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The only performance-based online learning platform for bassists
This is the ONLY system currently out there that benchmarks your progress and keeps you from getting "stuck” or losing motivation as you learn the bass, even if you only have a few minutes a day to practice.
With Players Path, you’ll beat “information overload”, get clear, concise goals, and feel more confident in your bass playing.
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If you're feeling frustrated,
it's not your fault.
Online music education platforms aren't delivering clear, measurable results. Most are like a buffet - choose what you want to work on today. That's great on day 1, but what happens when you want to see how far you've come?
There's no way for students to see clearly where they're going next (what their obvious next steps is), nor how to get there. What's more, there's no way for students to measure if their playing / performing skills are truly getting better. When you finish a course, it's like “did you enjoy this”? But there's no way to know for sure whether you actually made progress.
STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR GOALS.
It's not just that you don't know how far you've come. Without an accountability check at the end of a lesson or level, studies show, you won't concentrate as well, or try as hard. Students are thrown into vast libraries of content, with no clear pathway or direction
It's the “more is better” approach. (And I've been guilty of it.) Instead of a personal trainer guiding you to a goal, every day is like your first day in the gym. You're overwhelmed by all the crazy machines, with zero idea what to work on. And it's no wonder:
ALL ONLINE MUSIC EDUCATION IS FOCUSED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONTENT,
NOT THE QUALITY OF THE RESULTS.
Because producing content is easier to measure. But that doesn’t mean it’s the best way to learn.
Many online music resources focus on getting the next cool tutor or releasing the next cool course… all which is fine. But that has to be coupled with a heavy focus on results. The only result most students should be focusing on is performance based.
You should measure your true success on your level of performance. Can you play… or not? Simple. And the deeper I investigated this, the more I realized - “This is HUGE, and nobody's talking about it.”
We're always bragging:
Over 100 hours of courses”
The biggest online course library”
Don't get me wrong, we're proud of the quality and variety of the courses in our membership. And we get super-positive comments from students. But there's a big difference between adequate and optimal. And we don't want to be merely adequate.
The sad truth is lots of bass players were washing out because of overwhelm, and lack of benchmarks on their progress. The saddest truth is when you've already put in years of work, only to put the bass down out of overwhelm and frustration.
2 years ago, we said no more.
That’s why we developed Players Path, which we released for the first time in May of 2020.
Introducing
The proven system to help you remain focused on playing the best bass of your life.
Players Path is a performance-based grading system that will help propel your playing from the level you are today, to the level you always wanted to be.
It consists of 9 levels, each with multiple performance pieces. Each piece will teach you specific techniques and concepts using detailed, in-depth video tutorials.
You can also earn points and badges throughout the learning process to keep you motivated and accountable.
You’ve just started playing the bass and excited to get better at your new craft
You've begun to feel comfortable with the bass and feel confident playing simple bass lines
You’ve read some tabs and like to play along with some of your favorite tunes
You play often and when you do play, you can groove along pretty comfortably
You practice daily and feel right at home adding new skills to your improving technique
Learning new tracks is getting much easier and you've introduced techniques like slapping into your skillset
You can listen to many tracks and play along by heart or by ear. You can also improvise a bass line or solo passage
You can sight-read tabs or notation and play scales and modes comfortably
You’ve mastered scales, reading, odd time signatures, and more. You're ready for any musical challenge
Players path is very helpful getting to play with other instruments and having to stay on beat. The speed adjustment is very helpful, starting at a slower speed a building up to full speed. Also reading the music helps.
Brad Morse
PIt has definitely given me things to practice that are more fun than just playing scales or exercises. I like it
Jeff Smith
[It’s made me] more confident to tackle different styles and [more] able to apply the rhythms to pieces [oh which] I did not do especially well previously.
Martin Hunt
The songs and bass parts are enough of a challenge to make you rethink your practice routine to work on the weaknesses in your playing.. It helped me to focus on the “song form “ and not just play the part.
Michael Sereno
THE ULTIMATE
Blueprint FOR
BECOMING A
high-level
bassist.
You’ll only find a system like this at a physical music school like Berklee, but we’re the first to bring this kind of education online.
Here’s what the Players Path guarantees to provide:
We’ll direct you to the course likely to have the most impact for your level. You get clear, concise goals and a structured way to achieve them.
We’ll give you confidence you’re making progress, with a feeling of control over your playing and your musical development.
We’ll provide accountability to keep you motivated and dedicated. What’s more, we’ve “gamified” things, with points and badges to keep it fun.
Our levels don’t stop at Advanced Beginner or Intermediate. They go as far up as you need. (I have trouble playing the exercises for level 9.)
If you follow this system from start to finish, you will become a high-level bassist and have fun getting there.
What SBL Members are saying about Players Path
PLAYERS PATH is
just One Part of the
SBL Membership
From the best bass players on the planet
Whether you’re an experienced bassist, a seasoned pro or even if you’re just starting out, you’ll always know exactly what to work on thanks to our extensive course library.
Adam Neely
Adam Nolly Getgood
Andrew Gouche
Bobby Vega
Danny Mo Morris
Felix Pastorious
Gary Willis
Phil Mann
Sean Hurley
Steve Lawson
...and more!
The Campus is our community forum here within ScottsBassLessons that’s going to connect you with thousands of other bass students just like you.
Joining the SBL Academy has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. I have never in my life felt this productive or focused as a musician.
Taylor Lee
I was a bit stuck in terms of my progress when I first joined SBL, but the support I got from the community here has given me a huge boost!
Daniel Wester
I love the more nuanced videos where Scott talks about letting the snare drum breathe. You can’t really get that from an instructional book!
Maddie Jay
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