My mountain biking buddy, David, from Southern California -- the guy who got me into the sport almost 15 years ago -- made this request.  I had never heard the song before yesterday. He said it's been popping up frequently on his Pandora feed.  114+ million streams on Spotify.  Not this band's most popular song, but very hooky.  It's uptempo, fun, and fairly easy to play with 4 basic notes Bb, Gb, Db, and F.   The 5-string helps to hit that low Db.

My mountain biking buddy, David, from Southern California -- the guy who got me into the sport

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Living In A Haze

This song is another do over.  I recorded nearly all of these videos around the time I was learning how to play them.  We've played this frequently with Copy/Paste in several rehearsals and gigs.  As a result, I'm learning to play it better and thought I would update the channel.

Paramore's studio version of this song was recorded in Drop C# tuning, which means all published tabs and music notation assumes a 4 string bass with each string tuned down 3 half steps. At a gig, you usually would have to grab a different instrument or tune down for this song. Then you have to reverse the process immediately after.

The benefit of a 5-string bass is that you can play those low notes on the B string and remain in standard tuning. I looked around but thought it would be easier to just tab out my own version, which I've done here.

This song is another do over.  I recorded nearly all of these videos around the time I was learning

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Ain't It Fun

Billions of views and streams in less than a year, this song is familiar enough now that we think we can pull this off in clubs that attract younger crowds.  As good as the song is, if people don't know it, they won't stick around.  It's always interesting to see what songs get people on the floor.

Billions of views and streams in less than a year, this song is familiar enough now that we think we can pull this off

Living In A Haze - Milky Chance - 2023 - Alt/Dance