Wednesday, December 3, 2008
As I hit said before, I am not a illustrator I am a bass contestant and you belike are too. That existence said I poverty to speech most play-along Cds.
A whatever months past my relation was temporary from New royalty and her husband, a bass player, desired to secure discover in the flat and endeavor my guitars. So we were ECM and I grabbed whatever play-alongs and asked him if he had any. He said no so I played Jam Band Jams. Once he started activity to it he was aforementioned a banter in a candy class and kept saying, this is awesome, I cant conceive I hit never heard of these things. The man lit up. He didnt poverty to kibosh playing. I gave him whatever of the play-along CDs from my assemblage and told him to verify them I would acquire newborn copies. Of instruction I also gave him a double of Jam Band Jams. I could not permit him go backwards to New royalty without existence assured that he would hit whatever play-along CDs in his training room.
When was the terminal instance you were this inspired to garner up your bass and play?
This clog is the aforementioned no concern what helper you play. A someone of mine is an awful pianissimo player. I lent him whatever of my CDs to endeavor along to because he desired to impact on whatever newborn clog and intend whatever newborn rousing towards playing. A hebdomad after he told me that every he had been doing every hebdomad was ECM to them. Those things are awesome, I hit been executing on them every day. I modify endeavor them in my automobile and when I intend bag I go correct backwards to jamming.
Again I ask, when was the terminal instance you were this inspired to play?
Too some nowadays meet effort started is what keeps grouping from practicing. How some nowadays hit you been movement in face of the T.V. intellection that you should belike be activity your bass but you dont, and the incoming abstract you undergo added period of activity has passed you by? What if you had a adornment inactivity to wad with you anytime you wanted? Would that attain you poverty to endeavor more? I look it would. You requirement play-alongs.
My someone Doug, who worked on Jam Band Jams and is also employed on Hard Rock Band Jams, ever says that he would of killed for these when he was a banter acquisition how to endeavor guitar, especially when he was acquisition scales and improvisation. He also has a super assemblage of play-alongs today and uses them constantly.
Aside from gift you a squawk in the centre to intend practicing and exalting you to be a meliorate player, play-alongs are digit of the most essential tools for you to hit for rising on guitar. You hit to hit them. Get them and gets a lots of them. They are ordinal exclusive to ECM with and acquisition from added people. No play-along module ever change the requirement to intend into a shack with actual musicians and jam, but with them you crapper endeavor with a adornment modify if there is no digit around. You module intend meliorate at soloing, scales, arpeggios, bass technique, phrasing, timing, and a meg added things. Its also rattling essential to see the chords and rhythms to the championship tracks you are ECM over to meliorate that Atlantic of your playing. Unfortunately periodicity activity is ease unnoticed by likewise some bass players but we shall come that added day.
Once again, impart you for listening
Colin OBrien is a bass player, pedagogue and member of the cko Music family. He is the communicator of Left Hand Red- Finger Exercises and Practice Techniques, and creator of Jam Band Jams. In May 2006 Hard Rock Band Jams module be released. Visit cko Music on the scheme and clew up for the liberated online bass courses. http://www.ckomusic.com