journey of bass
about
journey of bass is a solo bass guitar focused project from joe martinez out of palm coast, florida. joe reached out to me initially to let me know he was a fan of my music, which made my day. he then went on to mention how he’s been working on some music of his own and wanted my hands on the project.
i laid down some guitar tracks on some of his songs and we went back and forth tweaking them to our liking, then worked to get the songs mixed and mastered. it was a great experience and i was absolutely honored to work with him. he’s an incredible bassist and plays the instrument in a way i haven’t really seen before. not to mention it’s just really cool to work with someone who appreciates the music you make.
joe’s a total sweetheart and i loved working with him, and on top of that, he’s also an extremely talented designer and illustrator himself. to learn more about him, check out his website or follow him on social media and major streaming platforms below!
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releases
after releasing “sunflowers'“, we were both itching to get back to work collaborating on the next song. “spirit dance” posed its own individual challenges but we were able to approach it using the same system we had created for the previous release.
this song was much less involved and energy-driven than the first, so it really forced me to try and write/produce guitar parts that weren’t as distracting. i’m in love with how our styles worked together and had such a great time working on this music.
“sunflowers” was the first song joe and i worked on together. he had already recorded bass and drums and simply wanted me to add my guitar work on top of it in my style, which was a lot of fun trying to blend the two sounds together. i put together a few different options to choose from which we both really liked, and ultimately settled on the one you hear in the release.
this song was a good challenge because his bass playing needed to take precedence over anything else, but the guitar naturally cuts through the mix and constantly tries to steal the spotlight. so, i had to work my parts out in a way that they were present but not too demanding of the listener’s attention.
overall we were both very pleased with how it came out and it built a foundation for us to work off for the remainder of the project.