This is where I am with a few of his courses.
Maybe I am just not there yet.
I find Mark an effective teacher but I can understand this. Part of my problem is that for the course I chose (Chord Tones) I was already pretty well versed in the subject, so I didn’t continue long enough to learn much. Even so, I did learn valuable stuff, just not at the rate I was expecting from the glowing reviews here.
Even so, Mark’s in my top three bass youtubers, along with Josh and Adam Neely (who I wish would get back to roots and do more bass).
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Mark just announced their 9 year anniversary sale. 30% off all courses. Come and get `em here.
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Done and done.
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Here’s the New Year’s sale. 25% off all courses.
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hey pam, as an aside has mark stopped or dramatically slowed down his live hangs, i haven’t seen one in months?
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He seems to have canceled them, which is quite dreadful.
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was actually one of my favorite things about talkingbass, even though i usually only caught them afterwards.
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You know, Mark has a profile here on BB - you could always ask him directly, if you wanted to 
(at)marksmith
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I posted the question on the TalkingBass forum also…
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He did (or was) (or is about to) move to the states.
Maybe he’s just getting reset?
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He backed out of moving to Houston after he visited. Not sure why. He recently bought a house in the UK. Am I correct @markjsmith ?
Being someone who isn’t fond of Texas (as a place to live) I can take a few stabs as to why. 
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I lived in Dallas forr 22 years and really love the city. Don’t much care for Houston though.
I don’t like Houston at all. Don’t really care for Dallas or San Antonio, either. The only great place to live in Texas has always been Austin, a thriving art/restaurant/tech scene that is on par with the best in the country.
Mark was actually going to move to The Woodlands, which is a really nice area north of Houston.
He said during a live hang that the expense and complexities of moving his family and business to the US was ultimately too much.
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Johnny Depp actually lived in Austin prior to his acting stardom. He fancied himself a rock guitarist.
Austin has produced some of the very best music icons in the world. Depp was most definitely not one of them.
As a musician, he’s a damn good actor.
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Yeah The Woodlands is nice, and I remember Mark looking at houses there. It’s still too close to Houston for my taste.
I must have missed the live hang where he explained why he decided to stay in the UK.
@MikeC do you know why he no longer has the live hangs?
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I think he’s been very busy with TalkingBass, producing lots of live lessons and running the business. He also developed the Groove Trainer course in the last few months.
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The entire concept of Houston baffles me. Like, who the hell builds a city in a swamp by choice? At least the Romans drained them first. Same goes for Galveston, by extension. I guess we could extend that to a lot of Florida though too.
But Houston traffic, weather, etc - I’m a city guy but definitely not that city. They do have a world class underground music nightclub I would like to visit though.
Agree with @MikeC about Austin. San Antonio isn’t too bad as a visitor but it’s a big tourist trap in a lot of ways. The Alamo is basically the Texas version of SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf, except with significantly worse restaurants.