Well, it happened. Tyler inspired me to do a bass cover. It’s
a lot of work, and I really appreciate what Tyler is accomplishing. Cameras, lighting and actually playing the song somewhat well are all tasks that we have to complete. There is no crew or engineers or anything like that. This song
took me a while to get down (I still don’t have it a 100%) but it such a fun
song to play. It requires intense musicality in a nine minute span, dynamics being chief among them. I never pictured myself doing covers when I started, I actually tried to avoided them. I didn't get it then, and I certainly wasn't in a place of playing things with any sort of proficiency (not that I am now haha). I think a lot of this discouragement of covers had to do with not having the skills to put something out that I could be proud of.
Now I'm finding covers to be incredibly enjoyable, They are just another means to the end that is playing and recording.
The video is one take. The rig I used was:
Fender Blacktop
P-bass
Boss TU2
Boss CS2
Fuzzrocious Rat Tail
MXR Phase 90
MXR M81 (for a direct signal)
Gallien Krueger Mb210
The mics I used were a D-112 on the amp, and an Audix f-15 a
little further back. The majority of what you hear is the D-112 and Direct
signal.
There’s going to be a lot more of these to come, this was
fun to do. Tyler and I have some drum/bass covers in the works as well, so you get to see more of my bass faces. Anyways, here is “Cygnus…Vismund Cygnus” by The Mars Volta:
