Music Bass line

[Melvang]

For those that listen to a bunch of music do you prefer the bass line in rock/hard rock to be up front and prominent (thinking Ozzy stuff here) or more in the background (Metallicas's early work, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, and ...And Justice for All albums? 

I personally like it up front and prominent.  I want my subs to have something to do aside from drum hits. 

On this note who are your favorite bassists? 

Personally, I would have to say Cliff Burton, Jason Newstead, and Billy Gibbons.

[Binge]

I've always thought my friend's band was a great example of how bass should be recorded.  They care a lot about how the listener hears the bass to keep time with the music.

http://starvingthetsunami.bandcamp.com/

Take a listen   Good stuff.

[baldgye]

I think there should be lots of drops.

[Melvang]

I've always thought my friend's band was a great example of how bass should be recorded.  They care a lot about how the listener hears the bass to keep time with the music.

http://starvingthetsunami.bandcamp.com/

Take a listen   Good stuff.

Good stuff there binge.  I like the levels of the bass line.  Granted the music style isn't heavy enough to my liking but still I can hear the talent.

Probably one of my favorite all time bands to date would still have to be Apocolyptica.  Their first album was all Metallica covers done with 4 cellos.  The band members were classically trained on their instruments and have some AMAZING talent.  If you haven't heard them play Metallica with cellos check out this video.  Probably my favorite Metallica cover and Apoc video.

The actual video starts at 0:30.

[iri]

i just like drum and bass.

[sth]

it definitely depends on the music but a bad bass mix can really bring down a song.

[Oobly]

Warning, personal opinions for the rest of this post:

Sometimes the bass should be heard and sometimes not. For instance playing "in the pocket" of the rhythm emphasises the drums more than anything, but there should be more to a bass line than that. It should really be the link between the rhythm and melody, like a framework that they both hang on. So I would say I like a "forward" bass track, but not like Motörhead, the bass shouldn't be played like a guitar. It needs its own space in the mix.

One of my favourite bass lines:

Pino Palladino, James Jamerson, John Entwistle, Nate Mendel and John Glascock are some of my favourite bassists.

[paicrai]

So I recently contracted a bad case of one-heard-so-far-and-liked-song-get-the-discography, and consequently listened to a bunch of music

and I have to say: If it sounds good to me, I don't care.

[Lu_e]

Love me some bass

Geezer Butler

Steve Harris

Les Claypool

Honorable mention

[Melvang]

I will def check those out at a slightly later date there Lu_e

[CommonCurt]

Mike Burkett

[AGmurdercore]

This is how i like to play and hear the bass:

[sth]

if you're into pop punk at all, i find that the bass in a lot of my favorite pop punk bands is actually a lot more melodic and complicated than the guitars in those bands. see Alkaline Trio and New Found Glory for examples of what i mean.

[Techno Trousers]

Korn's first album. I love how the bass is used front and center to great effect.

[davkol]

The Landing @ 23:48