Prince might be bringing that low sound back, because he has that double bass.
Look closely, and you can see where the grooves of a record widen, indicating a sparseness that can only be a bass solo, or grow denser to accommodate a cresting density of sound.
I'm the greatest bass player in the world.
I've always done a bass and drum solo that lasts about 10 minutes. The main thing is to use it only when you need to.
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.
I started taking the bass more seriously when I heard Jaco Pastorius.
I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.
The worst words I could ever hear as a bass player was, 'Can you play the root notes?'
I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo.
