Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…If I ask a student what their biggest challenge is when it comes to becoming a better bassist… about 50% of the time there’s one answer I get:I don’t have enough time.… and 9 times out of 10 when I dig a bit […]
Technique
Ultimate Speed Drill For Intermediate Bassists – YT147
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Whenever folks ‘graduate’ from being a beginner to intermediate bassist they normally face a new set of challenges.The bass lines get harder, the chord sequences get more complicated…… and you need to be able to play faster.In today’s lesson I’m going to share […]
The 3 Step Formula To Play Bass Lines In Minutes – YT146
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Have you ever had the feeling that music is something you’ll just never quite ‘get’?You might be surprised to hear me say I’ve experienced that feeling so many times.Strange right? I’m supposed to be the teacher here…But rewind 20 years when I was […]
DO THIS Every Single Day (Master Your Bass Guitar Neck) YT145
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…5 weeks ago we made a ‘big move’.Vicky, Oliver and I ‘upped sticks’ and moved a couple of hours away to a lovely part of the UK called The New Forest.Every weekend we’ve been jumping in the car and just exploring, getting to […]
4 Bass Guitar Drills You Should Do Each Day – YT144
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…One of the things bass players ask me time and time again is what do you practice?… and that’s a tough question because certainly before the lockdown it was always changing.That’s because I was always moving from gig to gig which would require […]
5 Legendary Beginner Bass Guitar Player Mistakes – YT143
Click Here To Get The FREE Bass Player’s Action Pack Hey, James here…Yesterday I was thinking back to 2016… Around April or May that year I started regularly publishing lessons to YouTube, June I released my first course and about the same time I started the The Bass Lab Facebook group.That was the official start to […]
How To Stop Flying Fingers On The Bass Guitar – YT116
Click Here To Get The FREE How To Stop Flying Fingers / 24 Fingers Checklist PDF In this bass guitar lesson we’re going to cover a common challenge I see, when I review videos from my coaching students, regarding How To Stop Flying Fingers. Flying Fingers is where the fretting hand fingers feel out of control […]
3 Biggest Technique Mistakes & How To Fix Them (YT082)
Click Here To Download The FREE 5 Steps To Faster Fingers PDF! In this bass guitar lesson, we will talk about the 3 biggest mistakes that bass players make and also discuss how we can fix these problems… I’ve been asking a lot of students what their biggest technique challenge are and there are 3 […]
YT071 – How To Improve Your Rhythm On The Bass Guitar
Click Here To Download The FREE How To Improve Your Rhythm On The Bass Guitar PDF! Hey, James here… In today’s lesson I want to talk about something that’s right at the core of being a bass player. Something that used to give me sleepless nights. (Seriously!) That’s rhythm. For us bass players it’s absolutely central. More often than not […]
How To Improve Strength On The Bass Guitar
Hey Groove Masters!Let’s talk about how to create a killer left hand technique… In this lesson I’m going to share one of the most important exercises I ever learnt. This idea is key to creating strength, finger dexterity and fretting hand control. Ladies and gentleman… I give you ‘The Spider’! In this video you’ll discover:A simple idea that […]