Click Here To Download The FREE PDF Lesson! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here!Over at Bass Guitar HQ, we’re currently putting the finishing touches together for a brand new course called Fretboard Elevation. Fretboard Elevation is all about helping you master the fretboard, unlock it, and simultaneously grow your […]
Bass Guitar Theory
YT281 – Why The Circle Of Fifths is B.S.
Click Here To Download The FREE PDF Lesson! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here! Have you ever heard of the circle of fifths and the cycle of fourths? They’re two music concepts that might seem confusing at first, but they’re actually pretty similar and can be used interchangeably! A couple of […]
YT268 – This is the stuff… you’re told NOT to learn
Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here!Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been focusing on some of the bad advice that I was given when I was just starting out as a rookie bass player in my career in the early […]
YT267 – Never Click Or Tap That Bass Guitar Ever Again
Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here!”Never click or tap that bass guitar”, is the advice that a very well-meaning semi-professional musician said to me when I was 15 years old which stuck with me for the best part of 20 years. […]
YT266 – Don’t Play Above The Middle Of The Neck
Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here!Today, I want to talk about this expression that I’ve heard around the bass world a ton over the years, which is “Don’t play above the middle of the bass guitar fretboard.” You might have also […]
YT235 – 10 Things I Wish I Knew As a Beginner Bass Guitar Player
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack If you could turn back the time, would you change anything on your journey? They say experience is the best teacher. No matter how much caution you take, there will always be chances of error, mishaps and struggles. Though the path of a musician can be quite challenging at times, […]
Gig with The Voices of Yorkshire
Today I thought I’d give you a quick glimpse behind the scenes of my last gig…where I performed with over 250 singers…I also thought it would be fun to share the process of learning the songs and some exclusive video clips of me playing the songs from the showOn my birthday this year I decided […]
DO THIS Every Single Day (Master Your Bass Guitar Neck) YT145
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…5 weeks ago we made a ‘big move’.Vicky, Oliver and I ‘upped sticks’ and moved a couple of hours away to a lovely part of the UK called The New Forest.Every weekend we’ve been jumping in the car and just exploring, getting to […]
The 5 Easy Arpeggios For Beginner Bass Guitar Players – YT123
Click Here To Get The FREE 5 Easy Scales For Beginner Bass Guitar PDF In this week’s bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you the 5 easy arpeggios for beginner bass guitar players. The simple definition of an arpeggio is a ‘broken chord’. Covered in this lesson are 5 of the most common chord and […]
The 5 Easy Scales For Beginner Bass Guitar Players – YT122
Click Here To Get The FREE The 5 Easy Scales For Beginner Bass Guitar Players PDF In this bass lesson I’m going to show you the 5 easy scales for beginner bass guitar players. If you’re in the early phases of learning the bass guitar these are the 5 scales I suggest you learn first.Ever since […]