May 02 2012
Recap – Lessons 9 – 12 The good news is, I’ve past the half-way point, having more lessons behind me than in front of me. Which is a great feeling. The bad news is, these four lessons were tough on me. It took me more than a year to complete them and I must confess, …
Sep 23 2011
As you can see I have fully transitioned to the new theme and am very pleased with the results. I will continue to make minor tweaks here and there, but overall I am happy with how it has turned out. On the TMBG front, I nearly have “The Trouble with the Truth” down. I’m still …
Sep 16 2011
I spent a lot of time this week working on The Trouble With the Truth, playing through it slowly, focusing on the fills and changes, then running through it at tempo with the band. I am very happy with my progress at this point and hope to wrap up lesson 11 in the next week …
Sep 09 2011
Made some great progress on “The Trouble with the Truth” this past week. I have the main structure of the song down, but am still working on all the little fills and transitions that Roy throws in on this one. Feels like I am finally getting back on track and into a good routine. I …
Sep 02 2011
Another slow week for me. School is back in session so a lot of my time was taken up with parental duties. I’m hoping that I can get back to a somewhat regular practice routine in the next week or so. The Trouble with the Truth is coming along, just very slowly. I’m starting to …
Aug 26 2011
Continued picking at “The Trouble With the Truth” in Lesson 11 of Teach Me Bass Guitar this past week. Things are starting to flow a little easier now, but I still haven’t completely internalized it yet. My typical routine is to go through the video a couple of times then work with the written music, …
Aug 19 2011
Weekly progress report changing to Weekly Ramble
Aug 12 2011
Austin Bound is in the can, I’m on to The Trouble With the Truth. Decided to replace to pickups and electronics in my Squire P.
Aug 05 2011
Progress on Lesson 11 of TMBG, Austin Bound is just about there, moving on to The Trouble With the Truth
Jul 29 2011
Working on Lesson 11 of Teach Me Bass Guitar, mostly focusing on the tune “Austin Bound” at this point.
