When TalkingBass Met BassBuzz!! (Everything You Wanted To Know About Josh Fossgreen!) 

Thanks for inviting me Mark, great chatting with you! And thanks everybody for the kind comments, glad Mark and I have been able to help so many of you kick more ass on bass!

You are the two bass teachers on RU-vid who've helped me absolutely the most. Huge thanks to both of you!

My top two teachers! Cool!

Ah yes literally my two favourite RU-vid educators - complete lack of ego and fantastic knowledge & communication from you both 🙌👊

Josh's bass channel is so much fun, even for someone like me who's played bass since 1975.

Josh gave me the kickstart I needed when I started my bass journey last year. Between the two of you, I've progressed so much farther than anticipated. A huge thank you to both of you!

Very pleased to see the two of you chatting. You should play some music together! I found the comments about ego interesting. The very first class I had at my very first camp at Wooten Woods was with Chuck Rainey. The very first thing he said was, “Leave your egos at the door, because that’s where all fear comes from.” And that’s absolutely true.

Started playing bass 10 years ago at age 63. Both of you guys and my "knee-to-knee" lessons with Dave LaRue have me playing daily . Thanks guys! Al in Orlando

These two guys are amazing teachers and also a nod to Dan Hawkins who has another style of teaching that I really enjoy.

Looking forward to this. My two favourites bass brothers on YT. 👍🍺

Whoa! I've learned so much from Mark and Josh over the last 10 years, from fiddling in my room alone to playing with my band. It's all thanks to both of their awesome teaching methods. So many light bulb moments learning from these guys!

The both of you have helped me immensely on my bass journey, which I started 3 years ago (at the young age of 72). Thanks so much for all of your great lessons!

My favorite teachers. I went with Josh's Beginner to Badass course and then found Mark's channel and lessons. Been pretty set so far in my bass journey. :)

Thanks, Mark, for another great interview. It's a shame Noob Josh didn't make an appearance😁 Have you considered an interview with Nate Navarro? His book Etudes, Riffs, Songs & Exercises was my starting point, prior to taking Bassic Fundamentals. Looking forward to your two books.

My two favourite online teachers. No ego, no point-scoring, just two bloody decent guys having a really interesting chat. I've bought just about all of both of your courses, now. Thanks both.

Got me back to playing for the first time in 20 years! Discovered Mark teaching how to play Joy Division and Iron Maiden, which led me to finding Josh and his awesome instructional videos. True gems 💎Thanks guys!

I would love if TalkingBass had courses on DVD.

My 2 favorite bass educators. I turn 33 Tuesday

Josh is HUGE, such a great communicator teacher and bass player. Great feat!

These are the two Bass Teachers that really jump-started my playing. Even as someone who is totally blind, I can still follow there instructions. Granted I would have a few minor tweaks from my friends here and there. But other then that, even they said I was 90% spot on with certain aspects of playing bass. But also learning to appreciate different styles of music even though I may not have liked certain types in the past. #JobWellDun

So glad to see 2 of the top bass educators together. Epic to hear those two voices in the same video. Beautiful to hear about the camaraderie among the RU-vid bass teachers, including Scott Devine. And awesome to hear that Josh took an SBL course.

❤ both amazing players and teachers

Your passion for bass and for teaching has helped a lot of us finally believe we can do it ! Thanks to both of you !🙏🏻🎸🤟

The thing I love about you guys the most is that you inspire confidence, by being patient and making one feel that they can learn this wonderful instrument and not feel inferior or maybe not smart enough.

Nah mark and josh have helped me so freaking much this is crazy there's a reason why I'm so good right now and it's cuz of you two, thank u so much for everything and I'll be getting better

Really wish Mark continued publishing the podcasts to Spotify. The format works best for me when I’m on walks.

Great stuff. Awesome to see two guys meet up like this. Been watching you both for years.

The way I found Josh was looking for a tapping riff by Billy Sheehan, he played “Don’t stop believing” solo, tapping, and I found this video of a kid playing it, and I became a fan right away. And Mark… man, we added a cover of “footloose” in our band’s playlist, and without Marks’s lessons, I don’t know how would I”d been able to pull it off. You guys rule!

I'm a new bass player, and Josh's Beginner to Badass course is fantastic for teaching the absolute beginner stuff, and gradually working up confidence. His lessons actually made me want to learn more about music theory and I am now I'm working through the Scales Essentials Course over at Talking Bass. You two are both excellent teachers, and have made learning bass a truly enjoyable.

Between the two of you, I owe all my progress to your great teaching styles!

I follow you both among others but what makes TalkingBass special (besides his excellent videos) is Mark bringing other bass players and interviewing them. I got to know other bassists I never knew before. You guys are awesome in sharing your knowledge. Thank you!

Mark, I appreciated your honest review a while back of the top bass related RU-vid channels. It’s nice to see bass players that have the humility to acknowledge great players or teachers or creators. Thanks! Josh is one of the most watchable and entertaining as well as being a legit instructor.

Great to see you two sharing your experiences. Once again, as a BassBuzz Student and TalkingBass frequent visitor my comments are THANK YOU and one I have mentioned before: Please give us a real and good guide to practice bass (from beginner to intermediate). It's something I believe the community would really appreciate. Something that tells us as simplified as possible "Start by... and add systematically... but don't forget... kind of guide. Something that keeps us away from noodelling because we don't really know how to efficiently practice. Cheers!

The great thing about BB videos is he gets you actually playing even if it's only one or two open notes, but you're playing with a song and practising technique and rhythm and tone even at that level. The opposite of the piano teacher that told me he'd prefer people play just scales and technique for the first entire year. Screw that. I started with Bach - joy!

These two guys Dan Hawkins and Mark from become a bassist have helped me loads and there all I watch great guys!

My answer to the question of "How did you go from Metallica to jazzy stuff" would have been: Sting. But also - In roughly 2020, I decided to get serious about bass and so... about two years ago, I found a guy called Josh Fossgreen and I never looked back. Now I know way more than just Metallica, Iron Maiden, and SOAD. Thanks, Josh! :) Great interview, Mark! Loved hearing my two online teachers talk about music.

you guys (& scott) got me back into playing bass. you saved me a whole lot of heartache after my youngest son died. I'm sorry i'm such a cheapskate that I have not subscribed to any paid content yet.

He was my first instructor on RU-vid and subsequently I bought the Beginner to Badass program. Only 3 months in but Hooked !

Fantastic interview. Thanks both of you. Blessed be.

Love both of you guys. Been enjoying your content for years. Keep up the great work!

This was such a treat, I love both of your content.

can't wait!

nice to listen to those so talented bassplayers. have learned a lot from both of you guys. thanks for that.

Two great teachers that I've learned alot from! Thanks guys keep up the good work!

Yay! Great to see my 2 favorite bass instructors!! How oddly coincidental to see both of you together. You both are the best at what you do! After listening to this recording and appreciating how humble you both are, I felt compelled to share a thought. It's not just how you are connecting with like minded people, it's that you are both fantastic teachers. Your elemental approach (not elementary) is so important to many of us, especially those of us that haven't had formal music education, or theory.

Completely agreed with UM-Li, both have been getting me into a new level in bass playing . Now I am taking a couple of courses with Mark but so so many tips and foundation came from Josh's site as well so I am so glad to see these two giants of bass education chatting together, Very happy to listen this.

Really fantastic interview from 2 of my favorite teachers. Thanks for sharing this Mark, and as you said no ego involved with either of you. You both have something to offer and as Josh said, many of us here on RU-vid follow several teachers. Besides the two of you, I also follow Luke from Become A Bassist. I love Josh's humor and presentation. He's really great with beginners and has a fantastic delivery. Great to see you both talking and sharing your experiences. Cheers!

Learning so much from both of your courses. Great to see you chatting together

I’m using Josh’s excellent Beginner to Badass course and what I like about the package is I can take a break and not worry about a subscription expiring. Mark is an excellent teacher and I share a lot of his videos to a Facebook group I set up. So I can reference it. There’s so much to learn and bass is a big deal. It’s truly excellent to have these marvellous teachers.

It's so good and refreshing to see such a good and very friendly coexistence of really good teachers. Can't emphasize enough your value to the whole community of bass players around the world ❤

2 of my fave Bass brothers . Love both your channels. Keep it going fellas!!!

I'm new to bass and have surfed the net for relatable, solid content. Gravitated to both of you guys and happy to support you both. Thanks for all you do!! It helps so much & keep it up!!

Love Josh from before he started BassBuzz, learned so much from him.

Two teaching GOATs right here.

Great!!!

I have Josh's course. I never would have believed it was easy to learn music theory. His method of teaching is really awesome. A touch humor to keep things interesting and he plays along with keeping things simple "on your current" level. Never overly complicated. Been taking my time but I'm on the eight module learning my first scale and triad. On the side I'm half way through learning The Warning's song "Z" bassline. Using Josh's method it has been easy to do. Love the way Josh is always so laid back makes you feel at ease while learning and one of the few teachers who will actually answer questions when you're stuck. Great interview.

Nice

You guys are both excellent and entertaining instructors!! Thank you for all you do!!

Great to Hear Two Great Bass Teachers talking with each other with Professional attitudes.

My two favorites on youtube!! Thank you so much guys, i legit learnt all from you!

Hi, you guys are great. Josh, I am doing the Beginners To Bad Ass (from near Malaga Spain). I'm doing it in bit size chunks, I'm going out there and playing parts that i learn so that I don't forget it. When I'm not sure I go back and repeat the Module, this is so great. I'm on Module 10 , I am taking my time so that I fully understand everything before I move on. I've been learning for 23 months(in the beginning Oct 2021 with a Spanish music teacher didn't help that I couldn't speak Spanish), loving it. I use your RU-vid videos more than ever now as the questions I come up against as a beginner you have done a video on it. Love your humour. I now do my lessons on the beach as it has now got cooler out here and people/tourist sit, listen and video me, this is so great, I also go to jamming session in bars using everything that you have taught me. Thank you so much for keeping me going.

Thank you both for what you do. Great educators on the subject.

I was playing drums, when I took Josh's course. After taking the course I was in love with the bass and continued taking on- line courses. Last summer I went to a drum camp, came home and tripled down the bass, Thank You Josh and Mark for all you do for us budding bassist!

Same here, my 2 favorite bass teachers!

So good to see the two of you together. You are my two favorite bass teachers. At 62 I'm probably your oldest student. I grew up playing piano and guitar and took flute in high school. I've always loved the bass though so in my retirement I'm learning the bass

You both are the only bass players who's lessons i can truly understand. Thanks guys.

Love you both! keep it up guys!

NIce to see my two bass teachers getting on so well. i subscrobe to both your channels and always find new stuff to kearn. Plus if i dont grasp a subject fully one way i can try it the other, Thanks guys from this part time hobby bassist. P.s i only just found this vid as my job takes me away 4 months at a time.

Thank you so much for this! I agree with the others: you two are really the best. I just started the Beginning to Badass Course after having followed Josh videos for a while when having private lessons in person. Now I moved to a new city and the course is helping me a lot to keep improving and solidify knowledge. In general I think RU-vidr Musicians like you are really precious: Bass is amazing and so soothing

What a great idea! Can we please also have the reverse? I'd like to see Mark interviewed on Josh's channel. Both of you are extraordinary communicators, brilliant entrepreneurs and excellent bassists. Both of you have interesting personalities and I'd like to see more biography. I learn from both channels and I'm so happy to see you both pow-wow. Deep Gratitude for both of you!❤️👏👏👏👏🙏🏼

I love every video both you nice gentlemen have so graciously shared with us new to bass folk! Love & gratitude, hp

Cool interview! Thanks

This is so awesome ❤!

Enjoy both of these instructors!

Great interview Josh & Mark. I have purchased and completed the B2B course and have moved onto Mark’s scales course. I agree with everything you’ve mentioned in the interview with regards to progression for bass players. Learnt so much from both of you👍😎 Cheers Brian Little, Melbourne Australia

I’m halfway through my second run through the Bass Buzz course and I literally get better everytime I pick up my bass, it’s been a total game changer for me! Heath-Oregon

You two guys are a couple of my favorite bass instructors I can't learn enough and just enjoy doing so from you cats you guys make the bass fun and challenging its so cool that you guy teach funk and rock which I like learning thank you so much☺

I gotta watch this!!!! Both yall... I have been following both of you😅for a few years

Both of you are my inspiration. Thanks for everything you do Bass and please, continue..

If these two fellas are not the two best bass teachers of YT then I’m not Napoleon.

Great video. Great chat. Between you 2 guys and Dale Titus from the channel everything bass and Dana b goods page have got me slapping away. Learned so much. Alex sklarevskis bass video from the 80s is great too. Thanks very much.

I'm really a beginner but consider myself a part of the bass community. When you meet Dan Hawkins, I want to be in on it too. Listening to you brothers is an inspiration. Thankyou Mark.

Funny, as a drummer i started with classic rock, then got into jazz. I actually got my Dad into jazz, as we both grew up with 60s, 70s, 80's rock music, but i'm 30 and my dad is 59

I literally have watched you both since I was 13 (im 22 now) this is amazing collab

Great podcast! Great bass educators!

That was cool. Thanks guys. Both of you are a big help to me 👍

two of the best bass teacher out there

I religiously watch both of you and SBL. The community is smaller than you think. Thank you for everything

Epic... U guys r awesome.. thank u for doing this

Great interview guys 👍

Cool, 2 of my favs!

You guys are great! Also some props to Scott Devine over at SBL. All three are great and I look to all three to continue my bass journey! Cheers!

My first two bass teachers!

I like all three of the bass channels mentioned (Talking Bass, Scott Devine's, and most recently, Josh's BassBuzz). I also like the late Jim Stennett's Real Bass Lessons.

I learn a lot from both of you...thanks.

Nice one!

I fit the mold having started with Gosh and now taking some courses on Talking bass.

Great to see you guys together in a video I subscribe to you both just wanted to say thanks your great Teachers

Great video! 6’7” OMG! Wish you both continued success!✌️

Awesome❤