Hey! I'm new to this whole forum thing but you guys have helped me in the past so I figured I'd rely on you again XD
I play in a 4 piece band that has only one bassist and one guitarist and (as arrogant as it seems) we don't want to get a second guitarist as we feel it would ruin the perfect band dynamic we currently have. So, in order to try and cover for what would be a second guitarist, we need the bass to play a more prominent part of the composition.
I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on writing bass lines that would fill in for the guitar playing a lead part?
Or if anyone has any ideas on how to achieve a bass tone to the extent that it's audible and plays a nearly equal amount of importance to the guitars within the song?
The guitar tone (to aid guidance) is a The Smiths/The Stone Roses type jangly chorus-filled 'Fender' sound.
I trimmed down some songs to attach but it won't let me 'cos I haven't posted enough sorry.
I play in a 4 piece band that has only one bassist and one guitarist and (as arrogant as it seems) we don't want to get a second guitarist as we feel it would ruin the perfect band dynamic we currently have. So, in order to try and cover for what would be a second guitarist, we need the bass to play a more prominent part of the composition.
I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on writing bass lines that would fill in for the guitar playing a lead part?
Or if anyone has any ideas on how to achieve a bass tone to the extent that it's audible and plays a nearly equal amount of importance to the guitars within the song?
The guitar tone (to aid guidance) is a The Smiths/The Stone Roses type jangly chorus-filled 'Fender' sound.
I trimmed down some songs to attach but it won't let me 'cos I haven't posted enough sorry.