How do I know?

For one, because I've taught several students that were in that exact same situation and completely transformed their playing in a short amount of time with my method.

But also because learning to play this stuff did NOT come naturally for me at all.

It took me YEARS until I finally started making any progress. And the reason, as I found out after many years of struggling, was because I didn't have the right information right from the start.

I spent years playing completely wrong and developing bad habits on the instrument that were only getting me further from accomplishing my goal.

When I first started playing and learning all this stuff there was no such thing as YouTube or videos. I had nothing but a CD player, so I couldn't even SEE how these guys were doing it. I was just trying to figure it all out by ear, which is what led to a lot of my poor technique and bad habits early on.

And while Fast Internet and Videos should have made it easier than ever for people to learn and not make the same mistakes I did, it didn't because literally ANYONE can post a video lesson or tutorial, and if they come up when you search for a lesson, you'll watch their video and learn what they're teaching you without even questioning it.

What if they are teaching you poor technique? ﻿

What﻿ if they are teaching you the exact techniques that held ﻿﻿﻿me﻿﻿﻿ back from ﻿mastering﻿ this style for so many years?

To make matters worse, when you learn from YouTube there is no structure.

Which videos should you watch first? Where do you start? What do you watch next﻿?

Not having any structure or order in your learning is like reading a book out of order.

Imagine if you bought a book to learn a certain skill, and instead of reading it from the first page to the last, you just opened it on a random page.

Then after reading that page, you jumped to another random page. And you kept doing this over and over again...

How much would you learn from that book? Would you actually learn anything, or would it only leave you frustrated and confused?

This is what you are doing to your bass education when you only consume free YouTube content.

There is a reason why schools and colleges have curriculums and lesson plans. That is the only way to learn something efficiently and is a big part of what you are paying for.

So with that in mind, the next logical step is finding a private teacher in your area. But again... how do you find someone that is actually qualified to teach you? What if you live in an area that doesn't have many professional bass players? And at $50 an hour, how many lessons are you going to need to learn all this stuff? The cost can really add up. I personally have invested hundreds of thousands into my bass education. Between all the private teachers I had growing up and my time at Berklee College of Music, I've studied with over 40 teachers and spent a lot of money and time getting all this information.

This is why my colleagues think I'm crazy for giving all this information away for such a low one-time cost.

And I'll be honest, I've thought the same thing.