Blinding Lights- The Weekend

Ameer317 · 02-10-2021, 08:52 PM

Hello, this has been on my mind for a while now and for some reason I really wanted to find the answer to this question. So I went on google and looked where I can ask these kinds of questions and found this place. Hopefully I can get an answer. In the very beginning of Blinding Lights there is what seems to be a baseline. Now I’m not sure what this is exactly. Is it a bass guitar? A horn? I really want to know so I can implement it into my own music. Can someone please tell me more about this part and where I can find other example. This is the power of goosebumps lol. Thanks

**Exo** · 02-10-2021, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ameer317

This is the power of goosebumps lol. Thanks

Plankton · 02-11-2021, 12:23 PM

It's a snare and bass drum, probably an electronic kit. Very similar to A-Ha's Take On Me, but without the 16th note fills.

Ameer317 · 02-11-2021, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It's a snare and bass drum, probably an electronic kit. Very similar to A-Ha's Take On Me, but without the 16th note fills.

No before the drum and snare. If u listen to the version on Spotify or Apple Music u can hear a very deep bass with what sounds like horns that are filtered in and out.

Plankton · 02-11-2021, 01:34 PM

I don't use Spotify, nor *shiver* Apple stuff. Sorry amigo.

Ameer317 · 02-12-2021, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I don't use Spotify, nor *shiver* Apple stuff. Sorry amigo.

It’s also on YouTube if you look up the official audio.

Plankton · 02-12-2021, 11:16 AM

Thats the one I was going by. It doesn't sound like a bass guitar, unless they've oversaturated it with effects. It sounds like a few synth patches. That's all I can help with it.

Good luck in your search.

Neapolitan · 02-13-2021, 01:17 AM

Can a mod change the title to the proper (mis)spelling of "The Weeknd." pleez!

02-10-2021, 08:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ameer317 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 3	Blinding Lights- The Weekend Hello, this has been on my mind for a while now and for some reason I really wanted to find the answer to this question. So I went on google and looked where I can ask these kinds of questions and found this place. Hopefully I can get an answer. In the very beginning of Blinding Lights there is what seems to be a baseline. Now I’m not sure what this is exactly. Is it a bass guitar? A horn? I really want to know so I can implement it into my own music. Can someone please tell me more about this part and where I can find other example. This is the power of goosebumps lol. Thanks

02-11-2021, 12:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	It's a snare and bass drum, probably an electronic kit. Very similar to A-Ha's Take On Me, but without the 16th note fills. __________________ See location...

02-11-2021, 01:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I don't use Spotify, nor shiver Apple stuff. Sorry amigo. __________________ See location...

02-12-2021, 11:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Thats the one I was going by. It doesn't sound like a bass guitar, unless they've oversaturated it with effects. It sounds like a few synth patches. That's all I can help with it. Good luck in your search. __________________ See location...