How To Create A DANCEABLE Bass Line
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Ever heard of that groove that makes your booty move? I get hired by companies like ESPN and DISNEY to create bass lines that are danceable. In this video, I'll be showing you how to create a danceable bass line that will guarantee to get EVERYONE movin. Follow these simple tips because they say that if your bass line can't make the booty move, you're not quite groovin'.
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Thank you for the love! I'm stepping forward a little more each day 💜💜💜
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Hey Nikki Bad bAss! Can I/we get a copy of that funky backing track?
PLEASE?!!!
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She is a living embodiment of music, it just comes naturally to her.
Thank you for the love!!! I had to work hard on this.
Groovy AF! Love the slide off the A to the run. That's a tasty trick I use a lot too. Simple is where it's at. Average audience folk can't wrap their head around complex lines. They have to think about it which causes groovus interuptus. Simple wins all day.
Love this comment! You get it! Simple is the key to the masses... You want the average person to be able to sing that bass line!
I wasn't even looking for this and I am so glad I found it! Learned something new today! Thanks!
Yay!! So glad you learned something from this video! Thanks for watching!
The groove is everything!!!!!
THank you!
Best Wishes from the Baltic Sea in North Germany
Thanks for this Bass-Lesson - Sun shine on You, Nik.
I'll try my Best, to make my own booty moves - Big Thanx to You ! 😀😀😀
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Very good lesson in groove/functionality. The bits about “space” and “note length”… PRICELESS tools!
Thank you!
You lessons are absolutely world class. Great player, great musician, and great teacher. THANK YOU Nik West.
Thank you for the kind words!! Super appreciated!
Truth is that the deepest lesson I take from this is how much the drum feel is inside of you, I mean in the beginning of it you just play the ONE but there is so much groove happening inside of you that I must remind myself to always be funkin' even if all I have is one note. Thanks
You see things I don't even recognize in myself. LOL! Yep I just keep grooving the drums in my head ... it's easier to NOT PLAY so much that way.
I immediately fell in love with how you explain things in detail! 💖
Oh thank you!. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for keeping the funk!
ALWAYS! Thank you for watching!
I love this! Don't know anything about bass or guitar. Yet you made it fun and interesting!
I love to hear it... maybe one day you'll decide to try a bass or guitar... who knows?
That bass is goooooorgeous!
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I dont know anything about bass but you are a beauty. 😍
Excellent lesson. Simple and well described. Thanks.
Thank you!
so well articulated
Thank you!!
You are such a great artist!
Love your voice, your bass playing, your songs and your passion!!
You are very inspiring! 💜
Thank you so much!!
I love to see a Nik West bass lesson =)
More coming!!!
I’ve never seen your channel before and it’s very informative and you make it look easy. New subscriber here
Welcome aboard! And thank you for the love!
You do an amazing job with this explanation!
Thank you! 💜💜💜
I really need a bass player like you !
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@@NikWestBass ! got an email I can send guitar or drum ideas to you?
At last!! A teacher who really makes playing bass seem possible rather than some mystical magic trick!! Brilliant!!! 🥰
Wow, thanks! I really believe that anyone can do this with focus and time. It is the simple stuff that hits people the hardest. Thanks for watching!
Great, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Hi there , thanks a lot for all of this advice.
i wonder how can i learn to think like a drummer? do i need to practice drum aswell?
Cheers from France
Ooh ooh you are amazing bassist teacher.Now i learn from you how to create bass line . you are beautiful,in face ,in bass groove,in slapping,etc i appreciate you hoping i will watch your more videos and i will understand exactly how to play bass guitar correctly
Thank you... and so happy to hear that! 💜
THE awesome Groove Goddess with massive musical talent,a fabulous bass lesson,stripping down to basics the reason why we pick up the bass in the first place……
Well put together and brilliantly presented…..thank you….
Thank you for the love!
Oh my god - first video of yours I watched and I fell so badly in love with you.
Your way of playing makes my booty move and your way of shining, makes my heart move. Thank you!
LOL!!! Booty Moving??? YES! Mission accomplished! Thanks for watching!
I just stumbled across your channel and it's wonderful! Thank you for the lessons, master West :)
Thank you! Thanks for the love!
You got my attention.🦋
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Best bass lesson,you make me understand it, thanks
I'm so Glad to hear that! I'll keep them coming then!
Thanks, that was great, I enjoyed your ideas.
THanks for watching!!
Nick west is an awesome bass player, and she gets another plus for being fine.
HAHA! OH! LOL! Thank you
@@NikWestBass you got it
Pure Quality.
Thank you for the love!
Brava, Maestra 🌹🌹😎🌹🌹🔥
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This is exactly what I needed to get me outta learners block, stuck on scales and over thinking. Groove that's so cool, Niki West cheers.
Thank you for the love! Sometimes it's good to take a break from learning everyone else's songs and just get creative 🎉
Just do this. Play some drum backing tracks on yt...funky. Keep up with the bas with simple lines.
Excellent groovy tips, very pretty speaker: hop, a new subscriber ;) A real pleasure.
Thanks for the love! AND WELCOME!
Wow nice 👏 👌..
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Nice one 👍
Thanks ✌️
How you hit the one, with slide, is simple and genius
It adds more juice to it. It is the little techniques that make a groove even better. Thanks for watching!
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Ha! yes! The "put together" groove!
Why is there a purple band on the end of your bass?
That's called a fretwrap by Gruv Gear. It helps to keep the strings you aren't playing from ringing. Similar to a bass mute.
Your incredible :-)
Awwwwww thank you!!!
cliff jones lesson to be learned google --- great job
Thank you!
Just checked my booty.... yes it moved.
HAHAHAA! mission accomplished!!! 🥳
This is gold, Nik!!!… 🔥…
Thank you Pier!!
Hey Professor, it’s good to have you back here on TH-cam! You always bring a groove and uplifting Spirit that adds more sunshine ☀️ to the day. Infinite Uplifting Blessings to All of your Family❣️✨😎😁
HEEEEEY VINCENT! Good seeing you here! lots of love!
It's the old adage, it's not what you play, it's the way you play it. Groove is not so much about technical ability, but feel, timing and space. This great lesson teaches all of that.
YES!!!! You get it! Thanks for watching
Finally a blk person teaching us the PROPER way to play OUR music. Am I alone in thinking this?
Should she be giving away lessons away for FREE? no because ppl from other cultures be jacking and CHARGING a fee to misrepresent our music.
I have an entire course on all of it. Made for beginners to intermediate players. www.bassdominationcourse.com It sells out every enrollment period.
Groovy and simple . Bass4ever. Thanks!
You bet! THANK you for watching!
This is teaching us to fish...for funk. Loved it. I notice this exact format you are sharing with Get on the Floor - MJ and September - their notes are sooo staccato (either slap or plucked). Subscribed!
Yes, this is great!
Thank you for the love! I think as musicians we tend to learn a bunch of songs and that's wonderful but sometimes creating your own is the challenge for most so I figured I'd break this down as easy as I could.
Simple yet powerful and groovy line! Thank you!
Thank you!!
Just check the hundreds of DISCO-FUNK masterpieces from bionic boogie...brothers johnsons...change...chic...ew&f....kc and sunshine band....musique...cerrone...france joli....firefly....bbqband...high fashion...rick james...gap band...sos band....archie bell....bt express etc....and you will find the best bass lines of all times. It would be great to see new bands to born in this amazing style.
ABSOLUTELY! All great artists and bands! I love this comment! You should come to a live show one day.
@@NikWestBass I'd love to come but I don't live in US I live in Italy. Keep the groove until you can move ! disco-funk rules :-)
I learned something here for sure. All I know is other people's basslines but this helped me with theory. Also I appreciate the fact this lady has the Bootsy Collins tread of thought down.
AWESOME! Covering other people's bass lines is a great way to learn all of the fundamentals so then you have all the tools to make your own from scratch!
Awesome! Love the early Prince vibe on the groove :D
YESSSS!!!! That was definitely the direction I wanted to go! Good ears!!
Love your videos, you rock...Literally and figuratively :)
Wow, thank you for the love!
Great lesson I like mouth beats I notice most groove masters click their tongue but your beat boxing makes more sense to me
I don't even know why I do that LOL! It's just the way I feel and understand music
Beautiful voice on top of everything else...
Is it me or this is is very Prince and James Brown influenced? I love your playing, I am pretty much from the same hood. Hope you like my music too!
Definitely inspired by Prince. I'll check you out!!
@@NikWestBass star-struck here now that you responded to my comment 😎🙏
That was so Awww-Some Nik👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️😄🥰🙌🏼🎉🎶💃🏻💕 Absolutely fab! I wanna start learning to play bass TODAY! I’m a classical pianist 😃🎹🎶
You should! I'd love to have you in my latest bass course! Classical Pianist whew! I wish!
This is really good instruction, I tr to pass this info onto people, they don't get what I am saying though. I am saying be simple, have good timing...your timing is like perfect this is why it sounds good.
People want to play bass too fast, too much like a solo instrument right away, they can't even slap yet sometimes. I dunno, the world has changed a lot since the 1970's, finger tapping a guitar solo is part of a bass playing now ?. Not for me it's not...
Most catchy bass lines are so basic and simple. Simplicity is key. Many times we get influence by players that do all this stuff up and down the neck of the bass. Simplicity and pocket are best friends just as drums and bass!
Thanks Darling Nik! Awesome spin-off of the HEAD groove! Keep on groovin' ya'll!
Yes! I was definitely going in the Prince direction on this one
@@NikWestBass Love it! Thanks 🙏
You are an amazing bassist, teacher, and spirit. Thanks for all the lessons and positive energy.
Thank you! I appreciate the love!!
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I just started playing UBass and am so excited to have stumbled across this. So helpful and informative. Thank you for the excellent content, Nik!
OH YES!! The Ubass... I have a few of them and I love how small they are and how great they sound!
Played thrash metal show like couple hours ago and really appreciate your groove video. You do explain things pretty universally, much bass love
Rock on! That's actually pretty cool for you to say that! Metal definitely has groove in it bc it's all about locking in with the drummer!
This band has some really underrated groove in their catalog !
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Nik you are awesome! I love this♥️♥️♥️thanks
Thank you so much for the love!
Most welcome Nik! You know I learned to play guitar because I wanted to play Bass! I started my musical journey as a bassist! I still love playin it♥️. Its my first love♥️ you can check out my covers here! th-cam.com/channels/vtkXl0TjXbHbkBVeZrd2yw.html
Thanks Nik. Im one of your followers! Keep it up!♥️
Such a boss lady damn
Can I play back up bass in your band??? 🙏😝
You always radiate positivity energy
It’s contagious
AWW THANK YOU! I was thinking about having a back up bassist come on tour with me one day... that way I can put the bass down sometimes and just sing!
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It a whole community of musicians in the Pacific Northwest
And thank you
Music is love ❤️
@@kodykindhart5644 Pdx bassists unite!
Sup my guy 😁
Love the way you explain things. Made it very easy to absorb and replicate on my own within minutes. Thank you!
Nice!! Glad it was helpful!
Great video from a Great player! I just shut down for the night but I think I'm gonna have to go plug back in lol!
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This is amazing! Thank you for explaining and sharing your knowledge!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Another awesome video. By the way, I recently saw a Fender Jazz Bass Special '87 with PJ pickups (same as that one Guns'n'Roses' Duff McKagan used to play in the 80's) - it was kind of idly laying around at some dude's house here in Brazil, I know what is good so I purchased it LOL I am so in love for its growl. I've always been the kind of bass player who looks for 'the growl', the presence of the bass, and now I think I can get booties to move with the help of your playing tips. Thanks!
HAHA! Wow! Yeah the older basses seem to have a special sound! Tone is EVERYTHING so I feel you on that! Tone is in the wood, the pickups, and mainly the fingers but the growl HAS to come directly from the bass... so you got a good one!!!
Hit it one the ONE and get them booties moving on the dance floor!
Actually you know what. Maybe I'll restring it left handed and see if I can get a hendrix style sound. That's what gave his guitar its distinct sound. It only works on fenders though because of how the tuning pegs are aligned.
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space IS a note!!!! if the funk don't move your butt than what is really what?!?! Thanks for bringing it back home, I'm so tired of very talented but undanceable bassists wanking their egos to impress themselves mostly.
music is a feedback thing and bless you for putting it straight.
you made a new fan✌️
SID! Love this comment! You get it! 💜💜💜
I jump to your channel today and your energy is simple amazing. I’m a subscribed and waiting for more. 🇧🇷
AWWW thanks for the love!!! More coming soon!
def getting a bass after this , and you just got a new sub !!😂
Cool video- but if we count the drumbeat as the kick on the 1 and 3 and the snare (clap) on the 2 and 4 - You are hitting on the 1 of every other bar - the rest of the main riff is syncopating so the bass is then punctuating on the 4& of the 1st bar and missing the 1 of the second bar - this back and forth swaying with the beat is what makes it rock/grove to MAKE YOUR BOOTY MOVE.
Yes the one of every other bar.... in this case...but nonetheless still the ONE.
you have the most awesomest look goin' on! love the matching fretwrap. oh yeah, great lesson too!
Thank you! 💜🎉💕
That should be the goal. Go forth and let some booties move
Wow…. Thank you for sharing your work. I’m a beginner base player. I had know idea how to create a groove ❤
Happy to help!
I feel like I saw this before 🤔
Oh yeah, Bootsy video on how to make a groove. Bootsy basic funk formula. Lol 😆 15 years old but still good.
I haven't seen that video (would love to!!!) But knowing him personally, he always talked about that "ONE"!!!
Dear Nik, what an inspiration! I needed this video today. Much appreciated :)
Awesome to hear this! Thank you for watching!!!
This is good to know. I play very differently than most bass players though. I play a 4 string right handed bass left handed with a low B instead of a G string and I use a felt pick and brass slide. I can write music but I have a hard time playing by notes and sheet music. I play entirely by ear. My bandmates literally have to hum the tune they want me to play. Then I can play it fine.
Joe! That's awesome too! That's how I learned how to play all by ear... reading the notes was all secondary for me. Playing by ear is definitely a gift!
Idk why it took TH-cam this long to put your videos on my homepage but I subscribed immediately😭
Thanks for subscribing!!!
That purple thing on your head isn't helping anyone move except out the way. That thing is distracting AF!!!
HAHAHA!!! this purple thing on my head makes me lots of money on tour LOL! But as long as you get the LESSON, you're good. Don't get distracted... control it. 😆
so must music lesson to be! sympatic but character-strong teacher, with levels. a highly understandble english, without too much bla bla, and right!!! staccato is the key, in the pauses should be listen the light reverb in room, that boom boom - yes booty boom! thank you! liked and subscribed
Thanks for watching! I like to get right to the point!
This was cool. Hey can you a grove with that purple thing on your head? That would be incredible!
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Yaaaay she’s baaack!
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Greetings from Costa Rica, Very useful those tips....really appreciate them.
Glad it was helpful!
reminds me of T.M. Stevens and Bootsy - keeping the funk wisdom alive, thank you!
Those are my godfathers!!! I've learned from them both!
A fat one is essential to a greasy groove. When pop went to drum machines and computers, they filled every imaginable space and completely lost the feel.
Yep!! I completely agree... HAVE to leave some space for the groove to breathe!
Hey Nik, Thank You! Excellent Lesson, much appreciation :)
My pleasure! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thanks Nik! Very helpful! Simply but soooo good! love the Funk!
Thanks for watching!! So glad is was helpful!
Yes let's bring back colorful fashion again to music. Love your outfit and colors.
Thank you!!! I'm all about the colors!
I don't know why, but I'm thinking about Bernard Edwards.
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That bass line sounds a lot like the Bar Kay's, Shake Your Runp to the Funk!
Now I'm gonna have to go and listen to that...
That G and A are so perfectly behind the beat, honestly, I don't know if you can teach that.
That's where my natural pocket tends to sit. Slightly behind the beat. Some people groove right on top of the beat but both sound awesome!
Thanks for inspiration 🙂, I 👀you and raise you the Funk Ma🙏🏿
I appreciate that. THank you!
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