My name is Gaston. I’m originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina but I moved to Aspen CO 8 years ago to enjoy the skiing, mountain biking and fresh air these hills have to offer.
I started playing guitar about 10 years ago (self taught and honestly never passed the intermediate skill level) but a year ago or so I picked up a bass for my first time and pretty much it was love at first pluck.
I already played at some open mics with a guitar player and a singer and it wasn’t too bad! Taught myself with YouTube and tabs and it was about 2 months ago that I stumbled into Josh’s videos.
I tried to get into the course since then but working two jobs made it a little difficult to find the time.
Since we have to quarantine and ride this virus that recently came upon humanity I figured I would do something good for my community and for myself by anchoring my ass to the chair and go through the beginner to bad ass course to better myself and learn all the right techniques and good practices from scratch.
Just bought the course and started yesterday. It already seems to me that I landed into a great community for what I’ve seen so far.
Happy to support your work Josh, you seem to be a genuinely good guy. I’m hoping to make the most out of your experience and lessons!!
Stay healthy everyone out there. Let’s save the world by playing bass!!!
You are the first person to openly claim they started the course due to COVID-19. Which is particularly interesting to me since I made a prediction we would see a spike in new people because of the virus. What very weird times we are in.
I hope more people shows up to the course or to whatever other thing they always wanted to do and never found the time for, instead of sitting on the couch and binge through news and Facebook all day long.
This could be a good time to tap into the artist we all have inside but never get around to nourish.
Not sure how to start a thread…but I would like to say that first and foremost I am enjoying this course and really getting a lot out of it. On a completely different note I would like to commend you Josh on your newfound pursuit in the world of Martial Art. I first began studying Martial Art in 1967 in Augusta Georgia. The style was called Shotokan. An Okinawan form of Karate. This was long before the “Kung Fu” Bruce Lee explosion of the 70’s. And on that note I was blessed enough to be able to watch Bruce Lee as Kato in the Green Hornet on TV when I was growing up. Serious inspiration at an early age. Not to mention his films which I got to see at the theater (long before even VHS). Long story short…I have been a student of Martial Art for about 53 years now. I’ve worked as a bouncer for 28 years and a personal bodyguard for various people in Los Angeles for over a decade. I’ve studied Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Wing Chun, Muay Thai, western boxing and grappling…but my studies in JKD are where I’ve grown the most. Remember that JKD is not a style…but more of a concept. The notion of styles or fixed methods or systems goes against the very nature of JKD. I wish you the very best in your endeavors…absorb what is useful. Discard the rest.
PS…while working as a bouncer I was fortunate enough to see a lot of really good bands play. I’ve always been musically inclined I love to play drums for years. But the bass is always fascinated me. And I’ve always wanted to join a band as a bass player. Now thanks to you I can actually see that becoming a reality. Sincerely brother thank you.
I’m Chris, and I completed the Beginner to Badass course just today, and I must say first of all how impressed I am with the course. It’s just outstanding, and I just wish this course was in existence when I first bought a bass and took my first lesson back in 2002. Long story short–I took a few lessons back then, then got busy and “put my bass in the closet” literally for 18 years.
I’m 54 years old know, and I have always been fascinated with music and the talent of musicians, so it was high time to dig out the bass from the closet. I’m retired now after 25 years active duty in USAF, and my “fun job” now is as a helicopter pilot providing sightseeing flights. But since I work almost entirely in the summer time, I have plenty of time now in the off-season to scratch my musical itch.
Maybe for career #3 I should find my way into a blues band? LOL, what a fun course this has been. I can’t wait to see where this takes me next!
Hello, my name is Demetrius. I’m a beginning left handed bass player. I bought a left handed 5 string schecter stilleto studio bass to teach myself bass. It’s hard finding online lessons for left handers especially with 5 string bass guitars that have quality teachers such as yourself. How can I use your lessons using my 5 string left handed bass ? Please help as I want to be an excellent professional bass player!
Welcome @leftyschecty! I am not a lefty, but I would assume it should be straightforward for you to follow Josh’s lessons, perhaps even more straightforward than for “righties”… you “just” need to mirror exactly what Josh is doing
As for the 5-string: most online courses (if not all) are based on 4-string basses, as this is the most common variant of the instrument. For now, just ignore your B string and rest your thumb on it. For all the basic technique, you don’t need the B string, but pretty much everything you will learn also applies to the B string. So, really just ignore it as you take Josh’s course
@leftyschecty It shouldn’t be any problem at all. We have lefties taking the course and people with five string basses. Josh is also a lefty, but he chooses to play right handed.
Hello every body, my onlne name is Boyd River and I live in the UK. Gosh this is a long thread.
I am new to trying to play a musical instrument, I am over 60 and decided that I would learn to play Bass rather than guitar as there are fewer strings (thinking it would be easier beng my first mistake).
I am probably unique in that I own Two bass gutars, a right hander and a left hander. I can “play” both as badly as any other beginner . I am not truly Ambidextrous, I write with my right hand but there are one or two other things, like clapping for example where I am left hand dominant.
So I thought I would learn to play both ways to see which one would become dominant. I already can see that I can pluck with my left hand better than my right, but I strum with the right hand bass better than the left !!
All very odd to me. Josh, I am hoping to buy the course in the future but wonder if the free shipping offer is worldwide.
We have some troubling times at the moment so best wishes to everyone. Thanks for having me.
And @Boyd_River, re:shipping, best thing to do right now is probably to buy the streaming/digital version of the course! We do offer free shipping worldwide, but people sometimes get hit with customs fees, so you might want to ask Jason to skip shipping the physical Course Extras booklet and 50 Songs book. Send him a message through this form after you order - Contact Us | BassBuzz.com
Welcome Boyd! I am over 60 as well. Closer to 60yrs than 65yrs. The B2B course is the best! Josh makes it so fun and easy to learn I have an acoustic bass. One of these days I’ll plug it into an amp and see how it sounds. Again, welcome and enjoy!
The B2B course is the best! Josh makes it so fun and easy to learn