So my friends have a drum and base line for a new song they're working on, and they want me to come up with a rhymth part for that song....

Is it possible to find a rhythm part for anything that just has a drum and base line?

Yeah just improvise over what they're doing...

Just jam and improvise with the drum. Don't bother listening to the bass line

well if ur talkin that u play the guitar then the drum should follow u..
what he needs to do is let u do the jamming and he should come in under u and follow what ur doin
if u lay down a heavy jam then he should have a good enough time beatin on it

bass should follow u as well or u follow him, either way is good and its real good for a bassist to play a little lead when you can fit him

? lool

i'd just follow the bassist since he's already laying down the rhythm, unless you have a bassist like the one in my band who is always doing crazy sick lines everywhere.

zactly what a good bassist is nice for
specially if ur doin a show and the guitarist gets lost bass can lay down some mean fuckin lines when it wants too

black label societies bassist pulls out some cool solos quite a bit.
lotta bands run em over though like pantera but dimebag did a more than decent job covering that

bela fleck and victor wooten go back and forth better than anyone else ive seen live.

victor wooten the most entertaining bassist ever imo.

This post was edited by juliusjuice on Feb 3 2009 11:40pm

I don't think Wooten is the best ever, but I'm definitely down with his talent.