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 […]
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 […]
Chord Symbols For Bass 3/3: 4-Note Chords
If you’re a bass player and you know how to find the roots of chords, you can be functional. If you know how to find your roots, thirds and fifths of all your chords, you can be professional. If you know how to find your roots, thirds, fifths and sevenths of all your chords, PLUS […]
How To Make Solo Pieces On Bass
When you’re a bass player, most of the time you’re at the back of the stage, out of the limelight, supporting everyone else and making everyone else sound good. Not that there’s anything wrong with this at all. I spend most of my gigs doing this exact thing and it’s a ton of fun. Every […]
Bass Chord Pro
Bass Chords sound amazing!!! There’s just something about chords on bass that’s just so much more satisfying than when a guitar player plays them or a piano player plays them. Maybe it’s just because you’ve heard a million guitar and piano players mess with chords – but very few bassists. Well we’re going to have […]
