I don’t think people appreciate how much of the DD sound is John Taylor. The first time I ever heard DD, the bass is what caught my ear. Those funky grooves, and in songs like Rio the speed and beauty, push them into awesomeness!!

My son, who plays guitar (not bass) just came downstairs. He is 15. He said "oh, John Taylor is doing another tutorial online, cool" and sat down to watch. He is a self taught player learning all he can about how music comes together and DD was one of the first bands he ever heard (before he was even born). He said "this guy is so cool", referring to John, to which I agreed and grinned. He's into all sorts of music (mostly Nirvana at the moment) but has a genuine 80's DD poster on his wall amongst others. He's up in his room strumming away now, so gorgeous. Thank you John :)

Every time John smiles, I find myself smiling back -- love how from the 1st episode of this series he talked about his love of punk, funk and now, how "Original Sin," by Inxs brought them to Nile Rodgers and lifted "Reflex" to cool, jumpy and pulsating beat. Duranies Unite!

This man is a genius.

And here I was a Black American girl who felt I had to justify my love of Duran Duran when this just really brings it home how much Black American culture and music was such a huge influence on John's evolution as a bass player and the entire core sound of Duran Duran. Full circle.

I´m so happy JT is taking the time to make these vids!!!

These are so good. A erudite musician who's completely honest about his influences and process - a very rare thing indeed!

A musical genius, right here. C´mon, at 20 he was a self-made bass master already.

I heard 'Melbourne' and nearly fell off my chair! It's astonishing this guy wasn't even 25 yet and he'd already created some of the best, most melodic bass lines on the 80s and beyond!!

I watched a video JT made, similar to this one, where he spoke of getting a juke box (loaded with old 45 rpm records) as a recent birthday gift. After the festivities were done he flipped on the thing and listened by himself. He spoke of the amazement he felt listening to each record and taking in all the bits and pieces (no pun intended [DC5]). He could scarcely take in each song -- then the next record would flop down and play and he'd be amazed all over again. He spent hours doing this! The mark of a true musician with real love for music. Makes me even more happy he managed to survive '80's superstardom.

John, I've been a fan for nearly 40 years and Duran still never ceases to amaze me!

Anyone else loving that fantastic Patrick Nagel art on the wall ?

I'm going to buy a bass and start playing again like you made me want too back in the 80s

It’s interesting to see all the detailed bass work John put into those songs. All those years I never knew just how much work went into those songs we all loved. Great Video.

My gosh how I loved John Taylor the most when I was a teen in the ‘80s...now I understand why! ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽

What a treat his videos are especially these days. You brighten up our days, John!!! Much respect and love to you and DD.

I love hearing the bass isolated. I definitely hear Rick James' Super Freak bass inspiration in the Reflex. I know both songs and never picked up on the bass sound. I'm loving these videos. The process is fascinating! Can we just pay homage to John's sharp hair style and highlights in the Montserrat pic he showed!

He blows my mind. As much as I've always loved DD music and am now a bass player myself, I didn't know how much work John was doing. He was so young to come up with so many iconic parts!

For 40 years, he's been a part of my life.

You are great, John, it's a privilege being able to watch you go through all these huge classics with great basslines, especially myself being a bass player

Fan of Duran Duran for decades. So cool to see John still enjoying and sharing his music to this day.

I was 19 in 1983 and I embraced the look of Duran Duran. I was a fledgling bass player and also embraced the syncopated sound of JT's bass, always used those little finger octave sounds :-). Fantastic memories. Learned all the bass lines and the only one I struggled with was probably trying to play Planet Earth with fingers to the end!!!

I love his bass playing.

"The Reflex" is one of the most unique sounding pop songs ever!

I cant love this series more than I do, i look forward to it every week. Very cool.

Most unique sounding POP band of the era...and now. HUGE catalog of great songs.

I always wanted mr john Taylor to demonstrate his bass lines he dont talk about them much in past but its all different now just like dream 😊

This is fascinating! There is nothing more blissful than watching a musician loving what they are doing. Keep having fun John, pure joy to see. Duran Duran, still my favourite band of all time.

It is so exciting to see this & watch the master in action! YOU ROCK, John Taylor!

In the 80's it was so damn difficult to have access to videos and magazines nas news about DD.And now we can easily see John Taylor and his bass guitar lessons 😅😁🥰🥰🥰...I'm daydreaming 😁😁😁😁😘😘😘😘😘💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

The reflex... Beatiful song. Always I listening Duran duran when I was younger!

Honestly .....Super Freak?!?! One of my favorite songs Ever ; ) I will never listen to REFLEX the same way again . Love to John Taylor ; Really Brilliant music ! Much appreciation for this video .

Loving these videos. The smile when he his playing makes my day. I remember listening to an acetate 7inch interview when he said his secret was he didn’t like playing bass. Load of rubbish John, you love it

these tutorials are priceless. Not just playing the song but teaching you a lil theory, syncopation, rhythms etc. You can tell how he truly loves music and playing!...Kudos to you JT!

My new fav KZfaq channel!

Another great installment of Stone Love Bass. Another awesome bass line, gives the girls something to shake their groove thing to, and brings respect from the bass payers. Thanks for the inspiration John!

I love his grin when he's clearly loving what he's playing. As a young girl in the 80's I loved him for being beautiful, but DAMN he's a good musician too!

Holy crap. I nearly cream my pants hearing that bass line. Takes me back to junior high. The Reflex is my favorite pop song, not only DD song, of all time. John's work is a huge part of that. I love you guys.. And I'm straight! No shame at all!

loving the Bass masterclasses. it allows us to travel back to those decisive moments in the successful path of each song. these are real pearls of pop which will only enrich further the love for those songs and this unique band.

Somehow JT, you’ve managed to keep us all entertained for almost 40 years and I hope you’ll continue to!

Style....John got style...the best bass lines of the 80’s!!! Here I am practicing...🤘🏻

the reflex video bring so many memories of my early teen years ... we 80s kids were and are so lucky -- thank you John to you and all the boys in DD

Thank you, John, for sharing your time and talent. God bless you!

This is fantastic. I saw you in concert a couple years ago and you were fantastic. What an amazing show!

Saw them in concert September 9. John is the best bass player I've ever seen live

John is the reason I took up the bass. ❤ him and the whole band. I’ve been a fan since I was ten years old!

I'm 50 years old and just now learning bass guitar; it's on my bucket list! I recently heard a cover of John Taylor from Duran Duran and went on a music kick, listening to all the songs I could find, listening for the bass and rhythm as in my older days I have even more of an appreciation of it. I was looking for tutorials but never thought of coming right to the source. And then I heard John Taylor's voice and had a momentary teenaged-freakout session of repeated OMG's that John Taylor is actually teaching people on video how to do his bass lines. Oh wow! There was literally maybe a square foot if you added all the blank spots together that were not covered by Duran Duran posters as a teen. This is wonderful! Thank you so much for making these videos! You, Paul McCartney, Maurice Gibbs,.... so many incredible memories and music from our youth!

It always seems a bit sudden when the video comes to an end, and I think that's because you're obviously having fun, and we're all having fun watching! Can we please get "Lonely in Your Nightmare" or "Nightboat" soon? Thanks so much!! 🥰

The tight rhythm section in DD is what made the sound...I just listening to JT's bass lines. Driven, groovy, funky and super-tight all at the same time. Having a thoughtful, conscientious, bass player build a a bass line as a foundation for the whole song impresses me WAY more than hearing a bass clinic on every track.

Dearest John .. wow .. love The Reflex (which so many of us do of course). And, so love hearing/seeing the song structure and its origins. I really do love the entire Seven and The Ragged Tiger album. It is an album that I really love listening to from start to finish, and I guess the fact that it starts off so fantastic is probably one of the reasons. Also, for me, that album was the one where I officially became a Duranie. I starting falling in love with the band and the music when I bought a compilation tape (may have been one of those K Tel ones .. Star Tracks?!) I know it had Hungry Like the Wolf and Every Breath You Take by The Police and Straight From the Heart by Bryan Adams. Anyways, that's another story for another time .. LOL. So, I started my fandom around that time and so became acquainted with RIO (Save A Prayer and The Chauffeur are my faves). Such a fab album!! But, it is Seven and The Ragged Tiger is the album that made me fall totally in love with Duran Duran and the music - I guess because it was the band's most recent release at that time, and I think it is a banger of an album (The Seventh Stranger is EPIC). I love the journey that album takes me on when I listen to it from front to back. And, let's not even mention the cover .. it is such a great pin-up of the band, so for a 12 year old, there was no contest - BEST ALBUM COVER EVER!! I actually still have the big poster of this album cover in my home office. Finally, the fact that Nile Rodgers was brought into the fold (and to this day, I look at him as the 6th member of Duran Duran!!) is just the icing on the cake for this episode of Stone Love Bass Odyssey. Thanks for taking the time to do these .. as I said last week .. we are learning so much!! And, of course, you know we are all waiting in Room 7609 to hear you play that amazing bass line in Late Bar (yes, as I said before, I am relentless!!). Say 'hi' to the beautiful Gela and all the best to you both xxxx oooo

Taylors bass lines were the driving force begind Duran Durans songs. You can hear his influences clearly in each track they did. Im 55yrs old and learning how to play bass. These tutorials are gems 👌🏾

And this, boys and girls, is why those of us who lived it, keep it going for future generations.

Love when he posts these!

Bravooo, Maestro! 👍👍👏👏👏❤❤❤ Hello from Slovenia from an 80s maniac! 😉👋🇸🇮

I always thought Duran Duran was ahead of their time. I hope you guys bring it back. The world needs more of this positive energy. Keep rockin' man! 👍

Fantastic videos, John. Really digging them! Would love to see you play “A View to a Kill”. Maybe odd. But what an amazing jazz type bass line! Dare ya!

Am really loving these tutorials! Thank you, John, for taking the time to do this. Can't wait to see you all live again and seeing you in action!

Thank You! I love these visits you give us!

These videos are different class. I just love artists that take the time to dissect there craft and there songs. Much respect indeed ✊

Thank you again John! Thank you for making yourself and your creative process so accessible to fans. You are such a musical genius. One of the greatest bass players of all time. Please consider doing full-on lessons for those of us who are endeavoring to learn the bass. 😊

I seriously love these videos! I look forward to them every week. Just wish they were longer!

Top 10 bass player all time . Watched the concert on Tubi produced by David Lynch. Great concert .

My life changing moment was May 1984 when I saw The Reflex on TOTPS. I had just turned 14. From that day Duran Duran were my band and the bass was my instrument. Hearing JT talk about the bass line just takes me back 39 years. I saw them in Birmingham on my birthday 5th May last week and tomorrow I’m going to order myself a present - a JT signature bass from Dingwall.

Absolutely LOVING these John thanks!!

Master piece and Master musician

I had no idea how talented this guy is. These things he's sharing are absolutely incredible.

Thank you so much for these tutorial vids. You were a MAJOR influence for me wanting to play bass....so I cant thank you enough. Duran Duran is one of the greatest bands ever...i say that objectively...ya'll really have so much talent and produce quality music.

At the age of 14 I saw DD on MTV. It was the very first music video I had ever seen, and the video was ‘The Reflex’. The song was an auditory explosion to my senses and the video’s visuals fed the eyes, but it was your bass playing John that planted the musical seed that took root and spread throughout my adolescent brain. I wanted to play the bass, and I wanted to play just like you. That day, that song, and that video started me on a never ending musical voyage that has taken me from the bass to the drums, keyboards/piano, and guitar. I wouldn’t say I have mastered any of them, but I still get a rush of adrenaline when I get to play any of DD’s songs with my buddies. Thank you for the music, the inspiration and for taking the time to make these videos!

I love you John since I was a kid!😍

John Taylor. The reason I picked up, and the reason I put down, the bass. What an amazing player. One of my heroes.

Probably, the greatest rhythym section ever. John Taylor's the bloke who made me switch from six-strings to four. Technique will get you so far, but you can't teach what comes from the heart.

That Rio print in the background is awesome. Would love to have one in my room.

I loved this song the very first time I heard it! For me that's rare. John you still are on of my biggest influences on the instrument.... Cheers.....

Wow! There is no other word, the pure joy we get from watching you remember those days! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

This has been my favorite so far. Highly enjoyed your chat with Nile. And yes, this has been working for me. Your bass playing, stories and guests brighten up my week. Thank you, John! 😊💓🎶

Best song of all time!💕

Reflex is easily my fave Duran Duran song.I was only in second grade when they were really big, but their 93 album I played everyday my senior year and that summer. I listened to Rio the other day and heard the bass...mind blown. Very obvious he had an eclectic taste and he was so young. Why don't more ppl talk about John Taylor? We need more artists like this today, making interesting songs. Change, Melody, Pre Chorus...all of it. Inxs also underrated band.

One of my faves, thanks John, from Rochester New York.

One of my very favorite bass players of all time! Cannot have Duran Duran without him.

I'm a guitarplayer and I love the bass in Duran Duran. Man, how I would like to play with Duran Duran as a guitarist. The band from my youth. What beautiful memories !!!

John you are fantastic!. I love DD since I was young in the 80´s. Fortunately I appreciatte the DD presentation here in Brazil in January, 1988. It was my 18th birthday and I will never forget that special day in my life. Your bass performance is one my music inspiration! I will be the DD fan forever!

John, you’re simply amazing and one of a kind!! Thank you for showing us little bits of the music 🎵, brings me back when I had to sight read music 🎶 in choir!

I can listen to the A, B, C parts all day man! Incredible getting this stuff first hand from the OG's. Grew up on this stuff and part of my DNA.

Tus composiciones como bajista demuestran que el arte de hacer buena música no tiene que ver con velocidad, sino con sentimientos. Es interesante saber que durante años has respetado tu ejecución original, ya que de esa ejecución fue que nos quedamos fascinados. Es muy respetable saber que fueron bajos bien pensados y bien ejecutados. Saludos desde Ecuador.

"Seven and the ragged Tiger' one of my favorite ever albums..love every track on the album..especially your basslines john :)

I’m sharing my love of bass and these songs with my son who is learning bass. This is a dream come true.

Born early 70's and still loving Duran Duran, there's a special atmosphere, just like ABC had it and a few more.

I asked and I received! Thank you John that was fantastic!

I don't know a thing about music but it's a pleasure see how much JT enjoy playing the bass ❤

Loving the odyssey. Fascinating to hear the stories behind these songs, and of course the bass lines.

I can't get enough of these videos! Love you John and Duran Duran!!

Still one of my favorite songs of all time.

More brilliant stuff! Keep them coming John!!

Yes! I love these behind the bass lines!

I love these videos. Takes me back and always puts a huge smile on my face.

What a outstanding musician!❤❤

John Taylor is why I first picked up a bass guitar 31 years ago! These videos are great, keep them coming. “New Religion” is one of my go-to warmups when I practice

I'm enjoying these so much!!

Absolutely love these tutorials and seeing how my favorite songs came to life. Outstanding. 👏🏾 🔥 👏🏾 🔥 👏🏾 🔥

Incredible. What a treat these videos are.