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You Have to Move with the Music

I don’t care who you are or what kind of music you play; if you don’t move with the music then 1. your groove is suffering and 2. your band is bored with you and 3. your audience is too.

Develop your clock: Internal Timing Exercise

This is perhaps my FAVORITE exercise to work on with my private students. It starts out pretty easy but gets pretty intense relatively quickly, so enjoy!

Rhythmic Accent Displacement

Are you good at 3rd grade math? If so, then you’ve got what it takes to do what I’m going to show you in this video.

Rhythmic Syncopations

Syncopations are the best! It’s one of the best things to do in music and it’s also purely magical when it happens between the band unintentionally. And once you’ve finished this les...

Improvising with Pentatonic Scales: Major Chords

Let’s continue our discussion that we start last week about using pentatonic scales in ways that most other people don’t. But today we’ll target major chords instead of minor chords.

Roadie Bass Automatic Guitar Tuner

Here’s a really cool gadget called the Roadie Bass Tuner, and I was delighted to review it here at TheBassist.net! It’s a robot bass tuner that tunes your bass for you! Thankfully it’...

Improvising with Pentatonic Scales: Minor Chords

I love Pentatonic scales! But even more than that, I love using them in ways that most other people don’t. Here’s some of my favorite unconventional uses for Pentatonic scales over minor c...

How to Create a Successful Practice Routine

I’m always on the hunt for the best ways to practice, well, anything! Music, fitness, life; I just want to be the most efficient human that I can possibly be. Don’t you? This video represe...

My Personal Warm-Up Routine: The Way of The Bassist

So now you know how to create your own successful practice routine, since you already watched the last video. But every good routine, be it for music or fitness or whatever, begins with a good warm-up...