5 Essential Tips for Surviving Your Next Jam Session /// Scotts Bass Lessons
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- So... let's talk about jam sessions!
They're amazing for meeting fellow musicians, amazing for getting in at the deep end and using what you've been practicing in real life situations... and there's absolutely no faster way to push your playing to the next level than actually 'doing it'.
BUT... jam sessions can be VERY scary and intimidating if you haven't been to one before!
So, I thought I'd film a brand new lesson for you so I can give you my 5 essential tips for surviving your next jam session.
As always, see you in the shed...
Scott :)
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I'm a reasonable heavy metal bassist. I can shred out some fast metal songs with the band and get around the neck fast. I was invited to a local jam session and thought it would be fun. I turned up with all my gear, plugged in and immediately realised I didn't have a clue what I was doing! I managed to scrape through with bits of obscure Black Sabbath riffs & even a sneaky bit of Slayer played slow! but only just. I improved throughout the session but it showed me that although I can play when I know where it's going, there's a lot I need to learn. Everyone was really friendly and encouraging and told me to keep going even if I make mistakes because I'll learn. There was some serious talent in the room so I felt a bit inadequate but encouraged to continue. I'll be going back for sure, even though it's kind of funk/blues/rock & roll I think it'll make me a better metal bassist.
Number one - figure out your role in the jam. If everyone else is trying to lead, take a back seat. If everyone is holding back, jump in with some fills and melody.
why would i need tuna ?
Undergroundman lel he is accent is adorable
Seems like I got here six months late.
@Chairman Meow Ahahahahhaha yes.
in case you get hungry
Whenever you play anything, I can feel your experience through your phrasing. I mean, even when you play the simplest things, I can hear the thousands of hours of practice behind the notes.
I know hes wearing a glove but his left hand looks like its in black and white
He should make a video on how to jam out like he does in the beginning of every video. I wish I could do that.
play along to songs you like. whether it's through learning theory (recommended) or relying on your own unique intuition, you need to be able to play what you hear in your head. then, and this is the hard part, hear something that sounds good & play it.
I love jam sessions not with standard tunes, but some ad-hoc made progession.
There's a guy in my Sunday league soccer team that looks like you and I find it hilarious
I think this applies to slightly more advanced/experienced jam sessions. I've been to a lot of jam sessions where a group of guys get up to play and they forget the number 1 thing..Listen to each other.
Couldn't agree more! It is much more rewarding to seek out the more advanced ones though as they are pretty much always nice people who can guide you through stuff (and actually listen to each other!) In fact, there have been times where nobody can agree on a tune and we just play around 4 chords repeatedly!
real talk^ 👍
Ronnie Hatt Agree
20 ESSENTIAL SONGS TO KNOW FOR A JAM SESSION
Scott is incredible. Thank you so much man
Just left my first practice session with some very seasoned players. They said I did well, but seeing this prior would have been great. Luckily I hit most of the points you recommended!
Another tip:
NEVER pull down your pants and take a dump on the floor.
Nobody told me and I had to learn the hard way. 😨
GG Allin moment
high quality videos man!
I live in Nashville and would love to just hang out at a jam session to see what goes on. Not sure where to find these mythical 'jam sessions'.
'And I was woondering'
Tomorrow my first tryout for a band.. I’m nervous man hahah
Thank you.
Your sound is awesome! 👍🏻
The band that wants me to jam with them knows only iron maiden and primus. I cannot play steve harris speed lol. What do i do?
Hopefully it went well, I grew up playing Steve Harris style and had to learn how to slow down. What worked for my right hand technique was breaking my left wrist with a caste on and getting the triplet gallop down isolated. For the gallop I use my ring finger first, middle second, and then index and swing back to my ring finger etc.
Hey Scott, are the Pickups on that Nate Mendel the original Duncan Quarter Pounders? Because the pole pieces seem smaller.
I wonder, because I changed the QP's on mine too to those Fender CS pick-ups, giving a more classic sound with flatwounds, much as you have. :)
He's talked about this bass; it's all stock - right down to the round wound strings. He has flats on his "heavy relic" P-bass, but part of "the point" to getting/using this bass (is there ever a point, really?) was to have a P-bass with rounds and just use it "right off the shelf."
We used to have a keyboardist that always ask us(specifically the lead) for chord charts xD and he writes some sort of alien language that only he can understand and takes ages to finish. XD and left because"WE" couldnt keep up xD
what is that can and head you use? where could i get one?
what do you do when the music gets repetitive and nobody but you seems to notice and great playing turns into just noodling around?
Make the band get out of the comfort zone. Change up the dynamics, the groove, just do something so that the other musicians have to adapt and react to something new. Of course this requires musicians that are really listening and aware enough to get those kinds of hints, but I think that's what I would do. Call and response between two band members is also a great way to change it up and force people to not just play licks that they've learnt beforehand.
I wanna like the video but I wanna leave it at 420
Alex Servinis MY MAN.
A year later, wanted to let you know, you can come put your like in
Jazz standards: take five, break time, snoopeis song...
"surviving" 😂
scott saying you learn the most through a jam session is like learning a language and someone telling you you need to speak to native speakers.
Why the glove?
Very generic tips. Bring a bass? You need a credit card to sign up for SBL and good luck canceling. Customer service is required and won’t reply. Had to get Amex to chargeback and block them.
'You gotta know some funky stoof as well'
Chord charts have saved my bacon on more than one occasion . I am also a BIG fan of the Nashville Numbers system.
What do you do when you are practicing with a band and they start in on a song you've never practiced, we'll say for example, Brown Eyed Girl. A song we've all heard a million times, but maybe you've never practiced. And the guitar player says key of G...But as an "inexperienced" bass player I'd have to fish around for the notes but by the time I might get caught up with the verse they're into the bridge. I'm more of a practice a song with the group as opposed to walk in and someone saying, Brown Eyed Girl, go. But that makes for terrible jamming if you don't know how to quickly figure out the song. Not sure I'm making sense...but are there tips to figuring out a known song on the fly like that?
My tips: Play less, listen more and keep it simple. Having great Rhythm and hitting changes is > than solos
Is that the nate mendel pbass
Yes sir! It is! I have one and I love it.
Hey Scott,
I am Baseplayer in a metalcoreband and I pick not with my right hand fingers but with a pleck. Is that ok for metal and stuff like that or should I try to pick with fingers?
You get a lot more of a heavier and dirter tone with a pick, opposed to the warm tone of the fingers. The pick's tone, 9 times out of 10, suits 'heavier genres' well (punk, metal, heavy rock). It is best to learn both so you can easily adapt, but its probably best to try both and ask your band. Watch some of the songs live and take note of what the bassist does (whether or not he uses a pick or other techniques)
thanks :D