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Feedback
Bogdan Radovic25th November 2010Thank you for this lesson Bogdan. I can't believe I didn't see this before!
Hey, you're welcome!
I'm glad you like the lesson. It was very fun to make! 
Ulrik24th November 2010Thank you for this lesson Bogdan. I can't believe I didn't see this before!
Cuttingedge19th August 2009Cool lesson Bogdan!
kaznie_NL13th August 2009Hip-Hop Base
Cool man! Nice tapping skills 
Zsolt Galambos13th August 2009Great job Bogdan, and your sound is just great
- Bogdan Radovic13th August 2009
Thanks guys!
Stephane Lucarelli13th August 2009Cool, well done Bogdan!
Toni Suominen13th August 2009Groovy, very nice
Muris Varajic13th August 2009Nice grooves!
Sergio Dorado12th August 2009Tasty phrasing, Bogdan!
Ivan Milenkovic12th August 2009nice muted notes, and cool groove man
Hisham Al-Sanea12th August 2009great Bogdan
- Bogdan Radovic12th August 2009
Thanks for your feedback guys! If you have any questions I'm here to help!
Laszlo Boross12th August 2009Nice work Bogdan! Tapping is an interesting idea, and sounds very good!
NoSkill12th August 2009Really cool, Bogdan. I like the mix of techniques and the sound. Fiddling with it now!
Jerry Arcidiacono12th August 2009Relaxing groove
Sensible Jones12th August 2009Interesting mixture of techniques!!!
Emir Hot12th August 2009Very cool techniques Bogdan.
Tomas Santa Clara12th August 2009Wow very nice!
wonderful!!!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello GMC!
- In today's lesson we have a track inspired by the hip-hop/rnb/soul music band Outlandish! Lesson was requested in my instructor board by the member Ulrik. I have listened to the song "Calling you", got inspired and did this little ballad.
- In this lesson you will learn how to compose a smooth but at the same time busy bass line for a ballad type of backing. You will also learn how to blend in some "exotic" techniques like slap and pop and tapping but with a subtle feeling to enhance the bass track.
- This lesson is in the key of C major. All notes played will fit the C major scale.
-Key: C
-Tempo: 80 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Tuning: standard
-Difficulty: beginner/intermediate
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Am Fender Jazz Bass deluxe, equal mix of both pickups with added bass and middle on onboard preamp - then going to the nemesis (eden) amp with a 1x15" and flat eq there.
Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson's feedback and in my instructor board at the forum.
Enjoy and I hope you'll have a lot of fun grooving in this one!
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