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7 Steps To Better Practice

We’re already a month into 2014 and I’m willing to bet that many of us who made New Year’s resolutions along the lines of ‘I’m going to do more practice’…

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Categorised as Gear / Advice, LessonsTagged bass, effective practice, motivation, practice, practice routine, practice schedule, practising, schwarzenegger, Tim Ferriss, time management

A Tribute to Dave Brubeck (and a rant about Marcus Miller)

As a little tribute to the late Dave Brubeck here’s a transcription of Paul Desmond’s sax solo on ‘Take Five’. Transcription here: Take Five solo (concert) This was actually my…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged bass solo, Dave Brubeck, free bass transcriptions, marcus miller, Paul Desmond, Slap Bass, Take Five

Rhythmic Displacement: Meshuggah’s ‘Do Not Look Down’

I have a confession to make: Although I have a deep appreciation of all things musical there’s one genre that I always come back to… metal. Proper metal. Played by…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged bass, djent, koloss, meshuggah, metal, odd-time, polymetric, rhythmic displacement, syncopation, time signature, transcriptions

Lick Recycling, Pt.2

Continuing the previously aired topic of lick recycling, here’s another borrowed lick that gets a workout from two great fretless players, Jaco Pastorius and Pino Palladino. The phrase in question…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged fretless bass, jaco pastorius, joni mitchell, paul young, pino palladino, stravinsky, weather report

Lick Recycling, Part 1

Just a brief one this time as things have been rather busy of late in preparation for heading off to Norway tomorrow for a week of gigs with Jamie Abbott.…

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Categorised as Gear / Advice, LessonsTagged bass transcription, cee lo green, frankie valli, Jamie Abbott, lick recycling, pino palladino

One from the vaults

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any fresh transcriptions, so here’s Nate Mendel’s line from Foo Fighters ‘Learn To Fly’. There’s Nothing Left To Lose was one of my…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged foo fighters, learn to fly, nate mendel

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