Some rare artists are a force of nature whose talents are a gift to us all and whose dedication to their work is a sharing of joy. Step forward, Ms Nik West. 🙌 (P.S. the 'sauce' in your hair looks great! 🔥)

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love! I'm stepping forward a little more each day 💜💜💜

@cianciaway883

2 жыл бұрын

she,s not an artist :)))

@SweetSoundOfStrings

2 жыл бұрын

@@NikWestBass Hey Nikki Bad bAss! Can I/we get a copy of that funky backing track? PLEASE?!!! 😬😬😬

It's the old adage, it's not what you play, it's the way you play it. Groove is not so much about technical ability, but feel, timing and space. This great lesson teaches all of that.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

YES!!!! You get it! Thanks for watching

This is exactly what I needed to get me outta learners block, stuck on scales and over thinking. Groove that's so cool, Niki West cheers.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love! Sometimes it's good to take a break from learning everyone else's songs and just get creative 🎉

@SLqB11

Жыл бұрын

Just do this. Play some drum backing tracks on yt...funky. Keep up with the bas with simple lines.

Hey Professor, it’s good to have you back here on KZread! You always bring a groove and uplifting Spirit that adds more sunshine ☀️ to the day. Infinite Uplifting Blessings to All of your Family❣️✨😎😁

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

HEEEEEY VINCENT! Good seeing you here! lots of love!

You lessons are absolutely world class. Great player, great musician, and great teacher. THANK YOU Nik West.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!! Super appreciated!

You are an amazing bassist, teacher, and spirit. Thanks for all the lessons and positive energy.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate the love!!

Love it!

Groovy and simple . Bass4ever. Thanks!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

You bet! THANK you for watching!

Simple yet powerful and groovy line! Thank you!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

So glad to see you back here!! Congrats on the baby!!! ❤️

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I'm BACK!!

I wasn't even looking for this and I am so glad I found it! Learned something new today! Thanks!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!! So glad you learned something from this video! Thanks for watching!

I immediately fell in love with how you explain things in detail! 💖

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you!. Thanks for watching!!

Nicely done, thank you!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you

Very good lesson in groove/functionality. The bits about “space” and “note length”… PRICELESS tools!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I loved this lesson! Thank you!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

Just started learning, thank you so very much.❤️

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

NICE!!! Keep going!

Thanks Nik! Very helpful! Simply but soooo good! love the Funk!

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! So glad is was helpful!

Thank You!!!!! For sharing the knowledge. You are great! So well explained. 👍🏽

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The groove is everything!!!!!

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

THank you!

Thank you NikWest. You are charming and make learning fun.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Yaaaay she’s baaack!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

😆🎉🎸

Loved this video Nik!! Simple, to the point and funky! 😉

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Yay, thank you for watching!!

Great lesson. Thanks.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

THank you!

Great Lesson Nik. Thanks!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I just started playing UBass and am so excited to have stumbled across this. So helpful and informative. Thank you for the excellent content, Nik!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

OH YES!! The Ubass... I have a few of them and I love how small they are and how great they sound!

Love the way you explain things. Made it very easy to absorb and replicate on my own within minutes. Thank you!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!! Glad it was helpful!

Beautiful voice on top of everything else...

Dear Nik, what an inspiration! I needed this video today. Much appreciated :)

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear this! Thank you for watching!!!

Teach the children well Nik!!! Much love and appreciation for you

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love!!!

Excellent lesson. Simple and well described. Thanks.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Top tutorial. Bravo!

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you!!

You are such a great artist! Love your voice, your bass playing, your songs and your passion!! You are very inspiring! 💜

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Awesome! You're great! Amazing lesson! Thank you!💜

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. THanks for watching

so well articulated

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Great, thank you!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

She's amazing, the source of the groove , thank you .

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love!

This is a really great lesson! Just subscribed!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!! thanks for subscribing!

Wonderful teacher!

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Hey Nik, Thank You! Excellent Lesson, much appreciation :)

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I'm glad you found it helpful!

Nik you are awesome! I love this♥️♥️♥️thanks

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the love!

@gitarkitekto

2 жыл бұрын

Most welcome Nik! You know I learned to play guitar because I wanted to play Bass! I started my musical journey as a bassist! I still love playin it♥️. Its my first love♥️ you can check out my covers here! kzread.info/dron/vtkXl0TjXbHbkBVeZrd2yw.html Thanks Nik. Im one of your followers! Keep it up!♥️

You do an amazing job with this explanation!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 💜💜💜

Thank you for keeping the funk!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS! Thank you for watching!

I just stumbled across your channel and it's wonderful! Thank you for the lessons, master West :)

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thanks for the love!

This was honestly just fun to watch :)

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

HA!!! Thanks

Greetings from Costa Rica, Very useful those tips....really appreciate them.

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video...thanks

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I love this! Don't know anything about bass or guitar. Yet you made it fun and interesting!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

I love to hear it... maybe one day you'll decide to try a bass or guitar... who knows?

Thanks, that was great, I enjoyed your ideas.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

THanks for watching!!

Love this! I'm gonna share this with my beat maker class.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Let me know how they like it!!

how beautiful !!! 😻❤️ cheers from Italy

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

💜💜💜

This was an excellent demonstration and explanation. Thank you!

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Nice lesson... Thanks Nik!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That bass fretboard strap is awesome! Also, great lesson. This was exactly what I needed.

Excellent

Thanks Darling Nik! Awesome spin-off of the HEAD groove! Keep on groovin' ya'll!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I was definitely going in the Prince direction on this one

@MarsX69

2 жыл бұрын

@@NikWestBass Love it! Thanks 🙏

Wawwwww!! Thank you so much!!! 💓

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

Thank you soooooo much!!!!!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great teacher. 👏👏👏👏

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love your videos, you rock...Literally and figuratively :)

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you for the love!

Well you delivered on that promise! Very cool & rad personality to boot 🙂👍

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

😁 Thank you!

Awesome! Love the early Prince vibe on the groove :D

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

YESSSS!!!! That was definitely the direction I wanted to go! Good ears!!

Groovy and colorful... I like it!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like it!

I jump to your channel today and your energy is simple amazing. I’m a subscribed and waiting for more. 🇧🇷

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

AWWW thanks for the love!!! More coming soon!

cool tutorial! and I really like that pickguard

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was custom made in Turkey

Thank you so very much for this very well taught easy to understand music lesson which is the meat on the bone on how to groove

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! and thanks for watching!

🔥 This was tight

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

THanks for watching!!

She is a living embodiment of music, it just comes naturally to her.

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love!!! I had to work hard on this.

def getting a bass after this , and you just got a new sub !!😂

Real cool and thanks!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@LloydMajor

2 жыл бұрын

That inspired me to come up with something "REAL FUNKY"! Thanks again NikWestBass

Great advice, especially "space is a note"

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love!

That bass is goooooorgeous!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

😆

Best bass lesson,you make me understand it, thanks

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so Glad to hear that! I'll keep them coming then!

Groovy AF! Love the slide off the A to the run. That's a tasty trick I use a lot too. Simple is where it's at. Average audience folk can't wrap their head around complex lines. They have to think about it which causes groovus interuptus. Simple wins all day.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Love this comment! You get it! Simple is the key to the masses... You want the average person to be able to sing that bass line!

I’ve never seen your channel before and it’s very informative and you make it look easy. New subscriber here

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! And thank you for the love!

I learned something here for sure. All I know is other people's basslines but this helped me with theory. Also I appreciate the fact this lady has the Bootsy Collins tread of thought down.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! Covering other people's bass lines is a great way to learn all of the fundamentals so then you have all the tools to make your own from scratch!

Sooper Nice💯

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

💜

good content- thanks

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Now this was a great tutorial video. I currently learning the chords, scales etc. You really made it so easy to understand how to create a groove that simple and enjoyable to play. Thanks 😊

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!

Played thrash metal show like couple hours ago and really appreciate your groove video. You do explain things pretty universally, much bass love

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Rock on! That's actually pretty cool for you to say that! Metal definitely has groove in it bc it's all about locking in with the drummer!

@diptube6563

2 жыл бұрын

This band has some really underrated groove in their catalog ! m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3qG3Kt-Z7Opdrw.html

GREAT channel! Subbed

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

space IS a note!!!! if the funk don't move your butt than what is really what?!?! Thanks for bringing it back home, I'm so tired of very talented but undanceable bassists wanking their egos to impress themselves mostly. music is a feedback thing and bless you for putting it straight. you made a new fan✌️

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

SID! Love this comment! You get it! 💜💜💜

Most catchy bass lines are so basic and simple. Simplicity is key. Many times we get influence by players that do all this stuff up and down the neck of the bass. Simplicity and pocket are best friends just as drums and bass!

Great playing and just what I'm trying to do at the moment. Admittedly I couldn't get everything from this video, but certainly inspired me to do some nice grooves.

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

😉💕

I dont know anything about bass but you are a beauty. 😍

I love to see a Nik West bass lesson =)

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

More coming!!!

you are amazing!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love!

Truth is that the deepest lesson I take from this is how much the drum feel is inside of you, I mean in the beginning of it you just play the ONE but there is so much groove happening inside of you that I must remind myself to always be funkin' even if all I have is one note. Thanks

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

You see things I don't even recognize in myself. LOL! Yep I just keep grooving the drums in my head ... it's easier to NOT PLAY so much that way.

This is gold, Nik!!!… 🔥…

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pier!!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with such a sunny smile! And thanks for making it in an easy English language so foreign people such as I am can understand what you're saying :)

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching! I try to keep it simple and to the point

Pure Quality.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love!

Oh my god - first video of yours I watched and I fell so badly in love with you. Your way of playing makes my booty move and your way of shining, makes my heart move. Thank you!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! Booty Moving??? YES! Mission accomplished! Thanks for watching!

you have the most awesomest look goin' on! love the matching fretwrap. oh yeah, great lesson too!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 💜🎉💕

You are terrific!

This is a learning Experience-And this lesson was quite interesting, Nik West

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

That G and A are so perfectly behind the beat, honestly, I don't know if you can teach that.

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

That's where my natural pocket tends to sit. Slightly behind the beat. Some people groove right on top of the beat but both sound awesome!

omg thank you

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

No problem!! Hope you learned something new!

Wow…. Thank you for sharing your work. I’m a beginner base player. I had know idea how to create a groove ❤

@NikWestBass

3 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Wonderful

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Supporting all the brothas and sistas! Do your thing!

@NikWestBass

2 жыл бұрын

VERY much appreciated!

Very cool.

@NikWestBass

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!