How To Get Hired: A Creative Approach to Session Bass Playing Pt 2
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Summary
The route to a career as a studio bassist is not an easy one to map out. Do you want to be a creative collaborator, who crafts exciting new bass lines alongside the biggest names in music? Or a super sideman who can nail the perfect take in minutes flat? Ideally, you'll be a bit of both. With the chops and the temperament to tackle anything that comes your way.
In part two of this series, Ian Allison unravels everything you’ll need to have in your locker to make it as a studio bassist. Aside from breaking down several studio tracks from his own discography, you’ll learn tips and tricks for getting the best out of your gear, how to pick a bass that’s appropriate for the song, how to make the right note choices and capture your best performance, and how to prepare for everything that comes with being a modern day studio bass player.
In this course you’re going to learn:
- The skills you’ll need to become a professional ‘gun for hire’.
- How to find your voice as a session bassist.
- Some of the playing techniques you MUST know.
- How to approximate synth tones using effects pedals.
- Why you should always play what's best for the song.
- And much more.
