The Ultimate
REGGAE BASS
Course
Level Up Yourself!
What if you could play ALL the Reggae songs you love?
What if you could grab your Bass and play any Reggae song?
What if you were challenged to create a unique Reggae Bassline on the spot during your band rehearsal?
What if you were in a studio recording session and you knew you only needed one take to kill it?
Sounds impossible?
Sounds like it’s asking too much from you?
With this course, it is not impossible and very much within the reach of anyone that puts in the time and effort to follow each lesson in this course...
The Ultimate REGGAE BASS Course
With this course you will:
Learn at your own pace more than 50 Reggae songs - with TABS!
Feel inspired to make more music - and better music!
Develop the skills to play even the most challenging Reggae songs
Understand how the Basslines were composed and why they work
Learn the basics of theory that are essential to understand Reggae
Don't waste time wondering what to learn next
Become a more skilled and knowledgable player able to perform live with confidence; capable to play with more skilled musicians; ready to go in the studio and nail it every time!
From
BEGINNER
to
PRO
This online Reggae Bass Course will guide you step by step - even if you are a complete beginner - to have you on your way to become a professional Reggae Bass Player if you so desire.
This course is focused on teaching you some of the greatest Reggae songs of all time, and they will tell you everything you need to know to become a great Reggae Bass player.
Obviously it will not be without its challenges... If it were easy everyone would do it! But I will guide you step by step, teaching you the fundamental principles of the technique and theory that will make this task much more manageable.
One thing you will have in your favour is that, technically speaking, Reggae is far from being a hard genre, it's not about having impeccable technique and great speed. Reggae is all about "Feel"!
I can guarantee you that if you learn each one of the songs included in this course, giving them the time needed to play them well - at the end of it you will have all the skills and confidence to go on stage and kill it!
100% RISK FREE FOR YOU!
I am so confident that anyone genuinely interested in becoming a Reggae Bass player will be satisfied with this course that I am giving you 14 DAYS to ask for a refund if you find Reggae Bass isn't for you...
A bit of my story...
Music changed my Life
My name Is John Jesus, I am an Artist, Producer, and Teacher. Happily married, father of two, living in Portugal by the beach, and I have a professional music studio where I make my music and record/produce for other artists.
When I was about 12 years old my mother gifted me an album that would end up defining the course of my life.
That album was Babylon by Bus, by Bob Marley and the Wailers. I was hooked! I couldn't get enough of Reggae, especially Bob Marley. I bought all of his albums I could get my hands on, and from the ages of 12 till my early 20's, pretty much all I heard was Reggae, mainly Bob Marley.
In 2005 I moved to London to study music at the Academy of Contemporary music.
With Reggae being my passion, I immediately got together with other musicians to play my own Reggae songs, pursuing the dream!
I started to teach in 2008 after finishing my studies; performed all over the UK; worked in a Music Production Studio; in 2012 I release my debut album and have been putting out music ever since.
Clean course design and delivery!
This course is my combined knowledge of the genre, from being passionate about Reggae, having played in various Reggae bands, my knowledge from music school, my experience from teaching since 2008, and over a decade of recording and producing Reggae music for myself and other artist.
My hope is that this course can help and inspire you to become a great Reggae Bass player!
Am I legit?
You might be thinking: “Can I trust this guy to teach me Reggae?”
Thankfully I don´t need you to believe me when I say I know what I’m talking about…
Instead, you can see what other people have been saying about my teaching, you can see me play Reggae covers, and you can hear my own music.
My Reggae Bass Lessons on Youtube have a combined total of
2.000.459 views
(and counting...)
Here is what other people are saying
about my lessons...
My Reggae Bass Covers on Youtube have a combined total of
1.336.127 views
(and counting...)
Here is what people say about my covers...
My Latest album is called REBIRTH.
Click on it to listen on Spotify.
I composed all the music; played all instruments; recorded, mixed, and mastered the whole album.
What is the actual Course content?
64 Reggae Classics
(and counting...)
Night Nurse - Gregory Issacs
Police in Helicopter - Eek a Mouse
Welcome to Jamrock - Damian Marley
Kingston Town - Alborosie
Rock Fort Rock - Skatalites
No No No - Dawn Penn
Murderer - Barrington Levy
Rude Boy Shufflin' - Israel Vibration
Revolution - Denis Brown
The Answer - Lone Ranger
Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians
Naggo Morris - Jah Guide
Old Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear
Respect - Lucky Dube
Who Knows - Protege
Red Red Wine - UB40
54 46 - Toots & Maytals
Surfin' - Ernest Ranglin
Bellow the Bassline - Ernest Ranglin
Badness Never Pays - Jacob Miller
Double Barrel - Dave and Ansel Collins
Throw Mi Corn - Larry Marshal
Cool Down The Pace - Gregory Issacs
Rastafari Anthem - Alborosie
Stir It Up - Bob Marley
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
One Love, One Heart - Bob Marley
Is this Love - Bob Marley
Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Jammin - Bob Marley
Running Away - Bob Marley
War - Bob Marley
Positive Vibrations - Bob Marley
Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
Who The Cap Fit - Bob Marley
The Heathen - Bob Marley
Crazy Baldhead - Bob Marley
Natty Dread - Bob Marley
Ambush In The Night - Bob Marley
Want More - Bob Marley
Zion Train - Bob Marley
Trench Town Rock - Bob Marley
Iron Lion Zion - Bob Marley
I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley
Forever Loving Jah - Bob Marley
Slogans - Bob Marley
Easy Skanking - Bob Marley
Roots Natty Roots - Bob Marley
Burnin' and Lootin' - Bob Marley
One Drop - Bob Marley
Waiting In Vain - Bob Marley
Rat Race - Bob Marley
Satisfy my Soul - Bob Marley
Talkin' Blues - Bob Marley
Lively Up Yourself - Bob Marley
Sun is Shinning - Bob Marley
Exodus - Bob Marley
Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley
Natural Mystic - Bob Marley
Bend Down Low - Bob Marley
No More Trouble - Bob Marley
Them Belly Full - Bob Marley
More content added every month!
future song lessons in the making:
Medication (Damian Marley); Simmer Down (The Wailers); Dancing Mood (Alton Ellis); The Struggle Discontinues (Damian Marley); Johnny B. Goode (Peter Tosh); Pass The Dutchie (Musical Youth); The Wave of War (Joe Higgs); Roman Dub (Harry Mudie); Youthman (Inna de Yard); Picture on the Wall (Groundation); Midnight Maurauders (Fat Freddy's Drop); Miss Jamaica (Jimmy Cliff); Here Comes Trouble (Chronixx); Skanking Sweet (Chronixx)
Technique, Exercises, and Theory
Technique
Plucking Hand Position
Fretting Hand Position
Body Posture
Bass and Strap Positioning
Scales & other Exercises
Major Scale
Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Chromatic Scale
Major and Minor Arpeggios
Straight and Swing Rhythms
Major and Minor Triad Exercises
Octives and Fifths Exercises
Theory
The 12 Notes
What are Intervals?
Major 3rd and Minor 3rd
Octives and 5ths
Major and Minor Triads
Major 7, Dominant, and Minor 7 Chords Tones
Arpeggios
Hamonized Major Scale
What is a "one four five" chord progression?
Rhythm: Straight VS Swing
How to create out-standing Reggae Bass Lines?
Exploring various Chord progressions
Exploring Rhythmic ideas
Using Silence to create impact
Applying Triads
Octives and Fifth
Repeating Ideas and Patterns
The Reggae Bass Sound
Choosing the Bass guitar - Jazz or Precision?
What's the best wood for a Reggae tone?
Strings: flatwound or roundwound?
Amplifier Settings
Plucking in different places to produce different sounds
Recording: Microphones and positioning
7 Riddim Tracks
- with Licensing Rights -
Studio quality & professionally recorded Riddim Tracks
I recorded the Riddims at my studio, using only real instruments - no loops, no samples, no VSTs.
They were specifically made for this course, to give you the full experience of what it would be like to have your own Basslines in a Studio Quality recording.
Jam along, compose your Basslines, record them, and then release the songs for the world to hear!
The Bassline can make or break a Riddim... If the drums are the backbone of the Reggae song, the Bass is the soul!
They are waiting for you to give them Life!
Have a listen...
P.S - you will also get the isolated Drum-Tracks of each Riddim, so you can Jam along in any key, with any chord progression...
How much is it?
I will show you how much you'd be expected to pay if you had 1 on 1 Bass lessons with me:
Eleven hours of Video
- 94 Videos -
The 11 hours of video are jampacked with information. As you can imagine, it took me much much longer than 11 hours to record everything... not to mention the editing process!
Also, I will be adding more videos every month and you'll get immediate access to them.
My hourly rate, teaching or studio time, is 45€
12 Hours x 40€ = 480 €
Tabs in the video
I wrote all the tabs myself.
Personally, I never use tabs or sheet music - I trust my ears and my memory. So it also took me a while to write the tabs for every song... I honestly cannot tell you the number of hours it took me, but suppose it took me 3 minutes to write the TAB for each song.
That's a total of 2 hours and 30 minutes (it took much longer than that, I guarantee you...)
3.2 Hours x 40€ = 128 €
Seven Riddims
- with Licensing Rights -
Recording and composing the Riddims - and then Mixing - took long studio hours...
They aren't laptop productions, they are studio recordings, played with real instruments. I won't even try to give it a price because it would either scare you or fall short of its worth...
So, assume I would sell them at 25€ each with Licensing Rights.
7 Riddims x 25€ = 175 €
And I also give you a more accessible option:
So, are you ready to Level Up Yourself?
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