Love love love him!!!
Yep, Rich is a treasure. He knows his shit because he is a jazzer 
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Exactly, @joergkutter.
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Highly recommend an interview with Rich Brown 
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You might want to explore advanced tutorials and lessons available online. Look into specific genres or techniques that intrigue you, whether it’s jazz improvisation, advanced music theory, or mastering new scales. There are tons of resources out there to help you level up your musical game.
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Don’t underestimate the power of playing with other musicians. Jamming with your bandmate is an excellent way to apply what you’ve learned.
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A few months later I’m not using SBL anymore
I moved to Chords tone essentials
I like Scott content, esp. with Ian, but even thought it is great for « leisure » , I find it difficult to follow rigorously
I find Mark to be a good teacher ; also a little bit rushing sometimes but overall he makes you want to stick to the course and do the next module
The only downside, on top of rushing, is that at least in module 1 and 2 you don’t often play along with a backing track so not as « musical » as B2B.
I will probably pick another training with more « music » after this one (which could keep me busy for 10 years if I would do everything Mark suggests)
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This is exactly my thing with Scott. Great guy, great content, not the teacher for me
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I’ve got 3 lessons to go before I finish B2B. They’re all slap lessons, and I’m really not that interested in slapping (although I am a completionist, so I plan on knocking them out to this weekend). I picked up the technique builder course at Talking Bass today, and figured I’d check it out a little before I started on those last slap lessons in B2B. Three hours later, I’m still working on perfecting etude #1 and my fretting hand is cramped up. This course really feels like the spiritual successor to B2B. It’s starting off simpler than where Josh leaves his course, but Mark really drills in perfecting a piece before you move on and tbh… I really kind of needed that. I can blow through a lot of the fast workouts, but they don’t sound good and my technique goes to poo in the process.
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Technique Builder is a great course. Kudos for jumping onboard.
Currently having a lot of fun with talkingbass on chord tones essential
Will probably buy another talkingbass module - putting technic builder on the list !
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Know what you mean, but if I’m not practicing with my band, like you jam with your buddy, then im finding spotify brilliant. If i find some songs i like, i put them on, and leave Spotifys algorithm to keep coming up with similar stuff, then i just leave it going and grab my bass and play along to everything. I find it helps bridge the gap when you just want to play but havent got anyone around. And playing with other people is always the best and this is a fairly good substitute.
Granted, its just a way of keeping up technique etc but its amazing what you discover. I’m doing it right now. Ive just listened to Rodney Yates by David Holmes and worked out the bass line. It’s a really cool bassline.
Try it!
Tip, it’s basically an A# octave run up and down over and over, but listen to it for a bit first so you get which notes are being played and the syncopation. It’s such a super fun bassline to practice and have fun with.
Now lets see what comes next!
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Funnily enough, next up was Original by Leftfield, and thats pretty much the same - octave stuff again but start in A.
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Hello
time for spring sales on talking bass !
I have done
- B2B off course
- Chords essentials from TB
I was wondering if I should get
- Technique Builder - I like the short video description
- Groove trainer (1 & 2, or just 2) - I’m tempted as it sounds like I’ll be playing music
- Both
Any advices ?
thanks !
@GGWAW
Straight after I finished b2b I got the technique builder and the chord tone essentials from TB
The technique builder was a bit above my level and I struggled a bit with that, so I put that aside for a while and now I’m doing the chord tones and groove builder.
Groove builder is a good course , you get to play cool grooves and get some explaining about rhythm and chord progression in that groove, a nice follow up on b2b
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Like Qenden, I got the Technique builder. I’m finding that rather than a good follow up to B2B, it’s better for correcting any bad habits that you pick up and maybe better as a 2nd / 3rd course after B2B. I’m doing Groove trainer atm and I plan on picking up Chord and Scale essentials while the sale is going on, then rounding back to technique builder to check myself after that. Should keep me busy for a few months until we get another sale. By then I’m planning on (hoping) I’ll be at a point where I can benefit from the ear training, sight training, and music theory courses.
@markjsmith is having a Spring Sale right now. All courses are 25% off. Jump on deals while you can. 
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Yep, they’ll most likely sit idle until I finish B2B, but I went ahead with Chord Tone Essentials, the Sight Reading bundle, and the Groove Trainer bundle. I’ve certainly got enough to keep me busy for quite some time but since the sale is on… hmmm… technique builder?
I have all of the TB courses you listed, and several others. Technique Builder is a very good course for anyone who seeks two-handed, deep-dive mastery of bass. It’s an intentional finger twister that you can sip on, and return to, for years to come. 
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