It’s All About That Bass

No offense to those who play the bass guitar, but there is nothing like the sound of a string bass.  Yes the overgrown violin on hormones.  It’s size generates it’s tone, but also limits it’s volume.  There is something about it’s resonance, the vibrating rumbling that cannot be duplicated electronically.  Arranged where it blends in with a volume just above where you can hear it, accentuating but not overpowering.  You should not have to strain to hear it, and not have to ignore the thumping.  It’s smoothness blends into the arrangement and gives it just the right amount of oomph like chocolate syrup on vanilla ice cream.  The classic example is Fever, Vocalist, drum and string bass.