How To Level UP Your Bass Playing in 15min.

[@prodigaldaughter5978]

Church bass player here and I just want to say thank you for your content! It has def helped me step up my game and improve. Appreciate you friend!

[@joachimmahoudeaux8619]

Yep agree with the title, I’ve been advocating this for decades of teaching students. Some people do not have always the time enough for shedding: 9 to 5 job to pay the bills, family with kids, wife… I always told them they were going nowhere shedding for 2 hours on sundays only, 15 minutes but 15 minutes EVERYDAY is the best way to train our brain. Your 15 minutes plan is easy and fun, warm up, learn a new concept, then play it with a beat or backingtrack with chords. Perfect way to get entertained !

[@siamsasean]

This is the most spot on and succinct advice on practicing I've heard in 54 years of playing guitar and other strings. Thank you! Back in the day musicians referred to practice as "woodshedding" cuz you'd take your axe out to the wood shed and nobody in the house could hear you.

[@CMCDugue]

I discover the chanel last monday, and i'm already your biggest fan. I love the way You explain thé thing, You make it easy even though it's difficult. You're born to be a teacher, i love your approch, your contents are rich and able to aply in the daily music and overall for all level, begginer, Ontermediate or advanced. Big respect for you mister T.D

[@mattlau]

This came at such a good time. I play guitar more than bass, but this is still applicable. Play something more difficult than what you're used to. Get outside your comfort zone and learn to fail. It's all good. I am trying to learn Polyphia's ABC and the guitar part is tough for sure. But it's also forcing me to learn different techniques. Keep practicing!

[@Bassic778]

I need to get a Beat Buddy! Thank you for more practical advice!!!

[@luckylucky3770]

Thank you for your time and tips! You are awesome! God Bless you sir!

[@adamulias2315]

Thanks for making this video. I often struggle with my practicing. Keep up the great work! 😃👍

[@manuelblase5767]

This is so wholesome. Thanks!

[@galvinferguson5336]

Thank you! You have alway given us so much value!

[@deadapostle]

I agree with this advice for intermediate players and beyond. Beginner players will need to have some real guidance for how to use that fifteen minutes efficiently, though. Granted, fifteen minutes a day for a beginner will still get them further than trying to jam in time they don't have. Consistency is key and fifteen minutes is a lot easier to get that consistency up.

[@billymays1761]

I’m a beginner and I agree. I started learning the bass about 2-3 months ago and I’m really enjoying the progress I’ve made so far but I wouldn’t have gotten it with only a daily 15 mins. I practice at least an hour 5 days a week and usually end up doing over 2 hours. I was lucky to have the guidance of a musician friend for my first day where I was able to get correct posture and finger picking advice. Breaking that beginner to intermediate wall in any craft takes hours and I feel like a beginner like me could get frustrated by the lack of progress because of those very short first sessions. If you got more than 15 minutes, practice practice, practice.

[@igeeitglob3741]

I Believe the basic concept of improvement are universally applicable, and lucky for us exercise science is really clear with what that is. Volume. Meaning, Frequency (How much you do), and intensity (How hard it is). So yes this is great! Ideally you would be able to do this for longer, but life do be like that sometimes.

[@douglaswilliams1081]

Needed this one.

[@adityatyagi4009]

Great lesson. How long have you been playing?

[@kapalutheproducer20]

Thank you

[@SingularSoundOfficial]

Awesome jam with the BeatBuddy Travis! Love your videos😁🤘

[@yellowjacket5995]

He doesn't actually use that. They paid him.

[@billg5898]

Mr. Travis is there by any chance of you giving me private tutorials, you are my number 1mentor in the whole world

[@judih.8754]

Great tip!

[@Anybodybro]

I like it even before watching

[@mjmason75]

Great ideas and advice. However, I would say if you are going to practice something that is difficult to play physically, a much longer warm-up should be done to avoid hand/finger stress. It probably takes 15 minutes of casual playing/exercises to warm up. If you are going to practice something that is difficult mentally, then 1-2 minutes of warm-up is fine.

[@jhunbalbi591]

Thankyou for this🙏

[@gwheat63]

Can you recommend some songs that would be good practice for people that are new to the slapping technique

[@omggaming1022]

I like that Bass in your background. Am a Jamaican young Bass player n I have being watching ur video before you go viral. N I watch every video even tho I don't own a Bass for myself

[@carlospacheco5994]

Hello Travis. Noob bass player here. I use Nate Smith's "Pocket Change" , a solo drum album, to apply techniques in a musical context. All of the tracks are pure fire and he gives you the basic grooves and then starts syncopating and throwing curve balls that helps me internalize the tempo. Check it out!

[@spacedaddy5517]

I mostly just play along with songs, to be honest. I think any type of playing is going to make people improve, even if it's just playing the same things over and over. This is just because, we can be almost like drummers with percussion and not even playing a lot of different chords or notes, if it fits the music you play and like. The way you play any notes, that's going to change by the time you're middle aged. But there's always hard stuff to learn, like soloing, walking bass lines, percussion, I should probably practice more Jazz, if I was trying to improve the fastest way possible.

[@AjiAcq]

I will like to see the beat buddy for bass/guitar players only with a bigger LED screen, built in tuner and compression .

[@matttorrence2900]

Travis, do you like Andy Rourke from The Smiths?

[@joshuapender1744]

Travis, I need your help!! I learn best by watching someone play and do as they do. With that being said, there’s just not many videos of James Wilson covers, or Brittany Scott, or Draylin Young. Do you think you could do videos of covers to their songs. Lol I think I’m stressing out MD out

[@mattscott5931]

Love the vid! New to the channel. Is that an LTD B-206 in the background in the beginning?

[@mammutkung]

damn this is great thanks

[@marcuskingstanley9522]

I recommend a book called " The Tao of Jazz improvisation" by Sheldon Zanboer. Improved my playing tenfold ( am not even halfway through the book. just do the first 126 exercises and it will become apparent what you need to practice) . No theory, no technique, just exercises to connect your ear with your hands in real time.

[@_WESTSIDE_]

Facts I wish I had more time to practice but I don’t 😭😭😭 I’m definitely trying to make more time tho

[@greatwhite61967]

In a world that accepts & caters to western countries running a lot of employees 24/7 , 12 months out of every year has seen everyone not having enough time & its down to us as individuals to find some time thats purely there's & it could be a case of having no time , unless we prioritize our own lives... I'll watch this at a more convient time as its way too early in the morning as it is now , to stick with your upload... Your upload showed up on my KZbin Channel & im intrigued at the concept of Less is More , which is basically what the headline of your upload has described & it'll be interesting to see how this & the description pans out!.. Until then " All The Best " .....

[@israelsedek7853]

you are very strong and I admire you very much. can you give me a guitar like that? I'd love to.

[@stewiepid4385]

It is well known that neuro-plasticity in the brain develops during sleep. My practice from the day before will have more muscle memory. Possibly where the phase, "Sleep on it.", comes from in relation to solving a problem.

[@groovemcfunk361]

Feels like I'm being taught by the jazzy uncle I never had

[@dhirenjazz8100]

What's ghost notes into bass ????

[@martinheath5947]

If you're gigging regularly that all the 'practice' you need.

[@evidenceeriamiatoe3815]

What bass is that?

[@sethrivera2732]

squire classic vibe precision bass!

[@Bouchie01]

Teach me I'm a beginner

[@silencedones4421]

Learn technique before you attempt to learn anything else and then learn scales and modes. If you put that time in now it will save you from learning bad habits that will take you to what I am saying years from now. I wish someone emphasized the importance of this to me years ago.

[@SauloVilaNova]

Like 🎉

[@jameslanclos568]

What you talkin' bout Willis ???

[@roma5869]

Does anyone know any cheaper alternatives to the beat buddy?

[@yellowjacket5995]

Go to KZbin and type in blast beat. Right click the video and loop it. Select 2x speed.

[@Brookzplayzmuzic]

Why does he always close his eyes when he speaks?

[@NoahUbf]

Someday I'll have extra ~$400 to buy the BeatBuddy ... (Of course, I know that it's not the problem :) )

[@yellowjacket5995]

He doesn't actually use that. It's just something he got paid to promote.

[@Solo-iv8zy]

huh???

[@donvape336]

I can't slap. I mean CANNOT SLAP. I skip that.

[@BassGod1225]

This is misleading...... There is no shortcut or quick fix to becoming a great bassist, the only way is to put in the work.

[@anttituuha]

Yeah, must be nice to have a wife. The rest of us need to struggle without one.

[@Weex1k]

All of your talking could be easily compressed to a simple brief 1 minute explanation, it felt too much watered down.

[@St.mic2786]

too much talk.....

[@fionabastow6686]

Hello sir I want to talk privately to you about a challenge im facing....perhaps your email or whatsapp would do

[@CMCDugue]

I discover the chanel last monday, and i'm already your biggest fan. I love the way You explain thé thing, You make it easy even though it's difficult. You're born to be a teacher, i love your approch, your contents are rich and able to aply in the daily music and overall for all level, begginer, Ontermediate or advanced. Big respect for you mister T.D