This one is for all those people who make "dirty basslines". It is for all the people who make Aggrotech/EBM with near-identical basslines.
SEXY UP YOUR FUCKING BASSLINES!
You are not going to give your song any heart if you have a bassline which repeats the same on-beat root notes in the chord progression.
There is no point even making a bassline if it doesn't somehow stand out from the chord progression rhymically or harmonically.
If you want to learn how to make your bass sound amazing listen to James Brown. The basslines in his songs were so funky and they sit in his songs without being on the 4/4 beat.
James Brown - Papa's got a brand new bag
Also, listen to 80's music. They had the most fantastic basslines!
Duran Duran - Last Chance on the stairway is a brilliant example!
Start making your basslines more interesting. It can really make a song so much more interesting than your average and uninteresting basslines. This is not to say that you can't make your basslines "heavy" and that you can't fuck up your bassline. Just make sure it starts as something interesting before you do.
