Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hi, James here! Are you a beginner bass player, or a seasoned one? Whether you’re the former or the latter, we can all agree that practicing scales, arpeggios, triads, and chromatic scale exercises can be the most boring thing […]
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YT243 – Is This the Hardest Jaco Pastorius Bass Line?
Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James again! A couple of weeks ago, we tackled “7 Reasons Why You Should Learn Come On Come Over by Jaco Pastorius”. We received great feedback from that video and a couple of people requested me to break […]
YT241 – 6 Reasons Why This Paul McCartney Bass Line is Genius (“Letting Go” by Wings)
Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here! Last Saturday on June 25th, 2022, I’ve been glued to the TV watching Paul McCartney’s EPIC two hour 15-minute set at Glastonbury. I was reminded then how much of an extraordinary musician he is! “Letting Go” from […]
YT240 – 7 Reasons Why Every Bass Player Should Learn “Come On Come Over” (by Jaco Pastorius)
Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, it’s James! Have you been wanting to spice up your bass style? Would you like your style to be more PUNCHY, and MACHINE GUN-LIKE? Then Jaco Pastorius is the answer! Learn how to incorporate 16th note funk style, […]
YT239 – Why This Bass “Soli” is Genius (Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder)
Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here! Got a bass line for you that will surely pick you up, inspire, and motivate you because of how ridiculously FUNKY it is! A commenter from my last video noted how the cheeky bass fill from “December […]
YT238 – The Cheekiest Bass Fill Ever (December, 1963 – Oh What A Night)
Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, it’s James! Up for a new CHALLENGING bass riff? One sure way to stop growing is to stop challenging yourself. So my advice is to always push your boundaries and venture out of your comfort zone. Do this, and […]
YT237 – Simple Bass Riff That Any Old Bassist Can Play
Click Here to Download the FREE lesson PDF! Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here! I think it’s safe to say that we all have those days where we feel like we’re too old learn something new. If you ever feel that right now, well, guess what? Life is a constant cycle […]
YT236 – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Bass Cover (with Tab & Download)
Click Here to Download the FREE Notation & Tab Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here! Do you want to learn how to play one of the most famous bass lines of all time by the legendary James Jamerson, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”? I taught this song to my students in […]
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, […]
The Meters – Style Funk Groove – 3 Groove Levels – YT214
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…If there’s one style of music or bass groove I could play all day long, it would be a dirty funk.Today I want to share with you 3 dirty funk grooves inspired by George Porter […]