Muris Varajic25th September 2008Groovy stuff,
reminds me of Fever a bit,just the groove tho,
well done Bogdan!
Jerry Arcidiacono25th September 2008Nice lesson Bogdan
Ivan Milenkovic25th September 2008Smooth and groovey man, I like it
Emir Hot25th September 2008Very nice groove
Alex8725th September 2008Great lesson Bogdan
kaznie_NL25th September 2008Keep up the good work Bogdan, your bass lessons realy add something to GMC
Bogdan Radovic25th September 2008Thanks a lot guys!!
I'm really glad you like this series! 
ItsMe25th September 2008that's a cool series and also very helpfull
Nazgul25th September 2008Great lesson! And the drums sound so cool!
Swing-Shuffle 
- Bogdan Radovic25th September 2008
Thanks guys, this series should give some ideas how you can play walking bass and compose effective bass lines.
And yeah , this kind of swing drums perfectly suits the track 
Nemanja Filipovic25th September 2008Very useful lesson man.Thanks.
Hisham Al-Sanea25th September 2008good lesson Bogdan.
Pedja Simovic26th September 2008Bogdan I love the backing in this one and sound of your bass !
Gerardo Siere26th September 2008Great groove there.
- Bogdan Radovic27th September 2008
Thanks a lot guys! Your feedback means a lot..If anyone needs any more info about the lesson , just shoot!
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-Hello GMC!
-Today we are going to dive into some walking bass concepts! What is walking bass? It is a style of bass line which creates a feeling of steady quarter note movement - walking! Walking bass lines are common to jazz, but can be found in many other genres of music like rock, rockabilly, ska, country etc.
-We are going to start our walking bass journey with a "2 Feel line". Meaning that you will play two half notes in each measure. I composed a little jazzy tune for you to get familiar with 2 feel walking bass concepts.
-This lesson is in the key of G. Take a look into my "Harmonizing Major Scale" series to learn how to construct chords in one key using scale notes.
-Key: G
-Tempo: 120 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Tuning: standard
-Difficulty: beginner
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Peavey Cirrus bass with active soapbar pickups, equal mix of both of them with added treble and middle on onboard eq - then going to the nemesis (eden) amp with a 1x15" and slightly added bass and treble there (at 1 o'clock position).
Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson feedback and in my instructor board at forum.
Enjoy and I hope you'll have a lot of fun walking through this one!
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