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Originally Posted by shiseido red
The bass definitely deserves more credit but I'll tell you why it doesn't receive it. There are a lot of amazing bassists out there who really utilize the instrument, BUT there are A LOT of bassists out there who stick with just very simple, 'background' bass lines that just fall back behind all the other instruments.
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yeah, i agree to an extent, but it's not always because the player is unskilled or lazy, it's because the bass, like mr. dave said, is meant to keep the groove and support. there's many times a bassist can break out and make a song their own, but the way i see it, their primary goal is to keep the song going.
like i play bass for my band, and i understand that my place is to provide the bridge between guitar and drums. even so, i like to add my own touches of musicality into the mix. not to toot my own horn, but some of the songs we do would seem incomplete without me.
still (it sucks to say this, believe me), for the most part, bass isn't meant to be a lead instrument.