Today, we need to talk about beginner bass mistakes – the kind of things that beginner bassists do that can slow down progress, or even stop it entirely. I’m not even being super hyperbolic here. In fact, when I was starting out as a beginner bass player, I made just ONE of these mistakes and […]
5 Disco Bass Lines (For An Epic Right Hand Workout)
Disco bass lines get a bit of a bad wrap… Was there a good amount of questionable disco music? For sure… But did some of the songs have truly epic bass lines? Heck yes! Will you see me rocking the tighty whitey Travolta-style disco suit at Studio 54 this Saturday night? Absolu… Wait – actually, […]
How To Improve Your Groove On Bass: Guaranteed
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 […]
How To Use “Conscious Rhythm” For Better Bass Solos
A funny thing sometimes happens with beginning and intermediate bass players. They get pretty good – maybe even really good – at knowing which notes work. They learn the right scales, arpeggios, chords – everything – and that’s great! However, what often happens is that there is such a focus on playing good notes that […]
How To Play Bass WITHOUT Drums
Ever wondered how to play bass without drums? A lot of the time, the drummers are the ones keeping time, and glueing the whole band together, but what happens when there is no drummer. For some people, this happens a lot! Perhaps you’re an apartment dweller, so you can’t play with a drummer where you […]
The #1 Strategy For Rapidly Improving Your Bass Playing
What if there were something you could do today that would give you a noticeable and virtually instant improvement in your playing? Would you try it out? Of course you would! Usually, I’d say something like this would be too good to be true, but in this case, there is a simple strategy you can […]
