Josh, still refining all the items on the checklist, but, thanks to B2B, they are all completely doable! I think I’m in the land of intermediate-ness now!! Well, I know I’m not as bad as Noob Josh at least, not anymore, lol. (Could still use an intermediate/advanced beginner follow up course though )
I was nodding and smiling through most of this, but I faltered when it came to jamming with others and ear training. My ears aren’t as keen as I’d like them to be, but it’s something I’m working on.
So…
I know I’m not a noob, and I’m pretty close to being fully intermediate. Do I need to surrender my “Bad Ass Bass Gal” title and change it to “Almost Intermediate Bass Gal”?
Wow thanks for doing this! I can do them all, but I don’t routinely do them all, which tells me what I need to do next
Biggest gaps for me:
remembering scales I rarely use (blues scale primarily, I also rarely do minor pentatonic. I’m usually doing major, minor, major pentatonic, and mixolydian mode)
playing whole songs - I only do one song all the way through usually
muting (a constant work in progress)
memorizing a couple common 12-bars
faster recall of notes on the fretboard. I can point them out but it might take a moment.
tabs and chord notation I have down but I really should spend more time working on sight reading music. I can do it, but not nearly to speed. I prefer music notation over the others if I have the time to work through it, though.
This is great, thanks @JoshFossgreen. I’m still a beginner (just learned the pentatonic scale last night )
Here is my attempt a “Create your own bass line.” It took me a couple of times through progression before I settled in (also, it sounds much better with the drums and guitar )
@JoshFossgreen, another excellent video . . . very entertaining, well thought out, and a great review/recap of your B2B course! It is definitely helpful because it helps me focus on what I should be working on.
I think I can do most of the checklist, but am still very weak in music theory and find myself frequently going back to review terminology, etc. My major weaknesses are inability to read music, and remembering things. My fretting technique has improved, but I still need more work with my pinky.
I spend most of my time trying to emulate John Entwistle (My Generation, The Real Me, Another Tricky Day, Won’t get Fooled Again) and I have definitely picked up lots of speed and greatly improved plucking technique and legato, but I still can’t do “Billie Jean”. Go figure
All in all, I’d rate myself an “Advanced Beginner” . . .
Thanks for your video (and I also left you a thumbs up on the Tube).
Easiest solution would be that Josh allows downloads for this post; once he does that, a download button should be visible just below the player window in SoundCloud
Second easiest would be to use a (video) downloader app, such as, e.g., Downie (for Mac), which is a little app that “extracts” video and/or audio from webpages
The Audacity hack didn’t work for me, as the Mac version of Audacity apparently won’t let you choose your speakers as input source.
Josh, @JoshFossgreen, we wanna be able to download your track to make playalongs, can you go into your SoundCloud, click on the page for the track itself, then click Edit, scroll to the Permissions tab, then click Enable Direct Downloads, then, hit Save Changes. It’ll make it a whole lot easier to grab your file, and then lay our bassline on top of it! Rock on!
This is really super helpful as a mirror for those of us who think they are (or should be) “intermediate” players, but haven’t really gauged that in a more systematic way!
I wish I could just tick off all seventeen items, but, alas, that list reminds me (conveniently and painfully) of my remaining shortcomings and also a few “blind spots” I need to work on more!
Love those bass line challenges - will come back with my attempt soon-ish
that was awesome Josh! I still have a lot more work to do ( still doing the Beginner to Badass course), but the video is a really good resource and point of reference for something to aim for. Your YouTube content has been fantastic and you are putting so much effort in to the videos and I smile when I see that a new video has dropped. Keep them coming!
@JoshFossgreen What a very timely video as I’m in the middle of restructuring my goals and practices to help me move forward and get where I want to be. Thank you, for this.
Yes, the original sound sample most likely lends itself much better to my “style”… it is probably impossible to put a post metal/sludge bass line on this
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Rock on!
