If you’re doing the Beginner to Badass course, you could nail the first 3 riffs by Module 6 or so. After that, I make no promises.
All the metal bass tabs + sheet music -
Spotify playlist -
What’s your favorite metal bass riff you ever learned?
*PS - it turns out Youtube doesn’t reward ‘external views’ the same way, so I won’t be posting direct video links when I first start Youtube threads. It would help me a ton if you’d click the link to the Videos page and click in from there - you guys are the kind of high-quality views that signal to Youtube “this is a good video, I will show it to many bass enthusiasts, I am a good little AI”.
Just watched it and got to say you definitely picked some finger twisters there @JoshFossgreen .
Great video and it was a solid effort at the end you beautiful shiny haired bastard
Fantastic video. It’s been great to watch your video production skills get to this level over the last few years. You really worked in the imposter syndrome and humility in a charming and very human way. Really playing to your strengths here. Loved this one, well done.
Excellent excellent and excellent.
The extra 1 week bass shred bonus level is so great.
Like a great 80s movie where you just gotta see that underdog make it to the top!!
Very fun video. Metal does have some fantastic talent.
Find it interesting today that Nemophila did a short internet concert last night where they did a cover of Sugar (posted the show in the listening video). Twice I heard Sugar today which makes it a good day.
Also as I watched I noticed Haraguchi-san only used a pick, where she mostly uses fingers, but she wanted the extra attack and was more present in the mix. Which is something you mentioned.
Watching the video again, the slight criticism I have is the bands are all quite old. Slipknot is the only one from the 90s, Been a lot of good metal in the last 30 years too.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I liked the honest “video log” elements added in here as well, they provided valuable insight into the struggles and triumphs we all have.
@JoshFossgreen So, considering the video log was started 60 days prior to the recording of the video (and the fact that your call out for “iconic bass riffs” was not too long ago), I think its safe to assume that there’s another metal-themed video coming? If so, I’m looking forward to it, loved that last 30 iconic funk riffs one you put up, would be awesome to see a similar treatment for metal (and other genres).
Another great video Josh. Imposter syndrome sucks. Good on you for sharing it. Sharing things like that helps people just as much as your bass lessons do!
“If you don’t get your technique down, you will die.”
This could be the kind of motivation I need. Someone just standing there with a shotgun screaming “NOW PLAY BILLIE JEAN! PLAY IT OR DIE, MOTHERF****R!!!”
Great selection Josh, really cool. I throughly enjoy you also include your shortcomings, fears and failures. Other bass teachers just stare straight at the camera while playing intricate stuff and you often feel like a right amateur with no desire to continue. With videos like this, I still feel like an amateur but I’m having fun with it.
