Ever felt like you were just playing the same tired old licks over and over when you’re improvising on bass? You might be playing over a song that you’ve played *dozens* of times before and you just can’t help it. 1st chord, you automatically play something you’ve heard yourself play thousands of times. The 2nd […]
3 Easy Bass Solos
Easy bass solo: If you’re a beginner, it almost sounds impossible. How can taking a bass solo be easy?!?! But imagine this: You’re at a gig, on stage, bass in hand, and things sound amazing! You’re standing next to the drummer, both great big smiles on your faces. Song after song, you’re grooving hard, locking […]
Expand Your Creativity In Bass Solos By Avoiding The Root
One big problem that bass players run into when they start to improvise is always coming back to the root over and over again. This makes sense, right? That’s what we’re doing most of the time when we play bass lines, so this habit carries over into our solos. The upside of this is that […]
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 […]