How to play like James Jamerson | Motown, Marvin Gaye, Funk Brothers | Thomann

Julia explains how to make your bass playing sound more like the legendary Motown Session Bassist James Jamerson. Including playing tips, a short guide how to make a foam mute out of a sponge and of course some tasty playing from Julia! What is your favourite James Jamerson Bassline? Let us know in the comments! Gear used: https://bit.ly/2WK1XFF We use Triad-Orbit stands for our cameras, lights and mics: http://tho.mn/triad Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: http://tho.mn/xuad Interesting bits and pieces: 0:00 Intro 0:41 playing with one finger instead of two 1:22 play a lot of open strings 1:48 His Gear: P Bass, flatwounds & foam mute 1:59 how to make a foam mute out of a kitchen sponge 2:22 playing with foam mute 2:42 James Jamersons general approach to basslines 3:21 playing song | Ain't That Peculiar by Marvin Gaye 4:20 conclusions 4:43 Julia's favourite James Jamerson bassline 5:15 what's your favourite James Jamerson bassline? 5:23 thanks for watching & please subscribe Webshop: https://www.thomann.de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomanninternational Twitter: @thomann https://twitter.com/thomann Instagram: @thomann.music https://instagram.com/thomann.music Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thomannde/ Visit our blogs: GER: https://www.thomann.de/blog/de/ ENG: https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/ FRA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fr/ ESP: https://www.thomann.de/blog/es/ ITA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/it/ NED: https://www.thomann.de/blog/nl/ FIN: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fi/

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