If you want to play by ear, do THIS first…

If you struggle to play bass by ear…

If finding the key of a song seems like a grueling task…

If you simply can’t play songs unless you have the tabs (or someone tells you how to play it)…

Or even if hearing the bass underneath all the layers of drums, guitars, vocals and keys seems like your own personal hell…

I can definitively say:

If playing by ear feels like an uphill battle, you’re not alone.

You’re like thousands of other bassists out there.

You might spend hours and hours – even days or weeks – trying to figure out a single song by ear.

Or even a single section of a song.

You put on the recording, immediately start ‘hunting and pecking’ for notes, only to second-guess yourself when you think you’ve found the right ones.

You wrestle for hours, trying to figure out the key, the chord progression and then trying to hear what the bass is doing.

And even after straining your ears, putting in a Herculean effort, and days of your time, what do you have to show for it?

Nothing…

Even after all that effort, you’re still no closer to figuring the song out than when you started.

You might get so frustrated that you have the urge to hurl your bass at a wall.

You might feel defeated and want to give up.

You might ACTUALLY give up…

Then say things like, “I guess I don’t have that playing by ear talent/ear/perfect pitch…”

But if playing by ear is hard for you, it’s *not* because you have “bad” ears…

It’s *not* because you lack “talent”…It’s *not* because you’re lacking perfect pitch…

You struggle with playing by ear because your ears are “blocked”.

And no – I’m not talking about ear wax.

Over the past 4 years, teaching more than 1,000 students to play by ear, I saw some of my students struggling with a lot of the same things over and over.

These students with ‘blocked’ ears just didn’t hear music in the same way that other bassists did.

I knew I had to help.

So I started creating quirky little exercises to try and “unblock” their ears.

At first, I just made up these exercises for individual students with specific problems to help them hear things more clearly.

I had no idea if these ‘ear-openers’ would make any difference.

Maybe they would fall completely flat.

Maybe they’d be too confusing and make things worse!

But I shared them anyway to see what would happen.

And to my surprise, it started working…

Fast.

Within weeks, these ‘struggling’ students started hearing music in a completely new way.

They started figuring out the keys to songs – without the hours-long agonizing process from before.

They started hearing their way through chord progressions completely by ear – without resorting to Ultimate Guitar or Songsterr.

Eventually, bass lines started to ‘jump out’ at them from recordings – even when they were buried behind dozens of other instruments.

Some of the students even started jamming with other people on songs they’d NEVER played before and never even HEARD before – all completely by ear.

Once these struggling students used these ear-openers to unblock their ears, they became unstoppable.

Don’t take my word for it. Read some of the stories for yourself:

That’s why I want to tell you…

If You Want To Play By Ear, you MUST “unblock” your ear first.

Because I saw how effective “ear-openers” are, I kept creating them.

Every time a student struggled with hearing something, I’d create a new ear-opener to target that specific problem.

Some ear openers addressed people’s beliefs that stopped them from unblocking their ears.

Others showed them how to ‘activate’ their ears so they could learn songs without tabs or YouTube covers – and learn them in record time.

Many ear-openers use the ‘Zipline Principle” to gently pull your ear into the lower register of music so you can easily hear bass lines.

Eventually I had amassed a ‘vault’ overflowing with ear-openers that were made specifically for bassists to clear all their ear blockages.

And today, I want to share them all with you.

With them, YOU can:

Spontaneously jam with people - without looking up Ultimate Guitar tabs or following the guitarist’s chord shapes like a hawk
Finally hear those hard-to-decipher bass lines and start playing them by ear so you can ditch the tab sites and YouTube tutorial
Learn the songs you’d love to play, but can’t find accurate tabs for

And do it all in just a few short weeks.

Introducing The 28-Day ‘Ear-Opening’ Challenge

“Unblock” your ears and learn 20+ bass lines completely by ear – in just 28 days, and practicing just 15 minutes a day.

The 28 Day ‘Ear-Opening’ Challenge is a first of its kind, bite-sized, rapid fire course that will help you unblock your ears and finally start playing by ear.

In less than 7 days, you’ll have a gamified approach for fine-tuning your ear, you’ll know how to figure out notes by ear lightning fast, plus you’ll tap into the most powerful tools for opening your ear.

By the end of week 2, you will have learned how to hijack your ear’s natural ‘flaw’ to peel back the layers of music plus you’ll start hearing in ‘Technicolor’. This means you can start to figure things out by ear in a fraction of the time it usually takes you.

By the end of the 3rd week, you’ll start hearing your way through chord progressions and deeply ‘activating’ your ears so you can easily play unfamiliar songs at jam sessions – stress free.

And by the end of the challenge, the ear openers will help you learn 20+ bass lines completely by ear – even when they’re hidden behind layers of other instruments.

Here’s How The Challenge Works

Every day of the challenge, you’ll be sent a video with a quick ear-opening exercise to go through.

These are the exercises that I designed specifically for bass players to solve the actual problems they were dealing with.

Every day, you’ll have one specific concrete thing you can do right away that will open your ears little by little.

And it will only take you 15 minutes a day.

And if you put in the work, at the end of 28 days, your ability to hear bass lines and chord progressions will let you spontaneously jam with other musicians – even if you don’t have a ‘good’ ear.

Here’s What You’ll Learn In The 28-Day Ear-Opening Challenge

Day 0: The “Zipline Principle” You Can Use To Open Your Ear

Day 1: The Bassist’s Tone Deaf Test (aka. How I Can Prove You’re NOT Tone Deaf)

Day 2: Your ULTIMATE Ear Opening Tool

Day 3: [BONUS] 90 Minute Masterclass: How To Get Started USING Your Greatest Ear Opening Tool

Day 4: Your Most CRITICAL Ear-Opening Skill

Day 5: The Unorthodox Game To Start ‘Tuning’ Your Ears

Day 6: How To Build A More RHYTHMIC Ear

Day 7: Further ‘Fine-Tuning’ Your Ears Using The ‘Zipline Principle’

Day 8: Learning Your Very First ‘Fragments’ Of Music By Ear

Day 9: How To Hijack Your Ear’s Natural ‘Flaw’ (and turn it into your greatest strength)

Day 10: Learning More Complex Lines By Ear

Day 11: How To Hear In ‘Technicolor’

Day 12: [BONUS] Advanced ‘Over The Shoulder’ Technicolor Walkthrough

Day 13: Peeling Back The Layers Of Music To ‘Go Low’

Day 14: What Toto’s ‘Africa’ Can Teach You About Opening Your Ears

Day 15: How To Effortlessly Find The Key In Seconds

Day 16: How To Start Hearing Your Way Through Chord Progressions

Day 17: [BONUS] An ‘Over-The-Shoulder’ Walkthrough Of How To Hear Your Way Through Sophisticated Chord Progressions

Day 18: How To Deeply ‘Activate’ Your Ears

Day 19: How To Tune In To Your ‘Lower’ Frequencies To Make Bass Lines Easy To Hear

Day 20: Learning Synth Bass Lines By Ear (Weather Report/Carl Carlton)

Day 21: Deciphering Blues Bass Lines By Ear (Led Zeppelin/The Soul Machine)

Day 22: Pumping 8ths Bass Lines By Ear (Split Enz/The Go-Go’s)

Day 23: Unraveling Alt Rock Bass Lines By Ear (Kings Of Leon/Nirvana)

Day 24: Decoding Hip Hop Bass Lines By Ear (Snoop Dogg/Kendrick Lamar)

Day 25: Breaking Down Soul Bass Lines By Ear (Otis Redding/Pharrell Williams)

Day 26: Parsing Prickly Pop Bass Lines By Ear (Redbone/Blue Suede)

Day 27: Dissecting Disco Bass Lines By Ear (Sister Sledge/The Bee Gees)

Day 28: Untangling Advanced Bass Lines By Ear (Silverchair/Red Hot Chili Peppers)

INCLUDED: these 5 amazing BONUSES ($265 value)

As part of the challenge, you’ll get:

BONUS #1: How To Get Started USING Your Greatest Ear Opening Tool – This 90-minute masterclass with a special guest teacher will show you the proper way to use your ultimate ear-opening tool plus the specific exercises to give supreme confidence in your ability to open your ears. ($149 Value)

BONUS #2: Advanced ‘Hearing In Technicolor’ Walkthrough – In this lesson, you’ll learn the process that I use to decipher even the most cryptic of ‘Technicolor Nightmares’ and figure out even the trickiest harmonies by ear ($29 Value)

BONUS #3: An ‘Over-The-Shoulder’ Walkthrough Of Hearing Sophisticated Chord Progressions – In this bonus lesson, you’ll see the exact process of hearing chord progressions that go WAY beyond simple 1, 4 and 5-chords and the different methods for figuring them out quickly. ($29 Value)

BONUS #4: The Killer 3-Minute Exercise For Hearing Upper AND Lower Harmonies – Almost nothing opens your ears faster than learning to hear harmonies, and in this surprisingly simple exercise, you’ll learn the most effective way of letting those harmonies ‘in’ to expand your ears ($29 Value)

BONUS #5: Two Software ‘Hacks’ To Help Open Your Ear Faster – Learn how to use the free (and paid) software tools that I still use to this day that help you hear bass lines that are buried behind tons of other instruments. ($29 Value)
I’m giving you these bonuses because I really want to make sure you have every tool in your toolbox that you need to learn to play by ear.

ONLY $29

Usually ~~($134)~~ 78% OFF

All prices in USD

My 60-Day Money Back Guarantee

I want to give you the best possible chance to open your ears so you can listen to a song (or someone playing an unfamiliar chord progression) and be able to immediately figure out what’s being played and join in.

That’s why The 28-Day Ear-Opening Challenge comes with a rock solid 60-day money back guarantee.

Here’s how it works:

Go through the entire challenge. Watch the videos, download the PDFs, play along with the practice tracks, do the exercises, go through the audio tracks.

If you don’t like the challenge for any reason, just email the student support team within 60 days of joining and we’ll return your investment.

60 days is enough time to go through the entire challenge twice and decide if it’s a good fit for you.

I believe in the 28 Day Ear-Opening Challenge and I want to make sure there’s absolutely no risk for you to join.

If you don’t like the course for any reason or you don’t see the results you want, just email the student support team within 60 days of joining and I’ll refund every cent. I believe in the challenge I’ve created and I want to make sure there’s absolutely no risk for you to join.

Join The 28 Day ‘Ear-Opening’ Challenge

Between all the ear-openers in the challenge and the bonuses, the value of everything in the challenge is more than $300.

In fact, the bonus masterclass alone on day 3 has only ever been available to people who had joined another course of mine where the lowest price to join was $200.

But because I know this is something so many bassists struggle with, I want to make opening your ears as accessible as possible.

That’s why I’m not making the price $314 or even $200.

I wanted to eliminate any possible barriers you might have to opening your ear.

That’s why I made the entire challenge cost less than half of what the $100 you’d expect to pay for an hour of in-person lessons.

The cost to get lifetime access to the challenge today is just $29.

Here’s Everything You Get When You Join The Challenge

Lifetime Access to all 28 bassist-specific ear-openers designed to unblock your ears ($49 Value)

Learn how to use the ‘Zipline Principle’ to make sure you never get ‘stuck’ when you try to play by ear

Effortlessly find the key of a song + how to scientifically prove that you’re always right

18 real-world bass lines that you’ll learn completely by ear

[BONUS] – Masterclass – How To Use Your Most Powerful Ear-Opening Tool ($149 Value)

[BONUS] – 2 Software ‘Hacks’ To Help Open Your Ear Faster ($29 Value)

[BONUS] – An ‘Over-The-Shoulder’ Walkthrough Of How To Hear Your Way Through Sophisticated Chord Progressions($29 Value)

[BONUS] – How To Hear In ‘Technicolor’ Walkthrough Lesson ($29 Value)

[BONUS] – The Killer 3-Minute Exercise For Hearing Upper AND Lower Harmonies ($29 Value)

Free Upgrade Until Friday at Midnight

As a special promotion, until Friday, I’m also offering a free upgrade that lets you get the challenge extension for free.

In the Ear-Opening Challenge Extension, we dive deep into 19 songs and pull out the bass lines 100% by ear. You’ll learn exactly how to pull bass lines out of recordings using your new ‘unblocked’ ears.

Normally the challenge extension is $19, but you can get it as a completely free upgrade when you join the Ear-Opening Challenge this week.

ONLY $29

Total Value ~~($314)~~

All prices in USD

Frequently Asked Questions

“Will this help if I’m tone deaf?”

Let’s bust this ‘tone deaf’ myth right now.

I’m guessing you love music, right? Otherwise you wouldn’t be here.

The thing is, truly tone deaf people suffer from a very real medical condition called congenital amusia.

People who have this condition though, actually don’t like music.

To them, it’s all just a bunch of noise.

If you love music, then there’s a 99.9% chance that you’re NOT tone deaf – and I can actually prove it to you.

In fact, on the very first day of the ear-opening challenge, there’s a ‘Tone Deaf Test’ you can go through that will almost certainly prove you’re not tone deaf.

Most bassists who say they’re tone deaf are actually suffering from having ‘blocked’ ears, and that’s exactly what the 28 Day Ear Opening Challenge will help with.

“How much time does it take?”

The lessons in the challenge are roughly 10-15 minutes long, so as long as you can set aside 15 minutes a day for the next 28 days, you’ll have plenty of time.

The one exception is the 90 Minute Bonus Masterclass on day 3, but even then, there’s a cheat sheet you can go through in about 10 minutes and still get a ton out of it and know how to use your best ear-opening tool.

“Can I take LONGER than 28 days? Will I still have access to the challenge after it’s finished?”

Absolutely. When you join, you’ll have LIFETIME ACCESS to everything in the challenge.

So if you’d rather take your time going through the material, that’s totally fine.

If you want to do the first 7 days of the challenge, then take a break for a week, then pick up where you left off – that’s totally fine too!

Want to go through the challenge multiple times and squeeze more ‘juice’ out of it every time? You can absolutely do that as well.

Everything will be delivered to you over the course of 28 days, but ultimately, the pace you take it and how many times you go through it is up to you.

Remember, you’re also covered by my No-Questions-Asked 60-Day Guarantee, so you can go through the entire challenge 2 full times before you even decide if it’s a good fit for you.

“So this is an ear training course?”

Yes and no.

Like I said, you WON’T find those generic ‘What is this interval?’ type of exercises you get on a free ear training app or in a (very expensive) college music class.

It’s not that those are ‘bad’, but that’s a different skill.

The exercises in the 28 Day Ear-Opening Challenge don’t test your knowledge of intervals or anything like that.

Instead, they are specifically designed to ‘unblock’ a clogged ear to the point where you’re ready to learn tricky and even some hard-to-hear bass lines by ear.

The exercises first do that by helping you realize very quickly that playing by ear is not impossible for you.

In fact, it’s a skill you can develop reasonably quickly.

There is an ear training component, but not anything like you’d see from a typical ear training app or college music class.

“What if I play U-Bass/upright bass/fretless/acoustic bass? Can I still join?”

Absolutely.

The challenge is ‘instrument-agnostic’, so no matter which of the bass instruments you play, you will absolutely learn how to open your ears.

Take The First Step To Playing Bass By Ear

If you finally want to jam with other, more experienced musicians, without needing them to tell you what to play…

Or if you’re ready to finally ditch the unreliable tab sites and YouTube tutorials…

Or even if you just want the freedom to finally figure out songs and bass lines for yourself…

Then I’d love to help you inside the 28-Day Challenge.