This week we’re going to look at a little more Les Claypool and a tune that completely baffled me as a young bass player. I’m obviously talking about that insane bass riff from Is It Luck?
In this lesson we’re looking at Tim Commerford’s bass line in the song Bullet In The Head by Rage Against The Machine including Bass Tabs and Drum Practice Tracks. This bass riff is a great example of how to use a dominant 7 chord in a conventional bass line. Bullet In The Head Riff: Practice…
Jerry Was A Race Car Driver from the Sailing The Seas Of Cheese album by Primus is a masterclass in tapped, slapped and strummed grooves all courtesy of bass phenom Les Claypool. In this bass lesson we’ll be looking at the main riffs in the song and we’ll look at how to play them on…
This week we’re going to look at one of the most innovative bass players of the last 10 years: Mike Kerr from the band Royal Blood. Figure It Out – Royal Blood Verse Riff Drum Track Pre Chorus Riff Chorus Riff Drum Track Instrumental Section Drum Track Final Riff Drum Track
Today we’re going to look at that old chestnut Mustang Sally. Yup, pretty much every bass player gets to play this one at some point. If you play bars or any kind of function or wedding gig, this one is going to come up and with good reason. But did you know that most people…
In this bass lesson we’re going to breakdown what could be the PERFECT pop bass line from the 80s classic song Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears. Curt Smith plays a sophisticated line using slides, chords, staccato notes, arpeggios and generating unusual twists in the harmony. In this video, I’ll be breaking down every…
This week I’m going to give an example of the effect of doubling a very frenetic riff in the shape of the greatest love song ever written: Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse. Alex Webster is an awesome bass player with sick 3 finger picking chops. Hammer Smashed Face is a great example of how…
This was a huge help for me. I have the sailing the seas of cheese book but the way you broke it down into parts really helped to get the pattern down. Now I find the hardest part is to keep in time with the drums.
Nice lesson Mark. Are you familiar with Shakatak? Their song I lose Myself would be a great slap tutorial.
Bro I just looked up this band and I was like wtf is this? so I clicked a random song and holy shit this is one of the grooviest things I’ve ever heard