"Why Bass?" some people ask, there are more showy instruments out there, and I already play guitar, keyboards and sing. So why bass? It's amazing. It's such a versatile instrument, it provides groove and melody, you can shape chords with a thick resonant tone. It's perfect for me basically; I love manipulating sound, so I add effects to my bass. my favourite effects to play with are Chorus, Octavers, Filters and Phasers.
The problem with how I play however is that if I'm writing for bass with the chords and melodies instead of groove, the mix can be cluttered; So to counteract this I need to compose straight off for bass and then build the other parts around it (You can hear this on almost all of the tracks on the album).
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