For the bass player who can't walk a chorus of blues yet
First, learn to walk. Then, lock in with any drummer.
Two of Cole's courses, in the order he'd hand them to you. Both for $127.
Dear Groovekeeper,
If you just clicked over from The Locked-In Bassist, you probably read the warning: that course never explains how to build a walking line.
That's on purpose. It's about what happens to your line once a real drummer counts it off.
But if you're still working out which note comes next, the drummer isn't your problem yet.
One course gives you the notes. The other makes them hold up on the bandstand.
So here are both, in the right order, for less than you'd pay for them one at a time.
Walking Bass Lines: From the Beginning
Build a real line · Taught on upright
- How to build a walking line over any chord with four notes that can't fail. (If your lines sound like exercises instead of records, start here.)
- Where every note you need lives, without shifting all over the fingerboard.
- Your first full 12-bar blues line in F, then a second key in B♭. (The form every jazz musician on earth knows cold.)
- The one move that pulls a band through a chord change, and why a "wrong" note on beat four can be the whole engine.
- The three questions Cole asks on every bar he plays. (Run them and an exercise starts sounding like a bass player on a record.)
- How to take it all onto real standards like "Autumn Leaves," and walk changes you've never seen before.
The Locked-In Bassist: Swing With Any Drummer
Make it hold up with a drummer · With New York drummer Aaron Seeber
- What to do in the very next bar when the drummer throws a fill, so one fill never costs you 16 bars. (It used to cost Cole exactly that.)
- How to take charge when the drummer starts to drag or rush, without turning the tune into a fight.
- A one-chorus test you can do alone tonight that shows whether your time is ready for a real drummer.
- How to swing a two-feel under brushes and a waltz in 3/4, the tunes that trip up bass players on casuals and jam sessions.
- How to play along with records so you lock in with the rhythm section, not the soloist. (If you've ever felt lost playing along with Bird, you'll find out why.)
- Plus The Laws of Swing PDF. All ten laws, one page each.
Cole plays upright in the course, but time isn't tied to any one instrument.
Launch bonus, only before the timer ends
Aaron's Listening Sessions
Aaron sits down with six records and shows you exactly what the drummer is doing, so you finally hear it for yourself. When the timer runs out, they come out of the course.
You save $37
Try both, risk-free. If they don't make you a better bass player, email [email protected] within 14 days of buying and I'll refund every penny.
Taught by Cole Davis · Ron Carter Bass Competition winner · NEA Future Jazz Master · Juilliard
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Before you check out
When do I get access?
Right away. As soon as your payment goes through, every lesson, The Laws of Swing PDF and Aaron's Listening Sessions are in your account, and your login details go to the email you enter above.
Is this for upright or electric?
Both. It's about time, feel and the rhythm section, not fingerings. Nothing in the course is upright-only.
I don't have a drummer to practice with. Does it still work?
Yes. The Records play-alongs show you how to practice this with the records you already own: who to lock in with, and why following the soloist throws you off.
What if it doesn't work for me?
Take it to a gig. If it doesn't feel better, email [email protected] within 14 days of buying and I'll refund every penny.
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