How To Play IN THE POCKET on Bass Lesson 1 

Glad to hear it. Slow everything down...slow, steady and precise, and take it in stride. It will be worth it!

You're very welcome, glad it will be helpful. Go ahead and break the lesson into parts and go nice and slow with the metronome. Count while you play and increase the speed very gradually. Rhythm lives in your mind, then your body, then your instrument. Counting will help you build the pulse, so even if you count without playing at first, that's beneficial. Once you internalize that pulse, it's just a matter of building your muscle memory. Keep at it, and update me about your progress!

@@kimhebert9905 glad to hear it. I'll be back with part 2 next week to take it a step further

Me too

Me too

Join a band. In the meantime, there are lots of drum loops on RU-vid. Play along and try to lock in with the kick drum. 🤘🏻

I'm definitely not good enough to be in a band, hopefully some day. Thanks for the advice!

@@joewehner9837 Do it anyway. There is no greater motivation to practice than being the worst player in the room. Rock on.

Thanks!

@@joewehner9837 Or find a couple newbies on guitar and drums and make a god awful dog howling racket. Music is too important to be left up to the professionals. 😉

@@grantrobertdavies 'preciate it brother!

@@chrisrodriquez2082 happy to hear it Chris!

@@Kiviat ha. Fender pun appreciated. Yeah man, you're objectively right: slower tempos have more room for error, but afford your physical body the ability to build the muscle memory. I'm glad you'll get something useful from this. Those styles you're playing require a lot of precision on the off beats (as I'm sure you know haha), and really being able to nail the center of the beat (especially so that the other band members can groove around it). Thanks so much for your input, great comment!

Great. I'm glad this might help you out!

Awesome, I'll put it in the queue!

@@stephenboutwell1012 LET'S GET IT!

Timing is everything for a bassist. Great lesson! If I could suggest one thing, it would be to give a musical context to apply the concept to. In a groove, comparing how it sounds with and without being mindful of the subdivisions. Great stuff! Also, love the tone of that BB 🤌🏻

@@stephenboutwell1012 thanks man. Yeah, you're spot on. Rhythm is skill number one. And good point...part 2 is going to include more groove context (backing tracks/drum groove) to work with!

Awesome. Very interesting to hear how that changed your playing, can't wait to dig into it. Triplet subdivisions opened up my playing as well!

Good suggestion, this lesson was quite a "nuts and bolts" approach...which was necessary, but I'm sure I can find a way to make it a little more melodic on the next one. Thanks for watching!

@@gsgahag6768 thanks for watching! I'm using D'Addario NYXL's, .045 - .105

Keep at it, and stay at a good pace. It's all about precision. Practicing is like weight lifting. Just like you gotta make small increases at a time and gradually build up with weight, you gotta build up small chunks, and go from slow to fast. It'll come, excited to hear about your progress Paul!

@KYLETEACHESBASSYT Thanks, coach 💪