Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Click Here To Download The FREE Lesson PDF Hey, James here…About a year or so ago a student sent me a video of himself playing that awesome bass line ‘Play That Funky Music’Let’s call him Kev.In fact Kev is his real name.Kev sounded awesome. Great groove, […]
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The Chicken for ‘Beginners’ Part 2 – Jaco Pastorius Inspired Bass Lesson – YT105
Click Here To Get The FREE The Chicken For Beginners Part 2 Bass Lesson PDF! In today’s bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to play killer bass fills using the legendary Jaco Pastorius groove from the Pee Wee Ellis Tune ‘The Chicken’. Every so often I release a bass guitar lesson which […]
How To Play I Shot The Sheriff – Eric Clapton Version – Beginner Bass Lesson YT104
Click Here To Get The FREE How To Play I Shot The Sheriff – Eric Clapton Version – Beginner Bass Lesson PDF! In today’s bass guitar lesson I’m going to show you how to simplify the Eric Clapton version of ‘I Shot The Sheriff’ into 3 core ideas. Whenever I learn a new song I’m always […]
The Chicken for ‘Beginners’ – Jaco Pastorius Inspired Bass Lesson – YT102
Click Here To Get The FREE The Chicken For Beginners PDF! In today’s bass guitar lesson we’re going to be looking at how to play the song The Chicken For ‘Beginner’ bassists. The Chicken is a funk tune by sax player Pee Wee Ellis but popularised for the bass guitar by the legendary Jaco Pastorius. Strictly […]
How to Play Funk Bass (YT089)
Click Here To Download The FREE How To Play Funk Bass PDF! Welcome to Part 3 of the Walking Bass Series… In this bass guitar lesson I’m going to talk to you through how to play funk bass guitar using the Walking Bass techniques from earlier in this series! One of the great things about […]
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 […]
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 […]