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FreeDoM[YA]
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada855 Posts
August 06 2008 03:49 GMT
#1
Hey. I've been playing bass for about 8 months now and I'm getting into funk. I listen to and play heavy metal however the bass lines are quite similar. So good songs would be like RHCP and stuff like that.

Funk songs I know

-Dani California
-Can't stop
-Feel Good Inc.
- Clint Eastwood

Thank you everyone and GG GL HF

ulszz
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
Jamaica1787 Posts
August 06 2008 03:57 GMT
#2
overpowered by funk by the clash is dece lolllllll.

if you are just lookin for some good bass lines listen to some rancid, like 1998, detroit and basically most rancid has good bass.
everliving, everfaithful, eversure
powa
Profile Joined July 2008
United States58 Posts
August 06 2008 04:07 GMT
#3
Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff
RHCP - Purple Stain

good funk songs
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
August 06 2008 04:27 GMT
#4
funk is the shit, string cheese incident is a jam band that plays a lot of funk but also a lot of rock and bluegrass so i guess thats not a great place to start, also funk connection is pretty cool 80's funk... Galactic is also a cool band that plays kind of a rap/funk mix kinda thing idk.. ill just go through my favorites and post all the funk i have in there..











(found this by accident looking for another song, still cool tho lol)

(dunno if thats funk, but i think it is..)






damn thats a lot, i forget what i even put in there im a little drunk, i hope theres some good shit you were looking for. RHCP isnt really funk btw, esp dani california (maybe some of their other shit like give it away now is way more funky, but come on dani california's like college rock if anything.)

yubee wrote: you know? it's a great night you should all smile no matter what harddships, because grass grows and the sky is blue and it's a good life.
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
August 06 2008 04:30 GMT
#5
whoops one of those didnt even have bass, it was just some dude playing guitar, forgot to read the OP, just saw "funk" and went nuts. Neways have fun with ur new hobby man, music is awesome.
yubee wrote: you know? it's a great night you should all smile no matter what harddships, because grass grows and the sky is blue and it's a good life.
ulszz
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
Jamaica1787 Posts
August 06 2008 04:31 GMT
#6
ya SCI is fuckin great, i saw them live at redrocks colorado for one of their last shows. but they may be hard to find tabs for. also there live stuff is a lot better. hell though if u can tab some sci thats dope and send it over to me
everliving, everfaithful, eversure
AmorVincitOmnia
Profile Joined March 2005
Kenya3846 Posts
August 06 2008 04:48 GMT
#7
look into afrobeat.

it's a funk / jazz / african high life hybrid.

i recommend starting with Fela Kuti, as he's pretty much credited as the founder of afrobeat.

and for straight funk, obviously anything by Parliament and Funkadelic. Bootsy Collins' solo stuff is also extremely funky.
r.i.p. Bud Shank May 27, 1926 - April 2, 2009
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-06 05:35:35
August 06 2008 05:30 GMT
#8
No Mystery (album) by Return to Forever - funky jazz-rock sorta stuff

try stuff by stanley clarke (return to forever, solo stuff), victor wooten(flecktones), gary willis(tribal tech), jaco pastorious (weather report), anthony jackson (did some work with al di meola)
HEY MEYT
MTF
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States1739 Posts
August 06 2008 05:53 GMT
#9
I'm not sure how relevant this is for you, but this is all I can think of when I think of the word funk right now.



+ Show Spoiler [Suggestions] +
RHCP is the only band I know very well that has a strong bass line that is not electronically produced, so here's some more of their stuff that sounds kinda funky:

RHCP - 21st Century
RHCP - Hump de Bump
RHCP - Warlocks
Think. :)
Elwood Blues
Profile Joined February 2007
United States261 Posts
August 06 2008 10:01 GMT
#10
stan, vic wooten, jaco, richard bona and all those cats are good but they're as much jazzy as funky, and that can be a bit intimidating for someone who's still starting out. the music you've mentioned is good stuff but once you dig in you'll find it's not really funk

if you're interested in straight accessible funk I would start with licks from the meters and sly & the family stone. just steal a vamp off some tune you like from one of them, get the feel for the groove, and then play it over a metronome. once you can play it in time and accurately, start moving it up and down the neck, changing keys and octaves as you please to get a feel for it. obviously no need to do this if you're just playing for fun but if you want to pick up the pace that'll help

since you're an rhcp fan I'd also suggest you check out their second album freaky styley, it was produced by george clinton of pfunk fame and is for all intents and purposes a straight funk album. if you get a strong handle on those types of funk and feel you wanna step it up or try something a little more demanding you can start working on some of those crazy fuckin 16th note grooves that rocco prestia lays down in tower of power, or maybe start with "come on, come over" off of jaco's solo debut.

whatever you ultimately do, have fun and keep the groove in the pocket.

on a parting note, I leave you all with larry graham in a ridiculous 70's get-up thumping like only the father of slap could:

move over rover, let jimi take over
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 06 2008 10:14 GMT
#11
whoa huge funk fan right here
HEY MEYT
FreeDoM[YA]
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada855 Posts
August 06 2008 11:25 GMT
#12
Thanks alot everyone this is reall incredible. I didn't even know this much funk existed.Larry Graham and most Flea lines are CRAZY! xD

Steel- I really like a couple of thos songs yet I couldn't find any tabs for them

(Cause I'm not a musician I can't read standard notation.
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 06 2008 12:08 GMT
#13
On August 06 2008 20:25 freedom yay wrote:
Thanks alot everyone this is reall incredible. I didn't even know this much funk existed.Larry Graham and most Flea lines are CRAZY! xD

Steel- I really like a couple of thos songs yet I couldn't find any tabs for them

(Cause I'm not a musician I can't read standard notation.


well thats not a drama, theres probably plenty of sites that teach you for free (how to read notation)

imo u should learn it, makes it easier when you are constructing chords or scaling over chords and such

i found this site through google, http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Music , might be helpful to u
HEY MEYT
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