Videos
Triads in Root Position
Okay! Let’s finally start to learn some chord shapes, shall we? We’ll begin with the easy stuff – major, minor, diminished and augmented triads in Root Position.
Floating & Planting
Here’s some more advice for getting started with chordal playing. I used to teach this to my guitar students back in the day and I know that you’ll find it helpful as well, especially if y...
Introduction to Chords
Whether or not you want to be a bassist who plays chords, I still recommend going through this series. Believe it or not, I lean more towards the “purist” side of bass playing – mean...
The Bassist’s Guide to Recording #5 – All About Plugins
In this video we’re going to talk about the basics of processing your recordings with plugins; what they are, which ones to use and whether or not you need to go and buy some. And thanks to Pres...
The Bassist’s Guide to Recording #4 – Audio vs MIDI
Before we can record anything we still need to know what we’re recording – is it Audio or is it MIDI? If this question is confusing to you then worry not! I’ll help explain it as bes...
How to Slap with EQ
There’s one last thing you’ll need to do with your bass processing before your slap lines are cutting through the mix, and that’s to add some tasteful slap EQ! And if the topic of pr...
How to Slap with Compression
When it comes to getting your slap grooves to POP in the mix, there’s no better way to do it then to use a very subtle amount of compression – and here’s how to do it! And if the top...
Warming Up – Practice with Jayme LIVE #1
Thanks for hanging with me today! I hope you’ve got some new ideas to practice, and if you want to add The Way of The Bassist to your practice routine, go pick it up here: HERE . Also – a ...
Q&A #10 – LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES, CA
Thanks for hanging with me today! Be sure to check out Hilmar on Instagram. And a special thanks to GHS Strings for sponsoring this livestream!
