I liked the Ziggy cover.
Nice tone and good form.
well done…
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The main hallmark of this forum’s members is how judgmental they are not. Everyone just lives and lets live.
Dude, do yourself to the bone, however and whenever you want, and don’t worry about anyone else. That will work best for everyone.
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yip your right…
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Pretty much this. About 99% of the time we meet this goal, but always strive for it. We’re all on our own respective paths, at our own respective paces, towards our own respective goals.
There’s a lot of support and encouragement offered here by and for folks at all different levels of proficiency, without a lot of unsolicited criticism and judgment.
It’s one of the reasons why this place is bar-none one of the best corners of the Internet, and why we work diligently to keep it that way.
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I got my number by looking at the cost located under the course advert and roughed it out and have redone it again come to approx. the same number. I didn’t see if they are combined or double listings, however just adding up every dollar figure on the page.
Totally regardless even at your numbers its kinda heavy for online learning, if its working for you all good please keep everyone updated.
Systematic learning is the best approach for sure.
Geeeez I may be talking myself into his course, maybe next winter…
There’s a lot to be said for providing a structure and framework to learn in. Josh and Mark are both really good at this, and it’s something you don’t get with random free content (regardless of quality), because it takes a lot more work.
Mark’s courses are excellent for this, it’s a guided approach, very collegiate in feel - not spoon feeding but still guided.
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@jefflangford67 covered it pretty well but if I were to sum it up in a single sentence I would describe it as “Applied techniques for constructing arbitrary motion through the intervals of any chord pattern, including fundamental techniques based on constructing chords by stacking thirds moving both up and down the neck.”
You get both great fundamental theory and useful applied techniques. Solid course.
Try the “StudyBass” web site. It’s a good combination of theory and practical knowledge. I used to subscribe to SBL and found it to be way to much disorganized information, and expensive as well.
If this seems to be the difficulty, I’d say it isn’t a resource that’s missing, it’s a reason and a deadline.
Sometimes private lessons help with this, because the panic of having to show up and have something worked on for the weekly appointment will drive/scare/shame/focus some people into practicing.
As a bass teacher, I’ve seen plenty of people who come and and the bass lesson is their anchor for their practice focus.
Of course, plenty of people don’t focus on the lessons, and the private teacher route does not work for them at all.
Playing with other people can help with focus/application as well.
It gives you the list of things to work on (the songs to play) and the schedule to work on it by (the rehearsal/jam/gig).
I fully understand the challenge of not being able to focus.
There’s an infinite number of things to potentially focus on!
I do this with my own progress and studies.
Buying new courses works when I’m focused and I have time to dedicate.
When I am not focused, the only thing that works is a real-life application with deadlines and accountability.
Not sure how this resonates with you, but this has been my experience!
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I don’t have an issue practicing but my ADHD brain tends to bounce all over the place and I’ve got a hard time setting up a practice routine. I think I found a local bass tutor that I’m looking to set up sessions with in a month or so (finishing putting my pedal boards together before I focus my music allowance on lessons). I did some digging through her bio and she’s the bassist / singer in a local riot grrl band and lists some of my favorite bands as influences (Cure, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, etc.). Plus she’s got a BA in music. These aren’t guarantees that she’ll be the teacher I need but I think it’s a good start. Looking forward to the structure tbh. I do better when I have some accountability.
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Slow down there, tiger. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is learning anything. Set up a practice regimen (roughly 30-40 minutes daily) and start learning to read the notes. I strongly urge you use the 3-part Hal Leonard book that has the CDs in it and plod along from beginning, learning the notes and the hand techniques as you progress… With a pencil and a hot-liner, make notes and underline as you go along. Use a piece of cardboard to block out the note names where you find them and always try to memorize them as you go along. Forget “learning songs” for now and concentrate on the basics in the Hal Leonard book. Just stick with the book and progress at your own speed. Also, learn what notes are on each string on each of the dotted frets. This takes time and patience; keep at it --even if it seems glacially slow. It will all pay big dividends dow the line. Don’t jump around from course to course and book to book and website to website. In the end that’s counterproductive. Now get going.
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