Have any of you ever taken "Online" courses?

[LilRay]

Just as the title says. Have you taken an online course for music? If so what were your experiences?

Looking to get general instruction in bass, especially reading/writing etc.

Thoughts?

God Bless, Ray

[COOL AND DEADLY]

I have not, but have considered it. I hear MusicDojo is an excellent one for electric bass and other instruments.

[lowender92]

Berklee College of Music offers online courses. You can get a bass specialist certificate all online. This includes 9 credits, 3 each of Rock Bass, Jazz Bass, and Bass Performance 101. They also have management and other degrees. IIRC you can get a full Master's in some majors. Check their site for more info. www.berklee.edu

[derekd]

I have done a couple of months of workshoplive.com, but that isn't like say a course on music theory from a place like Berklee. I got what I wanted out of it, and would do it or another like musicdojo.com again if I thought it would give what I wanted.

I also did streaming video lessons with a monster player in NYC for a year, which was totally amazing. He sent me the file of the lesson via a heavy file vendor, and I have them burned to dvd for repeated viewing. No cheap though.

I would say after looking into Berklee's online offerings, they are outrageously expensive, though no doubt very well done. I have not looking into another university level online course to compare in fairness.

[BahamaBass]

I need one on one so I can be corrected if my form is wrong.

I've been using www.studybass.com as a reference and learning songs on youtube but those face to face lessons are really great. I think online lessons can't hurt but maybe just use as an addition to private one on one lessons.

[LM Bass]

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Here are some that were done at the Community College I teach at:
http://music.vcc.ca/10_essentials/index.html

There are beginner electric bass, beginner double bass, and 6-string bass chords
lessons on the site so far. I hope something will be useful to you!

[BahamaBass]

Originally Posted by LM Bass

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Here are some that were done at the Community College I teach at:
http://music.vcc.ca/10_essentials/index.html

There are beginner electric bass, beginner double bass, and 6-string bass chords
lessons on the site so far. I hope something will be useful to you!

bookmarked thanks!

[mebusdriver]

I took face to face lessons with Adam Nitti. After he moved away and got www.musicdojo.com up and running I took lessons from him there. It's a great site. You get all the lessons to download, sound clips with sheet music, video conferencing, and IM with the instructor. It's pretty cool.