THE GROOVE!
Your Most Passionate Expression of Feeling Time Through Playing Your Instrument.  What is being in the groove?  Though individual rhythm instruments have individual jobs to perform, when each is in the groove, they sound and feel like one instrument; It’s that place in a musical performance where every note, every lick, of every instrument, just fits perfectly in that performance.  It’s the ability of a musician to be a team player and create the best feel for that a particular piece of music.   Here’s one way to look it.  Think about the vinyl recordings that hip-hop DJs use.  When you set the stylus onto  the vinyl, it settles down perfectly into the “Groove” of that vinyl recording in order to play the contents.  The only way the contents on the vinyl will be heard is if the stylus sits perfectly in this Groove.  If the arm holding the stylus is too light, the arm will skip all the way across the record and the music will not play.  If the stylus is to heavy, it will damage the vinyl recording; there has to be a perfect fit to create the desired result.  Think of your playing as the stylus and the music you are to perform as the vinyl recording.  When your playing fits perfectly into the music that is being played, consider yourself “In The Groove.”   Does your playing measure up?

About GrooveMastery.com
GrooveMastery.com was designed to be a resource for those working with the guidebook  and other resources.

Your Groove... its the most important part of your playing and every successful rhythm musician, especially the bassist, has to have a handle on this one.  So, after you've worked on technique, scales, modes, soling, theory, slapping, etc., add the finishing touch and get groovin!  The concepts in this program were developed as a result of many years of teaching live playing workshops, groove workshops, private lessons, and live playing and recording.   Here you will find everything you need to get you on your way to grooving like the pros.

Remember...Your Groove – if it’s not as good as sex, you're just not doing it right!