"Working Bassist"

Instruction

 

There are lots of players available, so in order for me to be working so much, I began to wonder what it is I've been doing right that gets me the gig. I also wondered why I also landed gigs in rhythm sections with the likes of legendary drummer Carmine Appice, and monster chopmeister "Tiger Bill" Meligari.

I want to teach you to be a bassist that will be in demand, I want to help you get the gig! If you are content to do your valuable job as a part of the rhythm section, working with the drummer, but most of all, working, then let's talk.

Email: petebremy@optonline.net or call, 973-985-8163.

- Pete Bremy

Coming Soon, Fall/Winter 2010...

Pete Bremy "Working Bassist"

Instructional DVD Series!

"How many of us have monster chops like the bass greats? Not many. I don't, and never did, yet I get called to work with countless bands in a wide variety of styles from hard rock to blues to R&B to country. This DVD will not teach you how to play bass guitar. It will teach you how to be a working bassist; a bassist that can glue the rhythm section to the lead instruments; a bassist that not only "lays down" a groove, but blends into and becomes an integrated part of the groove- there is a difference! I will teach you to make you, and your band, sound better."

 Pete Bremy

Summer 2010 - Part 1 - Working with Drummers

  • The bassist and drummer are the basic components of the rhythm section for most Blues, Rock, R&B, Country, Jazz bands and a host of other styles. This DVD will demonstrate how it's not enough to "lay down" a groove on top of the drummer's beat, rather to integrate and meld into the beat to make drums musical, and create a much tighter unit. The DVD will teach you how the basics of drums from a bassist's perspective, understand how drummers think. Just like the I, IV, V is a standard chord progression for about a bazillion songs of all styles, drummers repeatedly use certain grooves and fills. Imagine how tight you will sound when you match these rhythms, and literally add pitch to your drummer's drums!

Other DVDs in the series coming ...

  • Part 2 - Singing for the Working Bassist

    • In small bands and combos, doubling as at least a background vocalist is almost essential to get the gig. Singing bass players are rare, and in demand.

    • You don't need to be born with a great voice to learn to carry a tune. The working bassist needs to express his ideas vocally when there's no amp available, or to sing an idea for a lead instrument on top of a bass line. Or, to help keep an original idea for a cool bass line in your head!

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  • Part 3 - Ear Training for the Working Bassist

    • Most styles of modern music require some amount of improvisation. Improvisation is impossible if you can't "hear" in your mind what you want to play. Having a trained ear is essential for learning new songs when sheet music is not available, and if your experience is like mine, mostsheet music for modern popular Rock, Blues and other music

 

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