Welcome Riu
The best course after Bassbuzz Is Mark on talkingbass.com
Watch the youtube video - when talking bass met bassbuzz
and make up your own mind.
As far as smashing your computer up thats a different issue and personally I would say get stress or even anger managment help. Stress is the single biggest barrier to learning. Manage your stress n anxiety and boost your learning 1000 fold.
I been there - peace bro - go check out talkingbass.
I had to give up SBL due to money problems, but I personally quite liked the course. Obviously there’s context to that opinion, and each to their own. I liked the stuff that was culturally very different from what I’m used to - anything rooted in Latin America, basically. But it’s not for everybody.
I was gonna get the B2B course to run alongside, but yeah, money problems.
Leonard’s Bass books didn’t work for me without an instructor. I thought they might because that’s what my guitar instructor used. That’s when I started shopping and bought the B”B course. Smart decision!
Yeah, they are very skimpy on explanations. I found that I had to go outside and look for more information one what they were showing. But the exercises were good. Even with BB you have to complement with a theory book and exercises with the metronome, etc.
You probably need to curb your expectations at this early stage of playing. One thing worth mentioning is that, even though you’ve completed a course called Beginner To Badass, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a badass.
Any instrument will require a MASSIVE amount of practice and it can be several, or many, years before you feel even slightly accomplished. That’s just the reality of it. You can’t rush the process. For that reason, you need to be practicing material that is at your level. That level is easy to find because you just try playing different things until you know what you can and can’t play.
Online courses are useful but they are TOTALLY dependent on you doing the work yourself. I say this as creator of TalkingBass - an online education platform. I know that the student has to approach their learning as a self-taught/tutor-taught hybrid. This can make things a little tricky from time to time because it’s down to you to seek out the study that is right for you.
I’m friends with both Josh and Scott (SBL). Scott and I went to music college together and come from the same town. They are both phenomenal at what they do. SBL is a great platform. You will just need to more direction to the correct material for you level.
One thing I do like to do with TalkingBass is discussion with anyone looking to join up. I’ll answer questions about the courses and ask for details of your level, experience and goals. That way I can direct you to right course for you (or the correct progression of courses).
It sounds like a little direction and guidance would have helped you getting started at SBL. Some people don’t need it and just jump in successfully, but obviously that’s not always the case.
As you might have noticed, the online bass space is a very close knit and friendly place. Myself, Scott, Josh, Phil Mann, Janek, James Eager, Daric Bennett, Ariane Cap, Joe Hubbard, Luke at Become A Bassist are all buddies. That community is something I really love about doing what I do.
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One thing worth mentioning is that, even though you’ve completed a course called Beginner To Badass, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a badass.
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How dare you sir. I have the online medallion and everything. lol
I’m kind of dumb, but I get confused by which person is actually Scott, like the skinny dude or the ginger? Are they both Scott? It’s a mystery.
Scott Devine is the founder of SBL. He’s the affable bald guy sporting glasses and gloves.
Similar to how something can be hard one day, but after sleeping on it, it becomes easier. Your brain needs some time to “process” what you learned.
But it is important to remember that if you can play it well at speed, it won’t challenge you and you’ll not learn as fast. Having something that you’re working on that is slightly hard, but not too hard. Work for me when learning piano and I think that this is also what makes B2B work as well.
Mark addresses that when he said:
I don’t think Mark is suggesting to solely play what one can already play, but to learn the limit of one’s ability in order to be comfortable moving on from the doable to more challenging tunes, studies, etc., if any of those are goals or of interest to a player.
Thanks! Is the other guy named Scoot too?
The other guy is Ian.
Ah hah, thanks!
Totally agree! The books would be a good addition now that my knowledge has progressed.
The better/more experience I get the more I like SBL. I went from Bassbuzz to Talking bass to SBL. I still use and like all 3 but have been spending more and more time with SBL.