music scholarship bass audition

[unownunown]

i don't know if i'd want to do upright stuff. mainly because my bow game is WEAK.

oh, and it's not for music school. it's just for a scholarship at college. i'd have to join the band and such.

[Mudfuzz]

i think slapping for an audition would make them laugh at me. plus look at all the happy girls at that concert. at least one of them has to want in the bassist's underwear.

Yeah.. but that is Tony Levin after all...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVUxgqH-y4s[/youtube]

[The4455]

For lyrical "What is and what should never be" Led Zeppelin
For rapid "Run to the Hills" Iron Maiden
For rapid and lyrical "Blackbird' - Jaco Pastorious or "Heart of the Sunrise" Yes (it only took me a month to learn w/the sheet music)

[unownunown]

it specifically says not to use lines from a song

[The4455]

it specifically says not to use lines from a song

Good luck writing.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

...fukkensteins monster - where's my yesterday answer? Oh well, since I'm used to repeat myself

SO - for the lyrical, You could do a renaissance lute piece by a bass guitar. Just omit the singing, and make Your bass really sing.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRrzAo9Wl4[/youtube]

And do the Sledgehammer, basically, ANYTHING uptempo by Tony Levin will kick ass! [list=][list=]Also, the Achtane suggestion, Merzbow would kick ass and give You a chance to use fuzz on fuzz....

[Mudfuzz]

it specifically says not to use lines from a song

Well you could learn concierto in a major by Domenico Dragonetti on bass guitar I guess... that would impress just about anyone I would hope...

[tuffteef]

u should for real play the smiths
i mean cmon
its the smiths

[Achtane]

u should for real play the smiths
i mean cmon
its the smiths

Yeah, dazzle them by playing both bass parts on the intro of "Well I Wonder" simultaneously and then lead it into "Barbarism Begins at Home". If they aren't dancing by then they aren't worth your time anyway.

[tuffteef]

u should for real play the smiths
i mean cmon
its the smiths

Yeah, dazzle them by playing both bass parts on the intro of "Well I Wonder" simultaneously and then lead it into "Barbarism Begins at Home". If they aren't dancing by then they aren't worth your time anyway.

if they dont like it they deserve to quit there job

[Mudfuzz]

i don't know if i'd want to do upright stuff. mainly because my bow game is WEAK.

Arg... I so feel you I never practice arco and then I have to do a session out of the blue and have to practice like mad to get my fucking tone back just to do something simple

[Bassus Sanguinis]

... whoa hey - where's my yesterday answer? Oh well, since I'm used to repeat myself

SO - for the lyrical, You could do a renaissance lute piece by a bass guitar. Just omit the singing, and make Your bass really sing.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRrzAo9Wl4[/youtube]

And do the Sledgehammer, basically, ANYTHING uptempo by Tony Levin will kick ass! [list=][list=]Also, the Achtane suggestion, Merzbow would kick ass and give You a chance to use fuzz on fuzz....

[one bad monkey]

it specifically says not to use lines from a song

Well you could learn concierto in a major by Domenico Dragonetti on bass guitar I guess... that would impress just about anyone I would hope...

And it's hella-easy on electric too, if you have good fundamental skills. I always dig classical music on electric bass; some other ideas:

- Eccles Sonata
- Any of the small pieces by Koussevitzky
- Ravel's Pavane pour un Infante Defunte

You could also try something like Stanley Clarke's Lopsy Lu if you did want to bust out some slap bass, since he covers the melody in the line.

Good luck!

[Bassus Sanguinis]

...okay... NOW my later posts pop up twice...weird& eerie. Gotta play somebassand relax...

[one bad monkey]

Hey, what's the update on this? What did you decide to work up and send in as an audition piece? And, how'd it get received?