Below are video sections that you can use to help you learn the bass line for Jeff Beck's reading of I Put A Spell On You.  The bass was  played by Pino Palladino.  I’ve filmed these sections at … [Read more...]

Below are video sections that you can use to help you learn the bass line for John Mayer's Crossroads Festival version of Ain't No Sunshine.  The bass was  played by Pino Palladino.  I’ve filmed these … [Read more...]

Below are video sections that you can use to help you learn the bass line for Born Under A Bad Sign by Cream.  The bass was originally played by the great Jack Bruce of course.  I’ve filmed these at … [Read more...]

5 DAY BLUES ROCK CHALLENGE - CLICK THE IMAGE FOR MORE DETAILS   Below are video sections that you can use to help you learn the bass line for Eric Clapton's version of I'm Tore Down.  … [Read more...]

Creating your own interesting bass lines is something that I know students struggle with - one quick and easy way to create an interesting bass line is to use a technique called "bass line … [Read more...]

Here's a video showing a 12 bar blues using devices found in McCartney's early Beatles Basslines: This is from Day 1 of Cracking The McCartney Code and shows that we're using McCartney's ideas … [Read more...]

Have just added a new bonus to the Funk Soul Disco 30 Day Challenge - this will be a collection of grooves specifically written to go hand in hand with the devices and rhythms that we'll be studing in … [Read more...]