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Jamiroquai – ‘If I Like It, I Do It’

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This great song appeared on Emergency on Planet Earth, the band’s debut album, and the world’s first introduction to the bass work of a young Stuart Zender. This is one of the more complex basslines on the album: it’s busy, heavily syncopated, and there are many variations on the main themes. In short, there’s a lot of bass goodness to get your teeth into here.

Be sure to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF transcription and backing track for this piece (available to subscribers only). The transcription is available WITH TAB and WITHOUT.

This course contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:

1. ‘If I Like It, I Do It’ Play-Through

This video is a full performance of Stuart Zender’s bassline from ‘If I Like It, I Do It’. The track was performed on a Zon Sonus bass, strung with Rotosound strings (.040, .060, .080, .100). I favoured the neck pickup slightly for a more ‘woody’ tone, and the EQ controls were set flat.

2. Course Overview

In this video I’ll be briefly talking about the song and describing the tone that I used. I’ll also be offering some advice on how you can achieve a similar tone.

3. Intro Section

In this video we’ll be working through the Intro section of the track, which is built on Stuart Zender’s melodic but supportive bass part. This lesson covers bars 1 – 12.

4. Verse Sections

In this lesson I’ll be working through the first Verse sections of the track in detail. These sections consist of a four-bar chord sequence, which is played four times in each Verse. The bassline here is heavily syncopated, but locks in beautifully with the drum pattern. This video covers bars 13 – 28.

5. Chorus #1

In this lesson we’ll be working through the first Chorus of the track in detail. This section features a very busy bass groove that’s great fun to play. This lesson covers bars 29 – 36.

6. Chorus #2

This lesson covers the second Chorus, which follows the second Verse. Based on the first Chorus, there are many variations to consider here. This lesson covers bars 53-60.

7. Chorus #3

This lesson covers the first Chorus following the Breakdown section. Again, there are many variations to be found here, all of which are worth studying. This lesson covers bars 69-76.

8. Chorus #4

This lesson covers bars 77-84.

9. Chorus #5

This lesson covers bars 85-92.

10. Chorus #6

This lesson covers bars 93-100.

11. Chorus #7

This lesson covers bars 101-108.

12. Chorus #8

This lesson covers bars 109-116.

13. Chorus #9

This lesson covers bars 117-125.