i honestley think one of the only bass tutors that actually teaches you something. Mr Hawkins keep it up YOU ARE AMAZING SBL WITH ALL THERER BS CAN LEARN ROM YOU.
This guy might just be one of the very best teachers on this platform. This is great, _practical_ stuff that can readily be applied to improve your playing.
I have watched many many bass lesson videos. I think Dan is not only an incredible player, he is an excellent teacher. Speaks in short sentences. Not overwhelming information. Unleashing the lesson bit by bit taking the lesson one level to next. And his fat bass tone always a delight to hear. I have two of his books and I am working on the exercise by Dan. Will buy the rest of his books. I am trying to train myself funk grooves. I really benefited from Dan's teaching. Really Great!
Dan teaches that you are immediately aware of what it is about and you get the feeling for the tones and music , though you might have not the knowledge yet. Tons of staff in the internet, but Dan is the only one who is getting the points in total. Absoutly excellent.!!! Brgds from Cologne /Germany
Man I love this guy's teaching n wow he's a Master Bassists one of the best I've ever seen. I've been watching n playing or trying too learn each day still adhd lol but I'm gettin'lil better than I was for real n I'm 64 yrs young .Keep watching Dan n you will be a better Bass player n smarter player . Funny I think about the 25 yrs I played in working bands not full time like my brothers n I wished I'd known now what I didn't know then. Thank you Dandy Dan your the best my friend.
Such solid advice. This will be my reference for the coming months. Your video on James Jamerson was a light bulb simple due to me seeing another pattern of playing the major scale. Thanks alot
i love your videos, groove is so important, and you are the best at teaching fills. but i wish you would talk more about soloing, especially over a I-IV-V. thank you.
Thanks very much. That’s a very specific solo request! That tip wouldn’t work in this video as it’s amazing how little you’re asked to solo in a professional situation. However, check this video out: onlinebasscourses.com/bass-line-creation/11-ideas-to-improvise-incredible-bass-solos/
Thanks for the great lesson Dan. Just recently found your channel and really enjoying your videos and your easy to understand style of teaching. Keep up the great work.
If I was going to name this lesson, I would call it, Going Next Level. Great stuff as always Dan. My sense is that the message you are conveying is we should get to making music with our general knowledge of chords and time as soon as possible through practice, listening to our favorite players and being disciplined with time, feel, note selection, and articulation. Great content! Making music is where practice and knowledge meet up. Great message from you! Thanks again!
Wow! This lesson is so chock full of information that it makes me feel really small and amateur but you know what, that is what it takes to make you stretch and learn. I really enjoy Dan's lessons. Now all I need is time to practice.
Thanks so much, Ernesto. Don’t worry about that feeling - just pick one thing, work on that for a bit and then move onto the next. You’ll improve steadily that way…
Great video Dan. If I had one constructive criticism, it would be that aural skills should be fundamental: the ability to audiate, to have a melody internally and translate that into your fingers.
Thanks, Joe. That’s a great point. I actually do talk about linking the sounds in your head to patterns and to music a lot in my videos. Very useful skill!
Nice video, thanks. I love your playing, so precise. I have a request, if you read this... I feel like there are important elements of bass playing that fall in the gaps between riffs, fills, articulations, chord tones, and so on, and are rarely covered in videos, probably because somewhat intangible. It has something to do with "feel" and "making it interesting". What I mean is that you've got your basic jobs of outlining the chords and connecting the chords, but it's the question of how it's done... like maybe you need to go from A up to C# (like in "The Weight"). So you can walk up A-B-C#. But it sounds much better if you do it like they do it in that song, and throw in the low E before the walk up. And many bass lines throw in the lower 5th as a quick passing tone and it sounds great. That's the kind of thing I'm talking about. It's not a "fill" or a "riff". It's just something the bass line needs there, but how do you know when to do it? But I feel like every song has this situation of "here we need to go from chord 1 to chord 2, but how do we do it in a way that enhances the song?" It's very intangible I think...
Thanks, Dave. You make some very interesting points there. There are many intangibles; things like feel, flair, and intent. A high level player will play with these factors. They also don't think much - everything is under the fingers and in the head. I think listening a lot, figuring out as many bass lines as possible and analysing what you hear are the keys to playing what's 'right'. A lot of it is listening to what the greats did...
@@OnlineBassCourses Thanks for the reply. I do try to learn a lot of bass lines, and I'm always wondering "how did he know that would sound so good." But I guess just listening and learning is the best way. I was just thinking maybe there's some guidance such as "Chord progression is going from C to Am to G, then it hangs on G for a while. Here's how a pro would handle the bass line to make it interesting." But again, I guess there's no "right" answer. Different players would play it differently, and it would depend on tempo and intensity and what the vocal is doing and all those things. But still, I feel like there must be some guidelines... Thanks!
@@davidmfass you're absolutely right, different players would handle it differently. I think it's a case of learning all the time and then having a bunch of options that you call upon. There comes a point where there really is no thinking because it becomes more like having a conversation. When we talk using our first language it happens automatically. Music is the same.
All the backing tracks on my site are free and can be downloaded. Keep them on one folder on your device or in Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or similar. You have to search a bit to find them (I don’t have backing tracks for every lesson, but a lot) but they are there!
It’s a learning curve, I appreciate that, but you’ll get it, don’t worry. Just click the link in the description (in most of my videos) and it’ll take you right to the free download(s). I hope you get something from them. 🙏👍
