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 […]
Bass Line Creation
How To Create Your Own Bass Lines In Less Than 5 Minutes
Click Here to Download the FREE Resources for this Lesson Hey Groove Masters!Yesterday I uploaded a short video lesson to Facebook sharing a technique I call the ‘4 Note Bass Line Creator’.It’s a dead simple idea that you can use to create you own bass lines… and fast. Normally in less than 5 minutes. Perfect […]
Learn How To Play Chords On The Bass Guitar
Hey Groove Masters,It’s time to talk chords on the bass guitar… OK! I’m very aware I’m heading into controversial territory here. We have 4 strings on the bass guitar and it’s not so hard to play more than one at a time. However, whether you should even entertain the idea can be a hotly debated topic. Here […]
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 […]
How To Play Simple Bass Guitar Fills
Click Here to Download the FREE Resources for this Lesson Hey Groove Masters,Some of the lessons you’ll learn on bass guitar are subtle and will take a while before you see any noticeable results.This lesson isn’t like that. This is as about as subtle as someone dropping a brick on your head!This is the key […]
How To Play Walking Blues Bass Guitar – Pride & Joy By Stevie Ray Vaughan
Click Here to Download the FREE Resources for This Lesson In this lesson we take apart the legendary song Pride & Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan featuring Tommy Shannon on bass. The concept behind this lesson was to breakdown the fundamental concepts behind how to approach playing this song for my student Denny. We are working […]
3 Tricks To Spice Up Your Bass Guitar Playing
Hey Groove Masters,Ever met someone who really bores the life out of you? I know I have many times. The thing I’ve noticed is the people who do this tend to talk in a monotone. Normally they speak at a similar volume, similar speed and the voice rarely changes pitch. Exactly the same thing can happen with […]
Learn To Play Your First Walking Bass Line
Hey Groove Monsters,“Walking Bass… that’s too hard for me!”I remember the feeling well that jazz was a millions away.Like anything, it’s all about taking those first few steps. This lesson will help you do exactly that. It’s often been said if you can understand ‘walking bass’ that’s the key to unlocking the fingerboard and creating […]
Learn To Play The Bass Riff To ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’
Hey Groove Masters,Well, yes, obviously that subject line is a little tongue in cheek… because all music is completely subjective!However, this was one of those bass lines that made a real difference to my playing.This tutorial is all about how to play classic riff from the song ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ by Ian […]
How To Slow Down A Tricky Bass Line
Hey Groove Masters, In this new video I’m going to give you a demonstration of the one tool which I believe was game changer for my bass playing. Yes, seriously, this made practicing and improving so much easier! It’s a very simple yet clever piece of software, click the video below and I’ll walk you through some […]