Love the Video. "Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.” ― John C. Maxwell

@rawstarmusic

9 жыл бұрын

Goth JigSaw Fall often but fall forwards, that was a good one. Don't be put off.

@scottsbasslessons

9 жыл бұрын

Goth JigSaw yes man! :)

@ernestwester6336

5 жыл бұрын

Goth JigSaw you are so correct man

Failure is crucial to music! Your failure to sound like your influences is what helps you develop your own style and sound.

I know this lesson is three years old. But I must confess when I get discouraged I go back to this Video to get me back on track. Thanks Scott appreciate all you do to helps others grow as a bass player.

Your bass lessons are EXTREMELY informative and useful for me though I'm a guitar player. Thanks Scott!

Scott, you have no idea how much I needed to hear all of this. So good!

@scottsbasslessons

9 жыл бұрын

Timfine Keep groovin' Tim! :)

@timfine143

9 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks!

The title of this video is quite an understatement. This is exactly how to practice any musical instrument. My new drums teacher told me most of this about 2 months ago, and I feel like having wasted 9 years with unorganised practice (although I probably wouldn't have managed that mindset anyway during my childhood). Great video and "must watch" for any music student I would say.

I started playing upright bass half a year ago, but I enjoy watching your lessons anyway,.. because they keep me inspired! also I struggle with practice routine so these are great tips, thank you!

you are a really great communicator, and your passion for the craft is infectious . . I find your lessons to be the most informative , inspiring and accurate . . thanks man. . . it really helps.

Scott, you have great teaching skills, it's easy to see that you can really feel the issues bass players on various levels have to cope with during playing bass. It's a pleasure to listen to you, I'll try to implement your tips and suggestions and I'm sure I'll progress lightning fast if I really stick to it.

My favorite motto form Mike Johnston ''Embrace the suck''. you found something you cant do? awesome! now you can look forward practicing it! thanks for the upload Scott your the man!

This is the most important video from SBL I've watched yet. I wish I had these videos years ago to stop me from giving up the bass (recently picked it up again).

I greatly appreciate all the useful information here Mr. Scott. They really work...when applied. Thank you very much!

You're one of my #7 guys, Scott. Thank you! Cheers from Italy :)

@scottsbasslessons

9 жыл бұрын

Manuel Spagnolo Manuel... keep groovin'! :)

Enjoying what I'm getting out of your lessons, always happy to back someone willin to share disregard won experience of knowledge. Typhus is what the internet was made to do. Educating the world, remembers that 90s vision of the internet in 10 years.

Why the heck would anyone dislike this video?! Great stuff. Keep it up Scott.

I'm coming to your lessons from a punk rock (read: non-theoretical and a-technical) background, and have played by ear without reading a note since I was 14. I am now 27 and your lessons are really helping me expand my technique. Improvisation is a huge part of what I do and you're really helping me push my boundaries in terms of fluidity and general palette. so thanks Scott :)

Great tips for any musicians, not just bassist!! Thanks! - Hunter

Thank you Scott! Your effort is really improving bass players’ skills. Greetings from Prague.

thank you for your tips! i'll difinitely do this.. now im really inspired. it opened up my mind. "mabuhay ka" scott im from philippines

Fantastic teacher. Speaks so much sense.

Thank you Scott!

The one which really rang a bell for me was the analysis one: I went to music college (for the flute and piano) and I have been taught the classical way. Then being asked to play what comes into your head, to improvise or to play that blank lead sheet with a couple of chords over the top - AHhhh... “what do you do?’ It took a long time to unlearn that kind of mindset. Now I love bass (James Jamieson was one of the best) but I am such a beginner with this instrument. This is great stuff!!

hey scott .. great lesson .. ur one of those guys who makes me wanna pik up the bass n play .. thanx for the inspiration .. now time to get in the shed !!! ..

As usual Scott you deliver really great content in your videos. I have been following you for a while and I am really happy that your channel is becoming more and more popular. I think you are a really good teacher and musician, so keep up the good work ! Have a fantastic day ! :)

True master , a true teacher.

Love your lesson, I wish I had seen this when I started playing bass guitar. It would have saved a lot time.

Awesome tips, Scott!! This lesson got me inspired to practice more and in a more organized and efficient way (and fill in my practice log within the Academy more frequently..:)

Thanks for the video and clarification on transcription technique and analysis. I've heard so much about the need to do it, but I assumed it meant actually writing it down, which can be very time consuming, so I haven't done it much. The way you describe it makes more sense and illustrates the value of it especially when you get into the analysis of the transcription... IMO. I will be definitely doing more of this during my practice time. Thanks!!!

Thank you so much for this! It's been helping my playing a lot! I'm addicted to your channel...

I appreciate what you said about failure. My goal since I picked up bass a few months ago was Tommy The Cat from primus and now I finally have it after sooo many times of hopelessness and failure

This video = instant #7 ;) What a great lesson once again Scott. You keep outdoing yourself!!

Thanks for this mate. I'm 35 and have played since I was 13 but gave up pursuing music at 18 because I wasn't feeling I was "creative" or "talented" enough to be successful despite much encouragement from my teachers and peers. I practiced 4 hours a day without fail, and did many 9 hour sessions, but I realize now that I was letting perfectionism, and inflexibility in my practice habits dictate the rate and extent of my musical development. I set impossible standards for myself without looking critically at how I might make incremental progress from where I was to where I wanted to be, nor appreciating what skills I did possess and pleasure it brought to those who listened. I remember thinking: "Well, Jaco was already blowing through heads after 2 years of playing bass, and Stuart Zender was playing with Jamiroquai after 4 years....I've been at it 5 years (obsessively) and I have no music in me like they did....I should give up." Maybe that assessment was correct, but in retrospect I could have done more favours for myself had I only taken a more mature, reasoned and compassionate approach to my practice. Trying now to get the heart back into the work, with a tired and unstimulated mind is challenging but your advice in this video gives me some hope that better, structured and focused practice could help me get beyond a 17 year plateau. Thanks again, Scott. Cheers, - Jay

@felisindodiz3000

6 жыл бұрын

WTHFX i hear ya bud! Right there with ya, keep it up and hope alls good with you!

Great lesson Scott, top advice!

I really like the though about the school/teach system!!!

Much needed video. Thank you maestro.

you just answered my lifetime question, thanks scott!

Great as usual!

@devinebass

9 жыл бұрын

Olando McCall Cheers Olando :)

This is brilliant ❤️👍🏻 thanks Scott

always quality tips! cheers from the Philippines Scott's Bass Lessons

Thank you for your vids they have helped me a lot as I am totally self - alone- learned- bass.

More on the analyzing tip, I read this linguistics paper that showed that children apply grammar structures outside of the explicit example of the structure that they’ve learned. I really like the idea of learning music like you learned your own language!

I want you back... It just made my life a little bit better! awesome

Learning music is indeed like learning a language: imitation precedes understanding.

Great, great, great!

and of course, exercise your musical imagination. Great video Scott.

Your 7 tips are great for all instruments!

Thanks for you help. I feel like you and need to organize my practice.I also like you analyze your music part.

Thumbs up for the mushroom soup mention! Haha, thanks again Scott. I am joining the academy in the next couple of weeks, I can't wait! See you soon.

Great...thanx a lot Scott. Really cool and helpfull lessons. Keep up the good work :)

@devinebass

9 жыл бұрын

Mario Mišmaš Cheers Mario :)

Great stuff. Really great. Thanks.

Awesome video. I have at the least 15 mins a day. The most 60-120 mins(if I’m lucky). There’s so much to take in so it’s nice to hear how to make practice time efficient

you're a great teacher! thank you!

Great lesson. Thank you!

Scott! this was really great! ♫♪

Thank man really enjoy you cheers

Great tips, thank you!

So true, I’ve started doing this with backing tracks I’d play guitar to

There is a very useful piece of software to help with transcription, appropriately named "Transcribe!" It can play the song, transpose it, slow it down, loop fragments, select and mute the bass track via equalization. Great stuff, I like it.

Great video - lots of helpful advice in there

Had to show the first part of this video to my girlfriend. I have been learning some electronic music stuff and my statement to her was "and now I get to continuously fail for several months" and I got a bit of a WTF? in response. She totally accepted my explanation that like learning anything I was going to experiment and suck at it, and it was great to find this and be able to say 'look, another person who expresses learning in terms of failing until you get better!'

No 8........having a decent instrument helps a great deal too, I've just upgraded to a Yamaha TRBx 304 and the difference is amazing

Great tips, thanks!

Espectacular, gracias!

@scottsbasslessons

9 жыл бұрын

***** Cheers Fabian :)

Love it!

I was fortunate to have spent some time with one of the great trombone teachers back in my college days. His mantra was "Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." His intent with this was not to say that you can play things perfectly from the beginning. It was a lesson about paying attention to each and every note and getting it right by breaking things down and slowing to a speed where you can play a passage accurately. We cannot just simply put in the time if we are going to slop through our work. If you practice things wrong, you will play them wrong later on. Secondly, I like to use an analogy between athletics and music when it comes to practicing on a daily basis. Both have an intellectual component, musical scores vs playbooks for instance and the rules of the game. Both disciplines have a physical component. In sports, it is about building bulk muscles, in music the muscles being developed are smaller but no less important. In both, you have to do the reps to build accuracy and endurance. Thank you much Scott for your videos. I might be a sixty-something old musical crumegeon

9:30 - From what I've heard, this is essentially The Suzuki Method. We learn music similarly to how we learn verbal communication. We listen, then we imitate, then we can create new content to convey to others.

Lot of good advice there!

talking about inpiration, have to say that your very inpiring to me scott. thx

Really useful, i will start soon and i'm 30 :( so your tips are very very important for me. Thank you.

Hey scott. You should do a video on the flamenco technique or bass playing styles. I'm listening to a lot of Geddy Lee stuff and would love tips on how to play that way.

Great series Scott! One suggestion for 'post production' is to recap at the end of each video with bullet items of the highlights (over-layed on the screen).for that lesson. Keep teaching!

Great as usual! Greetings from Italy :)

@scottsbasslessons

9 жыл бұрын

Parseval Cheers man :)

Hey Scott. Great video as always. I was wondering: when you are transcribing songs how do you you recommend learning them? By ear or with sheets? Thanks a ton in advance :-)

Really interesting.

you are amazing!

Hey Scott thanks for another great lesson! Guess I have to go work on the scary stuff now.....

@devinebass

9 жыл бұрын

Earthcraft Band Official Me too, lol ;)

No. 2 is missing some details; I wouldn't want others to get the same injuries as I got. TLDR: 30 minutes, 5 days for a beginner is good, but more may be bad if you're not well informed. I started with 4+ hours every single day for 1 year straight, but since my left hand technique was horrible I started getting infections in my tendons due to some lubricant not being produced. I gradually found ways to adjust my bass (lighter string gauge, lowest action, straight neck) and learned how to develop technique and lighter touch (thanks scott) to lower the tension in my hand. had I practiced less in the beginning, I might've not developed such a recurring injury. I thought this needed to be mentioned, as enthusiasm (frequency) and ignorance (technique/ergonomics) don't go well together. There should be a balance in the learning curve; gradually play more when you know what to look out for. Same for No.1: failing a bassline a 1000 times could also lead to permanent injuries. (for beginners) Of course No.1's goal is devoloping muscle memory, I understand that. P.S. I didn't get a teacher, I just studied other bassists like you, and preferably those who play other genres. I mostly cover J-Rock basslines at 170+ bpm (Tomomi Ogawa - Scandal) I started out with some of their more difficult songs, which I shouldn't have done...

Going to fail over and over and over again is a wonderful thought, you are so right. But who cares, your only practicing!

Love this guy. We are sooooooo lucky to have something like this for free

very helpful!

Thanks for the video! Have you made a gear video? I'm interested in what you use.

Great tips! Love your teaching style. I see your neighbor still hasn't replaced his smoke detector battery :)

Great lesson, Scott. Helped me get really centred. Got a non-bass question, tho. Noticed your really cool watch on this video. Mind sharing what it is?

Great lesson Scott :)

@devinebass

9 жыл бұрын

Federico Morandi Thanks for watching Federico! :)

@-ico-8074

9 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely joining the academy :D

Hey Scott, do you have a video on transcribing or a resource that you would recommend? Thanks for another great video!

lmao, listening to scotts breathing during the intro 🤣 Although, breathing is an essential part of playing

One of the good things about having to fail over and over in practice is that you might get lots of ideas from what you play by mistake. Another good thing is it helps you decide which riffs are good enough for a song. If you enjoy playing the same riff for hours and hours, it's a good riff. If you get bored with it, it probably isn't. Plus, all the practice time gives you ample opportunities to tweak your amp settings until they're all perfect.

i love you man !!!!! rsrsrsr thanks for save-me !!!

Man, play bass is so hard! But I try on! LOL Thanks, Scott, great tips. I just wanna understand better english... :/ See ya

Glad I'm not the only one. Kept standing in different rooms trying to locate which smoke alarm needed it's battery changed. Haha!

The seven habits of highly effective bass players... Awesome.

Great take on failure! The only difference between a beginner and a master is that the master has failed a million more times!

Great video. But man that chirping smoke alarm. 😂

That's a really nice J bass

I like to compare it to a child learning to walk: as soon as it’s capable, a child will focus on turning over, then crawling, sitting up, and eventually standing. ONLY EXHAUSTION, FOOD, & PUPPIES CAN DISTRACT THEM. Learning an instrument takes the same sort of persistent absorption in the process and focus on the learning itself. Ditto language acquisition, as you say…SO MUCH great stuff here - time to make notes!

I love how philosophical this got hahaha

U make me want to pick up my fender and study :)

@scottsbasslessons

9 жыл бұрын

Angel Rubio Rodríguez Do it! :)

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Hi Scott, thank you very much for all the videos you upload. I have been following the youtube page for years and they are all excellent. In this video you talk about transcribing but, at least on KZread, there are not many videos of you in which you talk about perceptual audio and how to develop it from scratch to higher levels. If you could give us a hand, for people like me who are hard of hearing, I would really appreciate it. Greetings from Argentina

New player here. Started mid December.. 1.5-2hours a day. Sometimes more. At least 6 days a week so far.