Mar 04 2009
Bass Workout - Digital Man
I haven’t had the opportunity yet to do a full post on Geddy Lee who is one of my major influences from very early on. Rush is another one of those bands that people either really love or really hate, and while I may not love them like I did in high school and college, I still have a great appreciation for a lot of their stuff and their amazing musicianship while recognizing that some of their stuff was just really cheesy. There’s a great debate over when they jumped the shark, and it seems that people see Moving Pictures as the line where all things previous were great and all things post were meh. I would go a few albums after that. I actually really liked Signals, and my favorite song from that album is Digital Man. It’s somewhat epic, with a reggae infused chorus and just insane basslines throughout. I don’t get how Geddy could play lines like that while singing. It boggles my mind when I can’t even play those lines yet. Want to learn them? Here’s the tab. Here’s video of a guy playing along. And here’s Rush doing it in 83. And while owning a scalpel does not make you a brain surgeon, here’s Fender’s Geddy Lee signature Jazz Bass .
