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Who has the best online lessons nowadays?

#61
ebozzz said:
He can play! I haven't checked out his site much but I have seen several of his videos. It wasn't my intention to be offensive with my comment and please accept my apology if that's how you interpreted what I said. I think Marlowe would sound great on just about any bass. Sandberg or otherwise..... :D

I'll have to check out a his lessons a little more....
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Everything is cool! I understand what you mean.
 
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#62
I feel that Chemistry is very important when it comes to finding a good Bass instructor or course. There is no hand-down "winner" since everyone's teaching style is different and everyone learns at a different pace.

When it comes to online lessons, some feel there are instructors that "talk too much" and other tend to like that and prefer the slower pace. My suggestion is for you to take the recommendations, do some research and see which type of instructor you connect with the most.
 
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DublinerBass said:
Paul Wolfe howtoplaybass.com is Top Class as is Dan at The Bassment
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+10 on Paul Wolfe. He's a great teacher. Tons of good free stuff. And also very reasonably priced courses.

He teaches learning in the context of songs. He is articulate and well paced in his delivery. His lessons tend to emphasis notation and learning the fretboard as you learn songs.
 
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the yeti said:
makes sense to me. what do you think about Skype lessons?
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The guy a couple of posts up recommended Russ Rodgers, I have been taking Skype lessons with him for a little over a year. He has taken me to places I never would have gotten on my own. The cool thing about taking Skype lessons is you can often find better teachers than you can in your hometown. The only downside is you can't play together at the same time but other than that it is a great way to learn.
 
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I have signed up for 4 months (paid for 3 in the deal I got) with artistworks.com to take bluegrass upright bass lessons from Missy Raines.
I am getting good value out of these, but not sure I'm re-upping after my subscription runs out. You submit videos of your playing and get a video response.
I am supposed to have access to other teachers, but I haven't quite checked that out yet.
The bass guitar teacher is Nathan East, which would be cool.
 
#76
mneveux said:
Paul Wolf is my favorite for online lessons and then Scott's Bass Lessons.
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I work with the materials from Paul Wolfe (www.how-to-play-bass.com/), Mark J. Smith (http://www.talkingbass.net), and Scott Devine (www.scottsbasslessons.com). All three are great teachers. I found Scott first, and learned/still learn a lot from him. Then I found Paul. Different style, but very good as well, and teaches with many songs that fit with what I want to play. Then I found Mark. Another articulate, well organized, engaging teacher. I bounce between all three studying technique and theory, but most of my practice is from playing Paul's song lessons.
 
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bobalu said:
Thank-you Mark for your post, a very good perspective. My problem has been finding a good teacher (good for me, that is). I am gravitating towards on-line lessons because there just aren't any good teachers that I can find.

My problems are:

-I'm an adult (over 50), and don't want to play Justin Beiber songs. Every single teacher has been a twenty-something or younger. No offence to that age group, but knowing how to play bass does not = knowing how to teach bass.
-none of the teachers I've had ever bothered to ask me what my experience was. At the first lesson they just asked me what I wanted to learn (ie: "Do you want to learn any songs of just some scales?"
- There was never any "structure" to the lessons. Some were like a "jam" session. I just became frustrated and tried to find another teacher.
-none of the teachers ever provided instruction to me on technique.

I guess what I'm saying is that all the bass instruction near me seems geared to young kids who are beginners. In fact, some of the teachers were guitar players who happened to teach bass as well.

Very frustrating.
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Hello,

Being 55 myself, I do second this feeling, especially this sentence knowing how to play bass does not = knowing how to teach bass (a clever statement that by the way applies to a huge lot of other areas)

I ended with Ed Friedland book (excellent, with really cool backing tracks) and a bit of JampLay (but I'll have a look at other sites noted here)

Luc
 
#79
Hello,

All that has been said is very interesting.

IMHO the expression "the best online…" needs to be précised because most of the online services are very different.

A long time JamPlay iuser, I took advantage of a great promotion and subscribed to Scottbasslessons. My initial impressions :

JamPlay : is very Online lessons oriented, with a lot of different instructors, eachg one proposing a real learning path (ok this is especially true for the very rich guitar part, not yet for the bass section opened recently, but it's the goal).
From a technical point of view, Jamplay is very advanced and the developpers works regularily on the interface (the latest version is a gem)
JamPlay is ideal for beginners, not sure it's a very good resource for experienced bassists

Scottsbasslessons (SBL) : is a very community oriented site. The learning part is much more confusing and far less structured than JamPlay.
Main focus of Scottbasslessons is to encourage action (challenges, subscribers are invited to submit videos and soundclips of their play and so on). The community management is incredible and everything is done to motivate subscriber and make them feeling at home.
From a technical point of view, the SBL is very basic with very basic videos and no functionality (compared to JamPlay)
SBL is probably an ideal resource for experienced bassists who search to fine tune their knowledge and wants inputs from pairs. Not sure it's a good resource for beginners

So my advice is to hunt for special offers to really try these services and chose the one which fits better with your level, habits and personal preference.

I'm not sure there is a "better one"… all are rather different.


My two cents


Luc
 
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lstelie said:
Hello,

Being 55 myself, I do second this feeling, especially this sentence knowing how to play bass does not = knowing how to teach bass (a clever statement that by the way applies to a huge lot of other areas)

I ended with Ed Friedland book (excellent, with really cool backing tracks) and a bit of JampLay (but I'll have a look at other sites noted here)

Luc
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I started this thread, and in the end even after subscribing to JamPlay spend more time with Friedlands book.

I have found, at least for me, that the book/CD combo is the very best.
 
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