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Cheers pete! Hey Jonny long time no see! We'll have to hook up over the next few weeks for an ale. Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

I loved that fretless!! It's got such a killer tone, it's the only bass i had for around 4 years. Go to this link and you'll be able to hear it on a couple of recordings i did years ago. (Its on the two youtube clips entitled 'Danny Gough's Nu York state'). [url="http://scottsbasslessons.com/odds-and-sods/"]http://scottsbasslessons.com/odds-and-sods/[/url] If you listen to the first one, i think it's called 'Nu York state theme' the band really start giving it some! Take it easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Hey just checked your album out on itunes... sounds great! The playing and production sounds beautiful. Easy man, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Cheers man, really appreciated! Don't worry about the development/expansion etc, this is literally the intro (the ambience also needs to be played around with). There's gonna be a sax melody/solo's etc so the whole tune's gonna really open up. Yeah- Garrison, what a great player! I spent some time in New York but he was always away on tour so i've never seen him live. I did get to see some other monsters though so it was all good! Thanks again for taking a listen! Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

I added a bit more to the end of it, the bass is just a guide as there's gonna be screeching take ya face off sax on there too! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=56961"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach...st&id=56961[/url] Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Totally the wrong thread to put it in but i've been messing around with some ideas for the tune i posted up a few days ago. Here it is... [attachment=56961:album_1_3.mp3] The bass noodle at the end is just a sample as there's gonna be screeching take ya face off sax on there as well. Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Sorry for the delay guys, anyhooo the PDF is up so you can download it from here...http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-t...ice-arpeggios/ If you've got any other questions just gimme a shout. Take it easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Before i get burned down in flames by all the 'sound' guru's... i apologize, this is a track i've been working on for my album, well the intro to a track anyway. Its totally unmixed or eq'd so it sounds like sh%t!... and i need to redo the percussion coz there's all types of glitches etc. Anyhow, i haven't posted anything on this part of the forum before so here goes... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=56785"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach...st&id=56785[/url] Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Before i get burned down in flames by all the 'sound' guru's... i apologize, this is a track i've been working on for my album, well the intro to a track anyway. Its totally unmixed or eq'd so it sounds like sh%t!... and i need to redo the percussion coz there's all types of glitches etc. Anyway, it's got a load of arpeggio type lines in it plus a load of other stuff so i thought you might wanna check it out. [attachment=56785:album_tune_1.mp3] Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Faithless... I'm not sure, i haven't really read much stuff written by Jeff Berlin. I have listened to him quite a bit over the years and he sounds like he uses a lot of chord tone + approach note/chromatic type material within his solos though. easy man, Scott.

Tandro, thanks for checking out the tutorials, nice to know your enjoying them. Just practice this stuff in small bits and you'll internalize a lot faster. For instance, try just doing one ii v i per month... one week learning Dm7 all over the neck, the next week G7 all over the neck, the week after that Cmajor7 all over the next. The fourth week can be spent putting all three chords together and using the continuous arpeggio exercises. I know this sounds extreme, but what you'll find is that by learning it so deeply, when you start learning it in different keys it'll be so much easier... and a faster process. Learning the geometry of the fingerboard is the key. Good luck! S. Faithless, yeah the condition was caused by bass playing, but, chances are if i had been a piano player or drummer i would have still got it. It's not to do with stretching, it's caused by repeated movements (millions of them!) within the hands. They think it's caused by over-plasticity of the brain, the gag is, the more plasticity an individual has within there brain the more efficiently there muscle memory is. Professional musicians tend to have a lot of plasticity, they generally need too to become professional. If an individual has 'a lot' of plasticity their brain almost starts re-wiring itself when given hard tasks to do... like playing bass, it's like the brain has its own intelligence... scary! Fear not though, the percentages of people how get this condition are very LOW! So low it almost took me three years to be diagnosed, i think it's something like 8 people in 1000 professional musicians can be effected. So thats like 0.25% (ish) of pro musicians. Hope that answered your question anyway. Take it easy. Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Ah, the glove... no i'm not a crazy MJ fan! I've got a neurological condition (focal dystonia) that effects the movement in my hands. Sometimes i where gloves on both but at the moment my right hand seems to behaving itself. They're super thin but desensitize the feeling in my hands so i can play properly. It's a long story but if you wanna check it out some more look at some of my older posts. Take it easy. Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Hi guys, a player over in the Talkbass forum was loving the arpeggio tutorial i've put out there into cyberspace. I replied back to him, but decided to post my reply up here too as i think some of you might find it interesting. "Hey Fountain boy, your bang on when you state that learning arpeggio's is super important. When a student comes to me for lessons, more often than not their mind is tied in knots with lots of different scales and modes etc and they're confused about how and where to apply them. Straight away i get them studying the continuous arpeggio exercises as arpeggio's are the foundation of all scales. By this i mean, lets take a C major 7th arpeggio (C E G . The correct scale for this chord/arpeggio is C Ionian/major, but the arpeggio notes within this scale are the real fundamental of the sound created. The C, E, G and B notes are the foundation where as the D, F and A are the icing on top. Obviously students are going to want to learn scales etc and apply them in solos or whatever and thats cool, but, the arpeggio's are the real key to opening up and learning the fretboard in its entirety. Then people should move onto the scales. Once people have got a good grip on the arpeggios there knowledge of harmony upon the fingerboard is so much better, the scales end up being so much easier to learn, understand and apply. I'm not trying to play down the importance of learning scales in anyway (i love superimposing all different types of scales all over the place as you'll be able to tell if you've checked out my other tutorials), i'm just trying to promote the learning of arpeggio's and more importantly studying them using the correct exercises etc." Happy sheddin', Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

I've actually been looking at different looping systems over the last week so it's definitely something i'm looking into. Easy man, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Lol, everything is easy when you've done it a million times before! This has been a big part of my practice routine for the last 8 years so i've done it a few times The PDF download will be up there by Monday, i've just got a crazy schedule at the moment so it's tough fitting it all in. Thanks for checking the tutorials out. Take it easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Hi there, just uploaded a new tutorial on to my website... 'How to practice Arpeggios'. [url="http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/tutorial-6-how-to-practice-arpeggios/"]http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutoria...tice-arpeggios/[/url] You can get a massive amount of mileage from these exercises. Check it out and give them a go! Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url]

Cheers Geoffy! S.

[b]A new kind of correspondence lesson…[/b] Due to Internet limitations within certain parts of the globe I am also offering personalized correspondence lessons. What do I mean by personalized? If you’ve had correspondence lessons before I’m sure you know the pitfalls… you give a guy £££ and in turn he sends out the same old pre-recorded lessons that he sends to everyone else, not taking into consideration where you are as a player or what you need to be looking at specifically within your practice schedule to take you to the next level. My correspondence lessons are completely different. Initially I ask you to email me an audio example of your playing (mp3 etc) and from that we’ll decide on which area of study to focus upon. For each correspondence lesson you take I will send you a video tutorial recorded specifically for you and a PDF file with all the exercises and examples written out for reference purposes. Within each video I will demonstrate examples of the exercises I have given you to work on. The time you can take between each lesson is totally up to you but normally I recommend around a week to two weeks. Once you’ve finished a lesson you will email me an example of you playing the exercises I had given you, I’ll listen to your progress then record a new video lesson for you. Each correspondence lesson is £10 but must be booked in blocks of four (£40). Many concepts can be covered including- -Improvisation -Walking bass lines -Technique building -Harmony -Ear training techniques -Developing a strong rhythmical concept -Structure Cheers, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url]

Faithless... Yeah totally understand where your coming from, I don't condone learning peoples 'licks' to add in your own solo's at all, but as an educational tool it is important to find out why these licks work and what harmonic backgrounds they are applicable to. To do this you have to learn them to some extent, but obviously you aren't forced to play them in your own solos. When i was studying with Adam Rogers (the late Mike Brecker's guitar player... check him out if you haven't already, he's killin!) he blew me away by demonstrating how he could emulate other guitar players (licks, phrasing and everything in between). He went from Benson to Scofield to Martino etc etc etc. He'd literally pulled every major guitar players style apart and learned it all. So my point is... yeah, don't play other peoples licks in your solos, but just because they use them as a lick within their soloing vocabulary doesn't mean you shouldn't check them out. Sorry if you misunderstood what i was getting at in my earlier post. PS. The 'Bona lick' as a educational tool is also really helpful as it's a great example of how stacked tritones can be used in a chromatic fashion and also how the underlying harmony while soloing can be momentarily disregarded to give you that 'out' sound. There are similar techniques used by Skuli Sverrisson and Hadrien Feraud to name a few. Anyhoooo, take it easy. Scott.

Cheers Mike! Faithless... I understand your point about staying away from licks etc but i only think this is applicable during ones own improvisation. Music and improvisation is a language, and to learn a language effectively you must dissect, study and understand what and how other people are saying to express themselves. Imitation of other players is obviously helpful in the same way we learn a language as a child, listening and copying our parents. As we grow as players we naturally begin to get our own voice on which ever instrument we have chosen. Transcription is also a huge part of our learning curve as players. Taking famous solos and working through them to learn about solo shape, different harmonic devices, phrasing etc etc. My point is this... Yes, don't play the same licks over and over in your solos, but... transcribe your ass off! Learn and absorb what you like in other peoples playing. Learn what everybody out there is doing and why they're doing it. Adding this to your practice schedule will pay off! I see where your coming from but if a younger more inexperienced player read... "Anyway, I would stay away from all licks (esp that Bona lick..) and stuff like that - it will keep you fresh, believe me.." I'm afraid they could take that as don't transcribe other peoples licks, which is an important part of learning any instrument. I don't want things to be lost in translation. Scott.

Glad you like it Mike! Because it's been so popular i've been thinking about doing some sort of style analysis video tutorials which i could add to my website. Basically discussing the improvisational techniques of people like Hadrien Feraud, Matt Garrison, Gary willis, Janek Gwizdala etc etc, and their different harmonic approaches. I'll give it some thought! Thanks again, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url]

Lol! Yeah, don't worry i'm not a MJ tribute act or anything. I've got a neurological condition that effects my left hand and the glove acts as a sensory trick. Easy man. S. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url]

Hi guys a few of my students asked me to show them the ‘lick’ the great bass player Richard Bona plays in many of his solos. I figured there’d be lots more bass players out there that would be interested too so here it is… [url="http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/132-2/"]http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/132-2/[/url] I've got loads of other tutorials on my site... and loads more to come. Watch this space! Take it easy. Scott.

Hey matey cheers for that! I've just posted some more vid tutorials up on my site talking and demonstrating different ways of soloing over I VI II V I chord progressions. Check them out... Part 1... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgF85R-o39k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgF85R-o39k[/url] Part 2... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlumbU6mbG4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlumbU6mbG4[/url] Take it easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url]

Hey thanks Pete, nice to know your enjoying them. I've just uploaded a downloadable worksheet to go with the 'soloing on static minor chords tutorial'. You can check it out at [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/tutorial-4-soloing-static-minor-chords/"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com/video-tut...c-minor-chords/[/url] Take it easy, S.