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It's true for drums too. People will say "I love what you did on the drums" but it was 50% drums, 50% bass

Ahhh the bass player the last one anybody notices

Honestly i try to notice the bass players, every time I go the a live concert where there’s a bass i like to make eye contact and smile real big, cheer, and clap to make sure they know they’re appreciated

I feel like before I started playing bass, I struggled to hear it in music. Now it's one of the first things I notice when I listen to music.

Just got done practicing my bass for 6 hours and opening KZfaq shorts to see this really cracked me up.

I’ve played in too many damn bands where people cheaped out on getting a bass, and it’s like trying to drive a car with three wheels. You have 75% of what you need, but its still not gonna work.

This joke is too complex for people to understand somehow

“The best bass player are the ones you don’t hear” - *laughs in Flea

“well it’s your *riff*” bro idk why but i’m on the floor💀

“Bass players are like the the Offensive line of the guitar world, they’re like the egg that binds the ingredients together” - Master Oougway

Bass players are the middle child of the band. They’re one of the best parts, but nobody notices them 😭😭😭

Bass players unite!

i always tell myself: "you don't hear the bass, you feel it."

This is why I love the bass guitar

you can only hear bass when the bassist plays a wrong note

“That’s what I’m playing?” “yeah. that’s what you’re playing” 😭

Bass guitar : I make your "riff" sound good Guitar player _buys a 7string_

Look at Queen - the bass is a very present part of the sound, not just there to boost the low end. John Deacon played some of the most iconic bass lines of all time.

As a bass player of 25years this is truth...thats why every concert i get to meet bands i go RIGHT for the bass player,their usually the most knowledgeable about what their playing and chill to top it off

Jason newstead:

Bass players are like offensive linemen in football. You forget they exist until they mess up.

That's the exact reason i have become a bassist - i may not be heard in a band, but i am needed all the time

As a huge red hot chili peppers fan, the best bassist are the ones you do hear

I was listening to Mayer trio the other day and honestly went into it wanting to focus on pino and his interaction with the group…. Very quickly found myself listening to drums guitar and vocals. Only hearing pino when he wanted me to hear him. Dude is a genius

Bass players deserve more love

The bass is like the background in the music, it's kinda the instrument that gives the band life because it just adds depth to the music.

Bas adds so much to the music it helps keep rythm and adds that punchiness to the guitars that just makes most songs

But... I really like it this way, but I also like it where the Bass is "outfront" also...

I just recently started hearing bass in songs (most recently, Master of Puppets) and it’s wild

Cliff Burton disagrees

I’m so excited to learn how to play the bass!! I’m getting one for my birthday so yeah!!❤

You never notice when they are there but you do when they aren’t 😂

it's like BASS clarinet and melophone/French horn, you don't notice when it's there, but you do when it's not

I tried telling my old band mate this, but he insisted on the bass being louder than EVERY instrument including vocals.

Ah, reminds me of the old parable: The lead songwriter of a band was dying, and in his final moments was hearing every song he'd ever written flash through his ears. In quite a number of songs he could hear the bass quite vividly, and it sounded quite nice. But often, some of the best songs he'd written had no audible bassline at all. He asked the bassist "Bro, how come whenever we played songs that were just OK, I heard you, yet on the songs where I needed you to lay down a tasty jam the most, you were never there?" The bassist smiled, and turned to him, and said "Bro, every time you could only hear yourself playing, are the moments when I carried you." "... Bro..." "Bro."

Fun fact: Most bands have 2-3 bass players in hopes that audiences will be able to identify one of them.

As a guitar player this is soooo god damn true. Without drums and bass, the sound just... is off all the time and isn't rounded at all. You could have everything but missing a bass or a drum in the song will be incredibly obvious.

I like how he doesn't actually compare it bc even he knows

Unrealistic, the guitarist noticed the bassist's existance

Subscribed!!!! Absolutely Love this! Bass players are the most underrated yet the instrument makes music sound better.

"You know, the best bass players are the one you don't hear" Chris Wolstenholme : "lol"

bass players are like a medic or a support unit, and a damn good one at that

It’s really true. I need a friend who plays bass…

I’m not a musician, but my father is a very successful sound engineer. He works for a touring country band and I’ve been helping him with gear, setting up/taking down and doing the lights for the shows and certain things like that. Ive never really noticed the bass players sound but I’m sure I would notice if he wasn’t playing ,that just wouldn’t happen because everyone sound checks together and performs together and I will probably never hear it without him in the mix. Usually he comes with us in the van with all the gear to the gigs because he lives close to us, right now they’re doing a theatre tour so I spend 5 days a week on the road with the dude and he has some of the best taste in country music, he had the aux playing without a single skip for about 5 hours straight of driving. 😂

People like to rag on how unrecognized bassists are but in my opinion one of the biggest reasons I started playing bass was because I personally don’t like getting too much attention in any situation, I love being in the background and not necessarily in the spotlight so I felt bass was perfect for someone like me

After playing in a few bands and orchestra bass players are so under appreciated considering they’re the backbone of most songs and set the tone for a good melody

for me, when listening to songs, the instruments i always fail to hear are bases and drums, but its very noticable when those things aren't there

Songs when bass comes in late gives me chills. Bass is the best part imo

Ich bin Solar aus den TikTok Streams hab dich nie auf yt oder so gesucht. Wurdest einfach vorgeschlagen😂

I just noticed the bass riff from “crazy town - butterfly” went by so unnoticed

There isn't light without darkness.

This is still one of those things that, no matter how much I understand, my brain still can't wrap itself around the idea 🤣🤣🤣

Great bass players can always be heard. McCartney, Entwhistle, Geddy Lee!!

Well yeah. But I like brrr brr deng

I fully agree on the importance of the bass in a groove but if you really played the same rhythm on the guitar you would make the message of the video more truthful 😅

True. when I'm practicing to the full soundtrack, the only time I really hear myself clearly is when I mess up

Play without me Proceeds to play without hitting any low strings...

Hahaha I just started as a bassist in a janky garage band with some friends. That would be fine, but I'm not a bassist. I'm a guitarist. I really enjoy playing rhythm guitar parts for covers of 2000's metalcore stuff. Anyway, I don't even own a bass. I've just been using an octave pedal. It actually works surprisingly well considering it's not even a high-end pedal. It works well enough for now, but I've been transitioning to playing bass under my own recorded guitar parts when I'm alone, so I'm thinking about picking up a decent bass. Figured I'd mention the pedal I'm using: it's this cheap "VSN Octpus" pedal. It works, but I think I'll get an actual bass and learn actual bass skills rather than just playing riffs on the first four of my guitar.

To be fair, really depends on genre and bassist. Korn's bassist tends to be very present, and stuff like feel good inc. are like 60% bass, at least in the beginning

Always appreciate the bassist they’re always great musicians who never really get heard

I was trying and trying to hear Bill Wyman, and now I know why I couldn’t. Thank you. I didn’t know.

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏 I'm a bass player and I'm not gonna lie, I hated being told that I needed to blend but it really does make a difference

i love the bass

Love this... I could'nt stop laughing....so awesome

I played a funky bass solo in front of a large church crowd once,and all I heard from people was;"That sounded like you probably play really good!?"..🤔I thought to myself"Is that good or bad?".The general public totally doesn't get the bass.John Taylor,Billy Sheehan,Ez Gomer,my favorite!(Leviticus),dUg,Les,Geddy,Jaco,Stuart,Flea,Victor,Sir Charles!(New Gen).TOPS!

i realized this a few years ago. if nobody comes up and says anything to me after we play, i mustve done a good job xD

If you were being sarcastic I’m sorry but you played a full chord in the begging and 1 string in the end.

The bass is the backbone of the band every band needs one

You don't hear the bass you feel it

I can't unhear the Trooper without bass

Bass is the most underrated instrument I swear

Lolllllll this is so true. Once I stop playing the bass to like turn up my volume real fast the sound/music becomes sooo empty 😂

"The best bass players are the ones you dont hear." *Peter Hook enters the room*

Bass is my second fave instrument to play, behind piano. Bass is crucial!

"yea... that's what you're playing" 😂😂😂

if you do your job they say "i cant hear you" if you start overplaying, using all those arpeggios and scales you've been practicing they say "chill out, you are not a guitarist" the best way to make them appreciate you is to miss a few gigs in a row - make it obvious who's the star)

I totally get it now! I love you guys! 💓

I’m sure this is true for technical bassists but John Entwistle was never one to go unnoticed and he’s one of, if not the, best bassist ever!

my old bass teacher used to tell me that everyone in the band is supposed to make it seem like the drummer is the only one playing.

"The best bass players are the ones you don't hear." Ryan Martinie: "Am I a joke to you?"

Bass is very underrated

Bass is the flow. Create bass in life. Its there but you dont see. Others see its results

Actually happened to me when i was a basist in a band at school years ago 🤣

Bass is a support instrument it adds to others

Drums and Bass are like the 2 horses that pull the rest of the band like a carriage. You don’t have horses, well, where the hell are you gonna go?

Give me funk…I want to hear the bass!

People need to under that Bass is the most important instrument in songs

True. I play bass and I can confirm

Give me some Geezer Butler all day. Incredible bass lines that both stand out and compliment Iommi’s guitar playing.

Good musicians hear everything

That’s me, I can relate so much. ✌️😙

Literally Fieldy from KoRn, everyone thought that the clicks were David’s drums/percussion

Keep on killing it bass players, we love you!

Thank you man

Primus’ existence counters this video

"the best bass players are the ones you don't hear" cries in metallica

You don't realise what you have until it's gone

"well it's your.. Riff"

I love this.