Rock With You - Michael Jackson

NB. This video continues over at, www.BreakthroughBassPlaying.com
There I teach a complete song break down and show you the notes to the licks and runs I play. Check it out while it’s still available.

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A killin’ bass run from J. Raines!

There’s only 2 things you need to know before you watch today’s video…
1) Today’s bass lick is probably intermediate level, but I’m confident you guys can get at least parts of it… Watch the video to understand…
2) We’re now at video number 4 of our “Top 5″ countdown… Number 1 is next! Don’t miss it.
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Fancy Pants Bass Lick #3…

Hey everybody, Alex Sampson here with another cool bass lick for ya.
Hope you enjoy!
- Alex
PS. Oh yeah… Here are some links in case you missed Lick #5 and Lick #4.

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Fancy Bass Run#4, And Doubling-Up On Your ‘Useable’ Licks…

Today’s bass lick comes in at number #4 on the TOP 5 countdown.
PLUS I give a quick explanation of a very simple way anyone can effectively double their “licks database”  without learning a single additional lick…
It’s super simple, kinda obvious, but I know for a fact that most people do NOT think about using this […]

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Top 5 Bass Licks for September 2009…

Hey check this out… Because I know a lot of you are looking for new ‘advanced-sounding’ ways to spice up their bass grooves, I’m giving you 5 super-cool bass runs and licks you can swipe and USE IMMEDIATELY.
I admit, I ‘copped’ these bad boys myself from some pretty awesome bass players, but then I […]

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Improve your ear, technique & fretboard fluency all at once!

Yo playa’ (bass player that is)…
Grab yo’ bass & let’s have some FUN! In today’s video we’ll be doing some pretty high value stuff.
WARNING: If you’re an absolute beginner what we’re doing *may* be a little challenging, and it *may* take a while to ‘get it’ all under your fingers. But if it does don’t […]

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Genius exercise that builds exceptional bass technique…

The title video title says it all on this one… One quick WARNING though…
The 2nd part of this video is getting removed and put on another site in a few days… I’m just giving my blog readers a heads up before that happens.
So I’d watch both parts ASAP if I were you.
Alex
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Part 2

 

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Using ‘The Chicken’ to get some respect at your local music store…

Cool little video for you today.
If you’ve ever been to your local music store to test out a bass (or anywhere for that matter where you have a small audience) and your mind started drawing blanks for any cool grooves you could play on the spot…
…Here’s a nifty little jam that might be able to […]

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A little modern Gospel flava…

Hey gang, here’s the final video of your three part mini-lesson series. Been getting some requests from the church boys, so…
…If you dig the modern/contemporary gospel flava, chances are you’re gonna ‘cut up’ on this
Oh, by the way, in case you missed part 1 & 2, here’s the links again;
Mini Lesson #1 : […]

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1/16th note ‘rock’ bass solo… :-)

Ok… In today’s mini-lesson we’ll quickly go over a bass solo from a Christian rock styled song…
This is something a customer specifically wrote in asking for me to cover and he was nice about his asking :-). Whether you play ‘Christian Rock’ or not, you should give this a shot and see how how your […]

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