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 […]
How To Solo Over Chord Changes
How To Solo Over Chord Changes On Bass: It’s one of my favorite topics to talk about and there are so many ways to do it. You can just pick the key of the song and go crazy with the pentatonic for that key, you can improvise based on the melody of the song; you’ve […]
How To Make Your Bass Sing
Bass players can be strange creatures. They can be playing a song, grooving along and everything is all good. But when it comes time for them to play a melody or take a solo, what do they do? They activate what I call “bass solo mode”. Double time licks, lots of notes, play as fast […]
