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Beyond The Root

3/27/2012

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Okay. Let’s talk about being a bass player for a minute. In my first ebook I describe the role of bass to be something easy, simple and perhaps something that is “minimal”. If this offends you other bass players out there, please hear me out. I didn’t say it wasn’t complicated.

Yup, a good bass player needs to be able to count and play the root notes of the progression. Easy enough. This keeps the groove, helps the voices of the other instruments come out and builds a solid foundation, I mean really, how often to you seek out the foundation of say….your house? Surprisingly, a lot of really good music out there carriers this “sound”, just root. You should try to have some non musician friends listen to a song and focus on the bass and be able to point it out. You’ll be surprised at how many people simply can’t separate it from the rest. If it’s gone, they know something is missing but...

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Would You Like Some Pie?

3/21/2012

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Artists have the luxury of being….well, artists. 

With any talent that we have, especially ones that come really easy to us, because of how simple it is, we may take a step back from it and say “I can get back into this anytime” and it’s often true, knocking the rust off doesn’t take long and we pick up where we left off pretty quickly. 
 
It is with this situation above that many artists get bored, don’t find an outlet to continue to pursue their craft as the competition with the other fish in the sea is brutal. I’m no Angel, I’ve done this with music on many occasions. I’m not the best bass player in the world or even a household name. I’m confident in my...

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