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THE HOW TO PLAY BASS MONTHLY EZINE - DECEMBER

Welcome to the free how to play bass monthly ezine for December. In this month’s issue we’re going to have a song tutorial for I Feel Good by James Brown.

Updates To The How To Play Bass Website

Before we go onto the song tutorial I just want to take a moment to tell you about upcoming changes to the how to play bass website:

1. Firstly the website is being redeveloped/redesigned at the moment. I’m not sure when the new layout will roll out...but it will be in the next couple of months hopefully.

2. Those of you who’ve subscribed for longer than a few months will notice that the monthly ezines have been erratic this year. That’s some-thing I’m rectifying and from now on they will be regular. Every month there will be a new song tutorial and the previous months song tutorial will disappear into the archive of First Bass And Beyond.

3. Those of you who’ve visited the website recently may notice that it hasn’t been updated with new songs recently. That’s partly because of the redesign that’s ongoing. And partly because of a change of policy.

For most of 2013 I’ve been filming two video tutorials a week to tie in with my weekly magazine First Bass And Beyond. And I’ve been posting versions of those tutorials on youtube and on the How To Play Bass web-site.

I have nearly 300 videos on YouTube and have decided that although the two video tutorials a week schedule will continue, I won’t post many of these tutorials to Youtube anymore. Perhaps it will be one a month plus the free song tutorial like this one.

4. This policy is already under way - here are videos that subscribers of First Bass And Beyond have had access to that weren’t uploaded to


Youtube:

Superstition - Stevie Ray VaughanHe’s The Greatest Dancer - Sister SledgeStormy Monday - The Allman BrothersSoul To Squeeze - The Red Hot Chili PeppersLife In The Fast Lane - The EaglesRain - The BeatlesBlack Magic Woman - SantanaPapa’s Got A Brand New Bag - James BrownHighway To Hell - AC:DCHigher Ground - Red Hot Chili PeppersIt’s A Man’s, Man’s World - James Brown

5. Upcoming tutorials will be focused on songs that are commonly played by gigging bands. That will range from soul and R&B classics to rock and rock blues tunes.

6. I’ve added a new section to First Bass And Beyond called ‘Working Basslines.’ That section features complete tutorials for songs that bands commonly play - these tutorials feature streaming and downloadable videos, notation in PDF and tab, instruction on creating individual sec-tions in Band In A Box to isolate and practice (which includes necessary chords and keys and tempo information) and also bass less backing tracks to play along with. In fact THIS tutorial will go into the working bass line section of the First Bass And Beyond site. (See full list at back)

So things are changing. I’ll keep you posted as the updates roll out.


HOW TO PLAY THE BASSLINE TO I FEEL GOOD by JAMES BROWN

December’s free How To Play Bass monthly ezine looks at the bass line to I Feel Good by James Brown.

This is a pretty easy line - and it’s a good one to pick up and learn be-cause it’s fun to play and certainly here in the UK it’s a song that a lot of bands play. (For extra credit you should transpose it to different keys as I’ve played it in D, in C, in G AND F!)

OK here’s the verse section of I Feel Good:


You play the verse a couple of times, then there’s a 4 bar break when you get the horn riff and then you come in with the bridge (under the lyric: “When I Hold You....In My Arms...)

The only section left to add in is the ending. I’ve put the first 4 bars within start and end repeat signs - when you are playing this live some-times this 4 bars can go on a few times before you get the fina ending:


You’ll notice the notation “rit” and the dotted line afterwards. This is a musical term - rit is an abbreviation of ‘ritardando” and means to slow down. If you listen to the original recording you’ll get a sense of what to do.


FIRST BASS AND BEYOND - THE ULTIMATE SONG RESOURCE FOR BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE BASS PLAYERS

If you’ve read this far it shows that you’re interested in detailed song tu-torials for bass. How would you like to get access to over 200 song tutori-als over the next year for less than a dollar a tutorial? Well First Bass And Beyond gives you that....

Here’s how it works.

First Bass And Beyond is based on a magazine model and I publish a PDF like this one every Friday at 5pm GMT. Each magazine includes two song tutorials in the PDF that are complemented with video tutori-als and MP3s as well.

I publish 50 issues a year - so that’s 100 song tutorials over the next year.

Additionally there is a section of the website called Working Bass Lines - and new members will get a new song every week in that section of the website. That takes you up to 150 song tutorials in the next year. (See list at the end of this PDF)

When you join you get access to the archive of the free How To Play Bass monthly ezine - there are currently 35 videos in that archive. That’s 185 song tutorials. (These 35 tutorials are all immediately available - and to see what songs are available, see the list at the end of the PDF)

When you join you also get access to the Bass For Beginners course which currently includes another 35 song tutorials - that makes 220 song tutorials. (And these 35 tutorials are available immediately).

Plus if you subscribe as an annual member you get 10 back issues of the magazine as a bonus - that could potentially add another 20 song tutori-als to your song tutorial library!

There’s more in the magazine too - a main transcription every week that is usually more advanced and doesn’t have video to go with. Plus there’s


a theory column for bass players taught from the perspective of the bass player’s role in a band playing songs. And there’s currently a columndeconstructing the playing of Rocco Prestia of Tower Of Power. When this column has finished I’ll move on and deconstruct Tommy Shannon’s bass playing. And so on.

All this costs either $57 for a quarter or $187 for a year. The full details are here:

http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/first-bass-and-beyond.html

Contact

If you’ve got any other questions don’t hesitate to email me via the con-tact form on the website.

Have a great month, and enjoy.

Paul

PS - there are lists of what songs are featured in the Archive and what songs are featured in the Working Bass Line Section to follow.

http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/first-bass-and-beyond.html


LIST OF SONGS INCLUDED IN THE WORKING BASS LINES SECTION OF THE FIRST BASS AND BEYOND WEBSITE

When I decided on creating this section of the First Bass And Beyond website I polled the current subscribers who are currently in gigging bands and asked for them to post their set lists. The following list of songs is pooled from these set lists - and bear in mind that although the bulk of those who responded live and gig in the US, I also had responses from the UK, Australia and other countries.

This section WILL be expanded to 100 songs in the future - and un-doubtedly there will be more classic rock, more classic R&B, more Mo-town, a heap of blues songs and more!

PLEASE NOTE: when you join FB&B these songs appear on a weekly basis....starting with Midnight Hour.

1. Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett2. Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones3. Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival4. Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones5. Superstition by Stevie Wonder6. Play That Funky Music b7 Wild Cherry7. I Feel Good by James Brown8. Cocaine by Eric Clapton9. Respect by Aretha Franklin10. Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison11. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd12.Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits13.La Grange by ZZ Top14. Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry15. We Are Young by Fun16. Light My Fire by The Doors17. Who’ll Stop The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival18. Gimme Some Loving by The Blues Brothers19. September by Earth Wind and Fire20. Twist and Shout by The Beatles21. Good Times by Chic


22. Mustang Sally by The Commitments23. Pride And Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan24. I Wish by Stevie Wonder25. Long Train Running by The Doobie Brothers26.Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix27. Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones28. I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles29. Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams30. Lost In Music by Sister Sledge31.Soul Man by Sam And Dave32. Suspicious Minds by Elvis33.Back In The USSR by The Beatles34.Carwash by Rose Royce35. Le Freak by Chic36. Stand By Me by Ben E King37. Pinball Wizard by The Who38. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson39. Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones40. Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix41. Forget You by Ceelo Green42. Locked Out Of Heaven by Bruno Mars43. Let’s Stick Together by Roxy Music44. Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealer’s Wheel45. Brick House by The Commodores46. Great Balls Of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis47. Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 548. Smooth by Santana49.Roadhouse Blues by The Doors50. Black Magic Woman by Santana

Note: Tutorials for some of these songs can be found on my YouTube channel. The ‘working basslines’ section has a fuller tutorial with tab and notation, has bass less backing tracks to practice with, and also has a tutorial section on programming the different sections of the tune with Band In A Box so that you can isolate sections giving you problems.


LIST OF SONGS INCLUDED IN THE ARCHIVE SECTION OF THE FIRST BASS AND BEYOND WEBSITE

A Love Of Their Own by The Average White BandAfter Midnight by Eric ClaptonAll The Small Things by Blink 182Alright Now by FreeBand Of Gold by Freda Payne7 Nation Army by The White StripesSunshine Of Your Love by CreamGreen Onions by Booker TBehind A Painted Smile by The Isley BrothersBlack Dog by Led ZeppelinCrossroads by CreamDock Of The Bay by Otis ReddingDon’t Stand So Close to me by The PoliceFactory Of Faith by The Red Hot Chili PeppersGet Lucky by Daft PunkGo Your Own Way by Fleetwood MacGrapevine by Marvin GayeHey Soul Sister by TrainI Fought The Law by The ClashI Wish by Stevie WonderLayla by Derek and The DominosLondon Calling by The ClashMan On The Moon by REMRespect by Aretha Franklin Rock The Casbah by The ClashSex On Fire by The Kings of LeonSigned Sealed Delivered by Stevie WonderStir It Up by Bob MarleySummer of 69 by Bryan AdamsSuperstition by Stevie WonderSweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd SkynyrdThe One I Love by REMValerie by Amy WinehouseWhen You Were Young by The Killers

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