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15 July, 2021 Groove Backpack / Writing Bass Lines

Writing better basslines: Groove Backpack #1

This series focuses on expanding your bass guitar vocabulary by showing you different bass lines in real life situations. Write better bass lines today! Every groove has a transcription and an explanation why the bass line works with the harmony and the drums. This will surely power boost your bass

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Recording bass guitar at home
2 May, 2021 Recording Bass

You need this to start recording bass guitar

Back in the day when you wanted to record your music, you had to go to a music studio, find an engineer and invest a lot of money. Nowadays though, it’s very easy to record yourself at home using only a few things. Amazing productions are created inside tiny bedrooms.

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25 April, 2021 Applying Music Theory

Using the pentatonic scales for great basslines

Pentatonic scales are probably the most used scales out there. They are used in every style, whether it’s funk, blues, rock, reggae, jazz, you name it! The reason they are used by every player, is that they always sound good. That’s because the pentatonic scales contain all the sweet notes

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Moving to a new town as a professional musician
17 April, 2021 Mindset / Professional Bass Player

Moving to a new town as a professional musician

In 2014 I moved from the city of Groningen. I was born in that city and had lived there for all of my life. After finishing my studies I was in search of new musical adventures and decides to try my luck in Utrecht. Since Utrecht is located more centrally

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How do you remember songs fast Bass Guitar Lesson
14 April, 2021 Mindset / Professional Bass Player

Learning basslines, easy guide to remembering songs fast

It’s a Wednesday night, you hear the noise of your phone vibrating against your desk. You check the screen. The display tells you it’s Tom, that great drummer you met at a jam session a few weeks ago! “I need your help. Can you sit in with us on a

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Using Chords In Your Bass Lines
14 March, 2021 Applying Music Theory / Writing Bass Lines

Write better basslines: Adding chords to your basslines

As bass players we are usually only playing one note at the same time, unlike our guitarist counter-parts. But adding some chords to our vocabularies can not only spice up our basslines, but also help us in understanding harmony better. In this lesson I will introduce some chord shapes that

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