Bass Fill Hacks #1

by | Nov 12, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News

The Bass Fill StruggleHave you ever been practicing bass fills, only to realize that what you practiced might have worked on that one song, but surely doesn't on the next one? Or maybe you've been shedding away on this cool basslick you saw on Youtube. But when you...

The Triad Hack Series

by | Nov 12, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News

Scroll down for more TRIAD HACKS!Want to level up your proficiency across the fretboardHave you ever been in the situation that you got handed a lead sheet and were expected to just make up a bass part? All you have are the chord symbols. Of course, you can always get...

TOP 10 BASS SOLO HACKS

by | Oct 30, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News

The Bass Solo StruggleWe all know the jokes about how everyone starts talking or goes to the bar, when the bassist takes a solo. And sadly, for the most part these accusations are justified. The bass is not an easy instrument to play solos. On one hand its low...

The 3 Octave Major Arpeggio Hack

by | Oct 29, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News

How to play arpeggios efficiently over three octaves?Arpeggios are great vocabulary to have for extreme metal and jazz. Not that they're not of use in other genres, but these two use them to quite an extent. If you don't own a five or six string bass, you might have...