Scott's Bass Lessons - enough already!

[Greg Edwards69]

The only issue I have with his videos is the pointless ‘behind the scene’ waffle, often from his car or on the stairs up to his studio, that takes up the first couple of minutes of every video. Just get on with it Scott!

[SpondonBassed]

2 minutes ago, visog said:

Never did understand what a 'funky boogaloo' was though....

[petecarlton]

Just now, SpondonBassed said:

Funky - yes.  Loo - yes.

Booga? Clearly a personal choice!

[petecarlton]

While we're talking about YT bass educators, what do you make of Adam Neely?

[ahpook]

12 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

While we're talking about YT bass educators, what do you make of Adam Neely?

I've only watched a couple of his videos. Neither were about bass playing.

They were interesting, but most of the music theory went over my head.

Edited September 12, 2020 by ahpook

[petecarlton]

3 minutes ago, ahpook said:

I've only watched a couple of his videos. Neither were about bass playing.

They were interesting, but most of the music theory went over my head.

Me too, but they didn't seem to be a sales or marketing thing, or at least not obviously.

[visog]

2 minutes ago, ahpook said:

I've only watched a couple of his videos. Neither were about bass playing.

They were interesting, but most of the music theory went over my head.

I think Adam is great. Very learned. Interesting perspectives.. 

[petecarlton]

6 minutes ago, visog said:

I think Adam is great. Very learned. Interesting perspectives.. 

Speaking as an elderly white man, I'm fascinated by his current take on music's domination by the conventions of old white men - just refreshing to have such a well thought through challenge to the perceptions we take for granted.

Probably doesn't improve my bass playing, but it sure as hell improves my approach  to the music I love to listen to.

[pbasspecial]

I’ve got a photo of Scott playing my bass at the bass show a few years back. Thoroughly nice bloke. Exactly as he is on YT. Deserves all the success he has. 

[stewblack]

The algorithm which decides what ads we'll see must be broken. I seem to get lots of offers for ladies underwear but never SBL. 

[Doctor J]

Is Scott the one trying to sell you the underwear?

[Guest]

I'd never heard of him until I googled him as a result of this thread.  

In 10 minites time ill have forgotten the name.

 

[Old Man Riva]

10 minutes ago, stewblack said:

The algorithm which decides what ads we'll see must be broken. I seem to get lots of offers for ladies underwear but never SBL. 

Maybe the various algorithms don’t recognise the letter ‘b’ on your computer?

[Thunderbird]

I signed up for one of his competitions once never again the spam and junk with his stuff on was relentless 

Great musician but adverts etc are too aggressive imo put me off joining the academy 

[Triumph_Rock]

Megadeth Angry Again

 

Edited September 13, 2020 by Triumph_Rock
Sorry everyone, just realised I somehow posted on this Scott Devine thread, instead of the "What are you listening to thread ". My phone glitches quite bad at times.

[AndyTravis]

I think he’s an unbelievable player, he’s fantastic at what he does and I love that he’s obviously hugely successful.

I’m full of admiration for him.

The “oh, and one more thing I forgot...” type e-mails nark me a bit. And I get plenty.

It’s very much the nature of the beast - he’s an online marketeer. It doesn’t work on me...but I get that it’s how his operation works.

He’s sort of become the latter day Clarkson era Top Gear of online bass tuition. It’s for the masses and people buy into it big time - he’s successful and people grow to resent the ubiquitousness of it all. Others adore it.

“Like sh*t in a field” As my grandad used to say.

More power to him. Wish I’d thought of it first - as well as Wishing I’d learned to be more theoretically minded rather than my “hit it and see what comes out” method of playing.

I signed up for a free trial and didn’t look at it - I think it was for a competition entry.

I reckon he’s probably a really sound bloke, and I bet I’d find his website useful. But I’m not drawn to it.

He doesn’t offend me, and I should just block his spam. 
 

He’s good at what he does, a very slick operator.

Not for me though.

[Oxnard Montalvo]

I like the SBL site and I find his mannerisms toned-down and so more palatable there but yeah his YouTube stuff is pure clickbait. Even though I’m a paying customer, I have unsubscribed from all SBL emails - it’s a quick and painless process.

[miles'tone]

I really like Scott and I've learned a lot from just his free vids over the years for which I'm thankful. I don't mind him popping up everywhere I go online - it does remind me to get my derrière "in the shed" more often instead of just looking at gear to buy that I don't need! I'll probably sign up for the academy eventually.

[kodiakblair]

I subscribed to his YT content and even signed up to free bit of the academy.

 

That was a few years back, never heard a peep from him since 🙂

[SpondonBassed]

11 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

I think he’s an unbelievable player, he’s fantastic at what he does and I love that he’s obviously hugely successful.

I’m full of admiration for him.

The “oh, and one more thing I forgot...” type e-mails nark me a bit. And I get plenty.

It’s very much the nature of the beast - he’s an online marketeer. It doesn’t work on me...but I get that it’s how his operation works.

He’s sort of become the latter day Clarkson era Top Gear of online bass tuition. It’s for the masses and people buy into it big time - he’s successful and people grow to resent the ubiquitousness of it all. Others adore it.

“Like sh*t in a field” As my grandad used to say.

More power to him. Wish I’d thought of it first - as well as Wishing I’d learned to be more theoretically minded rather than my “hit it and see what comes out” method of playing.

I signed up for a free trial and didn’t look at it - I think it was for a competition entry.

I reckon he’s probably a really sound bloke, and I bet I’d find his website useful. But I’m not drawn to it.

He doesn’t offend me, and I should just block his spam. 
 

He’s good at what he does, a very slick operator.

Not for me though.

At least you're not sitting on the fence...

I just find his style irritating.  I'm sure he's a nice bloke and all but.

[BlueMoon]

13 hours ago, stewblack said:

I seem to get lots of offers for ladies underwear but never SBL.

Stew: Of the one's that you've purchased as a result, do any of them fit? 😎

[Newfoundfreedom]

13 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

At least you're not sitting on the fence...

I just find his style irritating.  I'm sure he's a nice bloke and all but.

Yup. Same here. He irritates the #@£* out of me. 

[Newfoundfreedom]

13 hours ago, stewblack said:

The algorithm which decides what ads we'll see must be broken. I seem to get lots of offers for ladies underwear but never SBL. 

Sounds perfect. I'm much more interested in the contents of those than the content of Scott's videos. 

[AndyTravis]

26 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

At least you're not sitting on the fence...

I just find his style irritating.  I'm sure he's a nice bloke and all but.

I get the splinters out of my backside with tweezers 😉😂

I didn’t feel the need to attack him and I honestly do admire anyone who can make a living off doing what they love.

 

[TheGreek]

I don't get the Hate for Scott and SBL.

I've met Scott a few times - LBGS - and he's a really nice bloke - he even remembered me the second time we met.

He's giving you free access to his time, his knowledge and experience - nobody's forcing you to sit and watch his videos - and most of us benefit from watching them. IMO He's a great tutor and makes learning easy and enjoyable.

I wish that there was a resource like him/SBL when I started playing.

Some people here need to give him a break.