Alex Bickers
5 great fingerstyle funk lines to learn on bass
Old school funk isn't really considered a popular mainstream genre anymore, and hasn't since the 70's and 80's but it's influence still...
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Alex Bickers
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
What string gauge and pectrum thickness should you use?
When you're starting out on guitar, this isn't really an issue you need to think about as you're still trying to get to grips with the...
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Alex Bickers
- Sep 17, 2019
- 4 min
Why being familiar with the neck is so important on the bass guitar
When it comes to really knowing your instrument, and how to use it to great effect, one of the big differences between amature players...
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Alex Bickers
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
How having a recording setup can improve your playing
So this is a practice technique that was show to me a few years ago. It is very straightforward but it probably wouldn't have occured to...
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Alex Bickers
- Sep 2, 2019
- 3 min
How long should my practice sessions be? how often?
I have spent a fair amount of time talking about this with other musicians over the years, I've also read through plenty of discussions...
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Alex Bickers
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
10 great rock songs to learn on guitar (part 2)
So as promised I will continue my list of 10 great rock songs to learn on guitar. As stated before, these don't have to be the "greatest...
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Alex Bickers
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
10 great rock songs to learn on guitar (part 1)
By far one of the funnest and most useful way to improve our guitar playing skills (or any instrument) is simply to learn songs by our...
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Alex Bickers
- Aug 19, 2019
- 3 min
How to play at speed, with accuracy
When you are learning bass or guitar and you start to get into the intermediate and advanced stages, you are inevitably going to come...
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Alex Bickers
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Stamina - preparing for a long set
If any of you have ever played a gig before, especially a lengthy one, did you notice how tired and sore your fingers/hands were...
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Alex Bickers
- Aug 12, 2019
- 3 min
Bass - is it ok to use a plectrum?
If you've had Bass lessons or you know anything about bass playing, it would be strikingly obvious that the vast majority of players...
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Alex Bickers
- Aug 2, 2019
- 4 min
The importance of learning by ear
When I was young and trying my best to learn guitar, I was extremley naive in how I went about trying to decifer the riffs, chords and...
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