Killer Jazz Lick for Bass /// Scott's Bass Lessons

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You might of heard that "learning licks is bad"...

Well, let me squash that myth right now!

Learning licks is not only good... it's essential to your development as a bass player and musician.

Here's the deal...

No matter where you are in the world right now, when you were a child you were given the task of learning a language. We can all relate to this. As humans we need to communicate with each other - and language is our number one asset.

Whatever language we had to learn, we all started off by listening and then simply repeating what we had heard, until at around the age of 2-3 years old we had a pretty basic grasp of how to tell our parents that it was time to drop whatever they were doing, and take us to the nearest play-park... or at least that's what my son does ;)

There was no questions like "are you talented enough to learn a language"...

You just had to do it.

It's simply understood that children will repeat what they hear, and after certain amount of listening and repetition, they'll just 'get it'.

Learning bass, or any instrument is exactly the same.

You can learn all the arpeggios, all the scales, all the tricks, have crazy technique... but at the end of the day the absolute fundamentals are...

-- Listen to great music that inspires you.
-- Imitate what you're hearing.

This is why if you're aiming to develop your soloing ability on the bass -- learning licks is so important.

Without learning licks, you simply won't understand how a good solo line is constructed and applied over the different chord types. This is why it's vital that you learn what other soloists are playing and how they're approaching different chord progressions, so you can take what they're doing and absorb it into your own vocabulary.

So before we get into the lesson, I want to ask you...

-- What are you transcribing right now?
-- Who's language are you trying to recreate within your own bass playing?

This isn't just how you learn to solo - this is how you learn to play an instrument!

If you're not doing either of the above, today is the time to start!

Now, let's get into the lesson...

In this lesson I'm going to show you a great jazz style lick that can be used over any minor tonality... oh, and it's fierce! ;)

If this lick is above your skill level right now, don't sweat it! Just pick a simpler lick, riff or groove and work on that instead. The most important thing is that we're constantly developing our vocabulary by listening to and imitating other musicians.

"But I don't want to sound like anyone else... I want to sound like me!"...

I hear you, but don't worry. Yes, if you studied only one player you'd most likely end up sounding like them to some extent -- but if you study many different players, ultimately you will end up sounding like an amalgamation of them all. I am living proof of this - my main influences are Skuli Sverrission, James Jameson, Gary Willis, Pino Palladino and Kai Eckhardt... and yeah, I kinda sound like a weird mix of all of those guys moulded together.

So if you're wondering "How do I develop my own voice and sound on the bass"... well, this is it!

Who do you want to sound like a strange mix of?! Start learning their bass lines and licks - today.

As always, see you in the shed...

Scott :)

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