May 08 2013
When practicing or playing for long periods of time we must not forget the importance of taking breaks. This is especially true if you have the luxury of practicing for many hours during the day. If you find you are practicing for long hours you should strive to take a break every 45 minutes to …
Apr 24 2013
Scott Devine’s Scottsbasslessons.com, is a free bass lesson resource I often refer to. As a subscriber to Scott’s mailing list I periodically get links to new videos he has posted. I received this one over the past weekend and thought it tied in well with last weeks post on Practicing Effectively. I highly recommend checking …
Apr 17 2013
Lately I have come to realize that I have trouble practicing effectively. I have every good intention to practice, but tend to procrastinate before doing so, looking for any excuse to delay my start. Of course this is a terrible thing to do as it cuts into my already limited practice time. Part of the …
Mar 27 2013
I have often heard that the key to achieving your goals is focus. It’s a simple concept really, but one that I can’t say that I have put much stock in, until recently that is. Lately I have found when I start to do something creative I am easily distracted. Sometimes I feel like I …
Mar 13 2013
It’s funny how sometimes you can hang on to something for a long time but never actually get around to using it until years later. Such is the case for me with Robby Garner’s book “Essential Music Theory for Electric Bass“. Honestly, I bought this book back in the mid-nineties, before the World Wide Web …
Feb 27 2013
Lesson 13 It has been a long time coming, but here at last is my humble review for Lesson 13 of Teach Me Bass Guitar. Coming in at just under an hour, Ashley kicks us off by telling us we will learn all about Diatonic Modes, how to use them, plus how to transpose into …
Jan 23 2013
As you may have noticed, I have slowed way down on my progress through the Teach Me Bass Guitar course. While I admit I have been a bit lax as of late on my studies, I am indeed still working on my lessons, specifically lesson 13. A few months ago I decide it was time …
Here’s a clip of me playing along to the backing track for the tune “Turn Down” from Lesson 12 of Teach Me Bass Guitar.
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January 21, 2013
Sep 27 2012
Hey Mom, hey Dad. Now that the kids are back in school, they’re going to be looking at which teams to join, which school clubs they’d like to try and… wait! What? Your daughter wants to learn to play the bass guitar? That’s fantastic. No, it’s not? What’s wrong? As it turns out, the music …
Jul 18 2012
Funny thing happened to me while studying music theory, after a certain point things stopped making sense to me. I was fine with Intervals, Triads, Seventh Chords, and have even improved my music reading ability, but when I started studying modes I began to feel lost. After reviewing modes a few times, and still not …
