I'm Your Bass Teacher. Ask Me Anything.

Welcome to the first ever BassBuzz livestream! I'll answer all your questions, share some behind-the-scenes on recent videos, and play some bass.


#BassBuzz #Livestream

[JP-opps]

I'm slapping my boss instead of my bass for making me work late and missing the livestream

[startedbassat]

I started playing bass as a 48 year old a few months ago. I had never picked up a bass before but I'd watched a few of Josh's videos and signed up to his Beginner to Badass (B2B) course right away. This course is brilliant and you learn so much at a beginner level, playing your bass the whole way through. No boring scale drills, no music theory being thrown at you in huge overwhelming chunks that you have to memorise-- it's laid back, fun, and Josh's approach makes the lessons both enjoyable and informative. For the cost of the lifetime-access B2B course, I would get about six in-person lessons with a teacher and I would not cover anywhere near the amount of detail that Josh gives you in B2B. In fact, I went to a teacher after I finished the B2B course (I did the one month plan, but you can move at your own pace), and the teacher was surprised at how much I knew after only 30 days doing a course. I am a very happy customer and I highly recommend B2B to anyone. I have finally found 'my' instrument after a lifetime of feeling like a complete failure at anything musical, but Josh gave me a great foundation to build on.

[petermusto]

I'm a 67 year old guy, used to play a Ukulele. I've decided to fulfill a lifelong dream of finally mastering the Fender P-Bass. I bought direct from Fender, a 1960 American Vintage 11 Series, 3- color Sunburst P- Bass. I've Subscribed to your Channel, and play along to all your Videos. Keep posting because I'm definitely learning. I'm from Boston Massachusetts, and retired from the Federal Government, so I have the rest of my life to become a good Bass player. Thanks!

[loosr]

I started playing bass in February 2021. Within the first few months I found Bass Buzz on YT and decided to go through the Beginner To Badass Course. It was absolutely invaluable! It gave me such a solid foundation for playing and understanding music, and was so much fun. As proud of myself as I was when I completed the course, I was also sad that it was over. I miss having you as a teacher! But I'm still loving my bass and doing very well :) I know I wouldn't be where I am without you, Josh. I just wanted to say thank you, and tell you that what you do matters! ♡

[danmar]

It doesn't matter what instrument someone plays, if it's done masterfully it's fantastic. You are a bad-ass bassist.

[danadane]

That Geezer Butler style solo you played during at 57:30 point of the video is excellent. Definitely captured essence of Geezer's approach. Tons of chromatic runs mixed in with the blues and natural minor scale (well to my ears that's what I'm hearing).

[LeftiBassist]

I watched part of it live and the rest this morning. One of the best Q&As I've seen.
As a first live, you knocked it out of the park.
Thanks for all you do for the bass community, and me as an older person learning bass.
Yes, G.A.S. guy needs to return.

[nateross]

Josh, I really appreciated your answer to my question, whether you would Bass Battle Flea. Even though it was a light humored question, the answer was actually pretty significant, especially for beginners to hear, if you think about it. All too often we see people getting wooed and wowed with how good someone is and comparing talent. I agree that music isn't about competition, and maybe the only person to compete and battle against is oneself in the pursuit of becoming the best one can.

[gryffinthetiredart]

Thanks for the stream! Your channel is such a help to beginner and advanced bass players alike!

[paulwilliams]

Really impressed with your chops! You've put some time in the shed!

[paddydaddyo]

I am an old bass player, and I have enjoyed your content—both playing, and humor. And since I like you, I’ve recommended your channel recently to a couple of people that asked me how to get started.

Oh, and thank you for your answer on the bass battle question. I’ve said for decades: “Music—for me—is not competition, it’s cooperation.”

[mariajulietacanobbio]

Watching it a year later, I´ve just started learn Bass at 37 years old and learning a lot from your videos, thank you!

[paulinaandreu]

Hi Josh!!! I don't know how to express how much your Beginner to Badass course has motivated me to learn how to play bass. I just started this year, in march (I think), and I have improved so much and enjoyed every minute of it!

Your style, your personality, the structure of the course... I just love it!! You really rock!

You are by far one of my favorite people that I know, but doesn't know me (ha!)

[charliecarrot]

Beautiful point about why you use the Squier in these videos. I think you're spot on about the implicit messaging of always using expensive gear - I definitely get that voice in the back of my head telling me I need a new fancy bass when I see people playing them.

[branyakov]

Thank you Josh for all the great content and massive work in general! I follow the BassBuzz channel almost from the beginning and your videos are so educational in a very unformal way and really suit my slow learning "skills". The humor, the jokes and the easy going way of presenting the information is what keeps me following you and I speak probably from the majority of the people here. In short - just keep on rockin', because you make so many bassists around the world happy.
Greetings from Bulgaria and looking forward to your next video🎥

[neptvnebeatschannel]

I love your energy, humor and editing skills. It was nice to see you stream

[The_paradox_of_Youth]

I'm glad you're bringing so much joy and knowledge to the world my dude. Regards 🍻

[jhc]

Hey there Josh. I'm a little late to the party on this one but I'm stoked you're adding live streams to your channel. If you're still watching this comment thread for questions I'd like your thoughts on how much time I should be forcing myself to set aside each week to practice in order to progress in a way that makes me feel like I'm getting something out of the experience. I got my first bass a couple years ago and then I finally purchased your B2B course many months ago. But I'm only on module 4 or something like that because I'll go weeks, sometimes months without practicing. I have a full time office job, 2 small kids who are very active and a wife who never has a shortage of things to add to my honey do list. So my practice sessions become these impromptu, unscheduled binges that are spaced very far apart. If I were to sit down and schedule a more disciplined practice routine, how many times per week and how long per session should I be targeting? I love the bass as an instrument and when I do play I have a lot of fun with it. I'd like to get good enough to seek out other musicians that I can jam with. Thanks for what you do. Your channel / videos are a large reason why I haven't completely abandoned my bass yet. Peace.

[edwardwingerter]

Thanks from California, love your teaching style and fun you have doing it.

[ThymeforBouldering]

My first axe was old 60s bass, that was a compleate wreck, and had flatound strings... well at some point those strings were normal strings that became flatwound from playing. At some point I was convinced that they were bronze strings, but turned out they were just rusty. Few years later I bought an old p-base that I used a lot. Later gathered some money and went on generic Silvertone bass, that I still own. It is about 15 years old, already. Past 2 years I went crazy and bought TRBX504, Solar 2.4BOP and Dingwall Combustion 5 strings... Well with my skills the 15 year old one works like a charm, but damn they look gorgeous on the wall, don't they?