If you want to know how to improve your groove on bass, you’re in the right place! If – at the altar of music – using bad rhythm is mortal sin, how can you guarantee that your rhythm is rock solid every time you pick up your bass? Do you even know if you’re playing […]
3 Easy Odd-Time Signature Bass Lines
‘Odd’ time signature bass lines aren’t super common, and what happens when most bassists get asked to play some odd time bass lines? Usually something like this: I get it! When you’re playing in ‘regular’ time signatures (usually 4/4 or 3/4) things are comfortable, it feels good, and you don’t have to think about anything […]
5 Vintage Blues Bass Riffs
Blues bass riffs are just about the perfect thing to pull out of your arsenal at a blues jam session. Why? Because if you play some authentic blues bass riffs, it signals to all the other people playing that you know and understand the language of the blues. And it doesn’t hurt that you know […]
How To Walk Through 2 Chords Per Bar
“How can you play a walking bass line if there are 2 chords in the bar?” A student asked this on a live stream not too long ago, but I thought it was a great question and worthy of its own dedicated video. Walking through chord progressions with multiple chords in a bar is trickier […]
Hate Playing Modal Songs Like “So What”? Make Boring Walking Lines Beautiful! (3 Tricks)
One of my most watched videos is a lesson about walking bass line formulas. Maybe you’ve seen it yourself. I LOVE giving out these formulas! They’re unbelievably helpful when you’re learning to walk, so I give them out to every student of mine who needs to learn to play walking lines quickly and confidently. However, […]
Bass Lines Played Wrong!
Years ago, when I was in a cover band in my very small hometown, I went to see a ‘rival’ band. This other band did a lot of the same songs we did and basically played all the same venues we did. They were basically our direct competition and being an undeservedly cocky 18 or […]
