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Damian Erskine Gospel Chops Vid. 1 Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 609 seconds Damian Erskine instructional short from Gospel Chops .com Related: bass, chops, damian, erskine, from, gospel, instructional, short |
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6 string bass improvisation. (aka: Messing around) Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 274 seconds When I get frustrated (musically, that is), I force myself to just sit and play. I've been bored with myself musically lately (still am..oh well ! ;) but people also ask about my right hand, so I figured I'd mess around over some harmonics and capture it with my webcam for youtube. Warts-n-all! Related: bass, damian, damien, erskine, improv, solo, soloing |
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Damian Erskine & Using 5ths on the bass Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 368 seconds Damian Erskine gives some tips about using 5ths on the bass to get around the neck. (My deepest apologies for calling the A an 11th in CMajor... it's the 13th !! Trying to think and play at the same time never works for me! ;) Related: 5ths, bass, damian, damien, erskine, intervals, solo, soloing |
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using 6ths and playing within the scale Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 320 seconds Some ideas on how to incorporate 6ths and an exploration of arpeggios in C Major Related: 6ths, bass, damian, damien, erskine, solo, soloing, technique |
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Right hand Exercise Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 208 seconds Some right hand exercises to develop your thumb on the bass Related: bass, damian, damien, erskine, hand, right, solo, soloing, technique, thumb |
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Gospel Chops video #2 (part 1) Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 599 seconds Gospel Chops video #2 (part 1) Related: bass, chops, chording, chords, damian, erskine, gospel, shed, solo |
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Damian Erskine Jam with Marshall Harrell Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 430 seconds Damian Erskine and Marshall Harrell having fun and making some stuff up.... Related: arts, bass, chord, chording, damian, erskine, harrell, marshall, performing, solo |
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Gospel Chops video #2 (part 2) Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 536 seconds Gospel Chops video #2 (part 2) Related: arts, bass, chops, chording, chords, damian, erskine, gospel, performing, shed, solo |
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more right hand technique stuff Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 264 seconds More right hand technique ideas. Using your thumb and index finger as a pick (kind of..) and more triplet ideas Related: bass, damian, damien, erskine, hand, right, solo, soloing, technique, thumb |
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3 finger bass line Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 175 seconds Working on my thumb technique, so I recorded myself playing around. Came up with a little line to challenge my thumb, index and middle fingers. Warts and all, tho! Definitely not perfect and it's not a real tune, mostly taking the riff and making something up as I go along.. Related: 3-finger, arts, bass, chord, chording, damian, erskine, performing, plucking, solo |
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Jam 4 Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 412 seconds Last one...Marshall and Damian having some fun for youtube Related: arts, bass, chord, chording, damian, erskine, harrell, marshall, performing, solo |
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DE & MH Jam 2 Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 449 seconds Damian Erskine & Marshall Harrell Jamming.... Related: arts, bass, chord, chording, damian, erskine, harrell, marshall, performing, solo |
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3 finger lick Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 230 seconds Whenever I work on a technique, I try and invent lines to challenge that technique. Here's one I came up with to work a three finger percussive thing... Related: arts, bass, chord, chording, damian, erskine, performing, solo |
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Damian Erskine Bass Solo with John Nastos E4 Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 106 seconds Bass solo at a local gig here in Portland with John Nastos, Drew Shoals and Clay Giberson. Not the best in the world, but I promised to start uploading more stuff as I get it! here's something anyway ;) Related: bass, clay, damian, drew, erskine, giberson, john, nastos, shoals, solo, with |
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Damian Erskine with Les McCann - Cold Duck Time solo Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 61 seconds Damian Erskine Bass Solo over Eddie Harris' Cold Duck Time. Playing with Les McCann 06'. Captured by a friend.. (sorry it's so dark!) Related: 06., bass, by, captured, cold, damian, duck, eddie, erskine, friend.., harris, les, mccann, over, playing, solo, time., with |
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6 string bass chord loop, solo improvisation Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 297 seconds Been a while... messing with a chord progression in the morning and figured I'd pull out the camera and loop it, play over it. Rinse, repeat... Been inspired listening to Janek Gwizdala's live CD lately, so there may be a tad of that in here, too. Related: bass, chording, chords, damian, erskine, jazz, music, solo, string |
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6 string chord loop, solo (nother one) Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 221 seconds groove I came up with whilst messing around (I never practice... I just noodle. A disease I'm trying to cure!) Once again, loop the chords, play around with it, upload.... Maybe I should try and write a tune! (HA) Related: bass, bassist, chording, chords, damian, erskine, improvise, jazz, loop, looping, solo |
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Damian Erskine with Klezmocracy Bass Solo Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 94 seconds latin vibe on this one. Klezmer band, tho.. My wife got this with the camera, but it looks ok, sounds ok.. missed the first chorus, tho (I swear, I didn't play that fast the WHOLE time ;) Related: bass, damian, erskine, klezmocracy, latin, over, solo, tune, with |
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Jam 3 Posted by: damianerskine
Video duration: 298 seconds Damian Erskine & Marshall Harrell playing around (bass duo) Related: arts, bass, chord, chording, damian, erskine, harrell, marshall, performing, solo |




















