Loops
470 bass loop recordings. One instrument. Five keys. Four tempos.
Bearly Bass is 470 bass loop recordings. Each one is a 2-bar repeating bass line, played by hand on a bass guitar. Every loop is a live take on the instrument.
The 470 recordings break down into 94 loop series. Each series is the same bass line recorded in five different musical keys: A, C, D, E, and G. The loops are shared musical building blocks. They are modular, built to be taken apart and dropped into other work.
Structure of the collection
Four tempos: 75 BPM, 90 BPM, 110 BPM, and 125 BPM. Recording each loop in five keys means you can shift to all twelve musical keys without significant loss in audio quality.
Character and craft
The main emphasis is on funk and house. The bass in these loops works more as a drum than as a harmonic instrument: pocket, sound quality, the length of notes and rests, what attack and release do to the overall feel. Every loop was played on a 1977 Fender Jazz Bass with EMG active pickups, through a Markbass amp, captured with an AKG D112 microphone in a Vienna home studio.
Everyone can use the loop audio in their own productions, commercially and non-commercially. The loops are shared musical building blocks, publicly licensed and non-exclusive.
Daily practice, captured.
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