What a great video! I think the most beautiful and important thing you can wish to someone, is that they have great teachers, or at least one, in their life. Be it gardening, sailing, photography, or playing the bass! I love to think of all the teacher - pupil relationships, also shown in this video: Rufus Reid talking about all his influences and at the same time being mentioned as a wonderful teacher in the very same video. I do recommend to take a lesson with inspiring players whenever you can, even if it's only for one hour. A great bass player is visiting your town? Ask him/her for a bass lesson next morning before he/she continues the tour... And jazz players, get some classical bass playing experience and vice versa... your bass will love it!
Thanks for watching and I agree completely. It's amazing how many of the worlds best bassists will give a lesson when they are touring and I'm always on the look out to get feedback from master players like these.
Geoff, you've done it again man! Of course the entire DDB library has done wonders for my playing over the years and I'm sure many others will agree. But these ask the artists videos are so inspiring! Again THANK YOU! P.S. If there is anyone on the planet that can keep his segments at any length he wants, it's Ron Carter, but I wish that he'd give us a little more. Hahaha.
Thanks, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Yes, Ron works to his own time table! He opens up a bit more in one of the upcoming videos and it's all inspiring stuff!
What a wonderful video series! This is the Royal Jelly of bass playing. Please capture more of this wisdom; we tend to take it for granted and let it glide by. I had some lessons from Rufus Reid on an Abersold course many years ago and have never forgotten his kindness and forbearance, I needed it ! A wonderful teacher. Thank you for this gem and to all the contributors for their generosity.
Thanks for watching and I'm really glad you've enjoyed it. I also love those Rufus Reid tracks on the Abersold recordings! There's also a great Ron Carter bass lines transcription book that I have by Abersold. Great practice tracks!
This is a fantastic series, with so much finesse available, it's a veritable feast for my insatiable ears...am reminded of the saying that "In many counsellers there is safety" - 'Or summit lark that lad" -Thanks forever to "Discover Double Bass",...Not one teacher but many - "Whew"!!
@Geoff, thanks to you and to all of these great masters for these valuable memories. In the tidbits they are sharing from their teachers, I feel I am getting some of the same lessons they themselves got. I will probably play 15 minutes of long tones today. Thanks, John Clayton! And thanks, Rufus Reid, for page 24 of The Evolving Bassist with my “daily drill” long-tone exercises!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it. It's been fun to see how everyone answers in a different way and there's so many great lessons to learn from their replies.
Great stuff Geoff! Very motivational as I start to get back into it. Definitely going to spend some time with arpeggios, open tones and transcribing and ultimately finding a teacher or 2
