A 30-minute Master Class bass lesson with Jeff Berlin. Student is Alex Talarico from Frankfort, NY. Recorded at SubCat Recording Studios in Syracuse, NY on July 17, 2014.
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@adrian5b8 жыл бұрын
Jeff Berlin is the daddest of all the bassists.
@fender68able6 жыл бұрын
Yes he is!!
@kuyaferds87155 жыл бұрын
Broest should be my bro Vic Wooten
@chaz58653 жыл бұрын
My dad knew how to play bass so I asked him if he could teach me how to play bass, he said no. Now I'm teaching him techniques that eventually found out by myself after 12 years of playing. He is now mad at me.😂
@TheSpiritCarriesOn9 жыл бұрын
That's brave of Alex to expose his learning process to us and make it our learning process, too. Jeff Berlin is phenomenal, as always.
@adamgittins97648 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, Jeff gets such a lot of flak in the bass press for his opinions on music education. However, his detractors should watch this lesson which is a text book example of how to teach, delivered with great generosity and sensitivity.
@rickrudd7 жыл бұрын
Those were the words I was looking for - I would be nervous just going INTO a lesson with Jeff Berlin, and that's not exactly the best way to pay attention and learn. Watching this though, he has a very warm and engaging demeanor and you'd forget youre sitting with a legend and just dive right in.
@sbasstime6 жыл бұрын
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@fusionfan68835 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Sometimes the establishment doesn't like to be challenged, but Jeff is independently minded and brave enough to challenge the status quo.
@mrufino18 жыл бұрын
I'm 41, didn't understand what he meant for years, but in the past few months the academic vs performance is making a lot of sense. I realize that I don't know my basics well and just learning to play chord tones is a challenge but also making a difference. He would always speak out against metronomes, but look at what he's saying here- if you're trying to play through chord tones and not sure yet, leave "playing in time" out to get the right notes and absorb, then when you go to play in time you'll be able to do it because you're not hunting for notes. As for any personality stuff with Jeff, I know from recent interviews that he has gone through a lot of therapy in the past few years to work some things out that were driving the way he viewed things and then interacted with others. He's obviously made some changes to his life and the lessons he's been posting are incredible. I would love to study with him.
@plee19062 жыл бұрын
I wish I had seen this video 10 years ago. Jeff is a great teacher and should not receive the flak that he gets from the bass and academic community. He's a great teacher
@hahabass9 жыл бұрын
That was like a year's worth of good musical stuff in an hour. Brilliant!
@bassm3020009 жыл бұрын
What a great teacher Jeff is. I learned a lot from this video for sure.
@deanmadonia40445 жыл бұрын
I happen to stumble on this video and it turns out I know this kid. His dad was in my band for a while as my drummer. Alex is a great kid and turning into one hell of musician. Sammy must be proud
@smltalarico20184 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dean, I am. I was in the studio that day. It was informative and a great time had by all. To this day, Alex's FB photo is of he and Jeff.
@juansecar24 жыл бұрын
Jeffs like that dearest uncle that gave u your first baseball!
@racejones87847 жыл бұрын
I can't say enough good things about Jeff Berlin- great musician, great bassist, and great music educator.
@jonsirola5 жыл бұрын
I really love how Mr Berlin makes a point about dividing the concept of artistic performance vs perfect academical performance. You can't be artistic about something you are just learning. You shouldn't even try until you master the basics of what you are learning.. Wish I had heard it simple and plain like that long ago!!
@PatrickChannonInPost10 жыл бұрын
What a teacher, he totally improved his playing in ten minutes
@avatarist4 жыл бұрын
Excellent Jeff! (and Alex) Such superb a bassist; you are even so the educator! Loved your music since I met you in '81 at CU Denver! Wish I lived where I could see you again! Cheers!
@MrStevie7773 жыл бұрын
Jeff Has the patient of a saint, a colossal musician and an outstanding human being. I could go on with the hyperbole but I'll end with this. After many attempts at attempting to read music, I can now successfully read Bass clef at an acceptable pace and i now understand music more than I ever did because of this man. I Thank you, Mr. Berlin.
@EphemeralProductions7 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that sound of two harmonics just slightly offset from each other! Something about it is just beautiful and expressive, to me.
@kennethschweighardt49202 ай бұрын
Wonderful!! Jeff is such a great teacher and player as well. Such an asset to the musical community.
@alanhirayama45926 ай бұрын
Nice! I'll be Alex is killing it now! Thanks for sharing!
@humbertoluzoliveira2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Great ... this is fantastic! The arpeggios are big musical tool for improvise. Thanks Mister Jeff. Congratulations for this master class FREE!
@josephdrach22764 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I watched this. Once I understood what Jeff means by "Perfect" (academically correct) as opposed to artistic I saw his point. His desire for the student to learn all the chord tones first and then every single note is right on target. I was surprised to see him be so lighthearted and humorous. Good job, Mr. Berlin.
@l3oOst15 жыл бұрын
14:09 - "You notice when we talk, I rarely, or you rarely or any of us all day long have said anything that we didn't know already?"
@vincentm38906 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew this stuff when I was much younger. Im a couple of years younger than Jeff and Read about him in Rolling Stone as a great player but never really heard him until a few years ago out of curiosity. I love how he teaches music and not simply how to pluck the bass. When I started out it was playing the blues scale and mostly sticking to the root and 5th and octave and playing some approach notes. Playing chord tones or arpeggios was something I was not familiar with. Understanding harmony opens up a whole new vista for bass players.
@sambiancuzzo72642 жыл бұрын
Jeff is a great teacher he was building that boy without cutting him down very clear in his teaching master at work
@amsedelm6 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm a guitarist but I just learned some interesting stuff I can apply to my guitar playing. Jeff is amazing.
@Ixtravague9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a rich and instructive music lesson.
@banditY2K Жыл бұрын
I don't even play bass (drummer) and I could sit in on Jeff's lessons all day.
@mauriziolaghi881410 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jeff and Alex! It's a interesting video! Studio jams are great! Good job! Bye from Italy!
@ZEGO24x6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Teacher, and seems like an amazing person as well...
@heirling257 жыл бұрын
love jeff berlin's teaching style. great lesson--student did a great job.
@erginyilmaztenor6 жыл бұрын
wow, i watched it as a saxophone player. I really like the way he teaches. It is really good for all instrument players
@robertoribeiromarques5817 Жыл бұрын
hi greetings from rio de janeiro. thank you do much for the video. i'm a professional drummer and stated bass lessons few months ago and your videos are a big help💚👏👏👏👏
@dudonaut9 жыл бұрын
Haha Mr Berlin is a great teacher, such a passion. And a superb bass player. I wonder why my bass teacher didn't like him ^^
@Fretfeeler7 жыл бұрын
dudonaut - Because he is a pompous windbag
@wuwliwonka3 жыл бұрын
@@Fretfeeler J.B. or dudonaut's bass teacher?
@B00MBATS5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Berlin is an incredible Bass Professor
@martindavis45645 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic teacher.
@andrewyka5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Berlin is Composer !!! Pros Bass player!!! and Teacher!!! i Loved his album Bill Bruford!!!
@JohnSmithiuyytw5 жыл бұрын
After watching the Adam Neely chat and this, I get an idea of where Jeff is coming from, I'm an ignorant rock player who wants to be a rounded musician and Jeff's approach is really speaking to me now, where I had doubts through my own lack of knowledge and media noise. I also like how he says at one pont that the lesson is all things we all ready know of. Great video, a privilege to see a great teacher and a great student hard at work.
@jazzbrew689 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Would love to study with him one day.
@GerryDiwa9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this insightful educational experience with Jeff Berlin and the young bass guitarist Alex Talarico.
@edthewave8 жыл бұрын
Great lesson!! I'd love to attend his Player's School of Music. One day One day.....
@Thisisspacemusic7 жыл бұрын
what a cool teacher. Very helpful and so much knowledge!
@iamhayes93172 ай бұрын
How cool to watch this.
@johngallagher7373 жыл бұрын
Jeff, you are an incredible teacher.
@matseriksson81773 жыл бұрын
What is incredible is that 2500 years after Pythagoras people still use that faulty method of tuning their instruments. Google "Pythagorean comma" and "Equal temperament"!
@mkwaterstone10 жыл бұрын
I watch his vids all damn day
@ThePocketbass8 жыл бұрын
Jeff comes across as very accessible. Chill dude.
@GPSjammer10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic mentor and student! Great video.
@willscarlett10007 жыл бұрын
I learned a lot with jeff berlin's book on arpeggios and chords
@kenWarner139 жыл бұрын
great lesson, incredible difference in the chord tone solo! thank you for sharing.
@cardoma6 ай бұрын
Phenomenal lesson!
@jonotrumpeto4 жыл бұрын
This is how music education should be.👍
@rocketscientist36147 жыл бұрын
JEFF BERLIN IS A COMPLETE BOSS!! PHENOM!!
@Wheelly17 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson! I think I finally got his point about education
@kuyaferds87155 жыл бұрын
Daddy Jeff's right foot is a built in Metronome. Please lemme have it.
@leagueisbest87397 жыл бұрын
Jeff berlin is so inspiring
@timprest84863 жыл бұрын
Jeff is a very fine teacher👏🏾
@doyrayburn26685 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@tomek99669 жыл бұрын
best spent 30 minutes since i remember... THANKS!!!
@Ross584 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jeff
@Wizardofgosz9 жыл бұрын
I live 5 miles from Frankfort. How is it I don't know this guy?
@weebgrinder-AIArtistPro2 жыл бұрын
The only reason I know about Jeff at all is because a fellow Frank Zappa fan mentioned that he auditioned for Frank. No offense to Zappa's final bass player from 1981 to 1988, but I really think that Jeff would have done a much better job. Incidentally, too, I prefer the 1980s sort of tone Jeff has before as in that 50 minute or so VHS 📼 rip here in KZbin to this tone. At any rate fascinating and I feel I'm actually learning and not just watching someone show off when Jeff teaches.
@foxybrown22 жыл бұрын
The thing about tuning with harmonics is that if you intonation is off then it won't work. Most people do not know how to intonate their Bass or Guitar.
@GuilleMartinezBass6 жыл бұрын
Actually a great bass lesson!!!
@porkyo1239 жыл бұрын
Jeffs bass sounds great!!!
@rhampton19148 жыл бұрын
Jeff I want Lessons...I live in Clearwater, Fl....do you give lessons there?
@UdoBetz10 жыл бұрын
thank you for this great lesson!
@OrisLover9 жыл бұрын
The relation tips are invaluable!
@mattiameis33008 жыл бұрын
JEFF THE MAN!!!!
@pugilisticfront67776 жыл бұрын
awesome lesson
@thewomble15094 жыл бұрын
That Rithmic bass sounds like cream running down polished glass, beautiful.
@cw63673 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!
@MrDenisbellini10 жыл бұрын
Just a curious observation about cultural differences. The last name Talarico in my country have a curious and dangerous meaning. Talarico in Brazil means the man who covets other men's women. rs
@nic.in.the.pacific51135 жыл бұрын
just marvellous
@adamhansbrough17148 жыл бұрын
Great lesson and content!
@funkeety9 жыл бұрын
can i learn bass with Jeff Berlin as teacher?
@tunaficiency4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson
@Musician_Robert5 жыл бұрын
Great Bass Player
@chrischoir35944 жыл бұрын
Is he related to Stephen Talarico ?
@morganahoff22427 жыл бұрын
16:15 Please tell us the chords he's writing down.
Can you please provide that walking bass clef? Please....
@ThePocketbass8 жыл бұрын
+electorize key is Bb. I think they said it earlier- w/a i-vi-ii-V turnaround
@franciscoxavierdebarrosbar76277 жыл бұрын
what? could you explain more
@NorthenTasawwuf9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@williamlandin26464 жыл бұрын
Sweet!
@willjoy19979 жыл бұрын
Can anyone identify the students bass?
@smltalarico20189 жыл бұрын
It's a six string Galveston...a nothing fancy low-end bass that I bought when Alex was around ten. It served its purpose for the time. He has since upgraded and moved on as all aspiring musicians do....never stop learning. Thanks for viewing.
@council8 жыл бұрын
15:53 Over and over.
@ansonstiles9 жыл бұрын
It seems like the instruments are so different. 4 vs 6 string. I'm a fiver. Idk what it all means or what really works for what. But it seems goofy. Also, get outta first position unless you're...reading, ok they're reading, but I think his fluidity would be improved up the neck a bit.
@joegon729 жыл бұрын
Jeff doesn't believe in the use of a metronome because he is one!! Monster time.
@gentillyguy18 жыл бұрын
I thoght the student was playing through a Chorus pedal at first.
@jeffwolinski26593 жыл бұрын
Holy crap I had to fast forward through all of the tuning!!
@jeffwolinski26593 жыл бұрын
And after watching the rest of it I can say that this is a great lesson, after the tuning, that is!
@justice81817 жыл бұрын
5:39
@ThomasBGregg8 жыл бұрын
Jeff is one of my favorite bass players of all time. I have to say I disagree with how he was directing this kid to adhere to letting the notes ring longer and avoiding the more percussive staccato sound (yes it's a more traditional jazz style). That should be a matter of preference for any musician based on what hey feel they are trying to convey with their instrument.
@BrunodeSouzaLino3 жыл бұрын
That has most to do with the fact that double basses are made to be played with a bow, not fingers, which forces that staccato sound. Electric bass can sustain notes.
@keithruddell18009 жыл бұрын
this is a little tim n eric-ish lol
@jamesrockford26268 жыл бұрын
is her related to Steven Talarico
@3Dimen6 жыл бұрын
Cambiar las cuerdas una vez por semana como Jeff puede dañar vuestro bolsillo. No lo hagáis en casa.
@esh315 жыл бұрын
Jeff is nuts but he is awesome
@thewomble15094 жыл бұрын
He reminds me of a musician friend of mine who has a similar intensity in his speech. My friend has Asperger's and is Bi Polar, not "nuts" btw, I often wonder if JB has the same conditions.