Victor Wooten - Groove workshop.

This is the best video i have ever seen about bass playing, its so good that I think that everybody who plays music should watch it. It makes me want to play, to learn and actually above all: Listen.

So i've been watching about half of it now and i guess i should count this in with my "time with the instrument a day" time. its like 3 hours long! crazy. interesting form start to finish.

One thing that i took from it the last time was this list:

1. Notes

2. Articulation / Duration

3. Technique

4. Emotions / Feel

5. Dynamics

6. Tone

7. Rhythm / tempo

8. Phrasing

9. Space

10. Listening


This give me a list of things that i can practice. Although I'm going to focus on the musikteori.se until that is finished. Its good to keep in mind thou.


Good quotes from "Groove Workshop."

“Your never more then a half-step away from a right note”

“Music is a language.”

“The music tells you everything.”

“if you have to search for the root, groove while your finding it.”

“listening is the most important part of music”

“Chasing notes”

“Breath with your notes”

"Play music, not techniques"

"People want to feel music"

If someone had shown me this video 10 years ago when i first started playing it would have made my whole life so much brighter. When i started playing i was afraid of everything that had something to do with music, because i didn't know anything about anything. i still feel the same way about almost everything new i try. If i could leave one advice to anyone who'd listen it would be: Dont be afraid, take space, listen, learn and have fun.