is underappreciated until its removed from the song. then the song sounds wrong
I think that can work sometimes. Turning up the bass on guitar means the bassist has to turn up the mids even more.
The double bass in public transport does give you a seat, if there is enough space to lay it down.
Ifer fun fact if you take one on the subway people *will* lean on it.
I have to take mine to school, if you stand up at the front it's not too bad. Just make sure you are the first person to get off the bus though.
This is hilarious! Great job guys 🤘
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I don’t know what music or world or music genres people are listening to, but music is NOTHING without bass. Period. I can easily get around having a guitar player and vice versa, I can easily get passed having a keyboard player, but drums and bass are necessary 80% of the time. I can’t stand when people disrespect bass. Also, if you were ever out of tune on bass everyone would be able to tell immediately since the bass is responsible for the foundation!
Disclaimer: I play Bass, Guitar, Keys, Uke, Banjo, and Harmonica with many different genres.
suchdoge thats actually a really dumb statement. I played guitar first, and then i started playing bass, and there are lots of tonalites that a guitar and a bass cant reach, thats why they play different parts and one creates the foundation. Bass is bass, regardless of its played on a bass guitar, and it creates a foundation. Simple. One of the greatest videos showing this is "metal without bass", i dont like metal, but this shows you how much empty space is left with no bass
At the end of the day! Bass and Treble are needed in ALL MUSIC REGARDLESS of what instrument you use for it. Again, I can also say, “I don’t need guitar because I can play all the guitar parts on a bass.” There’s really no need or point to say, “you don’t need bass guitar.” You don’t “NEED” anything. Every musical part could be done with vocals including the drum parts, so yeah.
Hextik Williams there are tones that the human voice can't produce.
Nemo Dollaz There’s also tones,frequencies, and pitches that instruments can’t produce either. What difference does that make?
Hextik Williams good, you get the point. Layers and poly rhythms are what add depth to music. Its simple. Thats why harmonization is such a central focus in music
You guys are two of my favorites on TH-cam, loved seeing you do this together!
0:25 "fifteen years into playing this instrument and you realize you don't like the sound of it"
Everybody asks me to play the Seinfeld theme on bass when they hear me practicing after school, but I can't even play it
Best team up ever. Never thought it would happen. We need more of this!
About time you two collaborated! This was hilarious. Great job as always you two. ☺🤘✌
So happy to see you two in a video
I just bought a bass and It should be coming soon, I was really exited to learn but this just knocked my enthusiasm XD
Omg I didn’t remember I commented here XD and my bass came. Yay! 😆
Good that your enthusiasm came back. Let me put it this way, 25000000 bassists face this problems with a smile becauss it's still a fulfilling instrument (I mean it's still BASS)
give us an update ! hows it going :)
Two of my favourite youtubers ever? Never clicked so fast in a video. Would've loved to see you collaborating trough a full song though
This is quickly turning into my favorite series on youtube...cant wait to hear about the drummers
I picked up a bass in my school because they asked me to be in the choir, (i left after I found out it was a religious thing, about two months after) they asked me to do the drums or the guitar but I picked up the bass for a second and the teacher instantly said "so your on bass then Ben" after i played the bass line to London Calling. I went home that night only to find that my house had been raided, one of my windows where broken and the league of bass players replaced my guitar with a bass
"YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY OFF THE ROOT AND THE FIFTH!!!!" i had to pause i laughed so hard... well done gents! i converted from guitar in '02, the only time anyone notices the bass is when we stop!
This video felt like an eternity, it was so painfully true and nihilistic. I love you two.
Excellent collab you guys.
Arguing over the "correct" name - bass guitar or electric bass? (It's electric bass, obviously).
25 million bass guitar players world wide.
Then there are those of us who play the electric bass.
I don't like when people say bass guitar. It just sounds... Bad lol.
What about a electric bass guitar?
youre all wrong... ask davie, its just BASS
Justin Chancellor often refers to his bass as his guitar, and he often plays with a pick. Because he's a rebel? I guess? He's a great player, so I guess he's allowed.
I’m a lead singer bassist so in your face!
Thanks Tom!
Thanks John!
Lempool Gee
Bet your bass playing suffers when you sing.
Wow, amazing both of you colab, great.
The collab we've all been waiting for, finally
ha hah, But here in Montreal Bass players are in such demand, sometimes we pay them just to jam as they are booked solid, Ever hear the line " I'm gonna quit playing music and become a rock bass player "
We tried it two times with a bass player in our band.Both were talentless loosers and posers who only wanted to drink beer,never practised the songs,just jumped around without knowing what to play but always thought they were the "Star" in the band.Finally we had enough.I have an Octaver now and there is no more trouble in our Band.
Keep on trying, you might find a bass player who actually cares.
I care! But I don't know you guys lol and probably years younger than you
Being too young is a problem that gets smaller each day.
That was fun! Ya'll should do more of those
I’ve enjoyed your content for a good time. I never written a comment on your videos because when I read them it seems they are more accurate than mine. However, I just want to say I admire you and hope you can keep the good work. This is such a great collaboration video I enjoy both channels.
Thank you from the DC/ Baltimore area.
Whenever you watch a Spectre Sounds Studios video Glenn always makes you triggered
I don't get triggered but my anxiety disorder causes me to think lesser of myself as a bassist, to the point where I'm never happy with anything I do and I'm distrustful of anyone who tells me that what I'm doing is good because they don't know much about bass guitars and I end up in the bathroom before a gig on the verge of having a panic attack or vomiting into the urinals like the fucking wreck i am while I constantly have this idea of me being a useless cunt hovering above my head like i'll never improve or actually get good at bass and i contemplate my life choices and whether or not i wasted my life on an instrument that has permanently branded me as a "failed" musician and that i'll die alone.
so yeah bass is fun.
KosmicViolet Have a virtual hug
As a bassist... I Amin this.... :goes to cry in a corner:
Nice! I want to see more of Adam on your channel!
This video was awesome and hilarious! I would love to see a drummer version of this video.
"Yes, I can play that green day song, plus all 'those' tool songs, no it's actually under pressure, I can't do the intro to NIB just the part your familiar with, I don't slap I'm not flea, hey guys i wrote a riff!" - shit I've said playing bass for 4 years now
1:18 as a twelve year old bass player who started playing ten, I can confirm that we do exist.
At the end of the video I got a commercial from Scott's Bass Lessons. Best punchline ever!
Wait. This is a 2 year old video and I'm only just seeing this amazing crossover?
Eight string guitars turned an octave down
"yet the only money you make comes from the root and the fifth" lmfao
I love how serious you're both saying things I love it
Legendary collab!!
"It's a hard life, picking stones and pulling teats, but sure as God's got sandals it beats fighting dudes with treasure trails"
-Letterkenny
Someone who knows Letterkenny. Respect!
I recently went to a metal concert where the bassist of the headlining band couldn't make it. They sounded great. Just thought you might want to know.
....yeah but I bet the song lacked
Metal bands do not need bassplayers, maybe to maintain the website and to fill up the stage. You cannot hear a metal bassplayer, especially not live (unless everybody else stays quiet).
Klapsigaar en Basgitaar it really depends what metal genre you are playing, what kind of bassist you have and what role he has. I've seen Iron Maiden and Anthrax live and boyyyy did I hear and love the bass playing. Harris and Frank Bello know how to stand out and create interesting scales that go well alongside the guitars... The quality of bass playing really depends on the player... If he is carismatic and wants to stand out the bass just turns into a lower tuned guitar... And that's why I love it
Let's not talk about 3 men bands like Venom or Nirvana... There the bass is like 40% of the sound and if you take it out the songs are totally empty
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 it's more than just volume, it's about frequency, and unless said band tune extremely low the low end won't be filled without bass
i wonder what Tool would sound like without a bass player... ;)
You have made a good tv show refference and thats what I appreciates about you
This was brilliant!
Thank you for exposing those of us who are born with Guitar Privilege.
Hey a while back I noticed you were wearing a blue bombers jersey, where are you from?
Adam is from New York. Samari is from Canada.
Hahahahaha! Love the letter Kenny problems reference. Good on ya!
Great video guys
Stories behind 7 famous bass guitars
I was a bass player for about two years of playing live but eventually I just couldn't take it anymore and took up guitar instead. You really have to have the right personality to be a decent bass player. I couldn't handle not being noticed and being the least appreciated despite endless hours of practice and study. Sounds really egotistical I know but I had to be honest with myself. I'm much happier since I switched to guitar.
have fun with your toy bass. we won't miss you :)
Viktor Shvets I will, and I do :) your comment cuts deep, complete stranger on the internet :O
Damn, just look at the basslines from the mars volta and chili peppers or chon
Nemo Dollaz I see where you're coming from my dude. And You could add primus and jaco and lots of Motown hits to that list too. And Chic. It's just that in 90% of popular music, the bass just doesn't seem to hold that level of stand outishness as those bands. And I'm just too much of a believer in bass being a functional rather than melodic role in bands, barring the more exceptional kind of bands you mention. And believe me I'm not gonna try and defend my preference for standing out as a purely artistic decision. I'm just calling a spade a spade, warts and all: I wanna perform and be very much noticed a lot when I do perform, I want it to be more easily understood by the audience for its showmanship and flourish, the higher frequencies allow for that. Is it a purist view of music, not really. But is it human? I believe it is very much so
Sean Bent but its also human to create new and unique sounds on bass through usage of effects and the poly tonal rhythm of combining with guitar and creating more than one sounds. Other than that, its still worth noting that bass is still a huge part of a foundation and adds more depth and layer to the sound as a whole, not to mention how the bass can be mixed into the melody after recording or during multiple takes and changing the tones... so theres that, and you can also layer guitars on top of that and create more depth im the sound. The mixing of these instruments in the post production is a huge factor. As much as i love flea and the chili peppers and i think californication is a great album, it just wasnt mixed well. So account for all of that and just think of how much depth in instrumentation and character is lost without the foundation to the melody
Love it, you guys! Thanks for the truth AND the laughs!
Love your videos and the letterkenny opening and have been binging them for the who,e night
*’how many kids do you know that want to play bass?”*
davie504 fans : allow us to introduce ourselves
anyone come from adam neely's video?
Brendon's Forehead I love him enough that I actually am a patron and I get to see them early lol
Yeah, the crab Canon !
Yeah me. I patreonize him.
Been subbed to both of you for ages and this video killed me. The tattoo hit the hardest for me. Fucking genius
That was great love these videos keep it up lol
That was hilarious😂
This makes me sad. Alexa play desBASSito.
Wow ok that made me chuckle for 30s and smile for 2 minutes afterwards. Nice one.
@@marvinroggon3168 lol, thanks.
Davie504 is frowning at this plagiarism
@@GNVS300 you mean joke, right?
I actually learned Despacito on the bass thanks to marching band camp
That's great stuff?! Put an early smile on my face!! Thank you
This is a magical duo..
Midi bass plug-ins sound better than my actual bass player. Pitch shifting my guitar an octave in post sounds better than my actual bass player.
Man two of my favorite TH-camrs collaborated
Wow did I just go full TH-cam fanboy! Two of my favs right here!
Good stuff guys!!
It’s disgusting how fucking funny this is. I love you both
Love samurai guitarist!
I gave this a 👍before even watching it. Love these two guys.
I'm so glad that I'm not a cliché... I first played drums but because I can't practise everywhere I also learned playing bass and because I love the sound I never stopped... I'm pretty decent and because I also write songs I'm like the center of the group also teaching our new drummer... I rarely experience most of these problems but when I do I know how to deal with it... you simply have to love what you do... and I love music in general so I even started playing guitar as well... it's funny how I play the guitar mostly like a bass as how guitarists play the bass like a guitar XD
This hit me in my soul
I'm getting an electric bass soon, and this video really motivated me to try to get good at the instrument instead of just sticking with a guitar!
This is what I appreciates about this channels
as a bass player this hurt me to the core
It is amazing how relatable can a video be