At the end of the course

[jefflangford67]

@sailorm59

I’m also struggling with what/how to practice now that I don’t have the structure of Josh’s lessons

I prefer to have a structured curriculum as well. I’m currently taking multiple courses over at Talkingbass.net.

Here’s a link to a thread on this forum on which courses to consider.

Talking Bass: course descriptions & study order

Yep. Cyborg Bassist was released after I had bought Scales. Mark created them as standalone workbooks to augment Scales or, alternatively, to be used completely on their own as a separate technique-based scale patterns etude-ish study tool. Same situation with Walking Bass and Walk that Bass: the latter was released after I had started Walking Bass. The workbook and its tunes are a great complement to Walking Bass or as standalone study for those with a working knowledge of theory, chord tone…

[StevFargan]

I concur with @howard

@howard

If you just finished - go back into the course and try the stuff you found hard again. This will help build confidence.

Repeating the course is worthwhile and rewarding.
I am currently on my fourth-go-round. I am finding the newest version of the course to be different and even better than my first three passes through the original course.
I have had a different focus/different approach each time I took the course.

1. The first time I took the course I was an absolute beginner.
2. The second time I took the course I used my graduation present to myself, a Squier Fretless Jazz Bass, to embrace fretless bass.
3. The third time I took the course I did all of the lessons and workouts using a pick.
4. The fourth and current time is even more of a pleasure on the new version of the course. I am also doing a lot more playing while seated since I spent most of my first three times standing.

The B2B course continues to be fun and I still find myself laughing at Josh’s jokes.

[BeerBaron]

First off - you’ve accomplished something big. It’s okay to take a minute to relax and let it sink in before moving on.

What are your goals playing bass? Why do you want to play bass? What are you interested in?

Josh put up a GREAT video that covers this progression, and there is a key part about finding your “Why” starting at around 4:00. (But you should watch the whole thing.)

How I Would Learn Bass (If I Could Start Over)

Let that guide you on your next steps.

You don’t have to work through the list of 50 songs. Those are suggestions, not a fixed progression.

I would spend time learning songs and working on improvising (but not necessarily soloing) to backing tracks.

But what YOU work on and how needs to be guided by YOUR motivations, desires, and goals.

[sadexpunk]

im just starting the course for a 2nd time but this time with a pick, see if i can get better with it.
alongside it ive just signed up to lukes (becomeabassist) critical mass challenge as it was only about £27 i think and im hoping it will teach me a lot more patterns and encourage me to create my own basslines.
i’ll probably just do whichever i feel like at the time. BAB is more ‘this is what i suggest you try, now have a go to the soundtrack’, whereas Josh is more comprehensive and visually better for memorising.
i think the BAB course is definitely worth it tho as its cheap (currently on offer) and like B2B its yours for ever so i can see myself revisiting it when i hit a mental block.