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scotts bass lessons?
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How does the SBL paid sub compare to what is offered on the YouTube channel for absolute beginners looking for more hand technique, body posture etc?
If you’re looking for one specific thing like posture, I wouldn’t bother with SBL. That’s like signing up for a Business Administartion degree to learn how to bold text in Excel.
I guess the question was more about what I'm not finding than the end goal. I've found it fairly trivial to find good resources for theory, scales, chords, triads and of course tabs but the "simple" stuff like proper fretting hand finger/thumb placement or plucking hand attack angle seems to get glossed over.
There are some beginner's courses that cover this as well as a bunch of much deeper courses and master classes as part of the full subscription that have very little in common with the youtube snippets. I suggest you check out he 14-day trial to be able to get a better look at all of it.
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Scott is a heavy marketer and I admit I was initially put off by some of his provocative click-bait YouTube headlines ("Why you should never, ever play a 5 string because they suck!").
I finally watched a few and found Scott to be funny, clear, a damned good player, and a pretty good teacher. I think it's a decent service.
I finally watched a few and found Scott to be funny, clear, a damned good player, and a pretty good teacher. I think it's a decent service.
I’ve been watching Scott’s lessons since before he had the paid subscription. I’ve pay the annual fee and find it to be a great deal. Nothing wrong with being a heavy marketer of your services...as long as you back it up with something of value. Scott continues to develop his website with a great variety of topics and new instructors. You’d have to quit your day job to really absorb all of the material available. It’s a great bass education website and it keeps improving. Well worth it.
I've been noticing this with a lot of videos lately, everyone has to talk for 5 to 7 minutes before they get to the subject. I watch skateboarding instruction videos that do the same thing.
I understand you don't wanna jump right into it, but they should limit the long nothing to do with the subject intro.
I am a member of SBL and I think it's worth it. There is everything in there, from 101 beginner stuff to some pretty intensive courses on theory, groove, blues, and lots of other things like guest seminars and interviews with some amazing bass players, and a "bass hang" where you can ask questions. You can even video record yourself playing and they will give you feedback. I would recommend signing up for the free trial; there are no restrictions on content, so you can see everything that's available before you decide. He only talks too much about other stuff on the YT videos btw, not on the actual SBL site. 
Where should I look to see the lifetime membership option? I can't see it anywhere on Scott's page...
Last time I heard it was only available to people who had been members for a year.
Thanks, I just wondered how much would it be because might be that if I can't be addicted to a daily usage of the Academy, perhaps a lifetime membership might be better worth than approx 180 bucks per year...
I think when I got the Lifetime, maybe it was the equivalent of buying a second year to get the Lifetime.
I feel like it was more than the second year, but not outrageous.
Maybe year 2 was less than year 1, but lifetime was equal to year 1?
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Found a really simple solution! I dug out my email receipt. Lifetime was $196USD.
I will say the amount of content since getting lifetime about a year back continues to amaze. Some very detailed new courses.
Lots of new stuff coming out from new instructors all the time. Also a lifetime member
You are better off getting knee to knee lessons with an instructor. Nothing beats this. Nothing.
Failing that, you should get Skype lessons, where the teacher can provide immediate feedback to your questions or concerns. Also, he or she will make sure you "get it."
I would only use SBL or anything else as a last resort.
There's no "real" teaching going on, because teaching is a two way street.
Failing that, you should get Skype lessons, where the teacher can provide immediate feedback to your questions or concerns. Also, he or she will make sure you "get it."
I would only use SBL or anything else as a last resort.
There's no "real" teaching going on, because teaching is a two way street.
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Sure, both of those things are great. And expensive, and difficult for a lot of people to manage.
Leaving aside their recent limited SBL foray into 1:1 coaching, if one is fairly dedicated and works at is, there's a lot of ground that can be covered particularly in the theory and vocabulary space from SBL, and for that it's a great resource. I'm more interested in learning than teaching.
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