Marta Altesa: “Time Won’t Wait” Jamiroquai Play-Along

by Corey Brown | Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Holy smokes. How have we missed Marta Altesa all this time?

Once again, our friend Sylvain Gros-Desormeaux sent us a gem of a video, saying, “This cover is very good. Killing tone, perfect timing, I love the smile on [Marta's] face…”

Marta is playing along to Jamiroquai’s “Time Won’t Wait” on her MusicMan StingRay 5. And she says she started playing bass in 2010.

Again I say… Holy smokes!

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Comments:

Dan Yaremko says:

April 19, 2013 at 2:10 am

Well I can play it like that but I’m sure not that hot.lol!

Patrick Rosser says:

April 19, 2013 at 2:25 am

definitely not that hot! lol

Chris Strasdine says:

April 19, 2013 at 4:25 am

uh….wow…hot is right!….

Mike Chow says:

April 19, 2013 at 5:55 am

effin siiick doood.

Eric McCann says:

March 14, 2013 at 8:09 pm

Not sure which is more enjoyable… watching the playing or watching her obviously enjoying and getting into it. :)

Kev Moore says:

March 12, 2013 at 3:55 pm

Bloody hell. Back to the drawing board! You don’t see that on X FACTOR! :-)

Paul Ferreira says:

April 20, 2013 at 4:26 pm

I agree.

Johann Haedicke Ahern says:

March 2, 2013 at 5:10 pm

MARRY ME? heheh :P

Ricard Bergström says:

March 2, 2013 at 1:25 am

Yeah.. She is a cute girl, but foremost she is a fucking awesome bassplayer!

Simon Bowkett says:

March 1, 2013 at 3:55 am

So, it looks from her FB page that she is actually playing with Jamiroquai in South America….. ‘She’s not playing it’……… my arse :;.

Simon Griffiths says:

February 27, 2013 at 9:10 pm

Truly wonderful! Thanks for brightening up the day, keep doing it and go far. Love.

John Vinter says:

February 26, 2013 at 2:25 pm

It’s hard to be hit with an overwhelming amount of gorgeousness and pleasure to both the eye and the ear – without loosing a bit of ones heart! ;-) (Even for a man my age X-D).
Great job Marta – perfect timing and sound – keep it coming!

Simon Bowkett says:

February 26, 2013 at 6:25 am

‘As a bassist’…… of course no one else commenting happens to be a bassist! ;) OK, Marta is cute but she is so solid and grooves better than so many guys I’ve seen who post their videos on youtube. Jay Kay thinks so, otherwise he wouldn’t have invited her over to South America to be with the band. I don’t know in what capacity she’s there…. I doubt she’s going to be stepping into Paul Turner’s shoes just yet. :)

Antonio Rubio says:

February 25, 2013 at 3:55 pm

very nice beat, and I also like her smile.

Carlos Ernesto Paino Araujo says:

February 25, 2013 at 4:40 pm

Esas rolas tan bien cabronas

Patric Häljestig says:

February 25, 2013 at 12:40 am

Nice! Not ewery day a girl plays awsome Bass! really cute too…:)

Paul Alliman says:

February 24, 2013 at 11:55 pm

Ari’s a twat lol.

Paul Alliman says:

February 24, 2013 at 11:55 pm

2010! that’s like 1.21 jiggawatts.

Bill Harrison says:

February 24, 2013 at 7:25 pm

She’s a good young player, esp considering how short of a time she’s been at it. Now, I wonder if people would be commenting how this person looks if it was a young man? Come on, it’s the 21st century people!

Daniel Bass says:

February 25, 2013 at 8:55 pm

My thoughts too. If it’s a guy playing no one is amazed, but because it is a young and beautiful woman, everybody gives her attention. I bet few to no comments would have been made if she were not attractive…

John Vinter says:

February 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm

As long as we are equally commenting on her musically skills – whats the problem mentioning her gorgeous looks to? Any woman appreciates that!
By mentioning that its the 21st century, you mean we should all be one grey sexless mass of unisex avatars? Maybe that’s the world you want for the 21th century – it’s not mine!

Daniel Bass says:

February 26, 2013 at 8:25 pm

Personally John Vinter, I give more importance here to bass playing. If I want to focus on good looking women I just grab a Playboy, or if I want to compliment one I just call my gf. But, to each his/her own.

John Vinter says:

February 27, 2013 at 10:55 pm

I’m quite sure everybody here gives the bass playing the most importance, Daniel Bass – that’s kind of the reason we are here, isn’t it! And rest assure my focus is on the bass playing and the musicality first of all! But that doesn’t mean I am not able to notice and comment on other things ass well – as I would have if this has been played (as well) by a guy sitting and practicing on a mountain cabin porch with a extraordinary beautifull view. I would have commented on that too, and why shouldn’t I – would that make my comment on the music and the musicality less worth?

This is what music is all about!
Taking in impressions – letting them touch your heart – and responding to the sender!
(Regardless if it fits into the boxes of other peoples worlds.)

Nice of you to share the information that you read Playboy – one wonders why, if you have such a beautiful gf? Personally I don’t care much for Playboy and its glossy ideal of what good looking women should look like. I much more prefer the natural beauty of a young woman as Marta or even better (being my age) the natural beauty of nicely aged women with mildly wrinkled faces showing their life experience and depth. And knowing how much compliments means to women (of all ages) one should be a poor guy not giving a heart felt compliment when its there – it cost so little and means so much in the receiving end!
If the only problem is that I don’t fit into your 21′th century grey mass unisex (or should I say NOsex) world … well – I can live with that! ;-)

Daniel Bass says:

March 4, 2013 at 12:25 am

John Vinter The Playboy magazine thing is an example, not to be taken seriously. I don’t care whether or not people compliment her beauty, but I do think it’s kind of silly to acknowledge her talent hand to hand with her looks, What she’s playing is good, but not the cream of playing. Take Simon Fitzpatrick, whose video has a lot less posts than this one, but what he’s playing is simply awesome and has more merit than Marta’s cover, as nice as it might be. Bottom line is, SF doesn’t get as many comments just because he’s a guy, even though what he does should get a lot more attention just because it goes beyond just covering a song. Bu again, everyone’s entitled to their opinion, and mine has to do with highlighting how average playing is when it comes to a guy, nobody sees anything special, but when it’s a girl – and a pretty one – then everyone sees talent. Can’t expect less from a male chauvinist oriented society.

Daniel Bass says:

March 4, 2013 at 12:55 am

And not to mention I wouldn’t care less about the kind of women you like, and that’s not what’s on discussion here. By the way, my Gf lives in another city hence my impossibility of seeing her in person whenever I would like to.

Tracy Freeman says:

April 29, 2013 at 9:54 am

Jealous Bastard :( guess shes better than you) at playing bass!!!

Antonio Perea Galiot says:

February 24, 2013 at 1:25 pm

Felicitats Marta, ets fantàstica.

Leonardo Homem says:

February 24, 2013 at 7:10 am

Marry me? I promise you love and groove every day!

Geneva Powers says:

February 23, 2013 at 9:10 pm

Wonderful, you ware it well. Keep up the good work!!!

Geneva Powers says:

February 23, 2013 at 9:10 pm

Great Job!!! From one Bass Player to another your section of music is wonderfu

Martyn Mulligan says:

February 23, 2013 at 8:40 pm

Tight timing, smooth lines, effortless technique….this girl is good, VERY good!

Brant Ra says:

February 23, 2013 at 7:40 pm

Keellar! Love that funk when its done delicious…..

Rob Doane says:

February 23, 2013 at 5:40 pm

Smokin’! And I do mean that killer bass work.

Joselito Crespo-Pansacola says:

February 23, 2013 at 5:25 pm

This is kinda really shreddingly awesome!

Ayrron Robinson says:

February 23, 2013 at 5:10 pm

Jamiroquia is a legend! Look how comfortable she looks playing that! Born for bass I say :P

Shanly Suepaul says:

February 23, 2013 at 12:40 pm

I’m supposed to be working, but now I’ve gotta practice.

Genevieve MacFarlane says:

February 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm

wow!

Lee Gamble says:

February 22, 2013 at 11:55 pm

Hey Ari, as a bassist I have to say, you’re a d%ck!

Ari Hemmilä says:

February 22, 2013 at 6:40 pm

As a bassist I have to say, this is a fake. Great bassline but she, s not playing it.

Scott D. Feldstein says:

February 23, 2013 at 1:55 pm

Nonsense.

Ayrron Robinson says:

February 23, 2013 at 5:25 pm

As a bassist your talking out of your… mate ;) What are your grounds for this argument? Hahaha

Matthew Denis says:

February 23, 2013 at 6:10 pm

This takes the cake for the most ignorant thing I’ve ever read on No Treble…the tone is OBVIOUSLY that of a Stingray (Paul generally plays a Jazz and his tone is quite different on the actual track) and she is OBVIOUSLY playing it…and why would anyone go to the trouble of learning how to perfectly play a line this busy just to mime it?

Talk about sour grapes…listen more, talk less, and go practice…

Ari Hemmilä says:

February 23, 2013 at 7:55 pm

Whatta hell, are you dumb, listen music and tshek

Stefan Floratos says:

February 23, 2013 at 7:55 pm

Someone’s got the green eyed gajungas!

Ari Hemmilä says:

February 23, 2013 at 7:55 pm

mean look fingers and that great bass line, doesnt match

Mikko Pellinen says:

February 25, 2013 at 4:25 pm

To Matthew: If I remember correctly, it’s actually Derrick McIntyre playing on the original recording, not Paul Turner. It’s very hard to say which kind of bass is on the original (sounds slightly stingrayish to me, though), the sound is quite round and dark.

But anyway, no question, Marta is definitely doing her thing here…

Pere Altesa says:

February 26, 2013 at 6:25 am

I can attest that she plays this bassline (and any other she want) … Be sure it’s not a fake, cos she’s my daughter hahaha!

Olando McCall says:

February 26, 2013 at 10:40 am

can you say hater? lol

John Vinter says:

February 26, 2013 at 2:10 pm

As a bassist I can tell she obviously IS playing that bassline!
And doing a great job at it too!
Whats your problem Ari? Your skills doesn’t allow you to play this well – and you can’t imagine a young gorgeous woman having better skills than you? *MFG*

Joey Manuel says:

March 6, 2013 at 3:24 am

Pere Altesa , I agree, and she’s the best, uhh, Dad? Been following her ‘Tubes and she makes me want to practice more. LOL.

Alan Zähringer says:

April 22, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Somebody tell Jamiroquai quickly, they took her on tour to South America. She could have been faking it on stage in front of thousands of people. *shock* *horror*