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Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…So it’s time for the second video in our new series “Simple, Funky Bass Lines For Beginners”.This week I’ve got TWO bass lines for you… and we’re going to be focusing on two techniques: note length & using space (or …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…It’s so true…… and the longer I’ve been playing bass the more I see how right Dave was…I’ve told this anecdote a million times but I keep coming back to it time and time again.Back in 1993 A friend of …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…Like many working musicians gig’s have just started coming back over the last 6 weeks…… and I’m super grateful to have played with some fantastic musicians over the last few weeks.Here’s the thing…If I’m to be a little vulnerable I …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…Back in 1990 I discovered an extraordinary musician that definitely made me want to be a bass player…He was playing with one of my idols, Eric Clapton; in front of an audience of a hundred thousand people; used a monster …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…No matter how long I’ve been playing the bass guitar I’m always discovering those little runs, fills or grooves which just sound downright sexy.Normally I stumble upon them by accident and think where did that come from?Here’s the curious thing:There’s …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…So one of the biggest challenges I see many students face is they are “stuck in just one or two areas of the fretboard”I’ve been there too.However there’s a whole fretboard out there to explore.By far the most effective way …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Once in a while I stumble across a bass player who has never quite got the credit he or she deserves… yet they’re masters of the instrument.I’ve always been a massive fan of the bass lines in Jackson’s early records. Many of these were played by the great …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Every so often when I’m cruising around YouTube I stumble across something truly poignant. Something that makes you really appreciate greatness.This happened to me last week when I discovered Bernard Edward’s final performance live with Chic in Budokan in 1996.I was so moved watching it… (especially when I learned …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…So guys… I’ve gotta know how are you enjoying our ‘Reacts & Analyses’ series where I take apart some of the greatest bass lines in the world?Good I hope… I’m having an ABSOLUTE blast.Every so often a bass player comes along and turns electric bass playing upside down.A …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Who is a James Jamerson fan?Jamerson in my mind is the godfather of modern eclectic bass playing.He undoubtedly paved the way for guys like Jaco Pastorious. Marcus Miller and Rocco Prestia with his work on Motown Records in the 1960s.So for Part 3 of the my new ‘Reacts …
