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 […]
5 Blues ‘Traps’ Every Bass Player NEEDS To Avoid
If you’re playing blues bass, one of the most sure-fire methods of getting ‘chewed out’ on the bandstand is messing up the chords or the form. Trust me – it happened to me once when I messed up the form on a slow blues. I’ve haven’t been that red-faced during a gig since. And while […]
Blues Bass Turnarounds And Walk Ups
If you play for long enough, someone at some point is going to want to play a blues with you. It could be at a jam session, an open mic, at a real-world gig, or maybe just playing with your buddies on the weekend. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a whole bag of […]
