Assembler 2014-07-19
This is the first 3Bass piece, created with virtual instruments - 4 bass guitars:
Scarbee Precision Bass (fingered)
Scarbee Jay Bass (jazz fingered)
Prominy SR5 Rock Bass (picked)
Spectrasonics Trilian (fingered and slap)
Main 2013-04-18
I decided to create some easy track with mainstreamish feeling, closer to popular styles. Only bass guitars are used here, Line6 Variax700 as usual. The piece is for 3 bass guitars.
Ion Pulse Phasing Cloak Device 2012-08-31
When writing Ion Pulse Phasing Cloak Device, I was inspired by Steve Reich - Piano Phase. I decided to create Bass Phase or so, when several bass guitars will play the same melody at different speed. In my case I recorded melody at four different speeds, not two as in Piano Phase.
One important thing is that as in all previous recordings, all the bass guitars are live. I did not use processing to make guitar play faster or slower. This is why phasing sounds realistic. Also I did not use any delays, only reverberation.
The Wrong Time For Sleep 2012-08-17
When I started this song, I decided to make it more technical. I play more difficult slap here, than in most of previous songs. In the guitar part I created Highway Star-like lick.
In the song I mix three parts: slappy, chaosy and minimalistic. In the middle slap and minimalism meet together.
Devil's Dreadnought 2012-07-21
This is the second and more heavy rock track in 3Bass project. To achieve more heavy sound I used column-style composition and more heavy processing.
In this song I first record three-finger technique for fast part in the middle.
Guitar is Les Paul Line6 Variax700.
Escape From Prison 2012-07-15
This track was the first to be more rock in 3Bass project. I designed new rock sound processing with Guitar Rig and built more pentatonic and agressive melodic lines.
Guitar is Les Paul Line6 Variax700.
Zombie Weather 2012-07-09
In Zombie weather I first start to experiment with tempo, changing it in the intro.
For this song I composed several bass licks of Jaco Pastorius style with the help of A. Lavrov.
That is why I named the song, having weather for Weather Report.
I use 12-string Line6 Variax700 guitar for guitar parts.
Disassemble 2012-06-26
In this track I further experimented with disassembling the music structure into stereo pieces. I was inspired by Axis Quartet and combined complex jazz measure with classic measures.
I used Coral Sitar Line6 Variax700 for guitar part here.
On the move 2012-06-13
This track was built totally with slides and a little vibrato. I can tell you that at the end of the recording I understood it was a little painfull :) Here I decided to combine insistent bass part with relaxed guitar solo.
I used semi-hollow Gibson ES-335 Line6 Variax700 guitar for solo.
Evolution 2012-06-10
This is the first 3Bass track to use a guitar. Here you can here 4 bass guitars and one guitar. I used Danelectro 3021 Line6 Variax700 here. Guitar part was improvisational. Main idea of the track is building the music structure from separate pieces in the beginning.
We discussed the rough transition at the end of the first part with slides but finally decided to leave it for more rough effect.
The Cell 2012-06-03
This track was the first for me to use a new recording technique with Sonar, which brought a much cleaner sound.
Clean window 2012-05-28
Frankly speaking, the name of the song comes from my positive mood after the windows in my flat were cleaned. :) But I feel that the piece also has a bit of this mood. I love the introduction funky bass part very much. There are 6 bass guitars simultaneously playing in this track.
In this track I first start my experiments with disassembling the music structure into pieces.
Minimum 2012-04-22
There are 5 bass guitars playing simultaneously in this track!
I decided to first use minimalistic style without verse/chorus structure.
Come to life 2012-04-13
This was the second track made in the project 3Bass. The first track Hello was too low quality and I decided not to bring it to public.
In Come to Life I use 3 bass guitars, one as drum machine (only slap, mostly muted), one for bass (fingered or slap) and one for distorted solo.
In youtube you can find the video of this track with me playing all the parts simultaneously.