Are guitar players automatically good at BASS?

Well today is a special treat. You get to see me fumble my way through a bass part. It's easy, right? It's just one note at a time. Like a really easy guitar part. Haha. Well, I'm joking if you can't tell. Bass is SO HARD. It's just way too different. Bass has a COMPLETELY different function and role to play in the band. Bass is SO powerful, and it needs to be treated with the utmost respect, especially by guitar players who pick it up. In my experience, being good at guitar DOES NOT directly translate to bass playing. I think it actually puts you at a slight deficit from someone who hasn't spent years practicing guitar. Bass and guitar are that different. As a guitar player, you must put aside all your guitar player-ness and play like an actual bass player. This is difficult to say the least. Bass fills such an important role in the band. The bass player is the one person in the band who can make a mistake and make everyone else sound like they're wrong. Hahaha.

I got Phil's drums back on this track. They sound fantastic, as usual. Let's add a simple bass part that serves the song and some finishing touches on electric. Thanks for hanging out!

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Welcome! I got a song here :)
1:17 Important tip about what your first pass should be on a session
2:27 So many great drummers in this town! Phil played on this song and sent his tracks back to me.
3:18 I play guitar. I OWN a bass. This should be easy, right???
5:29 QUESTION: Why did I tune down a whole step to play this bass part in G?
11:32 Thoughts on bass and my bass signal chain
12:59 Let’s add some guitars!
18:58 Turning a two bar chord progression into a PATTERN that makes sense with the drums
19:58 Let’s put one more part on this and call it good :)
20:44 Listen to how this morphs from something that doesn’t fit into something cool
25:26 I’m turning it in. We’ll see what they say! I will also post artist info if I get permission.
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