Bassists are based
Thundercat is a master at the base who really opened my eyes to their unappreciated percussive role in music.
Me at 14 trying to recreate my favorite palm-muted metal strumming patterns from songs I know: “what the hell why does their shit sound so good and thumping and my shit sounds like AM radio static in a tin can?”
Me, many many years later: “BASS! IT WAS ALL MISSING THE FUCKING BASS!”
A song without bass is like a glass without water or something like that
It took a while as a guitarist/keyboard player just learning and starting out to realize how fundamental it is. I kept trying to turn up the low end of things in the mixer in my software to compensate without realizing what I was missing.
As a bassist, can confirm.
I’ve only recently really started to appreciate notcing the bass in music. It’s an underdog no one seems to respect :(
I didn’t listen to bass untill I become one
Now 99% of the reason why I like certain songs is because of the bass
I am become bass, destroyer of riffs
Just my opinion, but bass is disgusting, both the instrument and the sound it makes. The strings are so fat I felt nauseous the first time I played one.
