Three Days Grace - Time of Dying instrumental cover (with added guitar solo) HoboBassist 2010-12-14 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! pwease :3 http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistDOWNLOAD LINK (remastered!):dropbox.com/sh/lh4pxqcql3kakpm/AAAMI3A9kvLqglgpBc_1v1W5a?dl=0SOLO TABS/LESSON VIDEO http://youtu.be/jCPfRsea5ysSo, for like two years now, I've been wanting to add a solo to this song, and about two months ago, I did. Annnd I noticed pretty much all of the covers of this song suck, sooo, tadaaa! hahaAnd I've been really busy, soooo I just now got to finishing it. Drums were done through ACID Pro with EZDrummer's Drumkit from Hell. Also, for those of you keeping up with my videos, yes, this is a new guitar, a Schecter C-1 Hellraiser with the Floyd Rose attachment. Enjoy!
BI-83 (original song) HoboBassist 2016-03-26 | CREDITS AND DOWNLOADS AT BOTTOM OF DESCRIPTIONSo, I put this song together as part of my senior recital for Belmont last year, and just recently got to doing an actual mix of the whole thing. I wanted the song to represent my time as a student, which extends beyond just my growth as a musician. My outlook on life changed as a whole, moving from nothing very defined into something very deeply seated in influences of existential nihilism and Zen Buddhism, and all of which starts in the very first question posed in the intro track.So yeah, I hope you guys enjoy it! To my YouTube subscribers, this unfortunately does not mean I will be posting regularly any time soon. It will be quite a while until I have the kind of time I'll need to focus on videos again.Special thanks toMike Hoffort (hoffortmike@gmail.com) - intro video editingAmy Marie (Yes Master Studios) - audio masteringJosh Salazar - camera operation, intro programming assistanceSpoken excerpts taken from Alan Watt's lecture "The Nature Of Consciousness"DOWNLOADhttp://bit.ly/1MsdOib
Jason Giaffo - Senior Guitar Recital - Belmont University HoboBassist 2015-07-17 | Not the best thing I've ever done, but it's a thing.WARNING: for the third song - I forgot to put my monitors back in my ears, so I couldn't actually hear what I was doing. Proceed with caution.
Snuff - Vocal/Acoustic Cover HoboBassist 2013-09-07 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistYeah so in all honesty, this isn't one of my better videos. I'm actually able to sing this song much better (and without missing words), but when you live in a house with 3 other people and one of them likes to put on house shows, you only get so much time where you can record, and this was sadly the best take I got. So screw it. Don't worry, next month's video WILL be an instrumental.
Indestructible - Disturbed Instrumental Cover HoboBassist 2013-08-06 | http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistPlease subscribe, follow me on Facebook for updates, behind the scenes material, or just to say hi! =) Download the individual tracks: dropbox.com/sh/l2dyc4x80sown3w/UFdpfCrNTNOkay so I know I've kinda been AWOL for a while, but I've been working on a lot of stuff lately. The SI-Awareness Video back in March took a lot out of me for the beginning of the year. Since then I have gone through a live sound internship and gotten a job working with a lot of live sound and lighting stuff, and have been writing material with my own band. BUT I've got 4 coverse RECORDED and awaiting editing and mixing, so I will be getting back to a much more steady stream of uploads. (Yes, this is when you start taking bets on how many months I'll actually last this time).See you guys in September ;)
Serpentine - Disturbed Cover HoboBassist 2013-02-19 | Follow me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistMy second collaboration cover with GavinStudios. Enjoy =)
Last Resort Instrumental Cover [Papa Roach] HoboBassist 2012-12-17 | DOWNLOAD cover and/or individual tracks! dropbox.com/sh/yhxckkdwgmsrd96/w0hon1zzrYFollow me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistThis is either the first or the second song I ever learned on guitar. Thought I could do it some justice =) Subscribe, Like on Facebook, and stay safe through the zombie Apocalypse!!Haha just kidding.We're all doomed.
Last Resort Guitar Track [Papa Roach] HoboBassist 2012-12-17 | DOWNLOAD: http://tinyurl.com/cp2jl5fFollow me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistNote: There are 4 guitars playing at all times, but the other two are only doubles of these (for mixing purposes)
Last Resort Drum Track [Papa Roach] HoboBassist 2012-12-17 | DOWNLOAD: http://tinyurl.com/ckkjpdmFollow me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassist
Last Resort Bass Track [Papa Roach] HoboBassist 2012-12-17 | DOWNLOAD: http://tinyurl.com/brp2njoFollow me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassist
The Night - Collab Instrumental Cover - Disturbed HoboBassist 2012-12-10 | Add me on Facebook! =) http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistAnd check out Gavin's Channel!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/gavinstudiosSo this is the first time I've posted a collab project on my own channel. I found GavinStudios' videos about two months ago through some DisturbedPedia postings, and I thought he was a killer player, with a really great guitar sound. I noticed that he was using MIDI bass and drums, though, so I sent him a message about working together, and here we are =) He has a lot of other great instrumentals on his channel.Got some Papa Roach coming at you in the next week or two ;)
LIVE - Three Days Grace - Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri Cover HoboBassist 2012-11-02 | Three Days Grace performing Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" at the Exit/In in Nashville, TN
Sax Part/Guitar Solo from 15-Piece International Collab HoboBassist 2012-10-06 | FULL VIDEO IS OFFLINE UNTIL MATT'S ACCOUNT CAN BE RESTORED!If you have a Twitter, please click on this link and hit submit. The more support he gets, the sooner YouTube will review his case!twitter.com/intent/tweet?source=webclient&text=ATTN+%40YouTube+-+please+reactivate+the+youtube+page+of+Matt+Gabnai+at+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Faazgash+Thanks%21So I played sax, a guitar solo, and some nylon-string acoustic parts for this collaboration project, which involved 15 players from around the world. We all met in a group for people who donated to Cobus Potgeiter's YouTube Band Project (YTBP), and put together. And Cobus's drums are featured in Part 3 of the song! So go watch it and stop reading this!
Unholy Confessions Full Instrumental Cover HoboBassist 2012-10-01 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistHey guys, I know it's been forever since I've uploaded a cover, but I haven't been sitting around twiddling my thumbs, I promise! I'll be posting an update video tomorrow night about everything I've been up to, including a sick collab project. I WILL be posting one video a month from now on. I actually have a board in my room now with a schedule on it. But then again, how many times have you heard "I will be posting more" out of me? Anywho, update tomorrow, so stay tuned!This video was recorded through an Eleven Rack into Pro Tools this time, as opposed to my previous videos with a GT-10 into ACID Pro =)
Audition for YTBP HoboBassist 2012-07-30 | Download to "New Beginnings": soundcloud.com/#hobobassistSo this really awesome South African drummer on YouTube is in LA, and he's trying to put together a band to record an album with him. If you haven't heard him play yet, go check out it channel (deedlebag). He really is an amazing drummer. A lot of crap kept coming up toward the end of the period when I was working on this, so I had to stay up for 28 hours to get all this put together so I could upload it today.This is also part of the reason I haven't done a cover this month. I was about to record a cover of Unholy Confessions, but then I found out about this and that didn't happen =/ Anyways, I hope you guys like the original parts I wrote =)
Intro + As I Should - Karitsa Show 7/28/12 HoboBassist 2012-07-29 | So I got asked last week to fill in on bass for this band. I broke my strap during the song, and got a massive splinter in my toe, but it was pretty fun show. Hope you guys like it!
INSTRUMENTAL VERSION! - Everybodys Fool - Evanescence HoboBassist 2012-06-15 | The instrumental version to the cover I posted last week. Enjoy =)
Evanescence - Everybodys Fool - Full Cover HoboBassist 2012-06-09 | [READ DESCRIPTION!!!]Hey guys. Yeah, I'm still alive. School this past semester was a lot worse than expected, so this is all the work I've gotten done in the last 6 months. There is more stuff about to be recorded, but I don't expect you to believe me at this point haha. I'm just gonna have to actually do it.This is the first project I've done that involved more than myself. If you have some time, please go check out their stuff as well.Sarah Beth Lawson (Vocals) - http://www.youtube.com/SarahBethMissAdam Franceschini (Electronic Instruments) - http://www.soundcloud.com/code-adam (and this dude does some sick electronic music)Zach McCoy (Recording/ProTools Engineer) - http://www.audio-wire.comIndividual tracks will be uploaded to my website soon as welljasongiaffo.com
Happy 3 year anniversary [12/29/11] - NEW WEBSITE HoboBassist 2011-12-30 | jasongiaffo.comMy new website! Go check it out! It's not exactly perfect yet, but it's not bad =)Today marks three years of HoboBassist. Thanks again to all of you subscribers! :)
Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane Drum Track HoboBassist 2011-12-30 | jasongiaffo.com [my website - CLICK ON IT!!]Drum track from my Diary of Jane cover, made with EZDrummer. Direct download (MP3 and MIDI) for this track and others are available from my site. Enjoy =)
Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane Bass Track HoboBassist 2011-12-30 | jasongiaffo.com [my website - CLICK ON IT!!] Bass track from my Diary of Jane cover. Direct download for this track and others are available from my site. Enjoy =)
Three Days Grace - Time of Dying Guitar Solo Lesson HoboBassist 2011-12-19 | Mah website! jasongiaffo.comPDF - jasongiaffo.com/uploads/Time_Of_Dying_solo.pdfI've had a ton of requests for this tab, so I decided to teach it as well. I'm going to try to do a few more songs that I've covered in the next week or so, probably mostly if not entirely Disturbed songs.Everything is done with the Diary of Jane track videos, but I'm fixing up my website first so I can send you guys there for everything instead of uploading two million videos for every cover.Coming up, after the lessons, I'm planning on doing 6 or 7 videos (including that original finally) in one shot once I return to school, and I'm going to tape the entire process for your guys. Annnnd I might get a drum set soon, so I'll finally be doing full covers by myself. Thank you all so much for all your support! My goal is to expand to 10,000 subs in the next year and a half, which might be crazy, but I'm damn well going to try!
Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane instrumental cover HoboBassist 2011-11-26 | DOWNLOADS for cover and individual tracks! dropbox.com/sh/yhxckkdwgmsrd96/w0hon1zzrYFOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistHey guys. I know I said I'd be posting an original next, but college isn't getting any easier, so I still haven't had my chance to record anything new. This is actually a video I recorded back in March or so. My girlfriend wanted to do the video for it, so I gave it to her to do in her spare time. In the meantime, it was a good thing that she couldn't get to it right away, because I got a much better demonstration of the audio through my roommate's speakers, so I fixed up the balance some. Plus he gave me some tips on some stuff, like making the final chorus violins cut through without being louder. I feel like this is probably one of my best sounding covers to date, even with tuning in Drop-Bb.Also, for anybody who noticed, right around 2:20 or 2:21, I dropped my pick in the rhythm guitar shown haha. So the rest was me playing mostly with my index finger.And, for those who have musical backgrounds, I'm playing the F and Ab power chords at the same time in the rhythm guitars in the chorus at some points, so that they stack to make a Fm7 chord. Which I'm very proud of and stuff. So yeah.Collab covers coming soon, and who knows, I might be getting a drum kit so I can actually add some more time to my two weeks of experience from last year haha
Subscriber Update 4 HoboBassist 2011-10-26 | Hey, I actally really do appreciate all you guys, so I'm trying to keep you up to date on what all is going on. Give me some feedback, and I'll try to do what I can for you guys. Thank you to everybody who has subscribed up to this point!
Slipknot - Before I Forget Instrumental Cover HoboBassist 2011-10-23 | Alright, so I said I'd post a video every month, so I'm really trying to stick to it. This video lags like hell on my laptop, so I'm really hoping it comes out alright. I'll be uploading a message soon explaining the new setup and all. I hope you guys like this video. I plan to keep actually uploading, so I won't just be one of your guys' dead subscriptions for 6 months at a time anymore. Hope you all like it =)
Disturbed - Remember Instrumental Cover HoboBassist 2011-09-22 | Hey guys. I know I'm a big bloody liar. I said 5 videos in a month and 3 months later I got the second one out. But things should be a bit easier now. I should be posting pretty steady at 1 cover a month from now on (although I'm sure my word is worth nothing right now haha) This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs from Believe, and often gets overlooked for Prayer and Darkness. And I know a certain somebody happens to love this song above all others ;) So hopefully I did the song some justice. Enjoy =)
Disturbed - Prayer Instrumental Cover HoboBassist 2011-07-04 | Follow me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistSorry I've been working so slow. I've got a lot of stuff going, even with it being summer. I'm doing the best I can, but don't expect uploads too frequently I suppose. I have two more covers and an original recorded, but mixing and editing takes quite a while. This video was actually recorded 3 weeks ago.So I decided to remake this cover since it was the second double cover I ever did (even though I originally intended to do only guitar, but somebody with Diaku in their name messaged me and told me I should do more double covers), and it seems to have started my multi-part cover trend. I completely and totally stole the idea for the intro from Disturbed's live shows. I hope you guys like it =)
Message to subscribers #3 HoboBassist 2011-06-07 | If you wouldn't mind helping, just "like" this page. We need support do get this thing going. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Belmont-Drumline/207777812590402?ref=ts&sk=info Just wanted to let you guys know I'm still here and still doing videos haha.
Leaving The Stars Behind (original song) - Falling Back To The Planet HoboBassist 2011-03-26 | ADD US ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/fallingbacktotheplanet This is a band my friend Brenden and I got together for Clarksville's Got Talent this year. I did most of the guitar parts, and Brenden wrote most of the drums, but we all helped form it to this. We've been together for one week today, and having some fun with the names haha. Enjoy. Falling Back To the Planet is: Brenden Ambrose - Drums Zach Nix - Bass Jacob Curry - Rhythm Guitar Jason Giaffo - Lead Guitar
To all my subscribers, happy (late) holidays! Surprise cover HoboBassist 2011-01-03 | I just wanted to thank all of you subscribers, especially those that have been with me from the beginning.You all probably don't know it, but your subscriptions and your comments are often what keeps me going, what keeps me from being burned out. So thank you, to all of you. And I'll try to post more videos this year than I did last year haha =)
Power of B-flatllad HoboBassist 2010-08-18 | haha I hope I spelled that right... Just some bandies jammin after school. All improv. (:
Disturbed Asylum Guitar/Bass Cover HoboBassist 2010-07-19 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistAnd subscribe and share my videos. Pretty pwease?Okay, so I got on YouTube and heard this on DisturbedPedia, and I was thinking "cool I can cover this early, but the audio is gonna suck". And then I checked my email and found out that everybody on Disturbed1's email list got the song a few days before it's commercial release, soooo problem solved haha. For those of you who pay really close attention, I did leave out some of the guitar parts in the video. I was too tired to care about adding in some of those little things in the video.
Forgiven (Happy late birthday hobobassist!) HoboBassist 2010-07-07 | hey babe. C: I'll take this down if you don't want non-covers on your channel I just hoped it would surprise you... thanks for the clips!!! I love you so much! Happy late birthday! This isn't hobobassist btw, it's his girlfriend, for the slower ones among you...never fear, he shall upload more awesometastic covers soon! OH but he's also maybeh i hope gonna make a an avatar collab with me...we'll be using a certain song by a certain band he loves dearly... As for this video: Song: This Night Artist: Black Lab Footage: avatar Colorpreset: Doomsday by Universalfx
Stricken (Full Instrumental Cover) - with 2 weeks drum experience! HoboBassist 2010-06-26 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistSorry to upload this so close to the deadline. I couldn't get the cymbals I needed until yesterday, and I fell asleep early this morning working the sound stuff, and then I had to use my girlfriend's computer to do the video, and a lot of junk just went wrong and uggggghhhhhh it's whatever. I hope it was worth the time. And yes, I started learning to play that set last monday. I just hope this video turns out to be worth all the problems. Special thanks to RaikoElric, check out her channel. She's a beast editing.
Disturbed - Another Way to Die Guitar Cover (1st one!) HoboBassist 2010-06-15 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistSo I was working on my entry for the Disturbed cover contest, and this got released, so I took a break lol. 13 hours later, including about 7 hours of sleep, and another hour or two of eating and whatever, it's recorded. Hope you guys like it. I was kinda in a rush to be the first one, so I don't have the bass part yet haha. sorry. Enjoy!
Criminal Cover HoboBassist 2010-05-28 | okay, I recorded this at like two in the morning or something, and I was tired, but I'm about to go on vacation, and schoolwork and shiz has kept me too tied up to make a cover lately, so I had to make you guys this. Sorry about the huge delays. I promise I'll have something cool for you guys when I come back!
Clarksvilles Got Talent Finals 4/16/10 - READ DESCRIPTION HoboBassist 2010-04-17 | Okay, for those who can't figue out what's happening in the beginning, and why I was so pissed off, we were having a major sound fail. For some unknown reason, they would NOT let me do a sound check, although almost everybody else was allowed to. The retarded sound tech in the hat tried to mic my amp. The amp blew that $400 mic in no time, and get this, they wanted US to pay for it. The original plan was that I was going to be feeding my signal directly into their sound boards, as well as my backing track, and the "professionals" would mix me. We were going to do a sound check to make sure everything was balanced. Yeeeaaah. Thanks to that sound check that never happened, I couldn't hear my backing track correctly from the stage monitors, and seeing that I could only hear the drums due to an overwhelming treble boost, I thought it was my track from the auditions and told them to restart. Thanks a freaking lot morons. And then after we finally got going, apparently the backing track was way too powerful in the crowd. And I don't know about you guys, but I don't hear my bass pretty much at all in Sweet Child O' Mine. Lesson learned - use your own freakin' gear. I think I'll reshoot this in my room how it was SUPPOSED to be. Again, thanks to everybody who came out there to support me. You guys have no idea how much it meant to have so many people there JUST FOR me. I'm just sorry it wasn't better planned on the techs' parts.
Ceva Sevata at Clarksvilles Got Talent 4/2/10 HoboBassist 2010-04-04 | How in the world I got in but these guys didn't is beyond me. Oh, and the guitarist on the left not only had his strap break, but a string too. And he STILL beasted it.
Clarksvilles Got Talent Audition HoboBassist 2010-04-03 | My audition at Merell's Home Improvement for Clarksville's Got Talent. And by the way, I GOT IN! Made a few mistakes, but hopefully my final act will be cleaner. Finals are at River and Spires, opening with Charlie Daniels. Talent show runs April 16, for all those living in the area.
BFMV - Tears Dont Fall (Triple cover) HoboBassist 2009-12-27 | Okay, so I've been getting a crapload of requests asking "when are you going to do a Bullet cover" "You should totally do a Bullet cover" "Can you play anything by Bullet for my Valentine?" etc. so here it is everybody! (well, technically my acoustic cover for my girlfriend of Hearts Burst Into Fire was the first, but trust me, I'm not that great of a singer. Especially while trying to play at the same time). Um, sorry for the twanginess of the guitars, I just put new strings on the day before. And sorry the guitars are slightly out of sync. I matched them up by their audio tracks from the camera, but apparently the camera was a bit off too. Or Vegas was a bitch. Whatever. I hope you guys like this one, cause you have no idea how annoying it is to wet your hair that many times [matching the music video](I didn't get the lead guitar the first time, thank you solo). And if you don't like it, I don't really care. Go watch another video. Merry Christmas everybody!!
Bullet for my Valentine - Hearts Burst Into Fire acoustic cover HoboBassist 2009-12-25 | Warning - proceeding to read this description may induce gagging and nausea due to sappiness =) You've been warned.For my sweet little angel - Merry Christmas!This song really made me think of you a lot while we were separated, especially after I got together with Bridgett. I'm sorry for any pain that came of any of that time and I just want to show you I love you more than I could ever describe with words. You're absolutely amazing for sticking by me through those other two. I love your smile; I love your eyes; I love the little scream sound you make when I poke you; I love the way your hair smells; I love the way you say you love me; I love how you make me have a reason to look forward to school days, despite Mrs. Miller and AP Death second period; I love every inside joke we've made since sixth grade; I love the little text messages you send me before you go to bed; I love how your taste in music is like identical to mine; I love how if not for you and your picking crap up with your feet, I never would have started my footbass stuff; I love how you freaking introduced me to Slipknot back in sixth grade; I love how almost every morning I wake up, remembering a dream of you; I love how you react to my vague little hints to your Christmas gift (this lol); I love how I didn't even have to think hard to come up with this list that's probably making any other person puke right about now. In short - every tiny little thing about you! You're like the best girlfriend I could possibly ask for. You've made me a better person in so many ways, even if you didn't try to. Merry Christmas! I LESS THAN THREE YOU!!!For the rest of you people - yeah, this is my first acoustic cover. Got the guitar three days ago. Sorry for the guitar drowning out the vocals, didn't plan on it. And no, the mic position has nothing to do with it - I ended up using the camera's recording instead of the microphones. It actually sounded better. Um, I definitely don't expect the 5 star ratings here (not denying them, if you want to give them though lol). Personally, even I would only give me a 4 on this one [although if you wanna give me a 5 I'mnot going to object haha]. Whatever, you like it, fine, you don't, find another video, it's that easy. I know I'm no great singer and I don't claim to be. Guitar and bass are my things. Tears Don't Fall triple cover coming as soon as I finish the video effects. Merry Christmas everybody!!!
Rossview High School Marching Band - Senior Run 10 HoboBassist 2009-11-02 | Rossview's marching band show for the year, Jekyll and Hyde, performed by the senior class alone. Jsut a disclaimer, it usually sounded a lot better lol. Gonna miss you guys, especially the best bass line this school's ever known!
Message to my subscribers #2 HoboBassist 2009-10-17 | Damn I look crosseyed. I need to put the camera farther away next time Ok, I really do appreciate all of you subscribing to my covers and remixes, it really does mean a lot to me. Um, if you don't mind doing me that tiny favor I would be greatly appreciative, as would Sarah. Again, thanks for all your support!
Indestructible bass cover HoboBassist 2009-10-17 | FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/HoboBassistSo I got bored a couple weeks ago and recorded this more for myself than for posting on YouTube, but I figured why not let you guys see it too? I will have a full cover of this song uploaded at some point, but for now it'll just be bass. And yeah, about that shirtless thing - it'd been raining, so I decided for whatever reason to go outside in it, and I didn't feel like putting a shirt back on. So, get over it.
Skillet - Awake and Alive - Remixed (kinda) HoboBassist 2009-10-10 | So basically all I really changed in this song was adding a key change in the final chorus. And I lowered the rest of the song by a semitone so I could avoid the ending from sounding really whiny or airy. Just liked the sound of the key change. I put it on my iPod, figured I'd put it on here for you guys too.
Deceiver Double Cover HoboBassist 2009-10-06 | requested by diaku955 By far probably my worst cover to date. The gain was way too low I see, and the guitar part had a lot of inconsistencies. But whatever, this wasn't exactly Disturbed's easiest song. The bridge, actually, Is harder than anything from any of their songs just for the sake of keeping all the notes clean. Anyways, Indestructible, Perfect Insanity, and Before I Forget to come soon. Sorry about the delay since my last video, school's kinda been tying me down. Hell knows I might even redo this at some point. So Comment, Rate, Subscribe, and keep on watching =]
