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Dave,

I know bugger all about Jazz, but watched your series and wanted to let you know how Inspirational and totally Awesome it is!

Thank you so much for taking the time and posting this series!

thanks dave this was so inspiring and insightful. wow

ERWEISS: "Please. From the kindness of his heart? He wants you to go to his website and purchase stuff."

Please, Erweiss, let it go. How do you know what Dave Frank wants me to do? I suggest that you mind your own business.

I sampled the Frank clinic on bass lines and got a lot out it. I paid nothing and expect to pay nothing in the future. However, next time I visit NYC, if I happen to go to a club where Dave is playing, I will probably collar him for a minute and thank him personally for the clinic.

Hey Dave, you owe me 8 bucks.

Dave Frank

hahahhh so how's the collection going Dave ?

I made 16 bucks but I lost it all on a horse:(

DF

Dave,

Would you recommend learning basslines from famous bass players? If so, who ?

Nothing to lose by doing that, I don't think it's necessary though. I'd go with Ray Brown, Paul Chambers. Niels-Henning Orsted Peterson to start..

DF

I have to say I don't know how the heck that is what you would call advertising. We have a jazz genius who is doing a piano masterclass youtube video for FREE and is giving so much back to the jazz community yet some people call that advertising?!!

It's all a bit too politically correct (or whatever is the correct term) for me.

I think your videos Dave are absolutely superb and I have learnt so much from them- especially from the Bill Evans masterclass! Brilliant!

Thanks
Tim

Guys remember there is 20% interest on late payments to the clinic account

I'm enjoying preparing the next one - the wild Erroll Garner. This is really a kooky guy, amazing dynamics..

DF

Will you be sitting on a phone book? Or maybe you could sit on all those checks you got from the last clinic.

Great stuff, Dave, thanks for doing these. I learned a lot and it's very inspirational.

I just have a few suggestions if you'll consider doing more bassline video.

1) Show various approaches to playing 3/4 bass lines. Perhaps you did, but I don't recall it. If you want to get advanced you could also show 5/4 bass lines or other time signatures.

2) Show approaches to playing Latin bass lines, particularly bossa.

3) Show approaches to playing blues bass lines.

4) Discuss the harmonic/scalar rules of bass lines. In other words, what bass notes can/should you play on a major chord, a minor chord, dominant, etc.?

I assume you want to mostly stay in the key implied by each chord. Or is that necessary? Is it OK to play just about anything as long as you land on the chord root on a regular basis or outline the chord now and then?

Thanks again.

Thanks for your time and suggestions, good ones. Off-topic I spent tonight doing the final edits on the next class "Beginning Improvising Using Modal Vamps", should be up maybe tomorrow. This one is for beginning improvisers, there will be a part 2 for advanced players. It takes one step-by-step into the improv process, this time over a repetitive modal vamp. Can't wait to share it.

In terms of basslines, most of the time its best to use scale/chord/chromatic tones. But if it sounds good it's good) Kinda reminiscent of the old review of Wagner's opera, "Wagner's music is better than it sounds"

Blessings and keep swingin, let's all watch Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Kenny Garrett tomorrow night on the Grammys doing a tribute to Dave Brubeck! YAY CHICK!!

DF