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What Does the Bass Actually Do?
We’ve talked about a lot of the fundamentals of bass playing over the past few videos – but one thing we haven’t touched on yet is what the bass ACTUALLY does in an ensemble. Well to...
How to Sync with Drum Fills when Playing Live
Hi qbass600, thank you! I’ll do my best to help elaborate on this for you. First, let’s establish group-performed music as two scenarios: Orchestrated and Improvised Music. Orchestrated Mu...
How to Hear the Kick Drum Better
Hi SanDanV! First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to share your excitement, experience and question with me. I’m very happy that you were able to hear a difference between the “Poo...
Locking with the Kick Pattern
These are some of my favorite go-to tips and tricks for getting the gig, keeping the gig and getting called back for more gigs. I learned them the hard way (maybe my next series will be called How NOT...
Syncing-Up with Drum Fills
Here’s something that I was sort of sneaky about last week, and I did this without even telling you that I was doing it. I’ll take a moment right now and explain what it was that I was doi...
More Than Kick Patterns
Remember when I said “Let’s pretend this is true” when I was talking about Kick Patterns being gospel? Well, time to stop pretending.
Playing Off the Kick
I bet you thought we were done talking about Kick Patterns, huh? NOPE! Not yet!
Playing with Simple Kick Patterns
I promise, this is the last time we’ll be dedicating an entire week to talking about the Kick Pattern.
CONCERNING BASS PICKUPS: A COMMENT RESPONSE
Hi Luis, thank you very much for following me on YouTube. I’m glad you’re enjoying the material! Gear can be a touchy subject, because it is highly subjective; what works great for one per...