Today, we need to talk about beginner bass mistakes – the kind of things that beginner bassists do that can slow down progress, or even stop it entirely. I’m not even being super hyperbolic here. In fact, when I was starting out as a beginner bass player, I made just ONE of these mistakes and […]
The GENIUS Bass Line That Took 27 Years To Write
In 2023, we got the FINAL Beatles song… Now And Then; a song resurrected from a decades-old recording of John Lennon singing and playing piano. But getting one final Beatles song also means we get one final Beatles bass line. And as you can expect from Paul McCartney this one is utter genius. However, it’s […]
GENIUS Trick Every Pro Bassist Uses
There’s a ‘trick’ that just about every bassist uses that takes their bass lines from ‘OK’ (or even ‘meh’) to extraordinary. And the best part? You don’t need an encyclopedic knowledge of music theory or even to know your fretboard that well. To use this ‘trick’, you only need 3 frets, but those 3 frets […]
227 Beatles Bass Lines: What I Discovered Learning The Entire Beatles Bass Line Catalog
I learned every 227 Beatles bass lines That’s every song in the Beatles catalog (I think…). It was a massive job trying to keep track of all these Paul McCartney bass lines, so I even made a super nerdy spreadsheet to keep track of everything: The Beatles bass lines have a very special place in […]
The BEST Beatles Bass Line (And How Paul McCartney Wrote It)
The best Beatles bass line isn’t something that everyone will agree on, but I definitely have my favorite. It’s May 5th, 1969. Paul McCartney arrives at Olympic Sound Studios, plugs in his bass and records what I believe is his absolute PERFECT Beatles bass line. It’s ultra-melodic and singable, but still supports the song. It’s […]
Did John Lennon Intentionally Sabotage The Beatles With This Bass Line?
Of all the bass lines on all the Beatles records, there’s one that’s VERY contentious. Some die-hard Beatles fans really don’t like it. In fact, some people absolutely HATE it! At the time, some critics thought it was SO bad, they called it musical sabotage. And the funny thing is – it wasn’t even Paul […]
