Stuart Hamm (awesome bassist)

[Jebus]

Any fans of his work? He's one a hell of a bassist. I first saw him as part of Satriani's backing band in some live video. I decided to look more into him and I discovered he had his own albums. I just finished listening to the album "Kings of Sleep" and I'm in love. It's a pretty good overall rock fusion album but I'm not at all that fond of the guitaring(still good though). What I loved was Hamm's style and not to mention his wonderfull slap and tapping skills. It's very funky yet rockish. I'm not that great at describing music so here's a couple of tracks that I especially enjoyed.
Count Zero
http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=29780IJ6S8YOD03QVFO8CRILMX
Terminal Beach
http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GVRJSX43Y4FU18RCDQ6G8RKW5

[Sinister]

I'm not really a fan of bassists in general but if you like flamenco picking (not sure its what I think), that bass player from Primus kicks major ass.

[Mannen som blev en gris]

Duuuude.... I almost didn't click on this thread since I don't usually like what you upload, but damn. That first song was really fucking cool. Could you upload anything else?

[Jebus]

I have 3 other albums but they're more jazz oriented. I'm no sure if you'll like them. I'll see if I could find a song that you might like. BTW, did you like the other track too or just Count Zero?

[neocon58]

Have you seen Joe Satriani live at the Filmore? Stuart does a bass solo in that, and it kicks arse.

I might be able to rip it and upload it if you want.

[Jebus]

No I haven't and please do rip it if you have time.

[T-6005]

I liked the one bass solo I saw him do, unfortunately I'm generally not a fan of music produced by "virtuosos" and the like. Is the album meant to showcase his skills, or is it actually a concentrated attempt at songwriting?

[Jebus]

Do you really think if Hamm was trying to solely write a piece of music to show his "virtuosity," the final result would sound this good? Anyone could write a music that's hard to play but not just anyone could write music that's both hard to play and sounds good at the same time. I tend to like some technical music because it sounds good not because it it's technical. If I liked music because it was technical, I'd be a Rusty Cooley, Micheal Angelo, Yngiwie Malmsteen, and Francesco Farei fan. Those guys are known has the fastest guitar players around but they couldn't write a good piece of music if their lives depended on it. It's really all about opinion.

I leave you with a few quotes from a few great guitarists.
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.

- John Mclaughlin

You need both abilities: to be able to sing a melody and play with space, and also to have the requisite technique to play the most intricate music. That makes you more complete, and able to play a wider variety of music. It's a bunch of bull**** every time guitarists say, "One note says so much more than 100." I always laugh at idiots who make that claim. Tell that to a flamenco player or a classical player and see what they say. It's almost a defensive reaction. They take something they lack, attack it, and claim they never wanted it in the first place. Sure.

- Al Di Meola
Music to me might not be music to most.

- Buckethead

[Jebus]

Here's a couple more, Mannen som blev en gris.
Surely The best (the intro is cool but the rest is just okay)
http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2C470BRQRDMUV2HDQSKMZQE5SY
Call of the Wild
http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GI19G1F4CL922LYNBHH7B7NN8

[T-6005]

Well, you got defensive right quick. I'm not saying it'll automatically be bad - personally, I just tend to prefer music that doesn't play notes at 28 a second. I don't know what you'd define "technical" music as, but I happen to think that bands like Muse have a very, very large amount of skill indeed - and I love Muse. Same goes for stuff like The Living End. They're incredibly talented - but I can appreciate them so much more than Steve Vai or Joe Satriani or even Dream Theater because I feel that the songs are actually songs.

I can't wrap my mind around music in 11/8 spanning 6 different keys and 3 modes per key being that. So I was just asking for clarification.

[Jebus]

I can't wrap my mind around music in 11/8 spanning 6 different keys and 3 modes per key being that. .
Well, I can. Atonal metal = \m/

Like I said before, it's just opinion and preference but I just get annoyed when someone criticizes music simply on the basis that it's overly technical. Saying music is bad becasue it's fast, hard to play, and technical is not a good reason. By technical, I mean music that's incredibility complex, and requires an enourmous amount of skill to play.

[T-6005]

It's not necessarily the technicality. Like I said, Chris Cheney from The Living End is an absolutely amazing guitarist - but that doesn't reflect in most of his songs. Matt Bellamy's an absolutely maniac on the keyboard and guitar - same goes for him.

I'll give it to you that it's all opinion - and I suppose there's no point in me arguing any further than that.

Except UR MUSIK TASTe SUXORZ ROFLMAO U FAG!!

Nah - anyways. I was just wondering if Stuart Hamm's stuff was like that.

[Mannen som blev en gris]

Hahaha, this sounds like something from The Sims or something. But it's really cool. I like it.

[bassist_dude74]

wow, now this sounds like a bass solo, best thing ive heard bass soloy since some stuff ive got that Flea (RHCP) has done but this beats it for the most part.

[Spork]

Good ol' Stu, master of tapping. I never heard the first song you posted before but I liked it alot.