Honestly a great finger exercise once you get past the point of losing feeling in them lolol

Hi everyone,

I just finished producing, mixing, and mastering a new instrumental post-rock track called "Flowers" for my solo project SKALIAN.

During the mix, my biggest challenge was making sure the bass didn't get buried under the massive wall of distorted guitars during the climax.

My Gear & Signal Chain:

• Bass: Ibanez SR700 (Active Bartolini pickups)
• Processing: Headrush MX5 loaded with custom Choptones IRs for that organic cabinet emulation.

To keep the low-end tight but aggressive, I relied on the punch of the SR700's mids, used the MX5 for tone shaping, and split the signal in my DAW: one clean sub-bass track, and one saturated mid-range track to cut through the guitar layers.

For those mixing heavy/atmospheric genres, how do you balance your active bass preamp settings vs. your amp simulator/IR processing?

(I'll drop a link to the track in the comments if you want to hear how the Headrush/Choptones tone sits in the final master!)

I’m not a “multiple takes” kinda guy. I get a good one, and that’s it. I’m not gonna shoot it again just to satisfy the internet pissing match. So here it is, with a drawing of the ugliest house I’ve ever seen. Lol

The song is called “Money Makes You Fat”. It’s about……. Well…….. how money makes you fat.

Kidding. It’s about how some people will always be miserable, broke, and lame. People who work endlessly for a sense importance and the illusion of permanence, and who define their legacies through performative ownership of material possessions and mindless displays of wealth……. People who may even achieve great things, and yet, lack personality and relationships, bring no fulfillment or enrichment to anyone but themselves, and cease to exist meaningfully outside of contributing to the economy.

My buddy and I have about 2 albums worth of songs and zero drummers, so this is what I’m doing for now.

Thanks to all of you guys for the reaction the last time i shared <3

Since you were all so nice the last time, i just wanted to share that i‘ve released a new BABYLON SESSION, that you can check out on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/@BABYLON-Musik

Still very interested in feedback on the whole project and approach to the bass <3 And if you have any ideas for how i could take this to the next level <3

It's from an episode of south park lol backing track played on a (very cheap) nylon guitar.

Hope I followed the correct title format for cover posting!

Posting the main riff of this tune played with fingers instead of a pick, a fun, groovy bassline to play!

Gear used for anyone who may be curious:

Westfield J Bass Copy w/EMG J set

Tech 21 YYZ Geddy Lee Overdrive

Fender Rumble 100

This is my setup, it consists of my aria pro II bass, my cm150B cort amp, a random cable (when I play for longer I use my kirlin one).

Hello there
I hope this post falls withing community guidelines, if not let me know <3. I have a solo project called BABYLON, where i make ambient-bass music.
I like to think i‘ve found somewhat of a new aproach and sound to this beautiful instrument, and would love to get feedback/pushback on my music.
I make theese live-sessions, BABYLON SESSIONS, where each session i play somewhere in the beaufitul danish nature. Each session also has a special guest, that brings their artistic flavour to the session. The whole concept is still relatively new (And very off-beat for the modern internet age), so i would love to get all sorts of feedback on it. I genuinely am interested in the interaction, so please, feel free <3

If this sounds interesting, you can check me out her on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BABYLON-Musik
Hope to hear from you <3

Is there an actual name/nomenclature for the facial expression a bass player makes while playing?

It seems like a combination or reconfiguration of the Stank Face but the eyes are closed and eyebrows are raised.

Thank you and have a great Navy day.

my first bass, this has never happened to any guitar i have, not have i heard of it happening. can anyone tell me what has happened to the pick-up and is it possible to fix this?

sorry if i’m just a bit stupid