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Title: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: 6stringapprentice on March 30, 2011, 10:54:16 AM
What are some songs that you want to learn but are or have avoided because of complexity of the bassline.

Some of my past are
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: 6stringapprentice on March 30, 2011, 11:02:46 AM
My mistake pressed the enter button too soon.

Some that I have avoided

One more chance the original by Reggie young
Surgery -L. Spenser Smith by John Jackson I believe
Awesome God - Fred Hammond by Alan Evans
Jesus the OMG song- YPJ by Derrick Hines

Songs I am currently avoiding
The instrumental off of encore - James fortune
The Battle is Over - James Fortune
Pretty much any of Eric McDaniel's songs with Reggie Young playing
The 1GOP praise break - 1GOP by Gabrielle Bonner
I made It through -Tye Tribbett by Thad

Plenty more but that's all I can think of right now
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: floaded27 on March 30, 2011, 11:23:08 AM
i never shy away from a song because the bass line is tough. they're professionals, way beyond my level so there will be things I just cant do at the moment. I just try to figure out the direction of the song and make it work. When I get better I often revisit songs and relearn them, picking up more and more of the stuff i couldnt do.

What I DO stay away from:
1. Any song by Richard Smallwood.
His songs have like 6000 chord changes before it repeats. Its so HARD to commit to memory.

2. Old back in the day songs (like 80's/90's) that's hard to get a clean copy.
Thank God for youtube though. I used to could never find the song only to get handed a CD that sounded like someone taped (yes, cassette) the song off an AM station on the radio while driving through an underground tunnel and then somehow put it on CD. Terrible!!

3. Anything I have to learn off youtube because the artist hasnt put out the song on single/album yet
Almost always a video of them doing it live that somebody recorded on their phone or crappy camera, so the sound quality is crappy at best, all while talking through almost the whole thing. OR its from someone in the musicians area where everyone goes "OHHHHHH!!!!" everytime something happens.

Learning songs like this are a total nightmare for me.
 
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: phbrown on March 30, 2011, 12:51:52 PM
all of them :(
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: T-Block on March 30, 2011, 04:28:20 PM
T-Block avoids no song, lol. ;) :D
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: cordney on March 31, 2011, 03:11:30 AM
My mistake pressed the enter button too soon.

Some that I have avoided
Awesome God - Fred Hammond by Alan Evans

If I learned Awesome God, I know you'll pick it up in 5mins...lol.
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: gambit23435 on March 31, 2011, 09:33:13 AM
You don't learn anything if you avoid a song simply because "it's too hard"... Break it down into sections and learn a section at a time. With time and patients anything is possible. ;)
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: floaded27 on March 31, 2011, 11:54:49 AM
If I learned Awesome God, I know you'll pick it up in 5mins...lol.

The only thing really hard about that song is that 2nd run at the beginning, which you dont necessarily have to do. Actually, the 1st run (the short one) is more impressive to me because of the timing, and probably harder for me to ever get down properly.
Title: Re: What songs are you avoiding?
Post by: cordney on March 31, 2011, 04:00:03 PM
The only thing really hard about that song is that 2nd run at the beginning, which you dont necessarily have to do. Actually, the 1st run (the short one) is more impressive to me because of the timing, and probably harder for me to ever get down properly.

The timing is difficult on both, but I mastered the 1st one...IMO