Victor wooten live at bass day 1998 by victor wooten. See more ideas about victor wooten, bass and guitar. He is an innovator on the bass guitar, as well as a talented composer, arranger, producer, vocalist. Hes a bass player best known for his amazing work with banjo grand master yes, thats right, banjo master bela fleck. Doug wimbishs career spans more than 20 years as an innovator, collaborator and explorer of a multitude of music genres including rap, hiphop, rock, metal, funk, jam, disco and dance. The music lesson is a book that will forever change you. A spiritual search for growth through music by victor wooten pages. He may not be one of the most famous bassists but he is definitely one of the most talented. Back educational resources vixcamps wooten woods vix records. Victor wooten trio halftime performance at msg 11617. Highly regarded as a bass innovator, victor wooten has made a name for himself laying down the lowend for both bela fleck and during his guest stints with the dave matthews band, and in his own successful solo career. Bassist doug wimbish on playing well with others helena bouchez blog guitar player and musician profiles the floor on doug wimbishs side of the stage is carpeted with pedals of every shape, size, color, and sound, flanked by an apple ibook full of effects and two alesis air fx boxes. Launching his solo career a few years later, with a show of hands, it soon became apparent that wooten was also a major musical force, thanks to an organic and highly original approach. Doug wimbish of living colour, new dimensions for bass.
The most important and influential bass guitarist in the 66year history of the fender precision he played, south carolinaborn, detroitraised james jamerson wrote the bible on bass line construction and development, feel, syncopation, tone, touch, and phrasing, while raising the artistry of improvised bass playing in popular music to zenith levels. Victor bailey, victor wooten and steve bailey keeping all melodies and sonics in check. Liam wilson talks dillinger escape plan, azusa bandsfor. Neal wooten, grew up on a pig farm in the northeast corner of alabama on sand mountain.
Jaco pastorius 19511987 was an influential american jazz bassist, composer and big band leader. He is best known for his work with weather report from 1976 to 1981, as well as work with artists including joni mitchell, pat metheny, and his own solo projects. This is not your usual jazz autobiography, but then wooten is not. This deluxe songbook includes notefornote transcriptions of. Sunshine of your love with doug wimbish, victor wooten, meytal. Victor lemonte wooten born september 11, 1964 is an american bass player, composer, author, producer, educator, and recipient of five grammy awards wooten has won the bass player of the year award from bass player magazine three times and is the first person to win the award more than once. In slap bass, youll learn the fundamentals of slap, from traditional to modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. Jan, 2014 ultimate funkster talks to fbpo about technique, upcoming record and lots more in new video interview. From his early days with sugarhill records, to his pioneering work in tackhead and living colour, doug is best described as a musical virtuoso.
His repertoire reads like a whose who of rock, pop and hiphop. The envelopepushing slapntap and effects master parlayed the freedom he was given as house bassist at rapdawning sugar hill records into the cuttingedge ambient band tackhead. Sep 01, 2009 im a longtime fan of carlos castanedas books, and wootens the music lesson is cut from similar cloth. Top 11 quotes of victor wooten famous quotes and sayings. Unless you really dont want to learn about your bass and about music, you will not be sorry that you bought this dvd. Polar icecaps are melting at an alarming rate and the oceans grow warmer and warmer still, marine mammals begin to act out of character. Discover book depositorys huge selection of victor l wooten books online. Bassist doug wimbish on playing well with others guitar noise. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from victor wooten at the discogs marketplace.
The 100 best bass players of all time guitar world. Here at vixtube you will see videos brought to you by victor wooten himself. Ultimate funkster talks to fbpo about technique, upcoming record and lots more in new video interview. Wooten has written a book about music called the music lesson. Instructional bass dvd softcover media online author. A visionary musician who gets inside the mind of whatever musical situation he is in, wimbish both elevates it and adapts to it, flawlessly. Doug wimbish sugarhill gang, grandmaster flash, living colour, mick jagger chris wolstenholme muse band victor wooten solo artist, bela fleck and the flecktones, smv amos williams.
Hes also a founding member, and a virtuoso bassist who gives the bands punk recordings a startlingly progressive undergirding. Nathan watts miko weaver verdine white doug wimbish victor wooten. Fleck was forming a jazz group to appear on a tv show. Victor wooten songbook by victor wooten, paperback barnes. An extremely gifted and versatile bassist, victor wooten is a highly acclaimed performer whose work straddles the lines between jazz, bluegrass, funk, and progressive rock. His playing is timeless, and he can fit into any musicalgenre with ease. Since 2017 he has played bass for the metal band nitro. Since the emergence of funk in the 1970s, slap bass has become an essential technique in any electric bassists tool kit. He is also the author of the parable the music lesson. Learn to use effects that will make your bass sound like a keyboard, guitar, drums or even a dj. Pit bulls vs aliens, set in the year 2050 the ever present problem of greenhouse gasses has thankfully been solve but regardless global temperatures keep rising. The best of victor wooten features his playing on 14 great tunes, which wooten transcribed himself. Victor wooten and anthony wellington take you through some amazing things about playing the electric bass that you probably dont even suspect, let alone know.
The music police cite a list of offenses that includes the use of effects, looping, sampling, soloing, and making entire recordings that sound like they feature multiple instruments, but are made with just a bass. See more ideas about victor wooten, bass and music. The best of victor wooten features his playing on 14 great tunes. He has been the bassist for bela fleck and the flecktones since the groups formation in 1988 and a member of the band smv with two other bassists, stanley clarke and marcus miller. Victor wooten songbook by victor wooten, paperback. Ive known about him and listened to him for many years. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments. He revealsthe secrets that make him the most versatile and sought after bass player in the world. Doug johns for bass players onlyfor bass players only.
A highly respected and soughtafter master of his instrument, doug records and performs with a diverse roster of talent. Victor wooten u cant hold no groove bass day 98 duration. You will also study the bass lines and history of some of the great slap bass players, including louis johnson, larry graham, janice johnson, aaron mills, stanley clarke, marcus miller, alphonso johnson, freddie washington, doug wimbush, nate phillips, and victor wooten. He now resides in milwaukee with his wife and three dogs. Learn the basic rudiments that make up doug wimbishs unique sound and style his personal warm ups, righthand variations, dynamics, false harmonics and dougs famous flamenco slap. Because bass plays such a crucial role in the music, its important to take the time to learn to properly play the instrument, which is where bass guitar instruction dvds can help. Bassist doug wimbish on playing well with others guitar. Hal leonard bass method complete edition books 1, 2 and 3 bound together in one easytouse volume. Before switching primarily to the guitar, abbath doom occulta was the bassistsingerfrontman for immortal martin eric ain was a coface of the band and spokesman during his tenure with celtic frost. A bassist, or bass player, is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass upright bass, contrabass, wood bass, bass guitar, synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. As victor wooten says, he is to funk bass what the bible is to religion.
Exclusive video interview with fbpos jon liebman january, 2014. Hell show you how to construct bass lines for any style of music. Bass2bass with freekbass doug wimbish bass musician. If the world were to follow you today, where would you lead them. Wooten continues to push forward with good humor and unparalleled virtuosity. Oct 01, 20 doug wimbish is one of the greatest artists of musical mischief that the bass world has known. A spiritual search for growth through music victor l. Liam wilson talks dillinger escape plan, azusa bandsfor bass. With a worldclass staff of writers and cover interviews featuring esperanza spalding, verdine white, larry graham, nathan east, victor wooten, alain caron, the controversial jeff berlin, tim lefebvre, ron carter, doug wimbish, marcus miller, stanley clarke, larry graham, benny rietveld, foreigners jeff pilson, anthony jackson, jennifer. Given the band names that you rattled off, im assuming of your influences included flea, les claypool, doug wimbish lw. Neal is a columnist for the mountain valley news, an artist, standup comedian and an author.
Bass duet namm 2015 the behringer booth at this years namm show was crammed with people for this impromptu performance by doug wimbish and victor wooten. Doug wimbish is one of the greatest artists of musical mischief that the bass world has known. Victor lemonte wooten born september 11, 1964 is an american bassist, record producer, educator, and recipient of five grammy awards. Wooten is an american bass player, composer, producer, and fivetime grammy award winner, as well as an original member of the jazz and bluegrass band bela fleck and the flecktones. Doug, to some extent, but im way more of a muzz skillings dude. These dvds are almost like having an expert teacher at your disposal, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. His latest is an eclectic offering with an allstar cast of characters supporting victor in his cause of championing the bottom. In the castaneda books, the authoran anthropologiststudies with a mexican yaqui shaman by the name of don juan matus who teaches the author many things. Victor wooten bass workshop the language of music and how to speak it series. The music police cite a list of offenses that includes the use of effects, looping, sampling, soloing, and making entire recordings that sound like they feature multiple instruments, but are made with just a. Accompanied by guitar and drums, victor presents a set that stretches from the serious thunderfunk of u aint got no groove to classic performances of amazing grace and norwegian wood. Apr 22, 2019 bass2bass with freekbass doug wimbish. Victor also discusses his thoughts about music as a language.
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