7 Reasons Why This Riff is GENIUS - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

[@ebassguitar]

Hey everyone! Link to the FREE downloadable PDF is now fixed! Check the description box above. 😄 Cheers, James

[@mikebatt2651]

Norman is the most underrated bass player of the last 50 years IMO. I've seen him several times over the years and he is absolutely phenomenal. This is one of the hardest lines to play and anyone who can do it well has my respect :)

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Mike! Thanks for sharing that! Cheers!

[@martinclay7557]

You missed a trick here, should have called it '8 Reasons Why This Riff is GENIUS' and just slipped in 'Reasons # 2... Be cheerful'

[@ebassguitar]

Very good 👏

[@kettlebellsynergy]

The download for pdf doesn’t work

[@ebassguitar]

Still can't download the PDF? Feel free to reach out to my support team at [e-mail] and we can send it directly to you.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

Reasons to like basslines: 1, 2, 3.

[@chrislongshaw]

Recently saw Norman Watt-Roy play with Wilco Johnson and he was phenomenal…spent all evening watching him shred the bass and hardly noticed what Wilco was doing.

[@ebassguitar]

That must've been great! Thanks for sharing! All the best!

[@michaelblakeney1]

Sorry to be picky, but during the chorus, the Hit me with your rhythm stick bit, the notes should be F, G, A, G, not F,G,Ab, G. Definitely 'major'. And not sure about the ascent/decent for 'nice to be a lunatic' either, it's a chomatic descent ending on the G. Other than, that, spot on.

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks for sharing that, Mike! Cheers!

[@JerrySouthwest]

Yep.. major octave rif on the chorus

[@gordondafoe3516]

I was a professional bass guitarist for 35 years. I never attempted this bassline. Some thigs are sacred.

[@Monklane79]

Still my favourite bass line. It's so witty.

[@johncook9983]

Oh hell yeah! Looking forward to this series evolving. Norman Watt-Roy is one of my favorites and he hardly is talked about or even known about. Thank you for this!

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!

[@georgeharvey8073]

Thanks for the tutorial!! And digging up that riff!! Keep it coming!! I was not able to download the pdf, though.

[@ebassguitar]

Hello George! The pleasure's mine! You should be able to download the PDF by clicking the link from the description box. If you still can't download it. Feel free to reach out to my support team at [e-mail] and we can send it directly to you.

[@graemerobertson5160]

I wish somebody could do a good you tube tutorial about how to get a good technique for the middle and index finger 16 note plucking hand 1/16 note pumping. That is imho the hardest part of playing this riff. There are mechanics to this technique that guys like you aren't fully sharing James. It would be wonderful of you could. If I move my fingers at your speed the notes just sound muffled.

[@ebassguitar]

Have you taken my essential technique course inside the Bass Lab Plus Graham?

[@robertseago6572]

There ARE really 7 REASONS why this Riff is Genius...it is an amazing riff example of using 7 (8 note octave) notes to work up and down the fretboard with 4 different octave changes that completely "recycle" seamlessly...way cool!

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks for pointing that out! Cheers!

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I watched a bass cover of this the other day and, even as someone who doesn't play an instrument, was blown away by how much work the player was doing. As a bass player friend of mine said, "You bought the whole neck, so you're gonna use it all."

[@robertpizana612]

I am just learning bass.This is inspired me,along with Rick James give it too me baby

[@ebassguitar]

Hello Robert! How's your bass playing? I hope that you have kept your pace. I would be happy to hear about it and see if there's something I can help. Cheers!

[@IanDuryVideos]

Oi Oi ❤

[@ebassguitar]

Oi Oi indeed! I’ve got a pic of Norman on wall in all videos now…

[@BodvarBjorgvins]

Absolutely one of the best bass riffs ever. And I really like how you expand the use of the parts of the riff. Great, thanks. However no PDF.

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Böðvar! Still can't download the PDF? Feel free to reach out to my support team at [e-mail] and we can send it directly to you.

[@officialkw77]

exactly Super

[@dixiefallas7799]

I’ve met Norman and will be meeting him again on Thursday! Ace.🇬🇧

[@ebassguitar]

That's cool, Dixie! All the best!

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[@fredgien]

I’m jealous!

[@shadowliqour]

Thank you for uploading. I'm learning this Bass line now, with the help from yourself. Not played Bass for years and is a great exercise as you've stated. 2nd Bar difficult on returning to first Bar in time. Will continue...Thanks again.

[@rocknrollhippy771]

Norm is the sole reason I picked up the bass when I was 16 and left drums behind. Me, my best pal and his Dad never missed Wilco whenever he was in the northwest of England, saw them many times over the years, my pal was a Wilco fanatic and me a Norm fan (we were in a band together). We always hung around after the show and they always accommodated us, so friendly. Had several conversations with Norm over the years, absolute diamond of a guy, even crashed me a fag or two and let me play his bass, showing me the pentatonic fast end to his classic Don't let your Daddy know solo!!❤ Still my biggest influence, in my opinion there's no better bassist. Waffle over😂

[@neilhodgkinson2531]

Yep! Bring on the best bass riff breakdowns!🤘🏼

[@ebassguitar]

Will do, Neil! Glad you like it!

[@jdb123ize]

So far I love this series. Always loved this style cant seem to get my fingers going that fast

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you like it! Cheers!

[@andrewawood3658]

Loved it will be Added it to my practice routine and practice sessions

[@ebassguitar]

Do it!

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Andrew! How's your bass playing? I hope that you have kept your pace. I would be happy to hear about it and see if there's something I can help. Cheers!

[@errolfellows409]

Well, in the words of Richard Nixon, "Fuckin' 'ell!" COOOOOL! (Well, so perhaps ol' Tricky Dicky didn't say that, but he would've, if he'd heard the original or this.)

[@ebassguitar]

Hey Errol! I completely agree! Thanks for sharing that! Cheers!

[@jog2501]

I watched this video the other day, then got a message from a friend offering me a spare ticket to see Wilko Johnson last night - I spent more of the evening watching Norman playing bass, though maybe it helps that his fingers appear to be about six inches long..... (At least I could work out how Norman played the notes - Wilko looks to strum a shuffle rhythm with his fingers and produce both rhythm and lead together!) Thanks for another great tutorial.

[@ebassguitar]

Welcome jo!

[@markv6771]

Not to get attention away from this great lesson. But I have to bring up the "Mama Tour" DVD. I've watched that hundreds of times! Genesis is my favorite band and have been since I was 8. Out of all the live albums that they have the "Mama Tour" is my favorite! Great lesson by the way. What a great bass line! I'll have to spend some time on this one.

[@ebassguitar]

That was the vhs which made me want to be a musician… I finally saw genesis live back in march to complete the loop. My dad dug the video out so I made it part of the set

[@markv6771]

They've had an amazing run! They are a special group of guys! I saw them in Chicago in 2007. Awesome concert!!! Phil Collins got me to play the drums when I was younger. I was in a band in high school. Now I'm wanting to learn the bass guitar. I've always thought that it was a cool instrument! I love Mike Rutherford's bass playing.

[@paulrafferty4324]

Thank you.

[@davidsimmons4834]

Hiya! The PDF download links to another lesson on walking bass lines. ☺️

[@ebassguitar]

Hey David! How's your bass playing? I hope that you have kept your pace. I would be happy to hear about it and see if there's something I can help. Cheers!

[@davidsimmons4834]

@@ebassguitar Thank you! Still plugging away and enjoying every minute!!

[@YnseSchaap]

The riff from "Wake Up" is better 😉

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks for pointing that out! All the best!

[@YnseSchaap]

@@ebassguitar 😁

[@thehomefront1905]

Great teaching

[@ebassguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@laakoolaa1974]

very good

[@ebassguitar]

Glad you like it!

[@thephantomarse]

This bassline is really as hard as it sounds to play Its actually quite easy when you have a go