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Full Stack Bassist Group (Scott's Bass Lessons).

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c5hokie said:
Quick report on the practice session. I think the max online was 162ish people.

Some minor technical issues to start but once it got started it was helpful. It is basically a run thru of the exercises from M1L2.

A few people felt the need to break in and make comments or ask questions, which isn't always helpful in a setting with that many people.

If you can't make the live session, I don't think you are really missing anything. Watch the replay and do the play along exercises. In some ways not doing it live will be helpful because you can pause/backup if you are having any issues with the material.

As we get deeper into it I'll be curious to see how these sessions go, as not everyone will have progressed thru the modules/lesson at the same pace. So I'm not sure how they will handle people being at different points in the program.
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I enjoyed the session and I'll to dial into as many as possible even if I'm not at that point in the session.

My big take away was his point that even advanced players will get a lot out playing whole notes so i fully leaned into that after the session just playing whole notes (not that I'm advanced!) to the backing track and learning the patterns all over the neck and really making the bass swing.

It did highlight the deader spots on my neck, i've always known that the D on the g string was dead but the Ds all over the neck on my Fender Precision Performer and very much quieter.

Excuse to buy a n bass or at the very least a new neck.
 
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I attended the live session today.

My internet (AT&T fiber) was flakey so the tempo of the drum track fluctuated from Pink Floyd tempo to thrash metal tempo and back at random. That was nice. Haha.

If they don’t adjust times to accommodate us Yanks, I won’t be too bothered. The curriculum is solid and will keep me busy.
 
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#124
I watched/scanned through short portions of the recordings of both Guided Practice Sessions. I liked the Eric Wills video. He retaught the lesson very well giving very useful instruction. I liked that he was a main producer of Accelerators and Player's Path instruction. Nice to see who was behind the scenes on alotta that work, as I really enjoy observing/studying/analyzing how others produce teaching materials in book form, video form, etc. I enjoyed Variation 3 at 49:17. I wish he also taught Variation 1.
If I can't attend these Practice Sessions live, I have high hopes of continuing to enjoy Eric reteaching each Lesson. Now I see the value of this - two teachers presenting the same material, with Eric giving even more specific instructional details. Watching his teaching actually made me want to play along! That works for me.
 
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Didn't bring my bass with me, as I'm up in the mountains for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Yanks. Feeling withdrawal symptoms for sure. I left off still in the middle of lesson two.

In relevance to what I've observed thus far. I remember metronome practice to Chameleon by Herbie Hancock. Very simple tune, but forces you to feel the groove and a real world application for the three chromatic note approach. I was given the song by a jazz bassist in town. When learning I felt like I was wasting time. Little did I know I would come to integrate that song into many things I do in jazz and blues. I use 1-3 chromatic approach all the time but sparingly in appropriate times. Most recently in Cannonballs Autumn Leaves. Part B is a great section for creating tension with those chromatic walk ups.
Another example, when at jazz jam, the saxophone player called Mr. Magic by Grover Washington Jr. I got bored playing the main riff, so when the second sax solo kicked in, I subbed in the Chameleon bass riff. It fit very well, and was able to integrate some tasty licks and fills when space was open for me. The tension those chromatic approaches afford are juicy and a lot of fun.

In the end I got some accolades for the other cats who knew both songs well. This is very useful stuff right out of the gate. Well done Scott! I'm very excited to expand my vocabulary and bass IQ with this course. Thankful to be in this journey with all you!
 
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Great, so as it seems this community will be the place where we can post videos for review.
I was curious, because Eric Wills mentioned something like that in the GPS but said it would be in the campus. now for the second i got quite angry because it seems without a regular membership i am not able to access the campus in the normal SBL Dashboard.


Good to see they put another way there for people like me that "just" bought FSB.
 
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thegrimmbass said:
Great, so as it seems this community will be the place where we can post videos for review.
I was curious, because Eric Wills mentioned something like that in the GPS but said it would be in the campus. now for the second i got quite angry because it seems without a regular membership i am not able to access the campus in the normal SBL Dashboard.


Good to see they put another way there for people like me that "just" bought FSB.
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Happy to see SBL respond and adapt quickly to the participants.
 
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I finished Lesson 3 on Thursday, but sucked at the challenge exercise. So over the last 2 days I've gone back and rewatched/performed all the lesson 3 exercises. I can now do the challenge exercise with ease as long as I stick to the root note being in the first 5 frets. I've got some work to do to move around the fretboard with any level of confidence. I'm going to work on that over the weekend and then if all goes well start lesson 4 on Monday or Tuesday.
 
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You’re ahead of me then. I’m still on lesson 2. I think it’s the foundation of all bass playing so I’m going to work on this as long as it takes. I can play all the exercises just fine, all over the neck, but i want to be able to read and instinctively feel the 16th note rhythms. They are my biggest sticking point.
 
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Square said:
I’m on m1l2, doing the challenge. So far I’m just playing a pattern one time through the chord progression.

Mine is a mix of octaves walking notes and playing chord arpeggios. I know the arpeggios are not part of it, but I like the sound and the progression I’ve come up with. If I can get it flowing well I’ll post it on FSB.
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Well I posted a sound file on FSB. Listening back I need to think about the duration of some of the notes. Maybe work on the string noise.

Anyway it’s there warts and all. Feel free to share your thoughts.
 
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OlyWhite said:
You’re ahead of me then. I’m still on lesson 2. I think it’s the foundation of all bass playing so I’m going to work on this as long as it takes. I can play all the exercises just fine, all over the neck, but i want to be able to read and instinctively feel the 16th note rhythms. They are my biggest sticking point.
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Same, I'm going to rinse this exercise for all it's worth.
 
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