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Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…So I’m just on the ‘final descent’ finishing brand new book “The Essential Guide To Blues Bass Guitar”… which will be hitting the world over the next 6 weeks or so.Writing this book has reminded me how playing Blues Bass just has to be one of the most …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack https://youtu.be/Zg9uQh1iHGsHey, James here…Back in 2000 I taught my very first bass student.It was a daunting moment because I wondered… What on earth am I going to teach him?His name was Steve.He could already play pretty well.However his fretting hand was letting him down… I could see there was too much movement …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack https://youtu.be/Zg9uQh1iHGsHey, James here…The tuner now stays clipped to my headstock much of the time and now I don’t need to carry around a pedal tuner and all the extra cabling.Back in 2016 when I first started eBassGuitar I can still clearly remember one of the first ever comments I got …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack https://youtu.be/Zg9uQh1iHGsHey, James here…So there’s one thing that gives the bass ‘the edge’ over so many other instruments…Now I’m not talking about the lead guitarist from U2 😉I’m talking about the thing which makes it considerably easier to learn compared to so many other instruments.The reality is it is our bass …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack https://youtu.be/Zg9uQh1iHGsHey, James here…I think every instrument is cool in it’s own way.I think every instrument has a concept or musical idea which is easy to play… and just sounds super cool.You could almost call it an instrument’s ‘signature sound’.The bass guitar is no different.There are certain things you can do …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack For this week’s video we have an excerpt of episode 2 of eBassGuitar’s latest project called Real World Bass Heroes. Our special guest is none other than Scott Devine of Scott’s Bass Lessons! In this this interview you’re going to learn: – Why core repertoir & knowing ‘all the tunes’ is important – How …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…In the bass world there’s a lot of talk about bass guitars (naturally)…There’s a lot of talk about amps…But not so much about the gadgets or ‘essentials’ which make everything work.Here’s the thing…Regardless of whether you’re playing at your local church or in Madison Square Garden there are …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Are you anything like me…Do you love those trouser flapping low notes?I certainly do… especially when I’ve got a big, loud amplifier behind me and a 5 string bass.Yes, you heard that right.A 5 string.Now it’s not often you see me with a 5 string… but my back …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…So last week I interviewed the incredible British bassist Ian King and he is an absolute master of adding those ‘sexy notes’.You know those subtle little bass notes which make your jaw drop.In the interview he also mentioned a device he uses called ‘The Major Blues Scale’.Here’s the …
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…So it’s time for something completely different…In fact the start of a brand new project called:“Real World Bass Heroes”This is an interview series which shares the stories of the extraordinary bassists that are the backbone of our business.Some of the guys I’m talking to you will have heard …