any tips to be a great bass player

[Mr Rage]

all advice very much welcome, good point made by D, i'm trying to find a good songwriting partner to help me get my ideas out,
I should probably have revised my question, i meant would you prefer everybody in the bands writes something or leave it up to 1 or 2 guys? to me it's a band when everybody is saying something not just 1 or 2 people!

[D]

all advice very much welcome, good point made by D, i'm trying to find a good songwriting partner to help me get my ideas out,
I should probably have revised my question, i meant would you prefer everybody in the bands writes something or leave it up to 1 or 2 guys? to me it's a band when everybody is saying something not just 1 or 2 people!

Sometimes its ok if people write their own part for their instrument but sometimes as a songwriter u have a vision and an idea of what direction a song should go and how it should sound etc.

If u got 5 guys with 5 totally different visions, its gonna be impossible to finish anything.

If someone has a better idea than me, we will go with that idea but u have to convince me why your idea is better than mine and that isnt always easy.

In my 10 plus years of songwriting, I have found only one guy I can write with and that is it. Im also able to write lyrics with my girlfriend.

But as far as melodies and song structure, I usually have the ultimate say.

[Mr Rage]

you didn't quite get me, what i meant was as a band do you leave 1 guy 2 write all the songs, like noel gallagher for oasis or do you prefer when everyone in the band writes songs for example the new oasis album has songs from noel,liam,gem n andy?

[D]

Ok I gotcha.

I guess it just depends.

I love Prince cause he writes every song by himself.

However RHCP's write every song as a collective band.

I guess the final product is what matters, Even though one of my fav bands Bon Jovi has done it a lot, Im not a big fan when someone NOT in the band collaborates on a song.

Ive always generally perferred for a singer to write his own lyrics though.

If a guy is singing about the bass players problems it just doesnt seem as genuine.

I mean imagine if u found out Axl didnt write any lyrics, it would fuck it up big time for me.

[Mr Rage]

see your point, but on the other hand i write a lot of stuff, and i need a good singer to ram home the importance of the song