• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Theory in 300
  • Bass Essentials Series
  • Lessons and Tips
  • Interviews
  • Gear Guides

Smart Bass Guitar

Opinion and Analysis in Bass Guitar

Track Review: Guus van Beelen’s ‘Springtime’

Last Updated: August 21, 2022 by Mike Emiliani


Sunshine, birds chirping, warm weather. All things one would associate with spring. One reader submission captures those warm, lax feelings of a lazy spring day called ‘Springtime’.

Submitted by Dutch bassist and teacher Guus van Beelen, his latest composition, ‘Springtime’ perfectly captures the easy-goingness of a warm spring day.

Combining pinch harmonics and carefully calculated scalar runs up and around neck, van Beelen creates a neat, concise little dream in a 2 minute song. The main hook of the song around the 50 second mark is an elegant, flowing arrangement that feels neither rushed nor lagging.

Sometimes the song picks up, other times it pulls back like a person picking up their walking pace to catch the ice cream truck they see in the distance. It’s pleasant little song, fitting for a spring day with the windows open and the breeze pushing the curtains aside.

Listen to Guus van Beelen’s ‘Springtime’ here:

  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Follow Mike
Mike Emiliani
Mike Emiliani is the founder of Smart Bass Guitar. When he's not writing, he can be found playing bass, producing music, studying business and watching basketball.
Follow Mike
Latest posts by Mike Emiliani (see all)
  • How to Set up a Pedal Board for Bassists - June 16, 2021
  • The Best Bass Guitar Effects Pedals Guide You’ll Ever See [INFOGRAPHIC] - April 24, 2020
  • The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Everything About Bass Guitar Strings - March 20, 2020

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Guus van Beelen, Guus van Beelen bass, Guus van Beelen bass player, Guus van Beelen springtime, Guus van Beelen teacher

Primary Sidebar

Welcome To Smart Bass Guitar

Smart Bass Guitar is an online bass guitar blog & publication. Send all love, hate, and fan mail to [email protected]

This page may contain affiliate links. We earn a small commission on purchases you make through those.

Popular Posts

Bass Guitar Effects Pedals Guide

The Best Bass Guitar Effects Pedals Guide You’ll Ever See [INFOGRAPHIC]

beatles together

Broken Down: 10 Must-Know Paul McCartney Bass Lines

The Alberto Rigoni Interview: “My Rule is…There Is No Rule in Music”

practicing music

Practice Routine: Quality Over Quantity

massive attack

9 Easy Bass Lines for Beginners You Won’t Find in a Book

Join The Conversation

  • Preston Zwanzig on I’m Rudy Sarzo and This is How I Play
  • Skwid Wurd on Broken Down: 10 Must-Know Paul McCartney Bass Lines
  • Nick on The Best Bass Guitar Effects Pedals Guide You’ll Ever See [INFOGRAPHIC]
  • Jeff Dahlin on The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Everything About Bass Guitar Strings
  • Tony Casas on The Best Bass Guitar Effects Pedals Guide You’ll Ever See [INFOGRAPHIC]
effect pedal guide for bass resource
practice routine for bass guitar
bass guitar strings guide

Footer

Search

Disclaimer

We are a participant in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Say Hi!

Love the new re-design? Hate the new re-design? Got some general questions about bass guitar? Shoot me a line at [email protected]sguitar.com.

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework