THIS IS JUST A RANT!!!
anyway is anybody else disapointed with the bass players on the gospel albums that have been put out lately. to me they are just not cutting it they dont do anything that makes me rewind or whoop or anything. after i hear anything they do i know exactly wat it is and after listening to the whole cd i know that i could have cut a much better session (im gonna regret that one lol) a perfect example is marvin sapps thirsty its a GREAT cd the whole band is killin very tasteful i listen to it all the time (for keys and drums) i feel as if swol could have did a much better job on that cd i understand the bass player is supposed to b solid but that doesnt mean u cant have any feel, its so plain and boring. another cd is bruce parhams newest project trent derriuex and mikey sound great but the bass player was so bland he could have made the music sound alot better... but thank god for noel jones cd. the bass player is killin why cant everybody cut a session like that if u dont believe me go listen to track 14 and i mean listen. he kills it great feel placement grooves and technique its bananas. does anybody else feel the same way?
I have a rant about your rant...lol
You're tooooooooooooo caught up in what "you as a bass player" or whoever else is the one that's playing could be doing. How do you know that Marvin didn't tell Swol "I want you to lay back a bit, because I want this to be pure praise and worship" which is what that CD is.
I personally think that Swol did an excellent job on that CD because it fit the mood and whole feel of the session.
You don't have to have all the tricks in the bag to be a great player and I think that's what you're caught up in.
How man "xxxxx" fills can you do or "how many times can i put this muted tripplet lick inbetween the lines".
Don't get so caught up in "tricks". Play what the holy spirit has you to play *and i hope that EVERYON prays before they play and/or practice!!!*.
How do we know the holy spirit didn't tell Swol "hey play this because I'm going to move upon 500 peoples hears right at this moment where you cut out and let the music breathe".
Now don't get me wrong, super techniques and fills are great, but if you do them all the time then they mean almost nothing.