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New here man glad I found your music😊

Nice! I was a little heartbroken when I found out that the original bass part on this track was actually programmed.

I’m currently working through the 10 minute manual & can highly recommend it! I’m definitely purchasing another one of your books as soon as I’m finished with it. I’d like to add 2 things that help me tremendously in my practice routine: 1) I do the same thing with these little snippets of music (licks, riffs, scales etc.) - I start slow (40-60 bpm), and slowly work my way up to my limit. (Ideally beyond the target tempo, so I’m more than fine during the show) After I’m done playing at my limit, I bring the tempo back down to where I started - this gives me a huge confidence boost, since I’m “all of a sudden slaying the part”, so to speak. Plus it’s a nice recap & a feeling of control that wasn’t there at all times during the climb up. 2) Between each tempo jump, I take a 60-90 seconds break of doing nothing. Not looking at my phone, not noodling, just sitting/standing there, letting my thoughts fly by. I got this tip while listening to Tal Wilkenfeld on the Lex Fridman Podcast. She said she always did this naturally, but recently she learned there’s neuroscience backing it up. Apparently, in those 60-90 seconds, your brain “plays back” the electrical signals that were just occuring for the past few minutes while you were practicing, and it “plays them back” 6 times faster! I am still amazed at how incredibly this works. Sorry for the long comment, but if you read all the way down here, give these 2 things a try. Guarentee it’s worth it!

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I guess the answer is no. The original bass part drives the song much better.

Master Janek... I'm an intermediate average bass player... I look to learn and expand my musicality. If I wanna purchase only one of your books. Which is better for me? Option 1 pentatonics. 2 good stuff or 3 better stuff... And why? Sorry for my English. It's not my main language. Regards and thanks in advance

Awesome! And that bass sounds and looks killer.

My take on high quality passive DIs with a passive bass is they're really great, maybe even the best, given one of two conditions. The advantage of a passive DI lies in its absolute simplicity, with absolutely minimal circuitry added to the signal chain. What makes for a truly great passive unit is simply the quality of the transformer, because there's nothing else being added to the signal chain. The wonderful simplicity of a passive DI brings with it one important limitation. That is that there's no audio transformer that will reflect a high 1M ohm impedance back to the pickup. The lower impedance that the pickup will see when connected straight into the transformer will load the its serial inductance such that the connection will be filtering out high frequencies to some degree. So that brings up the first condition in which that passive box may be the best choice; that is if the bass tone doesn't require those frequencies. For example, most of James Jamerson's Motown recordings were famously made with his P bass plugged straight into the board through a passive DI. Here's the second condition where a really good passive unit is the best choice; that is where the bass signal has already been buffered by circuitry ahead of the DI. That buffer could be simply the circuitry built into an active bass, or it could be any active circuit that's between the bass and the DI, whether that's in the form of a stand alone external buffer, preamp, pedals with active circuitry, or just the amp itself. In all those situations the input circuit of an active DI is redundant, and while that circuitry might not add any noticeable amount of noise, band limitation or distortion to the signal, it's an unneeded complication.

Hi Janek, I might have missed the info, but where is the Janek Studio website located now? The link I used to use isn't available anymore. Thanks

Very inspiring talk at the end! I’ve been listening your channel on my way to gigs. Grateful for what you are putting out there🙏

I truly appreciate how you work towards digging inside the musician's soul to inspire motivation for a meaningful practice session. Sometimes I just stare at my guitar and bass then look the other way...lol. Thanks brother!

Haven't watched the video yet, but I bet he's, like every video of his I've seen, trying to sell his books.

Dear Jannek. Please use a Bass Cut for Your Mic.

hi janek.....I'm writing to you from Italy. I bought your book on pentatonic scales....where can I download the backing tracks?.....do I need to register on your website?

My 1st bass was a Yamaha RBX260 p bass for 200 bucks. I will always regret selling it 20 years ago. I wasn’t happy with the sound at the time, but I eventually realized that it was my technique and ear which needed improvement.

Quick question. If you purchase physical book does it comes with digital copy? Also if you buy physical book if there link for backing track?

Nice I need to check out this book. thanks

Do you think maintaining a practice routine of 4-5 hours a day while having a day job can make someone enough good to be able to pursue music professionally as a full time job? How many years would you say it could take?

In old days, when Latvia was not free/ occupied by ZZ-land, we in music school learn Do/Re/Mi/Fa/Sol/La/Si and A/B/C/D/E/F/G type of thinking was not accepted at all... For me - today when all musicians use letters it is hard... :) (for me). I think, there are 2 types of peoples who use instruments - one type real artists, but second are peoples who just play instruments (I am at the middle, because I take my place at the piano/ bass only in Christmas time) sometimes. Fun is to do something together (which is problematic because in our "family" is professionals and not so "professionals" and it is like "how long your dick is?" type of thinking). Thank`s Janek for educational lessons! :)

And... physical copies (at time of me posting) sold out! Congratulations, and here's hoping to see them available again soon! Cheers

Hi, thanks for this post. Could you recommend a metronome app?

Nice learning sir thanks very much

I like how you emphasize that there is no winner or looser. Absolutely spot on, all great stiuff and different flavors for different folks. Love your incredible work..

Killing

Loved the tone, killer take too. I was looking at a similar setup bass by Fujigen called the Mighty Power. The double P config makes so much sense

That groove and effortless continuity is absolutely insane!!

As always on top of your game, N I C E 🎉

I am interested to see how would a jazz and experimental musician who is the master of the instrument play on a metal number. It would be interesting to hear Janek playing with Iron Maiden.

She wishes!!!

you're beast of a bass player, but tbh phrases were a little too busy for this song, I liked Ian Allison's version a little better :)

I KNOW I could (ha); but as far as the baseline is concerned... Top Notch Janek \m/. please keep this series going my brotha-o-bass.

Loved every second of it! Great vibes Janek!

Love it. Janek rocks.

Would be great if you could do a tutorial on how you hold you bass, upright like at 45deg and not and 20/30 like most others.. Just starting out and your position looks/feels more comfortable on the higher end of the neck.

Janek please join a pop artist and bring the real bass back to life is a win-win for all!

This bass sounds absolutely outrageously good (and of course, you playin amazing, wich HELPS :p )

Love this! Thank for the inspiration!

The MXR really is a great piece of engineering. I did some of my shootouts and it was actually very similar to the Sadowsky preamp. It has the exact same EQ points in the bass and treble, with the sweepable mids. It's very transparent and great for dialing in the sound as needed with all those features. It's perfect for my upright, and I use it tame the piezo pickup and give the extra output it needs. I often use both the XLR and 1/4" outs with great results.

Very cool! If Nick Campbell hadn’t shredded this beyond recognition, Janet’s take might be my favorite.

Janek- I thought I saw a book on ‘How to use a Looper’ on your book site. Now not there. Am I mistaken? If so any suggestions on using a looper to improve music improvisation and writing skills? Thank you !

Seems like you have a handle on it😂😂 That was DOPE!🤘🏼

Bella. This is my favourite of your content

Holly ....this sounds really awesome. Janek has a very unique feel and that bass sounds awesome. What is that bass and amp?

The REDDI stands out for me. I usually use a passive Radial but might have to look into getting the Red.

Great interview. Crazy to hear how this awesome piece of gear almost didnt happen.

Nice work, as usual, and dope outro music, too.😋🤗

wonderful groover; Janek you are always source for new ideas and fresh inspiration; thanks once again for all the content...

Im glad im not the only one who thinks theres no bottom on the "Boctaver." I still use it live regardless. But i need to work on something better.

This is epic!

Can't imaging learning this in 5 minutes. Absolutely amazing......great sound too!