Learn songs not scales
In February 2010 I released my first ever Bass Book....entitled BASS HANON. This was a collection of Piano Exercises arranged for bass. It sold reasonably well but I was never happy with it and … [Read more...] about Why I Pulled My First Ever Book….Bass Hanon
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...] about How To Practice Songs You Already Know….Without Your Bass?
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...] about How To Improve Your Bass Playing When Going Over Songs You Already Know (Part 3)
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...] about How To Improve Your Bass Playing When Going Over Songs You Already Know (Part 2)
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...] about The Catch 22 For Bass Players When Learning Songs…
...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...] about Practice Quotes 3 – “You don’t have to practice everyday…
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...] about Practice Quotes 2 – Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect…
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...] about Practice Quotes 1 – Don’t Mistake Activity With Achievement
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...] about How NOT To Get Sacked From A Band (Part 1 of 3)
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...] about Soundslice – A Quantum Leap Forward For Bass Players In Learning Songs?
