Instructional DVD for Bass with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers would not be the same without the punk, funk intensity and spontaneous improvisation of the bassist of soul, heart, and cosmic wit, Flea. Flea's step dad, a bassist into hardcore bebop got him started learning the trumpet. He played all through junior high and high school and was in the jazz bands and orchestras as well as in the LA Junior Philharmonic and the L.A. C. C. Jazz Band. His transition to bass lead him into the hard-core punk rock scene in L.A. where he played with the bands Fear, James White and the Blacks and Circle Jerks. He's now with the Chili Peppers where he has been bassist to one of the most successful groups around to create a sound so unique, it's beyond classification because it's real and right out there.
The FLEA package is an introspective and live performance improvisation with drummer Chad Smith. Flea raps about the bass as his vehicle of communication of the things that are floating around the room or whatever he's about that day or that moment with friend and host River Phoenix.
Flea discusses the theories, philosophies, styles, sounds and techniques he uses when performing and jamming in the style he's famous for: slapping, plucking, thumping and popping, bringing together rock, funk, punk, jazz and Latin like never before.
Flea reviews the technique he uses to achieve this unique style and sound...using open string, double string plucking, left and right hand exercises, variations on slapping, his use of droning. Get the real inside view of Flea, raw and un-edited putting out his raw talent to all of the universe.
"I learned everything I know from listening to and emulating others because that's one of the best ways to learn to play with other people and that's what it's really about anyway." --Flea.
Additional Information Format: DVD Studio: HAL LEONARD Genre: INSTRUCTIONAL / EDUCATIONAL Item ID: 43520 Year: 1999 UPC #: 07399920339 Running Time: 60 mins ProductID: HLC320339DVD
Product Details: Video: Standard 1.33:1 Color Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: [None] Packaging:Keep Case Disc:SS-SL