9 Killer Tips for Writing Better Bass Lines

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Today, Connor goes through his 9 killer tips for writing better bass lines. These tips work in any genre and can help you turn boring basslines into catchy, infectious, and awesome ones.
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0:00 Introduction
0:47 Demo Preview
1:07 Play with the Rhythm
2:26 Add Syncopation
4:14 Play Notes other than the Root
6:14 Add Octave Jumps
7:00 Rhythm and Timing
9:12 Amp + Filter Envelopes
10:41 Note Length
12:33 Introduce Melodic Fills
13:47 Subtle Development + Variation

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@Someone_who_does_music Жыл бұрын

As a self taught producer, I am happy to say that i discovered these tips by myself. It took me 5 years, you should listen to this man to save your time!

@Bittamin Жыл бұрын

I’m on/off about 2 years in, and so far with how oversaturated the amount of tutorials there are, damn I have had to sift through a lot of Bs. I can say I appreciate this channel for staying objective, even if it’s not My DAW

@riiriluvz 4 жыл бұрын

this taught me more than my music teacher taught me in 4 years

@zindagikmaujkaro8454 3 жыл бұрын

sad

@nehemiahescarlo7698 3 жыл бұрын

Should've taken art

@camwad1238 3 жыл бұрын

In school at least in my case they teach you to play other people’s music when they should give you the tools and knowledge to make your own

@geneside4631 2 жыл бұрын

only reason i chose music is cos i genuinely like music and wanted gear to start making it but my parents only let me buy school stuff now so i figured if I chose music I'd have an excuse to buy ableton live

@lucaswallo8127 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@SARDARru 3 жыл бұрын

Short resume. Tip 1. Add some rhythm to your bass notes. Tip 2. Add Syncopation (means, set your some of your note offbeat) Tip 3. Play notes other than the root. Tip 4. Add octave jump to you bass line Tip 5. Rhythm and Timing (Move your notes a little to add some movements) Tip 6. Amp + Filter envelope. ( Change Amp and filter envelope knobs to get some interesting effects) Tip 7. Play with note lengths. (combine short and long notes. Don't do them all same length) Tip 8. Introduce melodic Fills (Like drum fills, but bass fills. Add some fill at the end of your melodic phrase) Tip 9. Variation (instead of just repeat you 2 or 4 bar loop, add some variation on your second half part )

@JoGarciaMov Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@chrisalexander211212 Жыл бұрын

Thank you friend.

@deepanshuverma913 3 жыл бұрын

Love the simplicity and the easy way the ideas are explained. Great job

@masonlink9362 3 жыл бұрын

This was extremely helpful and well made. This literally explained years worth of bass knowlege in 16 minutes.

@bharathirajae 4 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL....Answered my long time questions on bassline writing.... Thanks a lot Connor!

@ayyleeway 5 жыл бұрын

and this beat is so simple yet so fire swangg ayy

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

Update: Connor finished this track and it's out now on Spotify! Link in description. If you liked the video, you can also dive deeper into music theory with our free guide here 👉 www.edmprod.com/music-theory-the-tldr-version/

@tayjax616 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! Super helpful and just what I needed. Keep it up! :)

@phillipmorgankinney881 4 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful, wonderful knowledge. Thanks for your efforts in sharing this

@donpresent 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Showing the before and after is very effective!

@michaelgrauvogl689 Жыл бұрын

Great systematic case distinction. I love it and it helps me a lot! Thank you very much!

@TheSachinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

The most appropriate video.....Loved it Keep up the good work!!!!

@lucaswallo8127 2 жыл бұрын

what

@michaelkonomos 2 жыл бұрын

Man this is great. Well organized and super well explained. Thank you!

@davidlucky178 Жыл бұрын

this is reaaaallly helps for me as a bass player in my band... Some tips here are very useful to arrange my bassline for more expressive

@resty19-11 3 жыл бұрын

Awsome! Great tips! Thanks a lot.

@tiagocavalcante2854 5 жыл бұрын

This REALLY helped me, man Great video! Thanks for sharing this stuff with us

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

No problem :)

@raggadubdubgaming 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa, thanks a lot man, this helps not only with bass lines, but with everything

@djkebbe 3 жыл бұрын

really good video , made a lot of new sense, thanks alot, easy to understand , i will apply on my tracks !

@FlamingRecon43 3 жыл бұрын

hell yeah, thank you for the knowledge!

@troypallasinstrumentalmusi4013 2 жыл бұрын

Great info !!,really well explained

@luciascholtus6578 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, super tips! Thanks!

@antosuperstarultra 3 жыл бұрын

Your tutorial was very helpful thanks a lot !

@jakehettinger1087 3 жыл бұрын

great video thanks for the tips!

@ruthlessadmin Жыл бұрын

These are all great tips. Next level is learning to write your drums & bass first and structure your track around them. Works for any genre that features those instruments. Before I started doing that, all of my tracks were extremely boring even with solid bass lines.

@jaxsonm1808 Жыл бұрын

i love this.. its so helpful

@tsukkikei571 3 жыл бұрын

My bass techniques improved drastically. Thank you so much!

@TheCatInMyPfpIsDead 3 жыл бұрын

This video................ omg im in love with the creator. Thank you! Very helpful❤

@c.h.arvinn 3 жыл бұрын

this was very helpful, and you have a good voice to do voice overs

@ceciliaperez1069 4 жыл бұрын

this is the tutorial I was looking for! well explained and it helped me A LOT

@EDMProd 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear Cecilia :)

@bebo_outsidefam Жыл бұрын

Very nice tips!!

@notavailable403 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful and unique tips, thank you so much!

@angelminari5986 Жыл бұрын

super helpful! thank you! :)

@CedrikHandpan Жыл бұрын

Very clear tutorial, good job!

@patpichardini 5 жыл бұрын

this is great. thank you ⚡️

@jl9205 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Focusing an practical basics and very well presented. You made an immediate subscriber. One area where I struggle is working with effectively with glide/slide/pitch bending in basslines. If you'd included that, you'd probably have the best "basics" bass tutorial on the internet! Well done. ;-)

@BryanBarcelo 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, learned a lot, thank you!

@WhiskySoundsGood Жыл бұрын

Fantastic vid, thanks!

@EtherWellPro 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, useful information thank you!

@ayyleeway 5 жыл бұрын

great vid, keep it up!

@dogstank Жыл бұрын

So good. This is great.

@djtopshe11f59 2 жыл бұрын

Will use these tips asap.

@marvin469 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video; real straight forward. There are a few vids on this topic but I preferred yours. You covered pretty much all the basses for that genre of music too. The only thing I want to know is how can you use a "synth bass roll up/down" . Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis used it in 99% of their slow songs back in the days.

@djsarumawashi 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing this Knowledge. Keep Up the Good Work. Cheers

@EDMProd 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@AlexandreSoma Жыл бұрын

Best i've ever seeing here. Thanks

@jijbuis62 Ай бұрын

a great and simple tutorial as a complete noob it looks quite simple. i will have to see how things will develop with me... I am sure this will help

@zeeke.tv_4842 3 жыл бұрын

This really helped out my bass playing!

@tylerkga 2 жыл бұрын

all killer, no filler. great video

@LaRana08 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video maaaan!

@yophosy5419 3 жыл бұрын

totally by coincidence I was using this bass line yesterday (the original) and decided I needed to spice it up and came here on accident (sic) eg looking for sample manipulation and then just picking titles that interested me - so thanks - oh, and the instrument you have is a million times better than mine !

@darive9600 5 жыл бұрын

Learnt a lot in this one! thank's :)

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

No problem :)

@ABIRBEATS 4 жыл бұрын

Great tut 🔥🔥

@AiGenerationMagic 5 жыл бұрын

Learned a ton - thanks!

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@akumusik3582 Жыл бұрын

Cool stuff💯

@mcgilla2494 Жыл бұрын

that was a good intro🎉 made me watch the whole video❤

@denislaguinlin7456 3 жыл бұрын

you dropped this 👑 help so much🔥 ( specially for beginners like me )

@iammusicman 2 жыл бұрын

This must be the most easiest but useful tutorial... Thank you so much

@steffenstwin4 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video👍🏼

@rodhande8941 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@ozboomer_au 2 жыл бұрын

A very helpful video.. .and thanks for posting. It's well on the way to being a go-to 'cheat sheet' on developing interesting basslines. Suggestions: The syncopation & variations in note duration might be consolidated into one tip about 'variations'... and it would be helpful to mention something about using velocity on individual notes, which would model an electric bassist's attack on the strings (opening the filter according to velocity, for example). Another useful idea would be how to use glide/portamento between notes, as the bassist' s fingers may not directly hit the note 'directly' on-pitch. How do you feel about keeping the bass note 'fills' away from drum fills - is it too much happening all at the one time? Would the music be better served by playing a 'simpler' bass fill and let the drum fill be the focus? Thanks again for the very helpful.. and inspirational video.

@bruindodger 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Can you do more videos similar to these on other topics? Perhaps on delays, reverb, etc? Great stuff.

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Much more coming :)

@jaredcave1488 4 жыл бұрын

Really helpful video! Thanks. Would be great to know how you created the bass preset too.

@asiullopes 3 жыл бұрын

exatamente o que eu tava precisandoooo

@bleedszn Жыл бұрын

thank u for including the late note swag

@vijayanand1154 4 жыл бұрын

Very good tips

@henry24816 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video.

@dmelobeats 4 жыл бұрын

killer tips!!!!!

@mgsandz6489 2 жыл бұрын

Omg thank you so much for this! Every bassline tutorial I ever come across with are exactly just like 1:24 lol tnx!

@goshdangsam 6 ай бұрын

This is the sauuuuucee thanks

@avnojista 2 жыл бұрын

great, thx

@avacar_____ 3 жыл бұрын

bless y9ur heart for this video

@markbelcher1777 3 жыл бұрын

Nice thanks

@kolithadissanayake3655 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!❤️❤️❤️❤️

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

No worries :)

@jakevernier8963 2 жыл бұрын

an actual good beat tutorial video

@JuanSebastianPrieto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@aragosta770 3 жыл бұрын

Very gozzo and helpful

@kaizar7021 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@poppacostello Жыл бұрын

After watching 5 useless / filler videos... I found this one! Thanks man.

@sandeepmusicallyaddicted300 2 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot

@thesleepingbuddha206 4 жыл бұрын

i think my problem with basses is getting good source sounds/patches . any tips in sound selection/design ??

@bebussound7991 2 жыл бұрын

where did u get those drum sounds from? they sound so crisp

@ryde2012 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing tutorial and love this groove have you released this track where can i hear the full version

@EDMProd 2 жыл бұрын

Check the pinned comment!

@ryde2012 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDMProd thanks

@thriquinox 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, i have learned a lot in this one. The video and audio doesn't seem to be in sync though.

@EDMProd 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! Unfortunately recording the screen, mic and audio from Ableton is heavy on the CPU, so the buffer size has to be turned up high which introduces a little latency :(

@RaceAgainstTheFall 4 жыл бұрын

thx fam

@LemonadeCatMeow 2 жыл бұрын

unrelated, you sound like upcoming and amazing youtuber "Crispy Concords"

@RijoBeats 3 жыл бұрын

This is tight

@richmerlino2020 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@gautamgunecha5963 4 жыл бұрын

is it necessary that our bass must follow lead rhythm 1 or 2 octave down?

@thugitz1990 Жыл бұрын

awesome

@norakat 3 жыл бұрын

Not an easy art to master especially nowadays with the one man band. Back in the days you got a guy on bass and all he does is think about only bass 24/7 and he masters the bass. Thats why I think bands make much better music. You can make decent basslines programming the way you do but I think masterful basslines gotta be played live w no quantization perhaps on an actual bass instrument, but at least played live.