There are previous articles in this series you should ideally read if you haven’t already: First there’s the Catch 22 Of Learning Songs: The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning … [Read more...]
How To Improve Your Bass Playing When Going Over Songs You Already Know (Part 3)
There are previous articles in this series you should ideally read if you haven't already: First there's the Catch 22 Of Learning Songs: The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning … [Read more...]
How To Improve Your Bass Playing When Going Over Songs You Already Know (Part 2)
This series started with a couple of articles. Firstly I talked about the Catch 22 Of Learning Songs - you can read that here if you've not already: The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning … [Read more...]
The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning Songs…
One of the mantras I've used since I've been teaching online (wayyyy back in 2008) is to learn songs not scales. Now without going into length (which I've done before - and no doubt I'll certainly … [Read more...]
Practice Quotes 3 – “You don’t have to practice everyday…
...Just The Days That You Eat." Shin'ichi Suzuki Shin'ichi Suzuki is the guy who developed the Suzuki Method of learning for (originally) violinists and pianists. Now there are some great … [Read more...]
Practice Quotes 2 – Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect…
There are several variations of this famous Vince Lombardi quote - and we may cycle back and look at some of them in this series. But for now we're going to look at what this quote means from the … [Read more...]
Practice Quotes 1 – Don’t Mistake Activity With Achievement
If you don't know who John Wooden was, he was an acclaimed college level basketball coach. To give you an insight into how good he was, when he was UCLA they won 10 national championships in a 12 … [Read more...]
How NOT To Get Sacked From A Band (Part 1 of 3)
If you've ever had the experience of having a band let you go, or stop calling you or - the ultimate bad experience - actually 'fire' you from the Band then you know it's not a great experience. In … [Read more...]
Soundslice – A Quantum Leap Forward For Bass Players In Learning Songs?
I've recently started using a piece of technology on song tutorials in all my members areas and I wanted to give you a quick screen capture demo so you can see what I'm talking about. Before I do, … [Read more...]
Twenty 5 Minute Practice Routines For Bass Players
Here’s the background for this article: one of the subscribers to my weekly magazine First Bass And Beyond posted this in the private Facebook group that I set up for subscribers: "Paul, another … [Read more...]
