SBL Funk Accelerator

[colleya]

I'm usually almost pathologically resistant to paid for courses.  However after years of playing in rock/indie I joined a funk/soul band and felt painfully exposed.  Phrasing wasn't right, felt awkward and not in the pocket etc etc. 

 

I bit the bullet and realised that spending money on a new bass/amp/pedal wasn't magically making me a better player (still fun though) so I signed up

 

Three weeks in, I'm pretty impressed.

I like the structure that releases a section a week rather than full access to everything.  Resources, videos and backing tracks are excellent quality.  The live sessions are fun and focused.  Feels well scaled so far - lots of stuff I've seen go from root notes to 7/8 mixolydian Swedish folk fusion leaving a massive 'how the hell did they do that?' gulf in the middle.

 

Am I motivated to practice more? Yes

Is my practice more focused? Yes

Is my timing improving (probably as a result of the above)? Yes

Is my phrasing improving? Starting to

Can I do stuff I couldn't before? Yes

Could I have learned most of this stuff for free piecemeal on the Internet? Probably

Do they send waaaaay too many emails? Good lord yes

Was it expensive? It felt it, but if I break it down into 14 (the length of the course in weeks) then probably not really.

Has the rest of the band noticed? Very funny (but it's only week 3 so I still have hope)

 

If anyone else is doing the course then I'd be interested in how you're finding it.  If you're thinking about these courses then hopefully this might help a bit.