How To Quickly & Easily Learn 100s Of Songs For Gigs

[@wmkennard]

Thank you Dan. One person said it. Dans my go too teacher. Absolutely mine too. When I need to get back to playing better or playing it right with your own touch. I just go back to Dans videos. I need to go over so much but because of Dan I've been playing 1000 times better. I got a long ways to go n that's the fun part.

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🙏

[@philslocombe1513]

Thanks

[@beckym8245]

Dan, you're such a good teacher. My go-to teacher for all things bass! There are other bass teachers who are great, too, but I always return to your lessons. Thanks.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much, Becky! I appreciate the comment and support. Glad you’re learning something new. 🙏👍

[@tonymedness5033]

As a beginner bass player, this video was extremely valuable to me! Your choice of words while describing things is well executed.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Tony! Happy to hear that.

[@flaviosan3020]

Thanks Daniel, the main problem is that your 20 minutes videos involve hours and hours of study and thought for us to digest it.... :-) it's not a negative comment in any way of course, respect for all your hard work. F

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Yes - this one definitely does! The next two will be more bite sized.

[@pintosncheese6347]

My man I hear you! I have spent hundreds of hours on Dan’s vids. That’s the magic right there, Dan can condense all that into a short video that I find super easy to follow and digest. I find myself bottlenecked occasionally by techniques that I’m not great at but hey that’s what practice is for amirite!! Dan you need to consider changing your channel name to DanHawkinsBassWizardry……😀

[@moeb4348]

Dan gives ten or more times what he is getting back. His Beginner to Bassist course is a prime example. A free twenty minute lesson from Dan will cost hundreds of dollars from an instructor at a local music store. He is extremely generous.

[@flaviosan3020]

@@moeb4348 yes I know the Beginner to bassist course, I subscribed to it even if I started playing in 1992 :-)

[@unclemick-synths]

You have my respect for playing in covers bands - a lot of learning and high expectations! I used to play in barn dance bands back in the UK. It was similar in that it wasn't unusual if the first time I'd played with the band was live on stage in front of the audience but the advantage was there were almost never any prescribed basslines so even with unfamiliar tunes I could just hit the root notes with a danceable rhythm until I knew the piece (though that was usually expected to be second time through the tune).

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Sometimes you have to do that - it’s a great skill to have!

[@emanuelfleming1763]

big up dan really helping me im djsleeves gotta 5string big up🎸🤛

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Nice one. 🙏👍👊👊

[@scottlooper3505]

Fantastic. A little overwhelming but fantastic info. Thanks.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Yeah there’s a lot here! Probably too much but there you go.

[@owmr]

Excellent resource! Thank you for this awesome lesson.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks!

[@brianengquist2110]

I really love the way you explain this. Really trying to get my head around this stuff and found it very useful.

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Thanks, Brian.

[@pierpimpi]

One of the most effective lesson ❤. Actually a lot of lessons together. I think I will watch it several times to get everything.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks. I hope you get something from it.

[@tigerscott2966]

Great video. More practice ahead for me. This time, More structured practice sessions.

[@davidlawrence3425]

Dan- love your lessons, and this one has so many little nuggets. It is near the top of my favorites list

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, David! Really appreciate the comment.

[@davidstokes2701]

Hi Dan - really appreciating the material you are sharing. Super helpful, especially the videos that give riff ideas and explain the harmonic theory behind them! Thanks

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! I’ll keep them coming…

[@ianezequielorlandosuarez7363]

I love your lessons, Dan. Keep up the hard work, cheers from Argentina 😁😁

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much! 🇦🇷

[@ajdayton101]

It took me a long time to recognize that I didn't have to play every note heard on a recording when playing live. You have to play the key recognizable parts, but you can simplify and add your own flavor. Makes it easier to remember songs if you add your own bits.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Absolutely. Make it your own and have fun.

[@Bassic778]

Thanks again, Dan, for another excellent and very practical lesson!!!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Keith. 🙏

[@michaellowe121]

You are blessed!!! Incredible communication. Thank you brother

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Thanks, Micheal. 🙏🙏

[@stuffandthangs2595]

I really love your teaching style!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thank you! 😃

[@henrychinaski2890]

You are too generous, thanks a lot Dan, all of this hard-earned knowledge is appreciated. This is truly all a pro musician needs, a system to learn and remember the songs that are most likely to be requested. Do you still play these cover gigs? If so how often?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks very much, Henry! I moved to Singapore (wife’s job) in 2020 and haven’t had one of these gigs in two and a half years. Might try and find a band here…

[@BassNSax628]

Another brilliant video Dan. Every time I watch one of your vids, I realise I should learn more theory. But this takes time.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Don’t worry! I’m making a big course on it that will explain and demo A LOT… coming early part of next year.

[@AliRfreedom]

Great video and super useful for gig readiness

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks!

[@OstirBass]

I've been working with bands in my country where I stand near guitarist and watch his guitar neck and just go on with him. In that cases u can see of what u're made of, not to sound cocky but not so much players can do that. After gigs you are mentally exhausted, you must concentrate on every tone. So I rather preffer when there is time to do rehearsals. Great tips mate, very useful!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Yeah, I’ve had to that with piano players before. Tricky but it can get the job done on the odd song or two! 🙏

[@johalareewi]

Love your notes. I do something similar by annotating a song into a single line of cryptic text to use as a memory aid.

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I like that - cryptic text. 👍🙏

[@andyhbassman]

Another wonderful lesson Dan - thank you

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Andy. 🙏🙏

[@jonathonherrala3429]

Incredibly motivating video

[@0711RC]

Thanks again Dan, you're greatly appreciated!!

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Many thanks!

[@andrewwright6893]

Superb lesson yet again

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🙏

[@johhnyg4027]

Great lesson as usual, thanks so much for your time and effort keep on rocking 🤘

[@OnlineBassCourses]

My pleasure, Johnny!

[@MusicMotivator]

Man, this is fantastic teaching!

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Thank you!

[@81223333]

Excellent lesson. Thank you!

[@riedki009]

thanks for the lesson respect was written by Otis Redding

[@larkoglitchmann6229]

Hi from France I recently discover your channel, good job and easily understendable for non-english speakers 😏 I was wondering if you had already done a review of your Monique + power amp ? I would be interested to have your opinion Anyway I subscribed ! Larko

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Many thanks, Larko!! I’ve actually never used that combination live or in the studio (I just use the Monique in the studio on its own). I bought the power amp after hearing it at a small gig. It was one of the best bass sounds I’ve ever heard so I bought a second hand one immediately. It’s there if I want it sometime in the future. A review/demo one day would be fun!

[@ToddBrittain1963]

Great stuff Dan (as usual)

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Todd.

[@ToddBrittain1963]

@@OnlineBassCourses You're welcome mate. Really enjoy your content. It's always right on the money.

[@MdImran-lt1re]

Very informative video!

[@KissMao]

Well well done!! Grazie!!

[@hbriem]

Roman numerals are used in classical and jazz harmony. The Nashville numbers system is actually when you use Arabic numerals instead of Roman. So a Nashville session musician might say to another, "it's a 1 4 6m 5" in A and they'll play "A D F#m E". Thanks for all your great content Dan.

[@dotianifrancois7699]

That groovy baseline that includes some chromatic add-ons reminds me of "Don't call me baby"🎶🎶🎶

[@OnlineBassCourses]

It does a bit!

[@tigerscott2966]

Thanks.

[@ronviejo4994]

Great lesson Sir. Just curious, what's the string spacing on the MM? I can't believe you have a lava lamp. Soooooooooo 70's

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Love my lava lamp! You know what? I don’t know the answer to that question but I reckon Google will. Mine’s from ‘78.

[@MrClassicmetal]

That's a very useful lesson. Looking at that list is a bit daunting...😁 That's a sweet sound, man. Is it plugged straight into the amp?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I don’t know all those songs! But the point is I can learn them very quickly with a few of these tips and working on my ear too. It’s bass straight into audio interface. Nothing fancy at all.

[@juancarrasco3618]

Do you use some pedal effect to get this sound, like a compressor, for example? Nice video

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks, Juan. Nothing, just straight in with no EQ or compression although I think some of the tone on this bass is coming from Elites ground wound strings.

[@juancarrasco3618]

@@OnlineBassCourses Thankyou for your answer. I m learning a lot with your videos.

[@michaelkailus6021]

Hey...Great Lesson as always ! What was the name of the app u use for chartreading....? THX

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! ForScore.

[@colemeister]

Thanks Dan. Can you provide the function band song list that you showed at the beginning of this video?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Send me a message on my website and I’ll provide it.

[@mr.t382]

Fantastic Dan! As usual!!!!! I’m looking for a link to that master list -- that would help tremendously! Is there a way of obtaining that Sir?? Also 😬 I’ve had a music man 5er but at my age she got a bit heavy. I have a black bongo 5 now. Strange looking bass but amazing! What strings are you using please? Many Thanks - great playing and teaching/communicating as usual!!’ Brilliant 🙏

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I really want to try a Bongo! I’m using Elites strings. Message me and I’ll attach the set list.

[@Badz_B34chst4r]

I find this a great concise summary of intro to playing bass in songs. Thank you Dan! My question is about your recommendation on playing minor pentatonic with rock songs. Do you mean rock songs are usually in minor keys so try to keep your bass line in minor pentatonic of the key the song is in or do you mean within the chord progression if say chord Am comes and we stick to notes of minor pentatonic in A, then chord D comes up and play again notes of minor pentatonic in D, etc, or something I can not imagine right now. Could you please clarify? Thanks in advance...

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Thanks! I was making a huge generalisation which is to be taken with a pinch of salt. Lots of rock songs (and funk and pop) use the minor pentatonic scale. So learn it in all positions and you’ll be able to figure out the song quickly and memorise it easily because you know the shapes and sounds. Of course, you’ll then be able to improvise using it once you have the shapes down.

[@itumelengselinda]

Hey Daniel how do you set your pre-amps on live stage situations? Switch off the treble and mids and boost the bass knob? Please advise

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Hi, Itumeleng. It depends but normally flat to be honest. If I’m using my StingRay 5 I’ll boost mids a bit but it depends on the gig, the room size, and the bass.

[@mrob4444]

That was really helpful, thank you. How do you know which position to start the scale eg If someone said the song was key was G major do you always pick the lowest G - fret 3 on E string?

[@OnlineBassCourses]

Great question. There are no rules at all with where you play but lower is generally what people want from a bass line. If it’s a written bass line you just move it as best you can to whatever key is called. Sometimes you have to adapt and that’s ok!

[@kukumuniu5658]

- what is/are,most problematic hands/fingers movements on guitar during chords changes of course? Your top 10 :)

[@OnlineBassCourses]

I don’t have a top ten! Work on your technique so that nothing is a problem…

[@drwhave]

so much harder to follow these visually on a 5-string

[@garethevans2650]

Otis Redding composed Respect

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Respect for knowing that. 👊

[@garethevans2650]

@@OnlineBassCourses famous composer's who gave others big hits are , like Whitney Houston's mega hit being by Dolly Parton

[@leonjohnson2103]

Shame on you Dan, Respect was written by Otis Redding

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I know that now!