Suggest worship songs with great...no, make that funk...bass lines?

[espowari]

I like a lot of contemp. Christian music. It's all out of Nashville for some reason, so a lot of the session musicians are the same, and it sounds quite a bit alike.

Bands I like - FFH, Jars of Clay, Rebecca St. James...

 

OH - Switchfoot. If anyone can figure out by ear the first few measures of "Stars"...that's an amazing progression!

[Bassplayerjoe]

Create your own basslines to the song,that's what I do. My youth pastor let's the whole band write new parts to the song as long as it fits and does not put any attraction on yourself but on God. (NO SOLOS)I like it!!!

[LLroomtempJ]

Originally posted by DWBass:

There a distinct difference in 'Worship/Praise' music and 'Urban Gospel' music. If you are looking for 'funk' in your basslines, look into the 'Urban Gospel' side of things.

ditto.

 

In all of the contemporary worship songs that i've played...nothing has ever lent itself to a 'funky' bassline...mainly because they are uncharacteristic of the genre.

 

For gospel recommendations that can easily lead to cd purchases: try your satellite or cable service provider's jukebox stations. I'm sure that all of them have a gospel station..and they list the artist, album and label when the song is playing.

 

Follow up on that Gouche stuff that i posted earlier. Especially the reuben studdard stuff...i'm pretty sure that gouche produced that stuff himself.

 

jason "gospel7theZealot" atkins

[FunkyLemz]

There is this cvhurch Oasis somewhere in Cali where the band just funks up the service. Oasis Praise Band - Ill do some research and see if I could get back to with any more info. Also, Israel Houton (i spelled that wrong), but that band has some funky stuff -Trading My Sorrows

[LLroomtempJ]

israel houghton (and new breed):

 

real

new season

live from another level

live from south africa

 

terrence palmer (israel's bassist) is a beast. Or to better suit this thread..he is a funky beast with truckloads of tone.

 

My current bass instructor is actually on tour with israel right now (and he's younger than me!!). His name is Justin Raines (berklee '06). Justin is INSANE as well.

 

jason

[Bassplayerjoe]

"better is one day" is a song where u can easily create a few nice basslines.

 

"Undignified" isn't a hard bassline but it is fun to paly.

 

look up some of Chris Tomlin's stuff

[blueguitarbob]

Anything by Tommy Walker, esp "Mourning Into Dancing". Highly recommended and fun to play.

[Bassplayerjoe]

I just saw the band: The Katinas: and the bass player (James) was amazing. I met him and the rest of the band and they are great guys who really have a heart for God. Anyway the bass was amazing. On the cds he doesn't do a quarter of the stuff he does live so if you want to check them out, they are a great band. I was amazed!!!

[bassaddik]

Originally posted by Attaboy:

I recommend these favorites:

 

"Jesus Is A Rock N Roller" from Satan's Christmas Album

 

"Nearer My God To These (Pam's Song)" Tommy Lee

 

"Jehovah's Witness Protection Stomp" Madonna - Live at Leeds

 

"Joseph's Garage" by Billy Graham and the Mothers of Redemption

 

Ok...I know...I'm going straight to Hell.

man, you just totally lost me- completely uncalled for, i WILL pray for you.

[bassaddik]

did you guys check out the short mp3's on that Gouché article?

 

my jaw is still on the floor and my skin still hass goosepimples! out of control!

and his tone, is so... MTD!

[g.]

Adrian,

 

It's good to see you up and about, {though noticing some ah, er ; }

 

On another positive note, it's nice to see bassplayerjoe too, contributing such gems as, "On the cds he doesn't do a quarter of the stuff he does live so if you want to check them out, they are a great band..."

 

Indeed, it is sweet to see that a lot of bass players and bands step beyond the confines of their recordings for their live work. That's inspiration and food for the soul!

[saxofunk]

For funky worship, I'll stick by the album I've mentioned a few times before, All Together Separate: Ardent Worship . The band has broken up, but if can fin the album, it's worth a listen.

[jlrush]

Hey Dave,

Almost any CD by Paul Baloche and band will have at least one or two funky or groovin, as well as pretty worship tunes. His drummer and bass player (Don Harris) lock in as well as anyone I've heard. Paul has written a lot of songs that many other Christian artists have covered, incl. MW Smith.

The CD's:

1.Open The Eyes Of My Heart w/tracks;

I Love To Sing Your Praises

Praise Adoni

Above All

2.Offering Of Worship w/tracks;

Without You

All For You

Offering

I've also heard a solo CD by Bart Millard, singer for Mercy Me. I think it's the only solo he's done. He plays with some studio guys and there are some funky, R&B sounding cuts on it.

Good luck during your interim and I hope you find a new worship leader soon. I know how these things can change the pulse of the church during this time.

[jlrush]

Also Chris Tomlin's "Indescribable" is good. And if you can find a copy or a chart for "One Name Under Heaven", this is a good one, too. Our worship team does this and our leader found the chart online. The song is credited to "Anonymous".

[Danzilla]

Also try some Lincoln Brewster. He's a smokin' guitar player, with a hot band, and has some greaty grooves like "Everybody Praise The Lord". My son has his new live album, and I've heard it a few times. Good stuff!

[Gruuve]

Glad I asked this question here...great suggestions, and I'm following up on them (although somewhat slowly).

 

We've done that "Everybody Praise The Lord" song before...great tune and cool bassline. I will indeed check out more Lincoln Brewster material...

 

Dave

[Bassplayerjoe]

I agree with jlrush:

 

"Indescribable" has a great bassline!!!

[Gruuve]

Hey folks:

 

Here's a rough mix of my own concept of an arrangement (sans guitar) for "Sing to the King". We've done two other arrangements previously, but I've always felt like there was this monster groove underneath waiting to be unleashed. I've tried to unleash it here...let me know if you think I succeeded!

 

Sing to the King - Dave\'s arrangement

 

L8r,

Dave

[thabottomend]

To go back a while, check out Ron Kenoly. His bass player is Abe Laboriel. "Mourning into Dancing" is just incredible!

 

A great newer artist is Jeremy Camp.

[wade_g]

Great thread. Its cool to see so many bass players interested in leading a church body into a worship experience.

 

Before I moved, I was in a praise band for my Church's youth group, so we had a lot of freedom musically. A lot of times we would take a songs chord chart, listen to the vocal melody, and make it up from there.

 

Other than keeping the worship the focus, our playing style was greatly affected by who was singing (we had 3-4 people who would sing for us). Examples being we had one girl who had a soulful, bluesy voice and so her songs were often the ones we were the funkiest on, and when I sang it was more of the upbeat rock that is so dominant in CCM (Chris Tomlin's Indescribable is excellent).

 

Some of our favorites for her to sing were Those Who Trust by Waterdeep (blues in E with a great turnaround for the bridge) and Salvation by Charlie Hall (we actually used a part of Tom Sawyer by Rush-drummer love-after the bridge to get back to the verse). To be honest, I had not heard either of those songs on the CD until after we had made our own rendition.

[LLroomtempJ]

I wouldn't necessarily describe indescribable as "funky", but i would say that it has a sweet bass line. There is nothing more fun than a major song with a minor feel. nothing.

 

jason

[wade_g]

Jason if you were responding to what I said, I wasn't totally clear (not a big surprise)

 

I wouldn't describe the song Indescribable as funky either, as played on the CD. I was trying to say I sound better singing rock/pop songs because my voice isn't the best. My mention of Chris Tomlin was strictly that I like the whole Chris Tomlin cd.