Have you ever taken a bass solo and just knew it was a total flop? I know I have – hundreds of times! There’s almost nothing as demoralizing as ending your improvisation on bass and feeling like it could have been so much better. What’s even worse is knowing your solo wasn’t great, but not knowing […]
The Antidote To Boring Bass Solos
Why are so many bass solos just so dull and boring? There are plenty of reasons, but one of the big ones is that bass players don’t give the audience any reason to pay attention to their bass solos. And when nobody is paying attention, what happens? People start to talk when the bass solo […]
The 4 Types Of Bass Lines
There are a million different ways to write your own bass lines. Every bass player does it slightly differently, but what if I told you that the overwhelming majority of bass lines could fit into 4 broad categories? Just 4! And each of the 4 categories does something slightly different to the music. Do you […]
Advanced Bass Improv – How To Play ‘Outside’ The Harmony
I got an email a few weeks ago from an email subscriber asking about an advanced bass improv concept – playing ‘outside‘ the established harmony. This is very much an advanced topic. If you’re still in the process of learning how to improvise using scales and modes, keep at it. You can even use my […]
Bass Solo: How To Improvise On Bass
Taking a bass solo; improvising on bass – it can be scary, right? Nobody wants to try to take a bass solo and sound like a fool, but where are you supposed to get started with improvising on bass? Should you learn a bunch of scales that you can’t seem to make sense of? Are […]
How To Play Bass With Guitarists Instantly: The Glance Method
Do you know how to play bass with other people? If a guitarist just started playing a song you didn’t know, would you be able to play along with them? Imagine this – you’re playing bass, maybe at a jam session and a guitarist jumps up and starts playing a song you don’t know. They […]
