The 'RICHARD BONA LICK'

[devine]

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…

http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/132-2/

I've got loads of other tutorials on my site... and loads more to come. Watch this space!

Take it easy.

Scott.

[JimmyM]

didn't watch it all, but yep, that's the lick that bugs janek gwizdala good presentation from what i could see.

[okcrum]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

didn't watch it all, but yep, that's the lick that bugs janek gwizdala good presentation from what i could see.

+1. I'm curious, are you wearing a glove on your left hand?

[jordie65]

yeah the glove distracted me to no end! may i ask why you are wearing it?

[devine]

The Glove... I've got a neurological condition called Focal Dystonia. It causes misfiring neurons in my brain that causes unwanted movements within both my hands while playing or doing anything involving small controlled movements with my hands. It's a pretty rare condition and is caused my hours and hours of practice over extended periods of time. I am told the largest group of suffers are classical musicians as their practice routines can be very vigorous and demanding. When my condition was at its worst i couldn't even play a major scale, that was about a year ago. By complete fluke a found that wearing gloves acted as a sensory trick and the movements seemed to diminish somewhat over a period of time. Now i'm back to gigging pretty much as normal as long as i'm careful although my days of practicing all day are completely out the window.

So, sorry if it is distracting but i need to wear it. I normally wear gloves on both hands but my right hand is feeling ok-ish at the moment.

Sorry to disappoint everyone who thought i was a die hard MJ fan! And, also the gloves are super thin and tight... so don't go trying it out with ya winter woolies on!

Take it easy,

Scott.

http:/www.scottsbasslessons.com

[pygmygrizzly]

! good to know

[okcrum]

Good to know, and great that you found something that works!

[JimmyM]

hey man, i'm glad you were able to beat it! would be a shame to lose as good a player as you to it.

[251]

Originally Posted by devine

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…

http://scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/132-2/

I've got loads of other tutorials on my site... and loads more to come. Watch this space!

Take it easy.

Scott.

Thanks Scott 8-)

[plangentmusic]

Originally Posted by devine

The Glove... I've got a neurological condition called Focal Dystonia. It causes misfiring neurons in my brain that causes unwanted movements within both my hands while playing or doing anything involving small controlled movements with my hands. It's a pretty rare condition and is caused my hours and hours of practice over extended periods of time. I am told the largest group of suffers are classical musicians as their practice routines can be very vigorous and demanding. When my condition was at its worst i couldn't even play a major scale, that was about a year ago. By complete fluke a found that wearing gloves acted as a sensory trick and the movements seemed to diminish somewhat over a period of time. Now i'm back to gigging pretty much as normal as long as i'm careful although my days of practicing all day are completely out the window.

So, sorry if it is distracting but i need to wear it. I normally wear gloves on both hands but my right hand is feeling ok-ish at the moment.

Sorry to disappoint everyone who thought i was a die hard MJ fan! And, also the gloves are super thin and tight... so don't go trying it out with ya winter woolies on!

Take it easy,

Scott.

http:/www.scottsbasslessons.com

Wow. You've really overcome it from what I see and hear. Nice touch bro!

[jmac]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

didn't watch it all, but yep, that's the lick that bugs janek gwizdala good presentation from what i could see.

I think I'll post the link in Janek's forum.

[MonkeyBass]

Not to make this all about the glove but, yeah man! I'm sorry you have the condition but I'm happy you're working it out.

As far as the Bona lick goes, I'm going to work on it! That's killer.

Thanks for sharing that with everybody.

[devine]

Hey guys thanks for the kind words! I've had loads of emails too about this 'Bona' tutorial. I'm super pleased everyones getting something from it. 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.

http://www.scottsbasslessons.com

[monroe55]

Originally Posted by MonkeyBass

Not to make this all about the glove but, yeah man! I'm sorry you have the condition but I'm happy you're working it out.

As far as the Bona lick goes, I'm going to work on it! That's killer.

Thanks for sharing that with everybody.

I think it is mostly about the glove. I love the Bona lick tutorial though. I'll use that.
Was it me or did anyone else think the glove was some kind of personal muting technique?

[ByHisSpirit]

Tnx a lot!

Blessings,
Fernando

[Mark Wilson]

LOVE IT!

Thanks!

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by monroe55

I think it is mostly about the glove. I love the Bona lick tutorial though. I'll use that.
Was it me or did anyone else think the glove was some kind of personal muting technique?

nah, i figured he had some sort of problem. i just didn't want to be the one to bring it up.

[okcrum]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

nah, i figured he had some sort of problem. i just didn't want to be the one to bring it up.

I'd never heard about Focal Dystonia. Now I know there are effective treatments for it, among other things. The most promising appear to be retraining of neural paths, since the current thinking seems to be along the lines that the dystonia is the result of neural path training gone awry.

I'd always thought we had all that extra brain mass as part of a fault tolerant design. I was surprised to see that writer's cramp is a form of dystonia, and that horn players can get embouchure dystonia.

Thank you, devine, for hipping me to this.

[ByHisSpirit]

Hey guys,

Thought I would share this with you,

Be blessed,
Fernando

[devine]

Hey, thanks Fernando. I'll be putting this up on my site.

Scott.

http://www.scottsbasslessons.com