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If you are looking to make money as a musician, I’m going to guide you to the promised land! I wrote this book for musicians just like you because I was sitting right where you were and I had to learn a lot of hard (and expensive) lessons to achieve all of the success that I have. The good news is that you no longer have to cross your fingers and go at this alone. Learn from my experience! Believe me, I know how important music is to you and I take that very seriously. The secret is not who you know, how many hours you practice or even how good you are if you can believe that…although you do need to be a good player. It’s having the right strategy. The same strategy that I am teaching in this book. And strategy is something that you can learn and implement right now! For more information, please visit How to Make a Living as a Musician

Gleaned from years of teaching, performance, and listening experience -bass players at all levels will benefit from studying the numerous exercises, grooves, and musical examples offered in this book. Whether you are into funk, R&B, fusion, jazz, rock, punk, reggae, alternative music, or any other style; the slap technique will find a niche in your bass playing vocabulary. Chapter headings include: Technique, Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs, Ghost Notes, Left Hand Slap, Open Strings, Double Slap, Double Stops, Double Pops, Other Licks and Tricks, and Advanced Grooves & Solos Using All Techniques. The author strongly advises the student to play each lesson slowly until the exercise or principle being illustrated is thoroughly mastered. Written in notation and tablature. Now includes DVD! For more information, please visit Slappin’: A Complete Study of Slap Technique for Bass

A good bass player should be able to comfortably play in almost any style of music in almost any given situation. The goal of this book is to reveal the vast world of different musical styles that may be encountered during the lifetime of a bass player. Each chapter begins with a small history of the musical style. Knowing how each of these styles is related can improve playing by was of borrowing grooves and ideas from one to the other. The groove book is designed not only to teach you how to play these different styles, but also how to enjoy playing them. Written in standard notation only. For more information, please visit The Groove Book: A Study of Musical Styles for Bass

A user-friendly photo chord guide showing basic chord tones for major, minor, dominant 7th, sus 7, minor 7, major 7, diminished, augmented, sixth, minor 6th, 7#5 and 7b5 chords. The arpeggios for each of the above chord forms are pictured on the fretboard and given in notation and diagram form in all twelve keys! For more information, please visit Mel Bay’s Chord Book