bubstance wrote:
You know, I can get behind a lot of bass-oriented stuff, but if there's one thing I hate it's slap bass. And that song has far too much of it.
On top of the fact that I find Victor Wooten to be one of the most uninspiring, wanky, overrated bassists of all time. He's only slightly better (in my mind) than Jaco.
I agree that Victor can be wanky especially with the shit he does with bella fleck and the flecktones. However what he says about music and what he teaches about music puts him over the top for me at least. I have learned a lot about music from reading some of his works.
But you can't talk smack about Stanley Clarke because he is the fucking man.
Ok, I know Flea is sorta known for the 'whakkity-whakkity' stuff..
nail on the head. Intent backing up content.
Nothing wrong with playing extreme metal and dropping in a sly slap bass lead in there, just to drop the unsuspecting audience's jaw and then kick in the teeth of the doubting Thomas in the front row. Blast beats and distorted slap leads, why not? A bluesy break and a wacky slap fill to kick the brootz back in, why the hell not? 
Don't know if I would have ever ventured into basses only projects if it wasn't for him. 
