As I play bass,I can hear a lot of other bass player influences coming thru in my playing. I can hear those bass player's in the melody,then I try to play that. Here's an example: I have listened to mostly heavy rock since I was 10 or so. While I don't listen to too much of the music anymore,I still like the bass parts. We learning a song," Sing to the King" and for some idea,I thought that the bass part of "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns & Roses would be an interesting fit. It does, here's another one ,like "Take my Heart(Holiness,holiness)" Steve Miller's "The Joker" bass line drops rght in there. Anyone else do this?