Afro-Cuban Grooves For Bass and Drums. Funkifying the Clave download. This DVD is a companion to the popular Book/CD of the same name dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. It features bassist, author, composer, and music educator Lincoln Goines, well known for his work in the New York City Latin, jazz-funk, and studio scene. And drummer Robby Ameen, who has made a life-long study of Afro-Cuban rhythms. Also appearing on the DVD is Wayne Krantz on guitar and Bill O’Connell on keyboard. This book is a goldmine of information and ideas pertaining...

Lee Rocker Rockabilly Slap Bass download. Since the 1950s the upright Bass has performed a distinctive role in the Rockabilly sound, a Lee Rocker’s unique DVD gives you a close-up guide to the exciting slap technique. By combining plucked bass notes with the slap of the palm hitting the strings against the fingerboard, spectacular multi-rhythmic patterns can be created that will stop any show! Rocker’s tutorial includes a wealth of information concerning amplification, Bass set-up and getting the best possible sound, as well as providing a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the slap technique. Furthermore, you will be...

Felipe Andreoli Angra Bass download free. Heavy metal bass player of Brazilian band. Angra (now playing at Alman) shows his skill with comments. Excellent school. If anyone has or is going to play metal, very nice movie to watch. In contrast to the example of the school of Dave Ellefson is not designed for beginners. The guy just shows the technique applicable to metal. He specifically did not explain in details. Felipe Andreoli (born March 7th, 1980 in Sao Paulo, Brazil) is a heavy-metal bassist known for playing in the band Angra and Karma. In 2006, along with Angra’s...

Dave Ellefson Metal Bass 1 & 2 DVD download free. Legendary heavy metal bassist David Ellefson (ex. Megadeth) reveals the fundamental skills that are required to play metal bass. The one-on-one lessons start with basics like holding the bass, hand positioning, and reading tablature. The program then rips through key metal elements like playing with a pick and your fingers, how to mute, scale basics, exercises, and alternate tunings. Learn rhythms and timing, octaves and fifths, how to create a great bass sound, and more. David shows you how to play complete bass lines with drum and guitar backing...

Beginning Bass Volume 2 continues the lessons found in Starter Series: Beginning Bass, Vol. 1, delving deeper into the concepts needed to make the leap from beginner to intermediate bass player. Some of the topics discussed include pentatonic scales, funk grooves, chords, and harmonics. This series is great. Good coverage on the basics, really gets you started on what you need to know to begin playing. This dvd goes more in depth from the first one, giving you more to work with and what you need to take the next step. Learning to play an instrument has never been...

Stu Hamm Tap Bass download. Tap bass is a relatively new technique favored by many of the world’s top contemporary bass players. Tapping is a very expressive tool, which will significantly expand the colors, textures and sonic qualities you’ll have at your disposal for any melodic application. Stu covers right-hand, left-hand and best of all – simultaneous two-hand tapping. “Here at last is my entire curriculum for learning how to “tap” on the electric bass guitar! We’ll start at the very beginning with some basic exercises to get your fingers trained and strengthened up. Once you have a basic...

Tony Smith Advanced Bass Grooves download free. See Tony Smith knock the top off bass guitar! A true innovator, he has performed with Steve Morse, Average White Band, Grover Washington and Larry Carlton, to name but a few. In this incredible DVD, he takes viewers step-by-step through an array of his one-of-a-kind techniques. He demonstrates slap bass over a rock shuffle and shows hip-hop grooves using slap and pizzicato. He teaches his touch technique over a salsa groove and demonstrates a montuno with his left hand and the clavi with his right hand. Good instructional DVD on setting up...

David Santos 50 Bass Grooves You Must Know. Your groove witch doctor, David Santos guides your rite of passage expertly with 50 Bass Grooves You MUST Know. Electric bassist, touring and session musician, songwriter and producer, Santos has fired up the groove with some of the world’s most prominent superstars including Crosby Stills & Nash, Stephen Stills, John Fogerty, Billy Joel, Elton John, Phoebe Snow, The Neville Brothers, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett. David has prepared an extraordinarily engaging learning experience for students of bass guitar. No tedious theory or boring exercises to struggle through here – you will...

Beaver Felton Bass Bassics download free. Taught by Beaver Felton whose playing and teaching abilities have received critical acclaim in the music trade magazine both national and abroad. This is the first in a series of videos designed to help the beginner bassist develop a variety of skills needed to become a well rounded player, covering: stringing, open- string tuning, parts of the bass & setting the action, technical exercises, practice routines & tips, neck familiarization, music terminology, ear training, rhythmic & harmonic theory, setting up your sound on the bass & amp, using proper technique, basic scales, actual...

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bass hero Flea is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest rock bass guitarists of all time, fusing an unstoppable funk technique with the power and weight of hard rock. From the sun-bleached soul of Californication to the slap-bass pyrotechnics of Give It Away, here’s your chance to get a step-by-step guide to five of the Chili Peppers’ hottest songs from across their varied career. Phil Williams demonstrates every riff and lick, leaving no stone unturned as he dissects the unmistakable Flea style.   Songs include: Californication By The Way Can’t Stop Higher Ground Give...