I hadn't played bass in weeks, and then my brother asked me if I had been playing which I said no, and then I realized I needed to play so here I am. A thrilling tale.
My tip for anyone wanting to really jam to this- first figure out how to play this track perfectly- right along with them. Knowing what chords are being played at any given time really allows you to tighten up your lead and make sure it all truly fits the track. Second- no noodling, stop noodling- stop it! LOL- I do it too man, we all do- but it must stop- no noodling! Find a melody- explore it, twist it, turn it, flip it- but stick with it until you feel you've explored it completely- then maybe start developing another idea- but don't noodle. I promise if you do just these two things- your soloing will improve massively- mine did. For beginners- think in short 3-5 note phrases. Don't try to build long legato lines that go on forever- I mean if you can, have at it but- most of us can't do that at first. So- build little short licks that end on the note of whatever chord is being played- if he's in D then your lick should resolve (end) on D. When you do this right, you'll feel it- it's like a piece of a puzzle clicking into place- it just sounds "right". Now does every lick have to end this way- no, not at all- but it's a good place to start- and generally speaking if you don't resolve to that note then it's because the lick is still expanding, it's not ready to resolve (end) yet. So, the longer the lick, the longer it takes before you resolve back to the note which brings it home and ties it to the track. This takes a sense of timing- and that's why I tell you to learn to play the backing track. That allows you to know the timing intimately and know what chords are played when- which allows you to build your licks properly.
This is killer advice. Wrapping up on a b7 and then slowly bending or sliding into the 1 right as the next measure begins works fantastically for stuff like this. This track is actually "Aint no Love in the Heart of the city"
As a newbie to soloing, this is great advice, and thank you for sharing. As my instructor says, take the dog for a walk and explore. Just make sure you both end back at home.
Just started improv 2 weeks ago after 11 years of playing guitar, I practic scales 20 minutes and then jam for an hour and I love the feeling when the melody you have in head comes true. Still have everything to learn, but I'm having a great time on your backing tracks (I enjoy it a lot more than just reproducing tabs aha). Keep it up brother !
Awesome "Thrill Is Gone" style jam track! I like it's dynamics and smooth feel, altered chords in the turn around give it a nice diminished jazzy touch.
This was the first backing track I ever played on. I keep coming back to see how far I’ve gotten every few months. Super simple and patient chord progression so it’s very easy to just go off and do your own things with. I heavily recommend this track for beginners
I have learned a lot practicing with backing tracks.i am 59.back in the day if you were not good enough to be first guitar in a band just forget it.since I could not afford a loop station for very long time,not a lot of practice.now just turn on the PC OR CELL PHONE AND VOILA.I AM JAMMING.THANKS BROTHER.
This is the fists time I’ve sat with a backing track on n played to and it was class man 👌🏼thanks for putting it together it’s been a proper wee light bulb moment for me .Guitar just makes me happy
@@anthem7777 you know It brother🙏🏼🎸💯❤️🔥😁. My guitars a big part of my recovery it has Taught me patience discipline determination it’s helped my focus it’s gave me connection with loads ay really cool sound people it take me away from self it builds my confidence. An most of all over anything else ,see when you’re im that place where it’s you n the amp n your favourite guitar n what’s coming back ay you’s sounding the way it did I’m your head n you’re just lost In that sonic moment ?ah feel it inside me when I’m there its amazin .. Thanks for the comment man travel well man ✌🏼🙏🏼❤️🩹
So, I just got a new Les Paul and started jamming to this track. A few things: First of all, this track is amazing and very fun to play to. Thank you for making this. Second, with the sound of this backing track and my amp and guitar dialed in perfectly along with it, I felt like Stevie Ray Vaughan with how great everything sounded. I've been lacking something in my guitar-playing journey, and I believe playing along to tracks like this has helped me stay motivated as a guitarist and has helped me expand my musical vocabulary.
So true. You truly know what a guitar can do when you crank up a track like this, roll back the volume on your guitar a bit to start, and slowly get into it. You can be ripping the walls off the house by the end, or keep it mellow and just throw some notes at it. I'm so much better when I play to a track. I have a looper and a drum machine, but I'm too lazy to set up a jam.
@@sundaynightdrunk LOL- Me too man- why I bought the damn things I don't know; I never use them. It's a pain in the ass to have to set them up and get a jam track going- especially now when you can just dial one up as good as this and go for it. It would take me a long time to put something this good together- and tbh I don't know if I could- this is a really good track. I would've written some lyrics for it and kept it had I come up with it probably.
I legit just put this on loop and pulled lead for at least a solid 2 and a half, 3 hours. This rythm touched my soul bro. This shit had me all the way in.....I appreciate you for this
This is a great recording , thanks for sharing. It goes along to the songs I'm composing and writing. Thank you for Getting it in your heart and soul for hearing it. Have a great day. Tony Seago
Finally I have found the right kind of music to suit my style of voice soulful black absolutely love the blues ❤ thank you to all whom appreciate this ✌️&❤️
Just had such a good time with this. Testing my new silver sky se tones. Didn't want it to stop. Could go one for 20, 30 minutes more. Thanks for this. Amazing.
Just had my first acoustic guitar lesson this evening. Started with THE BLUES BOX when starting to play lead guitar. My teacher makes a backing track available in class; however, I love your piece better. Thanks!
Every time I practice, I close my eyes and pick a backing track at random to try and improvise to while finding the key, and tonight it was this track! My ear picks out Am pretty well, it seems
Thank you for this brilliant track. I've come up with more combinations for solos with this track than I've done with any other backing track. As they say on Wall Street when someone hits it big: Way to go!!!
Hey Tom! Great track! I know these things focus mostly on lead playing, but how about you add the chord shapes you use from now on (and maybe even a few more voicings if you feel like it) for us to also work on our rhythm shtuff? That would be awesome!
Hey man, Step 1. Look at what key the song is in. Step 2 find a chart or video of the scale for that key. Step 3. Learn the scale pattern on your guitar. Step 4. Play the scale over the backing track. After you are compfortable with the scale pattern you will want to start rearranging the order you play the notes and change the rythm of the notes to start making your own melodies over the top of the backing track. It is so fun once you get going. Keep at it!
So from a learning standpoint. Instead of just playing “A minor” and “A major” scale over the whole song. I should learn to switch scales on every chord. Is that what the Pros do? I have the whole Emajor and Eminor scale learned over the entire neck. I had trouble with this one but I see where i need to be. I know it just takes practice.
Dude, thanks so much for this backing track. I just happened to pass by it. This helps me out a lot especially when you live alone. I just subscribed! All the best and keep up the great work!
I hadn't played bass in weeks, and then my brother asked me if I had been playing which I said no, and then I realized I needed to play so here I am. A thrilling tale.
Daily
have you been playing bass?
👀👀
Timeless that we all relate to. You’re the next Joseph Campbell
thank you for your kind work.Makes me,63 year old blues beginner , very happy.
My tip for anyone wanting to really jam to this- first figure out how to play this track perfectly- right along with them. Knowing what chords are being played at any given time really allows you to tighten up your lead and make sure it all truly fits the track. Second- no noodling, stop noodling- stop it! LOL- I do it too man, we all do- but it must stop- no noodling! Find a melody- explore it, twist it, turn it, flip it- but stick with it until you feel you've explored it completely- then maybe start developing another idea- but don't noodle. I promise if you do just these two things- your soloing will improve massively- mine did.
For beginners- think in short 3-5 note phrases. Don't try to build long legato lines that go on forever- I mean if you can, have at it but- most of us can't do that at first. So- build little short licks that end on the note of whatever chord is being played- if he's in D then your lick should resolve (end) on D. When you do this right, you'll feel it- it's like a piece of a puzzle clicking into place- it just sounds "right". Now does every lick have to end this way- no, not at all- but it's a good place to start- and generally speaking if you don't resolve to that note then it's because the lick is still expanding, it's not ready to resolve (end) yet. So, the longer the lick, the longer it takes before you resolve back to the note which brings it home and ties it to the track. This takes a sense of timing- and that's why I tell you to learn to play the backing track. That allows you to know the timing intimately and know what chords are played when- which allows you to build your licks properly.
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This is killer advice. Wrapping up on a b7 and then slowly bending or sliding into the 1 right as the next measure begins works fantastically for stuff like this. This track is actually "Aint no Love in the Heart of the city"
@@thomasthornton5378 Thanks for the tip- it sounds great, you're right- I'll have to remember that trick going forward.
I will never stop noodling and you can't stop me 😂
As a newbie to soloing, this is great advice, and thank you for sharing. As my instructor says, take the dog for a walk and explore. Just make sure you both end back at home.
I jam with this track not with guitar but with harmonica
Yes brother! The world needs more Harmonica players!
Fucking sick
It’s says “for guitar”. You so blind you can’t read the sign, Willy Brown? Jack Butler is gonna like you….
Absolute beast , you better still be doing it 👀
Try playing in 3rd position on G harp and 4th position on C harp. Adds to upper register.
Just started improv 2 weeks ago after 11 years of playing guitar, I practic scales 20 minutes and then jam for an hour and I love the feeling when the melody you have in head comes true.
Still have everything to learn, but I'm having a great time on your backing tracks (I enjoy it a lot more than just reproducing tabs aha).
Keep it up brother !
You right! Excellent track to jam!
Great track
Awesome "Thrill Is Gone" style jam track! I like it's dynamics and smooth feel, altered chords in the turn around give it a nice diminished jazzy touch.
so its really a popular blues song huh
Thanks!
This is a stand alone track ... no need for anything else !
this back in track unleashed my inner satriani
Your backing tracks will help me blues my way through self isolation
We need to colaborate sometime
That was probably the best blues jam session I've ever had so many ideas in my head they flowed so perfect had so much fun with this!!!!
me too! then i woke up
@@kevinvasquez836 hahaha
@lukefisher9877 you might also like the backing track. th-cam.com/video/YvOzI2jOknQ/w-d-xo.html
@@badaducciquartet 🤬 time waster!
This was the first backing track I ever played on. I keep coming back to see how far I’ve gotten every few months. Super simple and patient chord progression so it’s very easy to just go off and do your own things with. I heavily recommend this track for beginners
This backing track made me play things I didn’t know I could lmao
Only a few months into regularly playing
Ive been playing for over 35 years have a backing track channel of my own and love this track!
I have learned a lot practicing with backing tracks.i am 59.back in the day if you were not good enough to be first guitar in a band just forget it.since I could not afford a loop station for very long time,not a lot of practice.now just turn on the PC OR CELL PHONE AND VOILA.I AM JAMMING.THANKS BROTHER.
Thanks! Fantastic jam…totally BB King inspired 😎
This is the fists time I’ve sat with a backing track on n played to and it was class man 👌🏼thanks for putting it together it’s been a proper wee light bulb moment for me .Guitar just makes me happy
the best therapy
@@anthem7777 you know
It brother🙏🏼🎸💯❤️🔥😁.
My guitars a big part of my recovery it has Taught me patience discipline determination it’s helped my focus it’s gave me connection with loads ay really cool sound people it take me away from self it builds my confidence.
An most of all over anything else ,see when you’re im that place where it’s you n the amp n your favourite guitar n what’s coming back ay you’s sounding the way it did I’m your head n you’re just lost In that sonic moment ?ah feel it inside me when I’m there its amazin ..
Thanks for the comment man travel well man ✌🏼🙏🏼❤️🩹
Welcome to the lifestyle bro!
@@paulrobertson8689 please share the weed with us bra
I'm in the park under a tree, with a harmonica, my harmonica and myself love this track!!!
So, I just got a new Les Paul and started jamming to this track. A few things:
First of all, this track is amazing and very fun to play to. Thank you for making this.
Second, with the sound of this backing track and my amp and guitar dialed in perfectly along with it, I felt like Stevie Ray Vaughan with how great everything sounded. I've been lacking something in my guitar-playing journey, and I believe playing along to tracks like this has helped me stay motivated as a guitarist and has helped me expand my musical vocabulary.
So true. You truly know what a guitar can do when you crank up a track like this, roll back the volume on your guitar a bit to start, and slowly get into it. You can be ripping the walls off the house by the end, or keep it mellow and just throw some notes at it. I'm so much better when I play to a track. I have a looper and a drum machine, but I'm too lazy to set up a jam.
@@sundaynightdrunk LOL- Me too man- why I bought the damn things I don't know; I never use them. It's a pain in the ass to have to set them up and get a jam track going- especially now when you can just dial one up as good as this and go for it. It would take me a long time to put something this good together- and tbh I don't know if I could- this is a really good track. I would've written some lyrics for it and kept it had I come up with it probably.
I legit just put this on loop and pulled lead for at least a solid 2 and a half, 3 hours. This rythm touched my soul bro. This shit had me all the way in.....I appreciate you for this
Those little hammer on's are awesome, I need to practice those to get to that level.
I played all the wrong notes, jazz
Me too bro
Thats what i would say in jazz band 😂😂
As long as you always come home, ur good!!😂
This is a great recording , thanks for sharing. It goes along to the songs I'm composing and writing. Thank you for Getting it in your heart and soul for hearing it. Have a great day. Tony Seago
Finally I have found the right kind of music to suit my style of voice soulful black absolutely love the blues ❤ thank you to all whom appreciate this ✌️&❤️
Just had such a good time with this. Testing my new silver sky se tones. Didn't want it to stop. Could go one for 20, 30 minutes more. Thanks for this. Amazing.
one of the best blues backing tracks out there
I'm learning my pentatonic on this. Love it, thanks so much for sharing.
Just had my first acoustic guitar lesson this evening. Started with THE BLUES BOX when starting to play lead guitar. My teacher makes a backing track available in class; however, I love your piece better. Thanks!
Sounds great! I'm gonna jam to this with my Hohner Am pentatonic harp. HEADS UP HARMONICA PLAYERS
Classic groove. Thanks for making it.
Thanks, I had a fantastic morning jam on this track,,
Let's hear it for the band everyone :)
Love this groove, I think of BB King's "The thrill is gone"
bro you are FABULOUS. Thank You !!!!!
I’ve had a bass sitting around and I really never new how to play or if i could until I just playing along to these tracks
Seriously my favorite jam track ever!
Absolutely brilliant! Everything is perfect in these jam tracks. Thanks a lot!
Every time I practice, I close my eyes and pick a backing track at random to try and improvise to while finding the key, and tonight it was this track!
My ear picks out Am pretty well, it seems
You're probably one of the greatest guitarists I've ever seen in my life real s***
fantastically simple and loved
I think this is the song that keeps playing inside of me as I work all my life..... little does people know I got a built-in music box
Love that Bm7d5 to the Eaug7, These videos are a really great practice tool man thank you!
I could listen to this for hours.
i'm doing this now
I just wish I'd found this in March of 2020 instead of December 2021. Thank you!
I can imagine SRV just growlin along with this . But it would suit BB a little more.
This is my favourite blues backing track
I LOVE THIS TRACK SO MUCH ❤
I have a habit of holding my breath when i really start feeling the music when improvising. This song almost made me pass out,lol
I love playing to this track! Thank you for providing it for all of us.🤘
This video really helped me achieve better thinking in soloing; thank you.
The ultimate goal is no thinking when soloing!
Thank you for this brilliant track.
I've come up with more combinations for solos with this track than I've done with any other backing track.
As they say on Wall Street when someone hits it big: Way to go!!!
I cant thank you enough for all your amazing backing tracks. You make me a better musician. peace
Really nice! I could solo to this for hours...Thanks!!!
very nice track to play with. Awesome 😎 more... more... more..more... can you play in E minor
You are a backing track legend!
You are my band! Thank you!
Obviously subscribed 😊
What a fantastic track to practice along to, thanks so much!!
thx man i was tearing up some leads to this! love that lil raised 7th at times
Love that Tele, you do play it well. Very good.
ok i just improv soloed for 10 mins straight
didn't know i could do that
cheers mate
Wonderful track, thank you.
Fantastic! I had a blast with this. Perfect.
very beautiful. thank you so much
Really enjoyed noodling along to this. Thanks!
Brilliant... love digging into this
Thank you for this.
Wenn das aus meiner Lag high vibe kommt.. Wow.. Darüber cooles Solo.. Macht irre Spass
I wish I could see the chord diagram as each chord changes! More backing track videos need those!!
Love Your Blues !
love that Bm7flat5/e7aug variation/turnaround
Wow... very beautiful!
Outstanding track and the chord list and reference is huge. Thanks so much man. Great inspiration
Loved playing to this it just jumps out and grabs your soul played lead to it for and hour great
i love it! Thanks for your great work!
Really appreciate your work!!!!
Great! Could be soloing all day long!
Hey Tom! Great track!
I know these things focus mostly on lead playing, but how about you add the chord shapes you use from now on (and maybe even a few more voicings if you feel like it) for us to also work on our rhythm shtuff? That would be awesome!
Samooth... Like Buddhaaa... Cheers from SLC!
Absolutely awesome track mate. I shall shred on this till me fingers fall off!!!
whats the best way to start learning how to actually use this? can someone point me in the right direction? I'm a beginner at music
Hey man, Step 1. Look at what key the song is in. Step 2 find a chart or video of the scale for that key. Step 3. Learn the scale pattern on your guitar. Step 4. Play the scale over the backing track. After you are compfortable with the scale pattern you will want to start rearranging the order you play the notes and change the rythm of the notes to start making your own melodies over the top of the backing track. It is so fun once you get going. Keep at it!
This is kickass 👍
Thank you! Well done!
Love it making me a better solo player as well
Great ... just pure and simple ... great !!!
What a fun track to play over!
Thank you.
Love it I was practicing my scale 😎 dude. Very nice tones. Very smooth for practicing
Absolutely loved it
Loved the tracks, reminds me of Believe these Blues by KingFish
Great tack, having the fret positions really helped, made me almost sound like I knew what I was doing ;)
Man that tele with the black binding is super sexy
OMG such a awesome riff!!
love the jams and the guitar brooo its awesome
So from a learning standpoint. Instead of just playing “A minor” and “A major” scale over the whole song. I should learn to switch scales on every chord. Is that what the Pros do? I have the whole Emajor and Eminor scale learned over the entire neck. I had trouble with this one but I see where i need to be. I know it just takes practice.
Have you watched Fretjams video on blues improvisation? It's very useful 🎸👌🏻
@@cesargomezu1459 No I haven’t but I will check it out now. Thank you.
Hey man...nice stuff here!
Brilliant 👍
Dude, thanks so much for this backing track. I just happened to pass by it. This helps me out a lot especially when you live alone. I just subscribed! All the best and keep up the great work!
nice track bro very nice to jamto
Nice tracks dude. Really easy to play over, and nice progressions.
As a bass player. To play in key can I just play on the a minor or do I change with the different notes.
Awesome tutorial...jam on.
Still one of my favorite tracks you've made. :D
I'm pulling this up at my father's wedding.👍
Great tracks you put out there. Thanks!!
Absolutely great...! I played Alex Acunas song Psalms (featuring Carlos Santana) melody with this and for a while, I think I actually can play...
Thank you for the music! Lovely to play to.
Thank you! Love your lessons.