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02-03-2013, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | I don't know how he picked that guy, but I'm glad it wasn't me.
I wouldn't even touch a bass in front of Jeff. 
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02-03-2013, 09:10 AM
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Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SE Virginia via NYC | | | Wow. Good thing dude had some skills so he wasn't too fazed at all, IMO. I didn't think it was a bad lesson at all. He's surely a rough teacher to have though.
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02-03-2013, 09:18 AM
|  | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | | Wow. That's a great concept, and a brutal way to teach it. Thanks so much for sharing. |
02-03-2013, 09:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | It was a very good lesson.
And Jeff was great through it all.
I'm just glad it wasn't me. I would have folded. That guy held up well.
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02-03-2013, 09:23 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | Blyss (the guy getting the lesson) is a seriously good bay area player and a great dude. |
02-03-2013, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Twin Cities, MN | | | I don't like Jeff's recorded playing, a personal preference, but his lesson delivery kicks major butt. He's a killer teacher. I wanted to go to his school when I lived in Florida but never could, even though I lived literally 3 miles from it.
And after all the years of reading him in Bass Player magazine, I have yet to ever see him be wrong.
He's spot on. WTG, Jeff!
Perhaps they'll make it a series?
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02-03-2013, 09:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Iowa | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SBassman  It was a very good lesson.
And Jeff was great through it all.
I'm just glad it wasn't me. I would have folded. That guy held up well. | The problem is he's absolutely right! It's very easy to get into a "comfort zone" and not change & grow(God knows I'm guilty as hell!). Just goes to prove, we all need to know music & theory and how to apply it in everyday playing...... (excuse me, I have some major woodshedding to do!!!).  |
02-03-2013, 09:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Poulsbo,Wa | | | I got better just watching that lesson
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02-03-2013, 09:42 AM
| | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by KeithPas I got better just watching that lesson | Me, too! |
02-03-2013, 10:26 PM
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02-03-2013, 11:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Kentucky | | That video reminds me of Steve Vai's audition for Frank Zappa, Steve went through it pretty hard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx1RguHA4XE |
02-03-2013, 11:12 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Carvin,Modulus, Hotwire & Conklin Basses, Eden Amps | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Nashville,TN | | | Cool! Thanks for posting! I'm waiting for free time and finances to collide and then I'm taking some Skype lessons with Jeff. This is a good warmup! |
02-04-2013, 05:17 AM
| | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jason1980's | Yes, it really does. I'd never seen that interview before, thanks for posting it. |
02-04-2013, 05:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pacific Wonderland | | I miss Jeff here 
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02-04-2013, 10:48 AM
|  | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | | Interesting, but. He's recommending that one should study things they aren't familiar with. Kinda goes without saying, me thinks.
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02-04-2013, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by DJ Bebop I miss Jeff here | Jeff dosen't miss it here. 
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02-04-2013, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 4001 Jeff dosen't miss it here. | I know, he told me that but, I still miss him here and all the fireworks
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02-04-2013, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bassinplace Interesting, but. He's recommending that one should study things they aren't familiar with. Kinda goes without saying, me thinks. | But so many folks don't get that 
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02-04-2013, 11:11 AM
|  | Progressive Rock Bassist | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Wow!
Great vid. I was trying to imagine myself sitting there in front of Jeff Berlin while holding a bass, and all I could think of was FREEZE UP. Excellent lesson - I'm going to try to apply it immediately.
Jeff's approach reminds me of Zappa's approach to auditions (at least in the case of Steve Vai - if you haven't seen it, you should youtube it - it's hysterical.)
Oh wait - it's posted above - the clip has reminded someone else of the audition, too!
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