Every course we publish.
Thirteen method courses for electric and upright bass, plus a transcription library at $5 a track. One-time purchase, lifetime access, no subscription. Taught by working New York musicians.
The Flagship · The Modern Method For Upright Bass
The New Simandl
What Cole is known for in the upright jazz world. His rewrite of the 1881 Simandl method — refingered around open strings as free space, so the bass finally moves. Endorsed by François Rabbath and Rufus Reid.
$47
Cole Davis · Juilliard · Peter Cincotti
The 15 Minute Warmup — Electric
10 exercises. The same daily warmup Cole runs before every gig — different city, different bass, same routine. PDFs, Finale files, backing tracks with bass and without.
View course →
$47
Cole Davis · Juilliard · Peter Cincotti
The 15 Minute Warmup — Upright
11 exercises. Simandl-correct throughout. The 15-minute daily routine that comes before Simandl — intonation locked in by song 1.
View course →
$37
Cole Davis · Juilliard
The 7-Day Walking Bass Breakthrough
11 lessons, 7-day method. The right-notes / wrong-notes system for walking through ii-V-Is, stepwise tunes, and static modal chords on electric bass.
View course →
$57
Paul "Papa Bear" Johnson · Taylor Swift · Broadway
The Five-Feel Groove System
16 lessons on beat placement, pocket, and feel — taught by a Broadway / Taylor Swift bassist. Five feels you can move between on command. Works in any genre.
View course →
$57
Anthony Muthurajah · Brand New Heavies · Supremes
The Diagonal Method
~2.5-hour video method. Solo across the strings and the fretboard. Rudiments → guide tones → three-note cells → rhythm.
View course →
$67
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Jazz Soloing on Electric Bass: from the Beginning
A 5-lesson chiseling method — from "I can walk a line" to "I can solo through changes." No scales, no modes, no bebop licks you can't use.
View course →
$77
Alex Claffy · Smalls · Smoke
From Two to Four
8-section live masterclass filmed with pianist Victor Gould and drummer Joe Strasser. How to walk, groove, and lead a real rhythm section.
View course →
$77
Russell Hall · Wynton Marsalis · Roy Hargrove
The Essential Groove
Russell Hall on the art of bass. A solo course on sound, idiom, and lineage — plus the Groove Clinic Replay (with Cole Davis) as a bonus.
View course →
$97
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Jazz Soloing on Upright Bass: from the Beginning
The same 5-move chiseling method, demonstrated on upright. Same hands. Same harmony. Different instrument.
View course →
$97
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Walking Basslines on Upright Bass: from the Beginning
A 5-lesson method on upright. The 1-3-5-7 — the foundational walking method Ron Carter taught Cole at Juilliard.
View course →
$97
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Intermediate Soloing and Improvisation Concepts for Upright Bass
The system underneath every solo you love — thirds & sevenths, the exercise, the 9, and the half steps that turn it into bebop. Drilled over an F blues, Autumn Leaves, and a standard. Every solo transcribed.
View course →
$47
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Walking on Electric Bass — Part 2
Part 2 of 3. The full walking vocabulary working players use — the six right notes, the licks Ron Carter passed down, and the one principle that makes a line swing instead of repeat. Worked through an F blues and Autumn Leaves.
View course →
$67
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Bebop for Bass: The Paul Chambers Approach
Learn to solo on upright so it actually sounds like jazz — by borrowing the language of Paul Chambers, the one player who translated Charlie Parker onto the instrument. Twelve of his licks, broken down note by note.
View course →
$67
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Play What You Hear
Learn your favorite songs by ear — the voice-first way. Sing it, find it on the piano, play it on your instrument. Melody, chords, all eight intervals taught as feelings, and the extensions on top.
View course →
$97
Cole Davis · Juilliard
Soloing in Thumb Position
Solo and burn up high on upright with the Freedom of Movement system — the 0-1-3 and 0-1-2 fingerings, pivoting instead of shifting, and the thumb as a capo. Bebop, fourths, and outside playing over real changes.
View course →Note-for-note · Electric + Upright
The Transcription Library
A growing collection of the bass parts that shaped the music — electric and upright, every era. $5 per transcription. New ones added every week.
Browse the library →More coming.
New methods, new instructors, and live formats are in development. Start with any course — you'll hear about what's next from inside the school.
Back to home