Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Just this morning I was talking to Greg, one of my Bass Lab UNIVERSITY students who asked me about how important it is to practicing scales.My answer was super important.However, it made me think back to when my teachers taught me scales…I don’t […]
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The 7 Minute Walking Bass Scale Trick
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Get A Copy Of The Essential Guide To Walking Bass For Bass Players Book Hey, James here…So we’re finally starting to get settled into our new home in the New Forest in the UK…The boxes are finally getting emptied… and it’s only […]
Learn the 3M System for Walking Bass…. In Less Than 6 Minutes
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Get A Copy Of The Essential Guide To Walking Bass For Bass Players Book Hey, James here…So I’m 4 days in to the biggest move of my life…On Tuesday Vicky, Oliver (my better half and 2 year old son) upped sticks and […]
Learn The 5 Minutes Walking Bass ‘Hack’ – YT139
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Get A Copy Of The Essential Guide To Walking Bass For Bass Players Book Hey, James here…In this week’s lesson it’s time for something I actually recorded a while back…The reason for that is as I’m writing this email we’re packing up […]
How To Play Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock – YT118
Click Here To Get The FREE How To Play Cantaloupe Island By Herbie Hancock PDF In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to play Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock.If you’re just starting out playing Jazz or want to go and play at a Jazz Jam session there’s a good chance you […]
Blue Bossa For Beginners – Latin Bass Guitar Lesson – YT106
Click Here To Get The FREE The Blue Bossa For Beginners PDF! In this bass guitar lesson ‘Blue Bossa For Beginners’ we’re going to discuss how to play the legendary Latin Jazz or Bossa Nova Tune “Blue Bossa” which was originally made famous by sax player Joe Henderson. If you’re in the early stages of […]
The Dorian Walking Bass For Beginners (YT086)
Click Here To Download The FREE Dorian Walking Bass For Beginners PDF! In today’s bass guitar lesson, I want to show how to use the Dorian Mode or Dorian Scale. With this, we can create interesting walking bass lines that don’t sound like you are just playing scales. If you’re in the early or beginner […]
How To Play Jazz Standards On The Bass Guitar
Click Here To Download The FREE Resources from this lesson Hey Groove Masters – it’s time to talk about how to play jazz standards on the bass guitar! Learning to play jazz can be one of the keys to unlocking the bass guitar once and for all for many players. It’s a massively exciting form of […]
How To Play Easy Jazz Walking Bass Guitar
Hey Groove Masters,Quick Question – Do you call them half steps or semi tones?Well, whatever you call them… this lesson is for anyone who wants to delve into the wonderful world of walking bass. In this lesson I take an old 50s classic and show you how to easily transform it into a fantastically credible […]
3 Fundamental Bass Grooves Explained
Download the FREE 3 Fundamental Bass Grooves PDF Hey Groove Monsters,What is this thing called ‘Groove’ I hear you ask?Today I’m going to share how to slow down a tricky bass lineProbably the singular most important concept any bass player needs to understand.Brash statement I know… but it’s 100% true. However, ask 100 different musicians […]