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Really think it's a must app for every modern musician!

Hi TBers, I am an iPhone/iPad user and i found there are lots of apps very helpful(some are must indeed!) in my practice. Just wanna know what other great apps are there to help people grow as a musician! Let me start with the followings. Pro Metronome: metronome is a must, and this app have...

I have exactly the same problem as you, and what a coincidence, I have played for 2yrs too and have exactly the same problem: not knowing how to groove/improv. To tackle this, I want to a local bass instructor and he solved this big big problem in one lesson. So i hope this will be of some help...

Thanks u all TB-ers!!! I didn't expect so many responses from u as I think the question may sound quite naive to mature musicians. It took me quite a while to read through all yr replies, as there are so many different views and opinions. As a wrap up, It seems that the feel of groove seem can...

Hi TBers! I have played bass for 2 years and still feel like knowing nothing about bass playing, in particular, not knowing how to groove. My goal, or my attitude as a bass player, is to make everybody in the band sound better with my playing. I don't plan to be a professional musician, but I...

thanks guys for all your great advices. I'm not to blame the drummer here anyway ^^" Just wanna know what else can i put into the bassline to strengthen the beat, or to make my bassline more 'drum' like, to complement the missing drum beat. Does the percussive sound of slap help in such case? Or...

Greetings to all TBers! Hi guys i'm a beginner bass player who play bass for ard 2yrs. Recently, my band's drummer suddenly cannot made it to show up in the gig, so we just had a bass, a guitar and a keyboard left to support the vocals. Without the drummer, my mind was like empty and don't know...

greetings to all TBers! I've started learning music for about 2yrs and glad to have my bass as the instrument. I've been told that besides working on the basics, expanding vocabulary is a very important thing for bassist to work on. And when it comes to this topic, i can think of 2 ways, which...

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Hi TBers, Recently I've got a great book called Paul McCartney - Bass Master - Playing the Great Beatles Basslines. The authors discussed Paul's basslines in an analytical approach. They picked up some parts of Beatles tunes, and then explain why so awesome is that particular part, how the...

Thanks @JACink for recommendation. Can this amp be powered by battery? and talking about roland, i found roland's MICRO CUBE BASS RX can operate on battery as well! Anyone knows its performance? Does it sound good?

Thank you SirMjac28 & RoadRanger! @SirMjac28 I read a few reviews before about the Phil Jones amp very long time ago. Some said that to get the best sound of the PJB, you need to have its back facing something to reflect the back speaker's sound. With those 'echo', the sound of the PJB...

I am thinking of something like the PJB Briefcase...which can operate on a rechargeable battery...it's so convenient! however, i've heard that it's design is better for indoor use? Any other bass amp with such feature? light-weight and operates on battery, yet still with nice sound

Greetings to TBers. I am looking for a convenient solution for playing bass outdoor. I search a few posts and found many suggestions of incredible portable amps. However, I wonder if there is any bass combo that runs on built in power/battery(2A, 9V, etc) so that i don't have to worry about...

thanks for ddnidd1 and MalcolmAmos for your answers to my question. And I understand that bassline is definitely not just playing root notes...and yes i also know that chords are build from scales...I'm just curious about how practising scale can bring me from playing root notes to a real bassline