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Pro-Level Secrets Revealed

RSalvador

RSalvador

Lakland 44-94 - Markbass LMT 800 - Schroeder 1212L
Nov 19, 2005
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Springfield, MO
#1
Well, there is no reason for me to continue trying to play the bass now that the secret is out. Yes, the latest Bass Player magazine, the one with Adam Clayton on the front, on page 21 has published Rex Hull’s “shortcut lesson to pro chops” so now everyone will become “the kind of bass player who scares other musicians with your skill and ability to drive the beat…”

So why should I even try anymore. All anybody with a bass has to do now is “just watch this DVD program one time…and your head will explode with all the new skills suddenly available to you.” Actually it doesn’t even say anything about having a bass.

At least I’ll have my choice of all the day jobs I want when every other bass player is able to quit their day job because “knowing the secrets of delivering maximum bottom means you’ll ALWAYS be in demand, and always able to play with the best musicians around.”

No wonder this “breakthrough in speed teaching” has been such a secret, because Rex Hull is in fact himself a secret. He does not show up at all in the first three pages of a Yahoo search. “How good is he? Forget about it. He earned the privilege to play Live at the Apollo just a short time ago.” Wow, I don’t remember reading anywhere that Victor Wooten or any of my bass hero’s have earned that status.

Well, if you haven’t got your copy of BP yet with the secret go ahead and I’ll see you at the Apollo. ;)

Quotes from a real ad in BP if you can believe it.
 
#11
I don't believe there is such as thing as "speed teaching", unless of course, the student is a "speed learner".

An important aspect to understand about the learning process, is that not everyone learns the same way. Some students are tactial learners, some are visual, and some aural. The nice thing about music, is that it caters for all three.

speed teaching... it's just a gimick. I think the real secret to education in general is understanding a teaching methodogy, as-well-as understanding how people learn. Education is a science in it's self, which you can learned at any library.
 
#17
Kiwi Kid said:
I think the real secret to education in general is understanding a teaching methodogy, as-well-as understanding how people learn. Education is a science in it's self, which you can learned at any library.
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The problem is that the current methodolgy is based on the original Mel Bay Bass 1. Almost all methods are just a step up from there. There are other methods. I have written one which is very good and has a much quicker learning curve. My method will teach you, fairly quickly, to access the bass but as Bruce alluded to,musicianship takes time.

Rex Hull's ad doesn't once state what his methods are or give any examples. The ad is 2 pages of hype.

One more thing, the ad states that they only made 117 copies at $104.00 each - how much do you thin that ad cost them?

Mike
 
#19
Kiwi Kid said:
I don't know any Professor Harold Hill.

Who the heck is Professor Harold Hill?
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A simple search on Google reveals :


Music Man
For the song and game, see The Music Man (song).
The Music Man is a musical play written by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, which premiered on Broadway in 1957 and was revived in 1976 with Ian Richardson as Harold Hill. Craig Bierko had the title role in another revival that played Broadway in the early 1990s, directed by choreographer Susan Stroman.


Summary
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
"Professor" Harold Hill is a con man who sells musical instruments, pretending that he will teach youngsters to play them and form a town band. His plan to carry out the scam at River City, a small town in Iowa, is thwarted when he becomes attracted to Marian Paroo, the local librarian. When some of the town officials become suspicious of him, he forms them into a barbershop quartet. He gets around the ladies of the town by encouraging them to put on a concert and he wins Marian over by his kindness towards her younger brother, Winthrop. Although she recognises his scheme, Marian falls in love with him and helps him to escape detection. Hill decides to stay in town and face the music.
 
#20
Bruce Lindfield said:
A simple search on Google reveals :


Music Man
For the song and game, see The Music Man (song).
The Music Man is a musical play written by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, which premiered on Broadway in 1957 and was revived in 1976 with Ian Richardson as Harold Hill. Craig Bierko had the title role in another revival that played Broadway in the early 1990s, directed by choreographer Susan Stroman.


Summary
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
"Professor" Harold Hill is a con man who sells musical instruments, pretending that he will teach youngsters to play them and form a town band. His plan to carry out the scam at River City, a small town in Iowa, is thwarted when he becomes attracted to Marian Paroo, the local librarian. When some of the town officials become suspicious of him, he forms them into a barbershop quartet. He gets around the ladies of the town by encouraging them to put on a concert and he wins Marian over by his kindness towards her younger brother, Winthrop. Although she recognises his scheme, Marian falls in love with him and helps him to escape detection. Hill decides to stay in town and face the music.
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More recently done in a made for TV production with Matthew Broderick playing Harlod Hill
 

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