Get rhythm.
How you play is way more important than what you play.
The intertubes abound with lessons on how to shred, but when it comes to that most important of skills—killer time & feel—teachers are suddenly vague (or silent).
“Use a metronome!” they say.
No shit, asshat. Show me how.
So instead of well-meaning BS advice from folks who don’t actually know, I made you this.
These are the exact exercises I used to transition from “bartender who’s in an ok band” to “guy who gets paid to tour the country playing music with superbadasses.”
We’ll cover the specific things you’ll need to do to get your time & feel together so you can sound like a badass professional.
It’s an in-depth series of articles, meant to be read, re-read, revisited, and wrestled with.
Jump to an individual lesson, or grab a copy to go for future reference.
MBC Lesson Zero: Ten Metronome Mistakes
MBC Lesson One: Setting Up The Tempo Metronome App
MBC Lesson Two: Bury The Click
MBC Lesson Three: Don’t Be In Such A Hurry
MBC Lesson Four: The Many Uses Of The Click
MBC Lesson Five: Eighth Note Divisions
MBC Lesson Six: Bullet Time With Yoda Bob
MBC Lesson Seven: The Two-Legged Table
MBC Lesson Eight: A Better Two-Legged Table
MBC Lesson Nine: Backbeat Strums
MBC Lesson Ten: Counting In To Two & Four
MBC Lesson Eleven: The Stars & Stripes Challenge
MBC Lesson Twelve: The One-Legged Table
MBC Lesson Thirteen: The One-Legged Table Returns
MBC Lesson Fourteen: Triplets and Sixteenths and Swing, Oh My!