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How To Maintain Your Practice Routine When Shit Happens
In the 1994 movie ‘Forrest Gump’ there’s a scene where Forrest is running and steps in dog crap. Someone asks him if he knows that he’s stepped in dog crap and Forrest replies: ‘It happens.’ The guy says: ‘What, shit’ … Continue reading
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What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Practicing
Imagine you win a competition. And the prize is to go and watch your favourite sports team train. You turn up on the appointed day, as wide eyed as any schoolboy, and the club officials lead you out to a … Continue reading
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How To Get Better At The Bass – You Need A System
There’s a lot of people out there spending serious time on serious activities. We’re not just talking about the bass here, but other areas too like drawing, writing, piano, dance, sport. You name it and there are people working on … Continue reading
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The Feedback Loop
OK you’re at a gig, the rhythm section is kicking, the guitarist and vocalist are wailing, the mosh pit if full, sweat is dripping from the ceiling. Suddenly there’s this ear splitting wail that derails the music. What do you … Continue reading
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IF YOU WANT TO PLAY FAST YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN SLOW
So there are fast and/or complex tunes that we ALL want to learn to play. If you’re into rock it might be YYZ by Rush. If you’re into Jamerson it might be For Once In My Life. Or maybe it’s … Continue reading
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My Definition Of Talent – Hard Work Over Time
If you asked people what factor most contributed to Mozart’s success you’d probably get this answer: he was born with a gift for music. Ask them the same question, this time about Tiger Woods and you’d get a similar answer: … Continue reading
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So Which Pill Would You Take – The Red One or the Blue One?
In the Wachowski brothers film ‘The Matrix’ there’s a key scene in the first third of the movie where Keanu Reeves character is offered two pills. If he takes the blue pill nothing changes for him and life will carry … Continue reading
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Deliberate Practice Tutorial 1
Here’s the 1st in a series of free Deliberate Practice tutorials applied to bass guitar topics so that people can see how Deliberate Practice can be applied. This tutorial is based on two bars of STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH … Continue reading
Deliberate Practice And The Radio
So who listens to the radio anymore? We’ve got MP3 players for when we’re on the move. We’ve got CD players in our cars – mostly with the ability to play MP3 CDs or with an adaptor to plug our … Continue reading
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Deliberate Practice In The Developement Of The Funk Brothers
Stop a passerby in the street and ask them this question: Do You Know Who The Funk Brothers were? And the majority of people you ask won’t know the answer. Yet if you ask them who Elvis was? Or who … Continue reading