East St. Louis's veteran bass player, John King, took time with Gospel basslines to share from his wisdom and experience. Immediately I felt a connection with John, he is a great guy, and an exceptional bassist. Full story

Deep in the Heart of Texas, Sean Byrd creates music that reflects his passion for God's presence in his life. With talent and ability as large as the Lone Star State itself, he remains humble, and willing to give the gift of music. I saw this gentleman at a church musical in a small church down in Texas, and he played as if he were ... Full story

A musical scale is a set of tones (notes) each having a definite pitch starting with a tonal center (root) and moving in specific intervals, from low to high, or alternatively, from high to low. The interval between tones of a scale is sometimes called a "step." When a musical scale is completed, the next interval is the ocatave of that scale. An octave is the ... Full story

Music Theory is the study of how music is put together. Through music theory we identify patterns and techniques, used to articulate music, by composers and arrangers. Music theory is not necessary to make music, however music theory helps to identify whats happening within the music. Music theory also gives a form of communication for musicians, to articulate musical concepts amongst one another. Full story

The way I recommend tuning your bass is getting an electronic tuner. Take the guessing out of if you are tuned correctly or not. I suggest going out an purchasing a tuner, to keep with your bass, so that you can quickly get your instrument ready to play. You should make sure your bass is tuned, before everytime you play. Once you tune the bass, getting it into perfect playing shape, should take minimal adjustments each time. However factors such as climate, and handling can cause your bass to be out of tune before each time you play. Full story

The Headstock is located at the top of the neck. Normally where the tuning Machines are located(sometimes called tuning pegs, or machine heads), and often displays the guitar company logo. The Tuning Machines holds the end of the strings. By turning the tuning machines you increase or decrease the tension on the string, this changes the pitch. Full story

In Building Scales: Major Scale we utilized numbers to identify the intervals within the major scale. These numbers or intervals help us to identify from which degree of the scale a note is being generated, in relationship to the note played before. Full story

Developing the ability to hear and play songs, without sheet music or chord charts can be pivotal to many bass players. In this video lesson, Sean Byrd teaches you to identify some common chord progressions, that will enable you to play tons of songs by ear. Full story

Ear Training begins with being able to discern, that there are different sounds made by playing different notes on the bass. Full story

This episode is to let the viewers no what is in store for Bassic Training. Shawn introduces himself, as well as tells the viewer what his heart is for the video journal. Full story