BassGuitarTips Blog 2.0

Hi Alex,
Well all I can say is WOW this has helped me allot as I am only a beginner, But I have got so much out of this video cant wait to get the second one. Thanks again for your teaching.

Eugene.

Great stuff Alex.
Its so much easier to understand the theory of Bass playing when it is showen visually and explained in such simple terms. Yes send me the rest of this lesson.

Thanks for another quality video Alex!! You never cease to give me tons of info and lots of good stuff to practice and work on

Hi alex.
I have been a member for over a year now.I can not say that I got everything sofar but my playing has gotten better.I play in a 3pc. blues band in Amherstburg Ontario,Canada .You are by far the best teacher Ive had.
FRED

Your teaching method has created a clear road map and has quickly improved my bass playing.

Hi Alex,

Thanks for this great video.

Are you planning to have a complete bass video lesson (or software) matching your bass guitar secrets books?

Please send me rest of the lesson.

Yves

Hi Alex,
Just a quick couple of questions relating to the new Video.

1: How dos one get to the Members area to get the Map?
2: How dose one join the Video Club, and where?
3: And how do we submit our E-Mail and Name to get Part 2 of the Video and the 4 free Goodies?

Note! I am not complaining just curious about the explanations to these matters that are sated in the Video.

Eugene.

Another Great Lesson Alex! You really gave a fantastic summary of the elements involved in deciding what, where, and how a bassist should play.

Please sign me up for the BassLesson4Free Video Club and send me my 4 free gifts!

it’s true… what you re teaching has me moving. So many other bassists just say practice but i need to know what I should practice lol thanks millions

great lesson. gave a greater undertanding of what where and when to play looking froward to pt2 and those free gifts

Hey Alex, Great lessons. I love the product I have so far. please by all means send me a copy of the rest of the lesson. It’s work, but with your help I belive I will get there.

Thanks
Jeff

jbchilds@gmail.com

Be blessed.

Alex,

Million thanks again.Wonderful lessons.

keep on rollin alex!

Hey Alex, wicked lesson you’ve truely opened up my mind to creating great basslines

BLESS

Once again, a fantastic lesson. I’ve learnt more in the last 6 months with your course than the last 6 years. Many thanks.

very good just the style I like . fun

Cool…Now practice will seem more real!

nice

Spent the last 3 hours going through the video clips and other content. I am an engineer by trade and really appreciate the structure you provide to pull this all together. I want more…

Kevin

Alex,
Once again you’ve shown how to apply the concepts to practical application.

BRAVO!

Thanks For part 1 of the lesson Alex cant wait to see part 2, so sign me up and send to to me. And many thanks for your hard work and dedication.

Eugene.

Alex,

Last week I requested part II of the video. I know you are busy and maybe haven’t been able to send me the link yet but I was worried that my request never got to you. I’m sorry to bother you with this but your lessons have been so helpful that i don’t want to miss a thing.

Steve

great stuff!!!

New guy here (not new to bass though); i’m digging your program so far.
Your articulation of the info is second to none!!!

very good Alex

Het Alex!

I hope you don’t plan on going anywhere in the next 20-60 years since you have become my personal bass teacher! Whoops don’t mean to put the pressure on. ^_^

Seriously though you are the man and I take every word you say to heart. One day I will make my teacher proud! (That’s you btw, :P)

oh yea as if you didn’t realize, sign me up!

gimme more!

Hey Alex!
Thanks for the extra time you put in for the videos and all.. much appreciated!
This video really opened up my eyes to how much I don’t know (modes, inversions, I don’t even remember the rest, there’s such a big list) -_- but I guess that’s a good thing since I know what to practice now. I got your course last summer when I had been playing for a month or two and I think I’ve really progressed since then. I’ve been playing for my church for about a year now and I really wanted to play as well as I could, and it really helped me, especially the theory and all the stuff about musical space.
Ok done telling my story.. haha. Could you sign me up for that club and send me the second part of the video? Thanks again for everything!

Alex,
GREAT stuff man!
I think this is terrific, showing how you come up with Bass lines, this puts me at a whole nother level of playing.
Thanks I am looking forward to part 2.

Hey, Alex,
It’s nice to hear (and see) a grooving bassist give practical advice. I know, like everyone else, that I’ll be doing a lot better kickin’ out the jams. Thanks for being awesome, man!

hey Alex,
Awesome video. You are a great bass player and an excellant teacher. I started taking the home study course about a month ago and I cannot believe how much I have improved in such a short period of time. I should have learned this twenty years ago but noone has ever been able to make me look at music the way you have. Thank you so much for your help and insperation. You have already put me on the path to becoming the bass player I want to become.

Can’t wait to see the next video.

Jerald

Alex,

This is a great addition to you book lesson just this video helped to better understand some areas I was unsure about.

Keep it coming!

Can’t wait to see more!! Thanks Alex

Alex,

I really liked that lesson. It’s like your bringing together all the fragments of previos lessons I’ve had and it’s starting to make sense.

Thank You

Hey Alex … been awhile but I have been working at it … great stuff you put out and really like you latest video … Thanks, Barry

Very good lesson…great job, Alex

Fantastic lesson, as usual. Shouldn’t expect anything but the best from you. Cant wait for the second part and the four freebies!
Cheers, sam

Nice lesson, I look forward to more…

Great tips on building groove bass lines - look forward to more!

I LOVE this Alex, thats what I am talking ABOUT MY BROTHER

I just love the lesson.
Awesome, I wish I could have found you earlier.
Andrzej

Alex,

I have your Bass Guitar Secrets course and I’m progressing very well. The above lesson just blew me away….the lights came on and I’m trully inspired. I can’t thank you enough for your great insight and extremely effective teaching style.

God Bless and please hook me up with more lessons and I’ll take any freebies you want to send my way!!! ;o)

Rob

Thank you so much. I’ve been waitng for something like this for a long time

A lot of very good information here. I understand most of the concepts but what I really enjoyed most is how you put it all together and explain it. I wish I had this video when I first started. It would have saved me a lot of waisted time learning these concepts the hard way. Good job Alex.
Regards,
Ricardo
http://myspace.com/ricardobass

Very good lesson, I appreciate the way Alex takes his time in his process

Great way of breaking everything down!!

Alex, you’re my bass man from heavan. I’m actually getting it (most of it anyway). You teaching style and methodology is genius. I appreciate your efforts to help us and thank you so much.

good stuff

Fantastic !!!
This is going to help and inspire me so much.
Thanks Alex

Alex fantastic stuff. You have really helped my bass playing.

nice video ma brother,helped alot. showed thinngs i never would have thought of.. really good video

Hi Alex:
Just want to let you know that I am really enjoying these lessons along with all the fantastic perks that go along with your course.

Thank you Alex for you explanations of “What, Where and How” to play the Bass.

I’m Loving it Alex!!!

Great lesson man! I was just going over volume 1 of BGS last night. I been playing for a while but your stuff is full of the thoery in a easy to understand matter that makes playing so much easier! I will be waiting for the next email with part two of this lesson. All I need to do is reply to this comment section right? I didn’t see anywhere else to sign up.

Again Great stuff man!

Real good info thanks Alex give me moore.

That was a real cool video lesson!!! You shoud deepen these matters and make a DVD book, what do you think?

Many start, but just a few go on in deep…

Good work!!!!

Thanks a lot and greetings from Spaghetti land.

CIAO,
Marco

Hey Alex, you Bassplaying ubermensch!

This is an excellent way of approaching any song, and a great way to keep practice sessions interesting, varied and beneficial. It was nicely broken down, and if you could do further videos on each section in more detail, that would expand the very powerful possibilities unlocked by these ’secrets.’ Hearing your deonstrations at the end certainly helped, because what could be better to wrap up a seminar than some funky basslines? : )

There is one question I had which still nags from the video, and that is the issue of ‘Contrast - high and low register’ (covered in the How To Play subscection). What does contrast, and high and low register, mean?

And as a little extra: you don’t have to ‘try’ to do this, or ‘try’ to show that. Because you can just do it, or as we say in the UK, ‘give it a go.’

Keep on posting these videos, and on teaching others with your passion. I and many, many others really appreciate it.

Alex tanks fir these lessons.
After so many books and teathers, why is no one telling this.

best regards,

dick

Alex,

You groove from within…and that ain’t easy.

From Cayucos By The Sea

Alex,
I am in my fifty’s and have been playing for only a couple of years I bought your lessons and have tried to be dillegent in practicing, but as a “regular” person with a family and job it is very difficult to practice without leaving my other responsibilities at risk. These videos are priceless to me and well thought out.

Please continue to keep a player like me in mind as you go forward we need your kind of insight. Even though the reality is that I will never be as good as I want but I can be happy playing every Sunday with help like this.

Spank

Hi Alex,

Thanx for this clear and easily understandable summary of a lot which is described in your course. The visual way by video makes it a lot more fun.
Will be very helpful to come up with my own lines.

You’re doing an enormous job which is of tremendous help so thanx again.

hey man, thanks so much for all the tips

That was a god send….thanks Alex!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very Clear, Very Practical, Very Useful stuff.

The explanation of the Kick, Snare, Hi Hat concept is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood aspects on how to relate to the Drummer. I have played drums professionally for many years and know that this makes a huge difference in bass players. I know and work with pro bassists that still need to learn it, or maybe just learn to believe it!

Thank You

Always on it keep posting.

Regards

Thanks Alex for this video lesson, things are starting to make a little more sense to me now. Please sign me up to your video club.

Alex you did it again Thank You for your for the tips . Runs ,Fills, is what i need . This is good …. Tom

Ha! Thanks again Alix Keep the tips and Fills coming …. Tom

Awesome lessons - thanks Alex

man i love your stuff dude

Alex,
Great illustration and supporting information for the techniques & theory of the Bass Secrets courses.

God Bless,
Rick

Alex - I love getting your e-mail lessons,

I believe this lesson is what I’ve needed for a long time. God bless you!!!

What a great teacher you are ! You bring all the essential elements of music in an organized manner. Totally inspiring for all players of all levels and instruments.
I’m a professionnel guitar player,arranger and will recommend your product anytime.
Michel Deslauriers

Great stuff. Please enroll me in the Basslessons4free club. Thanks

Hey Alex,

Thanks again for another very informative video. Please sign me up for part 2. What is the “fretboard formula” you mentioned? Is that the same as lesson 14? You are an AWESOME bass player and teacher!!!!!

Thanks,
Martin

great as always. thanks!

i enjoyed your video lesson

Alex,

Cool stuff in a great and easy to follow format.

Thanks

I like your style, Alex. It is truly an inspiration to see you play. I’d like to know more about substitutions to get the “out” side that you described earlier. I’ve always thought that the jazz cats must have some sort of thought process, even if they do play what they feel.
I’d love to see the rest of the videos.

You still da Man! Nice video! You make everything so clear. This is an excellent compliment to the Manuals.

Thank you Alex. Great tips!

You’ve done it again Alex,

Terrific watching you play. This is my biggest hurdle trying to play simple with speed & punch. Practice Practice I must. I can’t wait to see part two even though I can play the right notes but not with that fast staccato feel. You are quite the teacher.

John

Your a legend Alex - you never fail to amaze

Thanks bro,

I’m ready for more.

Great stuff.

Great Lesson, Thanks mnuch!!!

Great lesson Alex. I took lessons for about a year and was only given songs to learn. I really love what and how you teach. You are helping me get whats in my head down to the Bass.

Thanks,
Mark

Dude that was great, Im enjoying your stuff, keep it coming.

great lesson… looking forward to the next part.

Rock on!
Hambone

The video is absolutely great information. As a beginner, I can actually understand what you are doing and it was very easy to follow the concept. I can’t wait to make it part of my studies. Thank you so much.

nice job!

Simple but sweet!

Thanks Alex

Hi Alex,
Hope you do not mind me putting down a few words of my musical beginnings. I started playing classical accoustic guitar in the late seventies, in the early 80’s three friends of mine asked if i would like to play electric bass guitar and join ther small band consisting of a drummer, keybaord player and lead/ryhrm guitarist. As the transition to an an electric guitar was quite diffrent from a 6 string accoustic and having only 4 strings, i managed to use my novice experience in using scales in which i had previously learnt, to try and fit in and match the feel of the music and lyrics which were mainly ballad type or blues, which the lead guiatrist and keyboard player had composed. As a newcomer to the Bass and band, the lead guitarist kept on insisting i use a plactrum and use my fingers to damp the sound of single notes that i was playing in a chord scale or progression. I found this very confusing,not using my classical style of fingreing, very wooden, frustrating and boring, which did not express my own feeling or groove of the music with the bass guitar, and that i was doing someting wrong!! i felt that the bass guitar was something of an enemy that i could never master or play !! and gave up !! After that experience i have been listening to radio, cd’s, looking at videos of all types of music, and bass players, trying to play along with fills and licks at home, to try and unlock the mystery of the bass using my fingers only, not a plactrum!! I have now come to realise that my own ablity and technique had been crushed at a very early stage.

However having just joined your bass lessons, i am so happy to know that i am not on my own anymore, your love of the bass and music style which i like shows through, and as a personal tutor i can actually watch and see you play !! you have given me all the help and incentive i need to get me back playing the bass again. The manual and videos are very informative and your ongoing support is really helpful too, all at such an amazing cost.

Thank you so much Alex

Regards

Mike

Alex, I have been a member for several months now. You are exactly my style of teacher. I play as a member of our church worship team and really enjoy what you are teaching me. Thank you so much for doing this. God bless you.

Yeah Bro…keep it coming…give us that good oil!

Good Video. let’s have part 2 please !

Great teaching video….

I need to back up a bit to re-evaluate.

Bad arse stuff Alex , keep up your good work,Part 2 yes please.

Wow…………………………………………