Which course did you purchase and what are your thoughts so far?
I've got the 2-year mastery course. I can't do a proper review, because I received the second lesson today,
but there are some interesting things I think it's worth to mention:
The course seems to be divided between several 'mini-courses'. When I read the course description here:
Joe Hubbard Bass Video Lessons |
I thought Joe was just giving an overview on the content of the 2-years course, but that seems to be exactly the 'mini-courses' contained within the whole 2-years course.
The very first of these 'mini-courses', which I started to receive lessons from, is the 'Penta-Positional Chord Studies" (also described in the link above).
The content Joe explains in this specific 'mini-course' is, in a nutshell, how to play arpeggios of a specific chord, along the whole fingerboard, starting from different chord tones (aka chord inversions). So far, I only received 2 lessons, comprising minor 7th and dominant 7th chords, so, I suppose the following lessons will cover the same concept on major 7th, m7b5, etc (likely augmented and minMajor7th).
So, the concept per se is nothing new for me (what does not demerit the content), and many other courses involving chord tones also cover the same content.
What caught my attention by now is how Joe manages to explain the concept, without spinning around the same crap over and over, making both videos (past week and this week) under 20 minutes.
This is specially important to me, because I don't want to spend my limited practice time watching videos (nobody improves watching videos
, so, after watching his 20minutes lesson past week, I've had *a lot* to practice during the whole week, so I spent the rest of my week practicing instead of watching more and more videos (comparing with other courses I've acquired, with have like 8 hours of videos explaining the same concept Joe explained in 20 minutes).
Also, he releases one lesson per week, for me it works well, as I am not being overwhelmed with material to practice.
Another thing I liked is that Joe teaches the same content for 4 and 5 string basses (I play 5 strings), yeah, the content can be adapted from 4 to 5 or to 6 strings, but having it being taught in 5 strings, cut me some time adapting the exercises.
The videos though are old, the edition isn't that good either, so I think an update on the videos is welcomed, specially the parts where he demonstrate how to practice the concepts, that could be better IMHO.
I'm still making up my mind on the content available in the 'Lesson lounge' (a bunch of video lessons not directly linked with the course, which you can access at any time), so far I didn't have time to look through its content).
I think the whole price is worth only if you are actually willing to put effort in practicing the material, the concepts are not 'easy' to digest, there are no silver bullets, no hacks, no shortcuts, just pure quality material, and you'll need to put time and effort in practicing the concepts. If you are willing to do so, I think it's a good investment, if not, it's money wasted. I committed myself to follow the program, let's see where I'll be in 2 years. With the 40% off price though, I think it's a must have course.
Hope it helps,
Cheers.
