thebigyin

A plank of wood with 4 nails and strings attached would be to good an instrument....what an awful racket, I can't see why guitar companies endorse such clowns, he's never progressed as a musician, as you can tell i'm not a fan.

RIP

As it reads been following Kevin on youtube all week and subscribed to the youtube channel and also signed up for monthly lessons works out about £14.77 in my humble opinion needs a bit more recognition, he's a professional Chicago based Musician and Educator some really good content on his website ranging from Triad, Modal and Pentatonic workouts through to Blues and Jazz Walking Basslines plus lots more, some great stuff on there and Kevin seems genuinely into helping you achieve your goals....well worth a gander and his Walking Basslines in my opinion are what Walking Bass is all about authentic, swinging and most importantly Musical....check him out.

5 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

As I've already posted on other related topics, it was hearing 'I Was Made To Love Her' that cemented my lifelong infatuation with the bass in general and Jamerson in particular (when I found out who he was).  This guy was in a league of his own and it's no wonder he was earning IIRC $25k a month when that was a HUGE amount of money.  I know this stuff is always subjective but I have yet to hear a Jamerson part that I can fault.  He just had that natural ability to come up with parts that set the benchmark for the song in question.

So true.

On 01/01/2020 at 16:58, chris_b said:

A Pointer sisters track from the 70's, featuring a fantastic bass part from James Jamerson.

I guess this is from his LA period. This is nothing like his Motown tone, but sounds equally good IMO. Impeccable playing a fat punchy tone. I can't see why those producers didn't like him.

Enjoy.

 

Big Jamerson fan the reason I picked up the Bass....he sounds so different on this track and it's well documented about his falling out of favour with producers, personally if you hadn't pointed out this was Jamerson I would of never thought it was him, I prefer the old Jamerson tone but that's what I love about him he remains in my opinion the best ever....RIP.

Just the one ESP PT-4 signature....Jazz configuration lovely Bass.

On 31/03/2020 at 09:51, musicbassman said:

There you go.  One of these.

Slice off the green scourer bit at the base with a Stanley knife (Careful!)  You'll have to experiment a bit to find out what thickness of sponge you need to suit both your bass and the amount of damping you want.

 

Edit: Forgot to mention that I've found you may need an additional thickness under your B string on a 5'er.

 

Does the job perfect I cut them across longest length into 3 roughly inch strips and used to shove one tight upto bridge as possible you still get some clarity yet dulls the tone off enough to get that nice muted tone...does me and I don't change or clean my strings either....I got the nickname 'Sponge Bob' lol when a fellow bassist see me playing my Bass....haven't played for awhile now so just noodling at home for past few years but no foam mute at moment as my style as changed somewhat I tend to play over bridge pick up lately I used to hate that treblier sound but my whole outlook as changed and tend to prefer it now......I think it's watching Bassists like Rufus Philpot and the more modern approach has rubbed off on me.

40 minutes ago, ead said:

Leo Lyons of 10 Years After and more recently Hundred Seventy Split deserves a mention.

Andy Fraser of Free too.

How did I forget Andy Fraser.....Free are one of my favourite bands of all time.

Tommy Shannon, Johnny B Gayden, Keith Ferguson all spring to mind and can all lay down a great groove and swing 

Hi Folks,
Anyone purchased the above Course and there thoughts please wanting to experiment with Walking Bass Lines to improve my playing your views very much appreciated, thanks.

Welcome Dawn lot's of stuff on youtube for learning and plenty of great advice on site....some recommended viewing Talking Bass, Scott's Bass Academy, Ariane Cap, Jamie Lewis, Daric Bennett, Greg Hager all offer beginner, intermediate to advanced lessons covering all aspects, above all enjoy the journey best of luck.

14 minutes ago, kusee pee said:

Indeed, sorry for any confusion.  The keyboard made it look obvious.  Transferring it to the bass was much harder.  Hence I gave up and am in need of a refresh.

Know what you meant Kusee Pee....I was referring to I haven't learnt them in all 12 keys just a few.....it's all well and good learning the shapes but it's putting them to good use and making music out of them but enjoying the challenge.

36 minutes ago, CameronJ said:

I think @kusee pee meant keys as in piano keys - i.e. having the keyboard laid out in front of you makes it easier to visualise note relationships given its linear orientation.

Yes I know....I was referring to the modes in the 12 keys I have only learnt them in a few keys, i'm only scratching the surface at the moment

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

I started taking  bass theory more serious about 4 years ago, and the more I learned the more things started to make sense , and it’s now part of my practice routine in one form or another, imo @thebigyin it’s time well spent .

Thanks I agree.

47 minutes ago, kusee pee said:

Very good use of your time.  I need to do the same!  I never understood modes until my Mum recently showed me on the piano.  When you have the keys in front of you it makes total sense!

I have only learnt the modes in a couple of keys but still got to learn how to apply them, that's the problem with me but it's slowly coming together best of luck.

49 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

Have you ever done any of the graded exams?

I wondered if I'd be about G1 or 2 from self teaching but truthfully speaking even that might be optimistic.  I picked up the books for those grades and had an awful flashback to the Bert Weedon Play in a Day book that put me off guitar many years ago.

They're still on a shelf somewhere.

Good luck.  I would like to think I'd have the will to apply myself but music is more of an occupational therapy for me.  Once schooling becomes part of it the joy goes.

I know what your saying there but I felt I had to do something or pack up for good....having not played for years it seemed the right thing to do for myself, if I had the knowledge and was good enough would of loved to teach Bass and trawling through the endless online lessons ect and the so called importance of theory I thought why not give it a bash and believe it or not have enjoyed learning some basic theory and feel it's improved my outlook...time will tell, best of luck.

17 minutes ago, owen said:

One of the interesting things about dealing with people who are experienced players but not theory friendly is that they actually do know a lot but do not know the correct labels.

Aye I know some really good musicians but like myself the word 'Theory' sends them into panic mode lol, but it's nice to try learn some basics I have only just learnt what a II V I is ect….I was familier to a standard blues I IV V but now I've learnt the meaning of intervals it's all making sense.

29 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

A big 'thumbs up' on this, and 'Well Done' on at least trying to get a handle on all of it. One is not required to be a working muso to want to get to grips with this, much as one doesn't have to be a pilot to make model 'planes. It's a never-ending subject, with the promise that there'll always be another page to turn. It does become fascinating, I found, once one or two of the pennies 'drop'. For my part, I entertain no hope whatever of ever being able to play even 1% of what I've learnt over the decades, but I still continue to read through stuff well above my pay-grade, and enjoy mentally fitting it all together.
Be warned: it's a slippery slop which, if you're not very careful, may, eventually, lead you down that most dangerous of rabbit holes: jazz..! 

Thankyou just trying my way through 'Autumn Leaves' just R 5th at moment only started today seems to be the go too standard for beginners in this field only worked on first half of song just getting a feel for it love the chord sequence moves lovely.

Hi Folks,

This last few months I have started dabbling in a bit of Theory nothing intense just trying to better myself, unfortunately my job doesn't permit me to rehearse for a band anymore so haven't played 'live' for a good few years, so rather than give up which I almost did....I started learning a few bits which I could never grasp before, like modes, chord tones, intervals ect….still just scratching the surface but the penny slowly starting to drop (I hope) like chord construction I never knew a chord was made up in intervals of thirds ect….I learnt my basic triad arpeggios years ago but adding the 7th, 9th, 11th ect just count up 3....I was a very late starter about 40 and after 17 years of playing these things are only just registering, took me ages to learn modes could never grasp it initially....I have tried showing or talking to a couple of muso mates but they scoff at me when I say do you know this, that or the other blah, blah, i'm finding it quite interesting but don't want to get to OTT just enough to maybe one day be able to play some interesting walking basslines, still a huge amount to learn but after not picking my Bass up for years I decided about Christmas time to give it one last bash and feel at long last i'm making some progress....good luck to all who might be in the same boat.

Little Ghetto Boy.....Willie Weeks on fine form from the Donny Hathaway Live lp.

It's not my Bass....it's me that rattles lol, sorry I couldn't resist.

16 hours ago, Grangur said:

Another life-time member of SBL here. For those who've seen Scott's YouTube content from the last few years and been turned right off; I'm with you completely. Scott's drivel he keeps spouting in those vids is awful, but when you get into the serious paid-for content from Scott and the other tutors in the "SBL academy" its very different.

Another tutor I've been to for lessons was Rufus Philpot. I had a series of 1-to-1 Skype lessons from him in the USA. I picked up a few points in these, but over all he's too advanced for me to gain much from. He has loads of knowledge but he goes at such a rate I wasn't able to get too much from him, and at £90 for 45mins, he wasn't cheap.

SBL is fantastic value for money and the content is massive. You can also go at your own speed.

Very true Grangur the SBL Academy has some great information I regularly take advantage of the 14 day free trial and download the pdf's that are available in the workbooks, I particularly like the Phil Mann content, I agree about Rufus brilliant and educated bassist but way over my limited skills.

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

Thanks fella. What I would like is to hear from folk is which paid courses they have actually taken and thought "this was great" and worth the investment.

I'm kinda hoping we can share actual paid-for course experiences with each other (for good or ill) and then folk who want to invest time and coin on paid courses can have a bit of a steer. @burno70's recommendation above is exactly the sort of thing I'd like to hear about!

I have the Truefire Motown Bass course by Andrew Ford some good content but I find him annoyingly boring so would give that a miss and I have 2 Fingerstyle Acoustic Blues courses by David Hamburger which are great, he's brilliant and very witty.

34 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Perfect, thanks! Hopefully a few more of us who have purchased on line courses will be along in due course with some positive recommendations.

Al have a look at Truefire they have lot's of Bass and Guitar courses with some outstanding tutors some of the Bass tutors include Stu Hamm, Ariane Cap, Andy Irvine, Dave Santos, Steve Jenkins...you can subscribe for free and this will enable you to look at certain courses ect at present there are about 50 courses covering different genres from Rock, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Latin, Walking Bass lines, Theory, Technique ect worth a gander.

51 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Any particular paid courses you've taken which stand out?

Not paid for any courses but joined SBL, Talking Bass and Ariane's Forum type lessons there's plenty to keep one busy via there free pdf downloads I have learnt quite a bit of theory ect like chord tones, modes, intervals....Phil Mann on Scott's Bass Lessons has some great material on theory and teaches in a fun way if you take advantage of Scott's 14 day free trial at Scott's Bass Academy, good luck.