BassPlayer 2017-03

i INFO
Miles
Mosley,
LISTEN
Uprising
[2017,
World
Galaxy]
Bass Blast Cult 145 upright,
250-year-old German upright
Rig Aguilar DB 751 head, Tone
Hammer 500 head, 2 Aguilar
DB 410 cabs
Pedals MXR
Bass Octave
know this is not true, I realized the bass wrote that song
and not Mingus. The Db sounded so dope on that instrument,
it almost played the riff itself. Likewise, I wouldn’t
have my sound, and none of this would be possible without
the amazing work of Jason Burns and his Blast Cult team.
How did you come up with the cool rhythmic
pickups on “Heartbreaking Efforts of Others”?
The technique I use began as an exercise, and that
rhythmic phrase was the result of me having worked on
the exercise with a metronome up to the fastest tempo
I could play it at. Once I had the technique down, it was
another tool in my box that I could strive to use creatively
and not mechanically. In the context of the song, it kind
of sounds like the end of a floor-tom fill, so there’s a certain
finality to it.
Why did you choose the bass as your medium?
I’ve always said the instrument you play is a reflection
of the fundamental talents you have as a human. One
of my talents is being a hyper-organized person. I can
take a lot of scattered pieces and tie them together. So
when I play, my brain is pleased because I’m taking chaotic
information, translating it, and bringing it together.
Helping to control the delivery of emotion is ethereal,
and as bass players, that’s what we do. BP
EQUIP
Deluxe, MXR
Phase 90,
MXR Bass
Compressor,
Way Huge
Echopuss
Delay, Way
Huge Pork
Loin Overdrive, Moog MF
Drive, Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah
Strings D’Addario Helicore
Hybrid Double Bass Strings
Bow Carbon fiber
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