SAINT JOSEPH
If you’re the songwriter, the producer, and the bass player, is the bass playing the least important part of that equation?
That’s an interesting question. It’s true that the bass parts are the last thing that get done. I’ve already written the music, so the relationship between the bass guitar and the kick drum has been set in stone for the most part since the demo stage. But when I’m rebuilding the songs and recording them, I often leave the bass to the very end, because I like to know exactly where everything has fallen in terms of melodies, as well as the lead vocals and the other guitar parts and overdubs that got added. So I like to know where my spaces lie, so
