Here's a video showing the bass guitar beginner how to play bass to Billie Jean by Michael Jackson: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfXTLjUs0dQ … [Read more...]
Video Lesson – Time Is Tight by Booker T And The MGs
Here's a video showing the bass guitar beginner how to play Duck Dunn's bass line to Time Is Tight: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h2RC3LYAAo … [Read more...]
What A Successful Bass Student Needs To Progress – The Three ‘P’s
So imagine the scenario: you're new or reasonably new to the bass. You've got yourself a shiny new Precision bass and you've can pick out a few notes here and there. Maybe a friend has shown you some … [Read more...]
Money Songs For Bass
This post - and list - came about due to a chat via email with Gilbert - HE called a certain type of song a 'money song.' So What Is A Money Song? In Gil's words, a 'money song' is a song that a … [Read more...]
BB King – Ain’t Nobody Home – Bass by Pino Palladino
Here's a great track from B.B. King's Deuces Wild album.? The bass line is played by the one and only Pino Palladino - in fact I have a memory that I read somewhere that this was where Pino first met … [Read more...]
Quote From Suzuki
So if you've seen any of today's blog posts you'll know I'm researching and reading about the Suzuki Method of music teaching. I'm reading a book that Suzuki himself wrote called HOW TO TEACH … [Read more...]
Thoughts On Suzuki Method (1)
Here's a video by a violin player talking about the Suzuki Method. httpv://youtu.be/u1-LcxNdccI If you don't know anything about the Suzuki Method of Teaching, in a nutshell: It's aimed … [Read more...]
The Graceland Style – 3 Years Before Graceland!
I've been listening to Graceland by Paul Simon a lot recently.? And I remembered an album - called Zulu Rock - by a French singer called Lizzy Mercier Descloux. In particular this track - Queen of … [Read more...]
Paul gilbert – Scarified – Great Song – Great Bass Playing!
Here's the Paul Gilbert tune Scarified....great tune and great bass line - loving the unison tapping line at around the 1.20 mark, and loving the unison riffs too! httpv://youtu.be/nPGA3vjMLgE … [Read more...]
