My solo music

Hey im David (obviously) and ive been playing about 4 months now i think and so far i have made three bass only songs (no lyrics)

Ill just post any new ones i make here and i would love feedback, advice, and dont be afraid to tell me you dont like it.

Rock with a bit of metal (no clue what it would be called):

a sad-ish piece:


A random Improv:

Nt bad I only could see the last two. The sadish one sounded a tad rushed to me. The improve had a good intro. Keep on the practicing and look forward to hearing some more

Thanks ill keep that in mind. I thought it sounded a bit rushed too. and about the improv, do you mean when i was actually playing or when i was sitting down because i was just warming up when i was sitting down.

When you started to play

thanks. and here is a link for the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkjMG5Al4j8

The sadish piece was probably made after listening to sleep melody?

Yep When ever i feel like im in a rut i just listen to Dman

Haha understood it from the sliding tapping!

I wanted to make something similar but in my eyes it didnt turn out all that well.

That's pretty damn good for four months worth. I think you need to work on your slap technique. That posture doesn't seem to suit your style.

Im not sure i completelt "grasp" the slap and pop thing. When I slap the a,d, or g string i hit the strings before it and when I pop i put my whole finger "pad" under the string and pull it up. Its that how your supposed to pop it because it seems to slow me down?

Try not to pop with the whole fingertip. You want to use as little of your fingertip as possible while at the same time getting a nice popping sound. Also depending on your strap hight it might be worth changing the angle of your thumb while slapping... How high/low do you normally wear your bass? (it seems low in the first video then high in the last )

And also try keeping your thumb parallel to the string with your elbow lining up with the bridge.

SuperMaximo93 wrote:Try not to pop with the whole fingertip. You want to use as little of your fingertip as possible while at the same time getting a nice popping sound. Also depending on your strap hight it might be worth changing the angle of your thumb while slapping... How high/low do you normally wear your bass? (it seems low in the first video then high in the last )

Well I did have my strap lower but i read somewhere its better to have it higher up.

Dropthelines585 wrote:And also try keeping your thumb parallel to the string with your elbow lining up with the bridge.

Thanks ill try it and tell you guys how it works out.

Yeah if you wear your bass higher definitely use the parallel thumb technique, as DTL said. When doing this, try to pop using a small area just to the side of your fingertip. Then keep practising and it'll be easy

Thanks alot ill try it out In case it doesnt work out for me, what would be a good technique for a lower strap?

I can only slap properly when I have my bass fairly high, when I play finger style I just alter where the bass sits on my shoulder so its more like an upright ;o

I might have to try that sometime

nice work, I've left a comment on the youtube page of the first one

I saw it.....what language was the other guy speaking?

german

You speak German?

In Holland everybody standard has English, German & french at school, I quit french but still got German. I'm pretty bad at it though.

You dont seem that bad at it to me. I only know how to ask people if they speak german.

DavidM96 wrote:You dont seem that bad at it to me. I only know how to ask people if they speak german.

practical

"Sprechen Sie Deutsch?"
"Ja."
"well, I don't."