Slap Bass Lessons : Right Hand Slap Bass Techniques

I'm on your side. LOL "A pimp named slick back"

OMG terrible tone throughout. who uses dead as strings to slap with? Teaching slap on a 6 string, poor choice. All the percussive effect comes from the string hitting the top fret or fingerboard. Hitting just on the 24 fret will like in the video create harmonics. This sounds cool practicing home alone but it kills your fundamental so live one hears piddly squat.Does anyone else think this guy sounds like Katt Williams/ "A pimp named slick back"

I am only saying, don't make a mistake, just because this sounds different than younger players.

I personally love late 60's/early 70's funk and R'n'B, the echos of which I hear here.

I think we should appreciate the diversity of American Black music - you always had that rejection of styles that had a rougher esthetics with the argument that the musicians allegedly could not play - see the jazz history book.

This might not be how you wnat to sound like, and that's OK, just keep an open ear.

To me it's clear from these clips that Tony's background is blues and early R'n'B. He was shaped by his work for motown since the 60s and became a big name with Tony Williams lifetime in the 70s. I take your point that he seems to be missing at times, probably he has stopped practising, something you may find excusable or not for somebody his age and his recording list.

He also doesn't explain simple and fundamental things like whether you're allowed to move your wrist, if you arm should be loose or not, where the rotation comes in.

Sure you can watch him, but he sounds bad and it's not that obvious for a beginner.

I don't think the problem is the style he's playing, it's that he's playing really badly. And that isn't all the production's fault, seriously.

I'm not saying he isn't a great bassist, I've never seen him before, but in this video he is pretty atrocious.

Dude it looks like he's trippin balls on some sort of substance XD

IMHO the people posting these negative views are wrong. The video is badly produced, but the guy is fantastic. You can hear the early R'n'B and motown stuff in it. And that's where slap bass came from. Like jazz this is very casual and spontaneous. He is encouraging us to explore the instrument, focusing on SOUND production, a great approach to teaching! This is NOT about riffs and clichees. I think one should respect every musician, and I wished I have had teachers as musical as Tony Newton.

this guy S**ks

is this a joke because it's not funny.

Bloody awfull

Come on , he played in TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME , one of the greatest jazzfusion bands!

Pile of shite.

well i 4t he was good..

I can't believe this guy is supposed to be teaching.

he is drunk !!

this is absurd...this guy has no idea....HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

lol @ 0:51 Classic dope fiend manuever. How do I get a job like this?

ariba ariba!

Decent video. But I get the feeling he's doing this so he can buy some skank

he looks funky lol

Hey Man........, open up!, it's me----Dave.

sry...but ...S**ks ....

looked like a charactor from a cheech and chong movie, pretty cool though, i kinda got what he was tryin to get across

I was waiting for him to fall off the chair..."Open up it's me dave I got the stuff"