Cantonese Boy - Mick Karn / Japan Bass Tutorial

[@Crumb_B]

Hey I just wanted to say thank you for your Mick Karn lessons, you're honestly the most helpful and enjoyable teacher on TH-cam for bass!

[@mindhead2005]

Ah wow! Thank you for this!
Honestly it can be daunting putting these up but comments like yours really give me a reason to keep doing it.
I appreciate that very much

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

❤masterclass 👌 for sure sure 👌 🇬🇧

[@seshimct]

love the track and everuyone whos into it

[@BLLLYMUSIC]

your Visions of China tutorial helped me a lot, so now I'm here to learn thus one. You deserve a lot more views fella.

[@mindhead2005]

Glad to hear that mate!
Spread the word of you wouldn’t mind!
:)

[@BLLLYMUSIC]

@@mindhead2005 i would if i even knew any other fans of Japan, or bass guitar!

[@mindhead2005]

@@BLLLYMUSIC lol
No bother man!
We are a niche group
:)

[@leszek8460]

This song is really fun to play, typical Mick Karn as you said.

[@mindhead2005]

Sure is
A bass players dream, really
Lots of shine!!

[@bensandiford6833]

Thank you so much for your Mick Karn bass lessons. Got my first fretless a few months ago and I’m keen to learn . I remember Mick from when I was a school boy and I’m as blow away now as I was back then. Suggestion:
Dalis Car. Again thank you!

[@mindhead2005]

Dali's Car! Fantastic! I'm delighted to hear these videos are proving useful, thank you for taking the time to comment

[@jasonrushton5991]

Class Bruv!!!

[@mindhead2005]

Thanks Bruv!! Love to Wylf

[@MrSilver261]

Hi there you have done it, again another one of my favorite japan tunes top marks 🎉 fantastic many thanks cheers john

[@mindhead2005]

Thanks John
Don’t be afraid to give it a go yourself!

[@MrSilver261]

I will cheers

[@glenl8395]

I'm on it Mick.So much appreciated,thanks for your efforts and insight.

[@mindhead2005]

Thanks Glen !!

[@carll8596]

Amazing work, a lot of work and patience involved. You’re a great talent and you made me fall in love with Mick Karn all over again. If ever one day you can do Canton it would be amazing and I’m sure you would do it wonderfully! Already subscribed :-)

[@mindhead2005]

Thank you very much!
I love Canton and will certainly get around to a lesson for it!

[@flexiland6741]

I spotted at least one error in the transcription: 2nd measure was not played (by Mick) with a staccato open D but a staccato open G.

[@mindhead2005]

Nice catch.

[@GlennPreston66]

Another great breakdown Mick. I'd tie myself in knots trying to explain this one to someone, lol.
As I mentioned to you the other week, the first track i tried to learn when I was 15 was Rhodesia. I'd love to see you smash it ;)

[@mindhead2005]

I thought I DID tie myself in knots
:)
Thanks very much
Rhodesia...I'm on it, buddy!

[@GlennPreston66]

@@mindhead2005 No mate, you nailed it 👊
Good man 👍

[@mindhead2005]

@@GlennPreston66 ah thanks man, appreciate it

[@wellbehaveddogs7694]

🙏

[@IAmRobertPersson]

I've just got to the bit where you ask for requests. Mine would be Talking Drum. Someone's put up a playalong video on TH-cam, but I find it hard to follow exactly what he's doing. Thanks!

[@mindhead2005]

Great tune
I’ll take a listen

[@stephenbanga3254]

Great - enjoyed it and a little different to what I was playing but love the tuition. Can you tackle “Second that Emotion”’as that was a great bass line too as well “All Tomorrow Parties” ?

[@mindhead2005]

Thanks Stephen, I'll have a close listen to those two, yes.
Superb playing on both, from what I remember

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

Sonic soulful Meditative spiritual 🙏 ✨️ melancholic exploratory unique experimental breathtaking performances❤

[@mindhead2005]

He was the BEST!

[@vladfarcam4817]

Great stuff!!!!!

[@mindhead2005]

Thank you

[@Mickkarnn]

Do you think you could try to make a lesson for "Heads We're Dancing" by Kate Bush? (Mick on bass) It seems complicated to figure out, but I think it is rather quiet/ not very bold or daring with slides and such (I don't really know how to explain it), until this one part that repeats itself throughout the songs just a few times.

[@mindhead2005]

The bass isn’t very clear in it, last I listened to it
It’s very buried.
I must see if there’s a 12 inch mix or a remix or something

[@Mickkarnn]

@@mindhead2005 Thank you :)

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

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[@mindhead2005]

@@WesleyWattley-xy4fg his version of sledgehammer is unreal

[@petewalters6661]

What a brilliant and fun tutorial! Love this album. I've been subscribed for a while and enjoy your videos. I've kinda got 85% of it nailed, just trying to get the chorus. You do explain things so well. Mick Karn is such an underrated musician and so distinctive in his sound. Talking of requests, maybe something off Karn's "Titles" album to learn. Tribal Dawn perhaps??

[@mindhead2005]

Firstly, thanks so much, Pete!
Tribal Dawn sounds like a plan! Great bassline!
Glad you’re finding these helpful, it really helps me keep going!

[@nickgardner1507]

Great job of teaching a fairly complex player's style Mind!

[@mindhead2005]

Thank you, Nick. I appreciate that.

[@paulwdoyle]

I just realized I put my last comment in as a reply to another comment 🤔 ... So I've watch this one a few times now. I'm dying to have a go at the weekend... Thanks again for these... Unfortunately (for you) pretty much every Japan track has an amazing bass line so I can see the requests coming thick and fast... So I'm just going to make one more for Ain't That Peculiar... I know it's a cover but the bass line is brilliantly all over the place in true Mick Karn fashion... I'm not sure there are any live recordings or videos?

[@mindhead2005]

ATP has an incredible baseline
He was really fluid by then
I’ll have a listen!
:)
Thank you for all your encouragement

[@IAmRobertPersson]

Thanks so much for this video. You mention BestPractice. I tried to install it on two different Windows 10 machines and it wouldn't start except in Windows XP or Windows 98 emulation mode, but there it wanted administrator privileges, which it shouldn't have. If you have another suggestion for software that will do the same job as simply, that would be a great help. I can't find anything that will do it for free. I'll happily pay for something if it works well and isn't outrageously pricey.

[@mindhead2005]

That’s weird
I haven’t had any such issues
Try audacity, which would work well either?

[@IAmRobertPersson]

@@mindhead2005 The only time stretch function I could find in Audacity was a fully variable one that can do some sophisticated stuff, but takes ages to render. I guess I'll just have to use my DAW. The DAW project I use for music practice gets cluttered with other stuff because of the way I work, which is why I was hoping to keep the variable speed playback separate.

[@mindhead2005]

@@IAmRobertPersson that’s a pity
You could try cutting chunks of the song and stretching them individually for practise?
It’s messy though, I agree

[@hernanbarrios4123]

Eres un profesor increíble, podrías trabajar la línea de bajo de la canción "plants músic" de ippu do ? La banda de Masami tsuchiya, es muy parecida al estilo de Karn. Gracias por todo !

[@mindhead2005]

Thank you very much. I shall have a listen to it! :)

[@hernanbarrios4123]

@@mindhead2005 Masami tsuchiya siempre utilizo bajos al estilo de mick y también trabajaron juntos muchas canciones. El disco "Night Mirage" de la banda llamada ippu do es una obra maestra total, y las líneas de bajo de las dos primeras canciones son excelsas y muy poco conocidas. Espero que puedas escucharlas. Gracias !

[@mindhead2005]

@@hernanbarrios4123 you have great information, I didn't know any of this! Thank you

[@hernanbarrios4123]

@@mindhead2005 Me alegra poder compartirlo !

[@paulwdoyle]

Brilliant... Thanks so much for putting in the time to learn all the intricate little bits that make these bass lines so amazing... It's like watching a magician explain his tricks... 👍👍👍

[@stephenmcculloch7192]

Does a fretless bass have a different sound from a normal bass, ???? 1st time listening great work 👌

[@mindhead2005]

Yes it does! It’s a rubbery, almost buzzy sound. I might do a comparison video sometime

[@seshimct]

​@@mindhead2005 it's a robberry to- play it on fretted

[@mindhead2005]

@@seshimct most of us start on fretted, though

[@micktomazou]

Hard to imitate God isn't it....

[@mindhead2005]

This is why I don’t try to imitate him. This channel is all about lifting the veil and trying to shine a little light on his absolute genius by reverse engineering some of this stuff.
He was so brilliant and unique
The marvel is not how this stuff was PLAYED, but how it was created.
Thanks for stopping by

[@micktomazou]

@@mindhead2005 Not meant as a criticism, sorry if it came across as such. I am a long time Mick Khan fan, he was my inspiration to start playing bass. I hold him in very high esteem.
Keep doing the good work of spreading the word.

[@mindhead2005]

@@micktomazou not at all, thanks for the clarification, though, I appreciate that.
Karn is criminally underrated, I think.