...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...]
How To Program A Chordal Metronome Using Band In A Box
When bass players are learning new material it’s a common practice technique to play along with a slow drum groove or metronome once that material has been learned, and then to work whatever it is … [Read more...]
How To Effectively Learn Song Riffs Using ‘Slow Down’ Methods
Using The ‘Slow Down’ Features Of The Tascam Bass Trainer (or other software) To Learn A Song The Tascam Bass Trainer is one of my favourite pieces of hardware. It’s a practice amp, tuner and … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – Wonderwall
Here's a video lesson teaching the main parts of the bass line to Wonderwall by Oasis. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VShRton72E … [Read more...]
Book Review – Ultimate Slap Bass
Ultimate Slap Bass is a 206 page book - with two CDs - that aims to be a definitive guide to the slap bass technique and ALSO aims to be for all levels of player, from beginner to … [Read more...]
