As a bassist, there’s one thing you do that’s probably more important than all others: Your GROOVE. If you have a solid groove, then your bass lines will feel great and other musicians will love playing with you. Get the groove wrong, and it’s a very different story. But there are some very common mistakes […]
The Technique TRAP Hidden In Flea’s Hardest Bass line
Flea has played some of the most iconic bass lines in the history of bass itself. But even masters can sometimes run up against their limits… In an interview with Rick Beato, Flea said that there was one song specifically that he really needs to warm up before he starts playing it. And when you […]
The Most UNDERRATED Sound On Bass
There’s a certain sound you can play on bass that rarely gets used, but I think it’s among the prettiest sounds you can ever play on a bass. The only problem? It breaks one of the most important ‘rules’ of bass playing (as much as music has ‘rules’ at least) However… You CAN find examples […]
Did John Lennon ‘Invent’ Metal With This Bass Line?
What if I told you that one of the very first metal bass lines wasn’t played by Black Sabbath… Or Judas Priest… Or Deep Purple… Or even a bassist at all? It may have actually been played by John Lennon. Yep…John wasn’t even on bass duty most of the time, but during the recording of […]
Why You’re NOT Tone Deaf (And How I Can PROVE It)
A few years back, a student told me a story that honestly broke my heart a little. He’d loved music all his life, but had only started learning bass after retiring, but always struggled with one thing: playing by ear. When I asked why, he shared something he’d carried for 50 years. When he was […]
EASIEST Way To Sound PRO Using Pentatonics On Bass
If I told you that these pentatonic shapes were ‘wrong’, what would you say? Just to be clear, these shapes ARE correct and they WILL give you the notes of whatever pentatonic scale you like… But if you look at how bassists like: They tend NOT to use those shapes – at least not in […]
