8/20/2019 Daft Punk - Giorgio By Moroder.pdf http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/daft-punk-giorgio-by-moroderpdf 1/9 T R A N S C R I P T I O N T R A N S C R I P T I O N L I N K F A C E T E C H P L A Y L E A R N 68 bassplayer.com / a u g u s t 2 0 1 4 James, who plucked with his two fingers through- out, “ere was a sense of building our parts as we went along, so we started more simply and devel- oped from there, giving them different approaches and increased intensity. I tried to channel the era and the vibe we were honoring, while attempting to add a fresh spin and my own style.” At C, the narra- tion stops and a sequenced keyboard loop takes the lead. Genus plays a similar figure sans the octaves for the first 16 bars before returning to octaves for the next 32 measures (where strings enter). At letter D the strings recede, the loop continues, and Caswell begins soloing on Rhodes. James responds with rhythmic variations and the use of the 7th of the Am and Em chords, ultimately adding 10ths in the climb from the Dm chord, culminating in the har- monic chord in the last two measures. e keyboard loop ceases at letter E, and Caswell’s jazzy Rhodes solo— for which Genus switches to thumb- and-palm-mute—settles into a samba feel, and ends with a cool fill over the Em chord. “We may have done this section over, after they liked it from the original jam; I remember doing a few passes of Chris’s solo.” Letter F is a breakdown and orchestral passage, as Moroder’s narration returns. is gives way in sharp contrast, at G, to a portion of the jam where, with the keyboard loop and strings returning, Omar Hakim lets loose and James DAFT PUNK’S BACKWARD-LOOKING, FORWARD-LEANING album Random Access Memories picked up five 2014 GRAMMY Awards, in the process shattering all kinds of conventions about songwriting and producing, and man-meets-machine. While Nathan East, who appears on more than half of the album’s tracks, rode his percolating part on “Get Lucky” all the way to the top of the charts and a GRAMMY performance with the French dance duo, New York-based session ace James Genus made his own significant six-track contribution. e Saturday Night Livebassist’s boldest track is the nine-minute “Giorgio by Moroder.” He laughs, “Nowadays, you don’t think most of your part is going to be used; artists find the four or eight bars they like and pretty much run with that. While we were recording ‘Giorgio,’ I remember thinking, ey’re not gonna use all of this on a pop dance song—especially the back end, where we took it pretty far out. I was shocked when I heard it all on there!” Keyboard- ist Chris Caswell, who had worked with Daft Punk in the past, recommended Genus and drummer Omar Hakim (as well as Nathan East and dr ummer J.R. Robinson, for an East Coast/West Coast flavor), and in May 2012 the three set up at Conway Recording Studios in Los Ange- les, with Daft Punk behind the board. James—on head- phones—sent his signature Fodera 5-string (strung with month-old La Bella roundwounds) direct. Regarding the song’s structure, Genus offers, “ey gave us the general vibe they wanted, and the changes to a 16-bar phrase. ey had us jam on it for about ten minutes, to a click, and then they put together the song using var- ious 16-bar sections from the jam.” e track begins with autobiographical narration by legendary producer Gior- gio Moroder, as the band, mixed lower, plays through the changes. At letters A and B, the narration continues with the band now front-and-center in the mix. James plays an octave-style pattern that was either developed while jamming or presented as a basic shape by the duo. Says BY CHRIS JISI | PHOTOGRAPH BY ADRIANA MATEO C O N N E C T INFO i • Hear “Giorgio by Moroder.” • Herwig Scheck performs his transcription of “Giorgio.” • Follow James Genus on Twitter. bassplayer.com/ august2014 “Giorgio By Moroder” by Daft Punk James Genus’ Complete Bass Line
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