Ok I’m exhausted, I’m starved and in desperate need of a barber…<\/p>\n
And here’s why.<\/p>\n
I started off shooting the detailed breakdown for the ‘Take 5’ video, (see that original video here<\/a>) and kinda figured it’d take about 15-20 mins tops…<\/p>\n So I locked myself in the studio with only enough food and water for 20 minutes and I promptly got to work.<\/p>\n Two hours later I’m sitting there laughing at myself, as I finally admit that Saturday evening is pretty much shot. \ud83d\ude42 Talk about a mis-calculation!<\/em> — Then finally (3 hours later)<\/em> I emerge from the studio with the video breakdown and crib sheets etc…<\/p>\n The thing is;<\/p>\n But I’m not complaining — It was all worth it.<\/p>\n You see, I read every last comment on the blog and we get our share of emails and phone calls etc… (And then some \ud83d\ude42 Hey, it’s all good. Comes with the territory baby.)<\/em> — So I think I can safely say I have a pretty good handle on what my audience wants to know about building better bass lines.<\/p>\n So in the middle of recording this training video, I quickly realized something…<\/p>\n “Alex, this was gonna to take a lot more than 20 minutes if you have to deliver a lot of value, and cover most of the questions you knew people had.”<\/p>\n But because (as I’m sure you realize)<\/em> I genuinely <\/strong>love this stuff and love sharing value with you guys\/gals, doing the ‘marathon’ video was totally worth it.<\/p>\n I hope you enjoy them.<\/p>\n Alex<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n P.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh! Forgot to mention some things real quick;<\/p>\n 1. The video is very detailed and I realize that some intermediate and advanced folks may not need as much ‘hand-holding’ as it covers…<\/strong><\/p>\n For you big bad bass ninjas, just use the download PDFs I give below and you should have no problem getting along with just those and the original video.<\/p>\n If however you are interested in more than just ripping what I played and you want to learn a lot more about the intricate details present in the bass line, so you can really grow your playing, (which I truly hope you are)<\/em> then setting aside an hour to watch the entire video is gonna TOTALLY be worth it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. A lot of folks want to know what’s this evil-plot, world-domination scheme I’ve been up to that I hinted at in the previous post;-<\/strong> Well watch today’s video and you’ll get several clues… Watch it all the way through to the end and you’ll get a real GEM<\/strong> of a clue. {wink wink}<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Please post your comments below because I really appreciate them.<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s really good to know that the many days spent outlining the video, shooting it, transferring it to the computer, editing in, proofing it, rendering, compressing, testing, re-compressing, testing again, re-rendering, re-compressing, coding, uploading etc etc etc… really means some thing to you.<\/p>\n It’s a lot of effort. If you can take 30 seconds to post a comment you’ll officially be one of the coolest people in the world. Besides you don’t want to break the heart of a skinny, hungry, mountain-man-beard-wearing bassist would ya?<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Didn’t think so. So post away.<\/p>\n ————————————————<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Download these to use with the video lessons.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take 5 Chord Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n Take 5 Crib Sheet (Tabs)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong>\n
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