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No problem. The "a lot more" begins with knowing how to play around the beat. Concepts like playing before the beat and after the beat are not abstract concepts. Take the Funkadelic song "How Do Yeaw View You". When the snare first hits it is clearly behind the beat. That means that it...

It seems like a lot of people are saying "play on the one" and "leave space". Playing on the one is a good place to start, but leaving space doesn't necessarily make anything funkier. I can think of tons of bass lines with a lot of space that aren't funky at all. Additionally, there are tons...

I sent out links a while back so anyone who bought the 1st edition could download the 2nd edition for free. Did you guys receive the emails? The emails may have been picked up by spam filters. Just a reminder, if you bought the 1st edition and you want a link to download the 2nd edition...

Agreed!

Glad to see everyone is still calm and collected around here.

HELLO MY FRIENDS. I have missed you all so very much. Today is a happy day indeed. I am proud to announce the release of Dirty Bass Clean Technique... SECOND EDITION. That's right, anyone who bought the first edition gets the second edition FOR FREE!!! I read all the reviews posted by...

Recording anything will help. Whether that is your own original music, or playing along with a record. The point is to listen to what you play from an objective point of view.

if you want to help find the feel, RECORD! get a video camera and record yourself playing everything. playing by yourself, playing along to records, songs youve written, free improv... notice how you sound and look. and when i say notice how you look i dont mean from a vanity...

The holy grail is moving your ass back and forth when you play. Feel the funk in your whole body and then play to that, not the other way around. If you can't play a line without breaking the flow in your body, don't play it. Learn how to play something that works with your whole body, so it...

Most songs I ever want to find are on youtube. A lot of people upload audio songs with pictures. You can find entire albums on youtube very easily. If that doesn't work try playlist.com

You can get a beat machine, or some kind of sequencing program like Reason. Then you could make your own drum loops, bounce them down to a CD or load them onto an mp3 player and have drums in practice until you find a real drummer. Also in Reason or other programs like it you can write parts...

BTW DocBop is right on, pocket can be found in any style.

This is pocket: