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Thanks for the messages and kind words. Much appreciated. The site pretty much runs on positive comments. Cheers, Nick.

Hi all, It's been a while since I posted on here. Been busying learning, playing writing and the rest of it as usual. I went through free jam tracks and made a page so you can download pretty much ALL the jam tracks from the one place for those of you who just want the backing tracks and...

Thanks hry glb - I really appreciate the compliment. It took my entire Sunday to write it all out and when I posted it I thought, 'hmmm, I wonder if this'll make sense to anyone or is it only clear in my head.' I've had some good comments from you and a few people I've shown so that's been...

Yeah, it'd be good if it was made a sticky. This post was taken down for a while. I think cause I tried to add a members section to the site at one point - so it was deemed a commercial posting. But the members bit didn't last too long - there was no point to it - the site pretty much just...

No problem for the info. Thanks for the kind comments. Far out I have just spent ALL DAY (Sunday) trying to write out everything I know/have learned/worked out on the modes. I've been meaning to do this for a LONG time but knew I'd get caught up in it. I like thinking about this type of stuff...

That's a great idea to get a bass so that you can jam with your son. Very cool. Happy and safe Holidays.

No problem. ah the modes page - I need to improve it - I can make it better. Might try and do that over New Year - I have a few days at home. There is a lot of work I want to do on the site next year. Lot's of little things to help people get more out of it all. Jam on!

Hi all. Well it's been a while and I have been busy playing and stuff but have finally got around to putting up the beginner bass lessons on my website. The lessons are free. They are for beginners from the ground up. Lesson 1 starts on the Root note and they build from there. There...

ok - I've started the 'move'! Moving everything from here: Link Removed To here: www.FreeJamTracks.com/Bass-Guitar-Lessons.html I'll probably move over at least 1 lesson each day and edit/update them as I go. Once the stuff that is from BassBlues is all moved over there are about 9...

Rock n roll, I haven't posted on here for a while so thought I would drop by and say hello. For anyone who hasn't seen previous threads, my name is Nick and I have a website that is FREE - that you can download backing tracks/jam tracks from. As I am a bass player there are tracks on there...

You're welcome afromoose. Bill - yeah - tracks 1-6 aren't on the blues bass pages cause when I first started the website it was just for guitar. ie the first 6 tracks were with bass. Then I started taking off the bass each time I recorded - ie track 7 onwards. And then again much later taking...

oh - and pps - after you write them all out in C - take each scale and then go play them with the jam tracks on my site. That's the whole reason I put them up there. Because of a similar post.

......... damn, I just missed Family Guy! :D

Michael you have almost got it. In the key of C. Yep - the I chord is C. The ii, iii, IV etc chords are the chords from the notes from the C scale - ie the key we are in. C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii. I You've got that - now you want to know what the notes are...

Just to elaborate. It's all talking in numbers when you use ..... the numbers. The I chord is the Root chord of whatever key the song is in. The ii chord is chord off the 2nd degree (note) in the scale RELATIVE to the Root of the scale you are in. So if you are in C. The C Major...

Jam tracks to practice modes: http://www.freejamtracks.com/play-bass-modes.html I recorded these a little while ago. There is another thread going on modes so I thought I better get my act together and put them up on the site. They are fairly boring tracks to jam along with - but I'm...

ps - sorry, but I recorded all the jam tracks in C. Why - cause it's easier to learn about modes working with C as your base scale. Edit - ok, so I've gone away and put up the jam tracks for working with modes on my site: http://www.freejamtracks.com/play-bass-modes.html Hope that helps...

Totally love JTE's posts. I recorded a bunch of jam tracks that are based around being able to learn all chords/scales with modes - I will start putting them up on my site today. But I totally agree with JTE about thinking of the chords and chords tones more than anything else. There is...

Geeze - that last post I did started to get a bit philosophical. yeah like whatever dude! Anyways - as promised (and only 1 week after I promised it) - I've managed to steal some time to write out lesson 02: Link Removed It's pretty simple - but hopefully useful for someone out...

I have always loved odd time signatures. (Yep, spot the Zappa head). For me I find the counting determines the feel of the song and the notes I'll end up playing. There is a really great book for drummers by Dave Brubeck's drummer Joe Morello - 'Master Studies'. I would recommend...

backline 112 - forgot to comment: By the way, where do you host it? How did you create the site? Some software or online thing? Um - I host it through bluehost - they are cool cause they give me unlimited space and people can download as much as they want. Over 1000 tracks get...

Yeah mod dudes, make this bad boy a sticky! hahaha - don't worry Electric Spank, I am the kind of person that gets refused entry to clubs until my band tells the bouncers that I'm part of the show! I'm used to not being admitted. I think the mods didn't like the fact that I tried to do the...

Thanks for taking the time to post the comments. I appreciate them all greatly. Methodis - yeah - after the blues/walking bass lines I'll move onto jazz. I am not a rock bass player at all - Root to 5th. haha. Memitim - Southern Rock - ROCKS :bassist: I wear my skynyrd cap at every...

Thanks for the comment Methodis. I am really glad to hear that. I am really going to try to put up one each week - I've got all the tracks recorded so should be able to do it. Takes a bit of time the way I ramble on though! Once I'm done with the walking bass line series - I dunno -...

All cool Glenn, thanks for your email. Any more hassles just let me know. No problem josbroek and we'll leave the jam in Belgium for another day!

Thanks Nashrakh. Yeah backline - I'm the same as you - I'd just listen and play it myself. I don't write it in standard notation partly cause it would take me forever to write it out. But also cause I'd then go an explain how to read music and rhythm. I want anyone to be able to read and...

Right click on mp3 (or wma) to select save as. Save the file to your computer and then it's time to rock n roll! There are NO tracks with just drums. The bass tracks have guitar and drums and NO BASS. If you want to have drums only, book me a ticket to Belgium and I will come to...

Hi Josboek, If you are a bass player you can go into each of the pages under the heading 'bass' from the main page: http://www.freejamtracks.com/ eg - go to the blue tracks page for bass players: http://www.freejamtracks.com/play-bass-blues-01.html The tracks for bass players I record with...

Thanks Stumbo. It's all a learning process so it's all good. Although we live in a society that focuses on the dollar (and I'd love an L series P bass - haha) - nothing can compete with getting an email from someone I don't know who lives on the other side of the planet to me who says that...

oh - ps, I'll try and put up a few more lessons next weekend. I won't need to go into so much detail going forward - I just wanted to try and start the thing off right. :)

ok - as promised - here is the firist installment of learning walking bass lines. This is aimed at beginner bass players but other bass players might get something out of it too. Even if it's just seen as someone elses point of view. It's very detailed on purpose - I'm trying to give you all...

Cool Asher - yeah, that's a really great idea to have done them in all keys. I have meant to do that but I always go off on tangents when I play music, discipline and structure is not one of my strong points. Cheers, Nick.

Thanks aL and you're welcome. I have a bunch of tracks to put up on the site to help with modes and studying scales - I think people will get a fair bit out of them. Just gotta get the time to put them up - should be soon. Then I'm planing to go through the tracks that are up there already...

ps - I'm not sad/don't have to be sad or blue or down and to put myself in that space. For me it's about loving the music. Play it from your heart.

Similar to what other people have said - really listen to the other players and play to compliment them and to lock in your groove and feel with theirs (especially the drummer). eg play with the bass drum for a bit, move away from it, go back to it. Have rhythmic conversations with the bass drum...

Yeah - it's always tough if you have to move on from a band when the people in the band are your friends. I am in 2 bands that I can't see myself leaving. If for nothing else, because of the friendships we've built up in them. These are not people I knew before coming into the bands. 1...

I posted this in a thread already: Link Removed It's my site - I've done it from the ground up for absolute beginners onwards. Try going through that and tell me if it's a help for you. I am putting up more stuff this weekend - there is enough info to get you started. I'd recommend finding...

You are welcome first inversion. I have recorded 12 tracks starting with the most basic lines I can think of that walk/lead into the chords in the blues progressions and they get more complicated as they move along. I have to tab them out and then I can put them up on the net. I'll try...

Yep - what seanm said. I wrote out the structure on the pages below and you can listen to the 2 tracks so you can hear the difference. Link Removed Link Removed You'll know what it sounds like as soon as you hear it. Cheers, Nick.

That should be working on the Bassics.:bassist: