The Groove Files · 8 Video Lessons · 9 Downloads · Yours To Keep

A Transcription Collection · 8 Lessons

Put Ray Brown next to a tempo map and he moves every single beat. It's also as swinging as it gets.

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The Groove Files · By Cole Davis

Eight lessons on time, feel, sound and the two-feel, from Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Charlie Haden, Lennie Tristano, Wes Montgomery, and the bass line from The Choice Is Yours you heard in car commercials growing up. All eight for $37.

From Cole Davis: New York bassist, Juilliard, learned under Ron Carter.

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8 video lessons · 1 hr 9 min of video · 9 downloads

Ray Brown Paul Chambers Percy Heath Charlie Haden Lennie Tristano Wes Montgomery
8
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minutes of video
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So what does keeping time mean?

That's the question under every lesson in this collection. It's the part of playing bass that decides whether a band feels good, and it's the part you can't fix by learning more notes.

Great soloists fall apart on the two-feel.

Working on your left hand to get faster? Speed doesn't come from the left hand.

And sound. I got mine, and it wasn't by practicing faster.

These eight lessons go straight at the stuff that's hard to write down.

The three things that make a two-feel go somewhere. The right-hand exercises I use for fast lines. The three-player rule. And what I think is the greatest two-feel of all time. It barely bothers with the root on beat one, and it rhymes.

What's Inside

Eight lessons.

Every one's a video lesson from Cole. 1 hr 9 min of video in all, and 9 downloads.

  1. 1Ray Brown: Have You Met Miss Jones, Time vs. FeelUpright · 9-minute video · 1 downloadPut Ray Brown's line on Have You Met Miss Jones next to a tempo map and it moves every single beat. It's also as swinging as it gets. So what does keeping time mean?See this lesson
  2. 2Paul Chambers: Bye Bye Blackbird, Three Fixes for Your 2-FeelUpright · 11-minute video · 1 downloadGreat soloists fall apart on the two-feel. Here's Paul Chambers on Bye Bye Blackbird, and the three things that make a two-feel go somewhere.See this lesson
  3. 3Lennie Tristano: Line Up, with Right-Hand Speed ExercisesUpright · 7-minute video · 2 downloadsSpeed doesn't come from the left hand. The right-hand exercises I use for fast lines, plus Lennie Tristano's Line Up to put them to work.See this lesson
  4. 4Folk on Upright: Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Cat StevensUpright · 8-minute video · 1 downloadUpright bass on Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens records. Half swung, half straight, and harder than it sounds.See this lesson
  5. 5Wes Montgomery: Four on SixUpright · 8-minute video · 1 downloadIt sounds simple. It's deceptively hard on upright. Here's how to play it for an hour without your wrist giving out.See this lesson
  6. 6Charlie Haden: Turnaround, and How to Get a Great SoundUpright · 11-minute video · 1 downloadHow I got my sound, and it wasn't by practicing faster. The right hand, the three-player rule, and the Charlie Haden two-feel I learned it from.See this lesson
  7. 7Ron Carter x Black Sheep: The Choice Is YoursUpright · 3-minute video · 1 downloadThe bass line from The Choice Is Yours, the one you heard in car commercials and on sports broadcasts growing up. Where Black Sheep found it, and how to play it (with tab).See this lesson
  8. 8Percy Heath: 2-Feel on Bags' GrooveUpright · 10-minute video · 1 downloadWhat I think is the greatest two-feel of all time. It barely bothers with the root on beat one, and it rhymes.See this lesson
Who It's For

Built for the bassist whose notes are right and whose groove won't lift.

✓This is for you if…

  • Your notes are right and the groove still doesn't lift.
  • You play a lot of two-feel on gigs and it sits there.
  • You play upright. All eight are taught on upright.

×It's not for you if…

  • You want new licks to solo with. The Bebop Bassist is the collection for that.
The Price

All 8 for $37. You keep $43.

One payment. Yours to keep. It opens in your Better Bass Lessons member portal the moment you check out.

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FAQ

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You can't fix the groove
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Eight lessons on time, feel, sound and the two-feel, from Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Charlie Haden, Lennie Tristano and Wes Montgomery.

$80 one at a time · $37 for all 8
1 hr 9 min of video · 9 downloads · Yours to keep

Get all 8 for $37
The Offer

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The Groove Files: All 8 Lessons
8 video lessons from Cole, 1 hr 9 min in all
9 downloads
Opens in your Better Bass Lessons member portal the moment you check out
One at a time$80
Today$37

One payment · Yours to keep · You keep $43

Get all 8 for $37