2|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction............................................................................3The Great Link Challenge - Win A Transcription!................4Transcription - Street Life - The Crusaders..........................6The Membership Ezine..........................................................12Online Bass Lessons...............................................................14About The Author...................................................................153|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comINTRODUCTION Welcome to Marchs Issue of the free how-to-play-bass ezine.Youll no-tice I say free - if youre new to the Ezine you may not know but there is also a weekly ezine available on a subscription basis, that is packed with content similar to this ezine.Only theres more.And its weekly.Ive written about it later in the Ezine so you can check it out for your-self.This Issue of the Ezine features a transcription from my gig book.(My gig book is notes and transcriptions going back 20 years or so....).Whilst were on the subject of my other life outside of running the www.how-to-play-bass.com website Ive got a small favour to ask you.I run a high end function band in the UK.Weve just had a 3 minute presenta-tion video put together - could you go take a look at it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHjB8tEx5E And if youve got any feedback please use the contact form on the web-site and let me know.Oh, and if you wanna give us a 5 ***** rating I wont complain!Have a great week, and enjoy.Paul 4|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comTHE GREAT LINK CHALLENGE - WIN A TRANSCRIPTIONOne of the ways people nd my site is through Google.And one of the ways for my site to rank more highly in Google is to get inbound links.So if you have your own website or blog and want to throw a link on it to me Ill repay the favour with a free transcription.First some rules:1)The link has to be on a website or a blog.Not in a comments section on a blog.Or on a Forum post in one of the bass forums.Website or Blog only.2)The link has to have whats called Anchor Text.So if you have a look at this screen capture picture of the blogroll on my Deliberate Practice blog youll see that the link to my website comes from the Anchor Text that says HOW TO PLAY BASS.5|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comOr the link on that blog roll that goes to the sales page for my Bass Ha-non package says....unsurprisingly Bass Hanon.There are 3 pages Im looking to get links for - here they are along with their anchor text.http://www.how-to-play-bass.com (Anchor Text: how to play bass)http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/bass-hanon.html (Anchor Text: bass hanon)http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/online-bass-lessons.html (Anchor Text: online bass lessons)3)When youve posted me a link, email me the URL of the page with the link on and the transcription youd like.Once Ive checked the link Ill email you the PDF.Sounds simple?it is.4)Here are the transcriptions you can choose from in exchange for a link:Sweet Home Alabama, Moondance, Beat It, Billie Jean, Youre My Everything, Fever In The Funkhouse (James Jamerson), Run To You, Hemispheres by Rush (yep thats over 14 minutes of great bass work BUT no tab yet!), Radio Radio (Elvis Costello), Rock N Roll Dreams Come Through (Jim Steinman - wicked bass line!).And yes you can get more than 1 link to get more than 1 transcription.So link away my friends - and I like forward to getting your emails!(IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS AND ARE NOT SURE ABOUT HOW TO DO ANCHOR TEXT THEN EMAIL ME!!! USING THE CONTACT FORM)6|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comTRANSCRIPTION TO STREET LIFE by THE CRUSADERSFollowing on from last months funk fest were going to look at another tune with a great funky vibe - Street Life by The Crusaders.Ive transcribed about two minutes of the tune for you - but with this two minutes you can play through the entire 11 minute original version if you want to!The reason I transcribed the main sections and not the solos was that your homework is to get the main sections down and then playalong with the original (great sax solo in the original, by one of our own...Mr Welton Felder who played the bass most famously on I Want You Back by the Jackson 5) and throw in some variations of your own.Youll have a lot of fun doing that.The transcription lays out like this:Section A: Intro bars with all instruments 1.31Section B: 1.41Section C: Pre-Chorus 1 - 1.58Section D - Verse 2.17Section E - Pre-Chorus 2 - 2.34Section F - Chorus 2.52From the end of the transcription you should be able to hear the differ-ent sections and play the appropriate parts - remembering to throw in some variations of course.The transciption is presented in notation only, and then notation with bass tab.Tabbed positions marked out are where Id probably play it...but you may want to experiment depending on your ngering system, hand size and scale of your bass. 7|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.com8|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.com9|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.com10|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.com11|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.com12|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comTHE MEMBERSHIP EZINEAs I wrote in the introduction there is also a Membership Ezine.This is available weekly and is similar to this Ezine, but has more content.Heres the link to the Membership Ezine Page on the website:http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/membership-ezine.htmlIssue 1 is available on the website to download as a sample.You can nd it on the page above.So you can see the kind of content thats featured in the Membership Package, and judge for yourself whether you will get value for the fee, heres a rundown of the last fewweeks:Issue 27 - Today Transcription to Bat Out Of Hell.Beginners Corner - Cant Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello.Sight Reading Column 26.Issue 26 - 26th FebTranscription to Stars by Simply Red (great bass line).Beginners Corner - Lets Groove by Earth Wind and Fire.Sight Reading Column 25.Issue 25 - 19th FebTranscription to Easy Lover by Phil Bailey and some other guy who sings for Genesis.Beginners Corner - Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen.Sight Reading Column 2413|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comJust to re-emphasise, with the Subscription Ezine you get an issue every week.Each issue contains at least 1 transcription.Plus a Beginners Cor-ner lesson.Plus articles.Plus the Sight Reading Column (which is ex-tremely detailed).Plus each month you get a tutorial video to download too.Issue 24 - 12th FebTransciptions to September by Earth Wind and Fire.Beginners Corner - Baggy Trousers by Madness.Sight Reading Column 23Issue 23 - 5th FebTranscription to Bastille Day by Rush.Beginners Corner - Rescue Me - Fontella Bass.14|Free Ezine | February 2010 | how-to-play-bass.comONLINE BASS LESSONSThere are still spaces open in my On-line Bass Lessons Program.So if youre a beginner and struggling to make any progress please feel free to drop me an email and let me know, and maybe my detailed, structured bass lesson plan might be the solution you need to make the progress on the bass guitar that you want to make.You can nd more details on the website:http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/online-bass-lessons.html