On The Third Day, I Added A Bass

My new track clearly needed a bass guitar, and today it got one. Here’s what that looks like:

I played around with a few variations before settling on the root notes of the synthesiser chords in section A, and doubling the evil electric guitar in section B.

I also changed the voicing of the synthesiser chords to first inversion so that the tonic chord doesn’t have the root note in the bass, after watching one of Ben Levin’s Beautiful Chord Progressions videos which suggested this would leave the progression feeling less resolved. This is what I want given that the piece is about unresolved tension between my mother and I. As a bonus, it also meant that the chord progression voice leads much more smoothly, which is something I neglected to think about earlier.

However, when I tried playing anything other than the root note in the bass, it just sounded terrible. So thanks for the tip Ben, but I guess anything can be taken too far.

I don’t really like the sound of any of the virtual electric bass guitars that come with Logic Pro, so one day I’m going to have to find a way to make one I like. I like the sound of a Fender Jazz Bass through a kick-ass bass amplifier; but nothing in Logic comes close. I’ve gone with Liverpool Bass and maybe I can make it sound more to my liking during equalisation.

Nothing else on yesterday’s To-Do list has been done yet, but at least I have a bass now!

Here’s how it sounds… See if you can spot the wicked bass slide: