Re Che Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hello all, Im sure you guys know Gary Willis. I've been wanting to get more into his kind of soloing. For anyone who learned stuff bout Gary and his playing, does the 3 finger technique have to be used to play his stuff or would i be able to get by his stuff using the traditional 2 finger technique? Also could you guys recomend other bassists who specialize in the fusion department and also recomend some essential Gary Willis/Tribal Tech recordings and also recomend some of his instructional material.Thanks for any replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 To answer the first question, you could use two fingers to play any of Gary Willis's stuff. He has a very unique three finger style which is all about right hand muting. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bear Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Gary has one video out which is very good. He goes into his 3 finger technique extensively. I own 2 really good books by him. One is for Ear Training, and the other is Bass Fingerboard Harmony. Gary has a web site. www.garywillis.com He's got some things posted there. I believe the man even offers on line one on one video lessons. I ran into Gary at Boston Market here in L.A. a few years back and approached him, and he was very cool and even offered me to sit down and shoot the breeze with him. Man do I kick myself. I was just stoping to pick up food cause I was dead sick and I had just left work. Though I don't think he sounds like Gary... I wonder if anyone else in here listens to Jonas Hellborg, because I never see him mentioned. He's done all those albums with Jeff Sipe on drums and Sean Lane on guitar. Most of them are live jams. He's also played with Mahavishnu. Another fusion guy I like quite a bit. Mike Bear Artisan-Vocals/Bass Instructor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Other players who might have a similar style to Willis include Jimmy Haslip, Alain Caron, Jeff Berlin, Matt Garrison. There are a lot of great fusion bass players out there. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolini Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I went to his web. In the Lessons section-palm muting, did you listen to his bass & drum line from the title track of my "No Sweat" CD? Its a 6/8 and man, it twists my mind. Try to clap at the 1st beat without looking at the notation.. I bet you'd take some time to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphM Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I met Gary at Gerald Veasley's Bass Boot Camp 2 years ago. Nice guy. Awesome player. He let me try to play his signature bass and the way it is setup, I could barely play it. He has very specific ideas about his approach to the instrument, the setup, his technique, etc. You can't argue with his results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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