Finger Funk exercise #1

[XavSch]

that hat gives you a (sort of) jay kay look thingy haha

[etiantoskano]

Muchas gracias, eso fue de mucha ayuda!

[aaa567ify]

This sounded good. Great camera angle. The glare on the fret board actually help haha. This will help finger placement on fretboard. Thanks.

[Dmanlamius76]

@aaa567ify No problem :)

[massivebonanza]

thanks for the upload, helpful vid fella.

[Comrico]

oh hell :DD:D pls button your shirt

[freakenretarded03]

dude..ur awesome...tabs please? :D

[eggnog1337]

dood that is a sick bass tone! what amp do you have and what is your eq?

[Mr1981pete]

dude, that looks like my old room?! well done

[dnaisinmybody]

AAAHHHHH YEEAAAAAH!! SLOOOOWWWW MOOTIOONN LOOOOLLL!

[falconwings8]

I DID IT!!!, After 3 months of playing this I can now play as fast as The great Dman! Thank you so much for the help and videos, Really help with my speed and timing!!

[FortuneFaded415]

Thank you teaching me to play the bass. In return I teach you how to use shirt buttons?

[desbravador1]

It looks like flea

[YoursTrulyFromMe]

Keep up the good work bro! There aren't many bassists who would slow down so much to show beginners these kinda stuffs.

[salamwood]

Sos groso loco!!! Thanks so much.

[lucyy14full]

is quite simple but at the same time and hard

[TheErnieLeblanc]

Excellent technique breakdown demo.

[beatlefan5125]

where did you get the drums?



[pistonear]

need backing beats let me know

[mediabench]

@trooperx666 Halfway between the end of your fingernail and the center of your fingerprint. Also, don't hook your thumb over like this guy, unless you want cramps and less mobility. lol

[Dmanlamius76]

@mediabench My mobility is fine. Check my other videos. I have never got cramps, either.

[murder555]

@Dmanlamius76

Alot of bassists have the thumb over..i hold it over sometimes also..never had any issues.

[Dmanlamius76]

@murder555 Uh huh. I was watching a video of Les Claypool playing the awakening earlier today. Thumb over.

[alexowain]

@mediabench Jimi Hendrix did it :')

[surgicalbassist]

@mediabench That is like Picaso telling Van Gogh.."You are holding your brush wrong..." Van Gogh would be like.."look here, buddy, you stick to painting your geometric shapes, and I will keep on doing my thang...." Or maybe Victor Wooten telling Flea "Your funk technique is off bro, you need to slow it down, and get a better right hand technique..." Flea says "Suck my Kiss!"

[Dmanlamius76]

@surgicalbassist Brilliant! :D

[Dmanlamius76]

@surgicalbassist Ha, Ha, Brilliant!

[LiamGallagher1806]

@surgicalbassist

genius!

[hjxcvbnm]

hey man! nice hat!

[SebasstianSlaptin]

Thanks for your exersices. I really follow you.

Greetings from Chile.

[sickdiggitydog]

Stingray POWER!

[goretdu62]

Thank you from France for this lesson

[Dmanlamius76]

@goretdu62 No problem :)

[MarcEsser1]

it helps when you talk

[Nitrosetheprodigy]

Thanks dmajeulaidnfnb76

[Dmanlamius76]

@Nitrosetheprodigy No problem. You got it wrong, though. It's dmajeulaidnfnc76.  I think.

[chrisjeh24]

close your shirt, you're not David Hasselhoff

[Dmanlamius76]

@chrisjeh24 Yes I am. I have a pint of vodka and a half eaten kebab just off screen to prove it.

[chrisjeh24]

@Dmanlamius76 LOL

[Dmanlamius76]

@chrisjeh24 :D

[ilsk3n]

@Dmanlamius76 the slow motion also hits the spot in making it baywatch authentic. I'm not sure where the hat fits in, but its real... eh... funky? ;o) Anyway, nice videos. Keep rockin!

[trooperx666]

might be the wrong video to ask this but...

when i play with fingers, my fingers always seem to latch onto the strings, slowing me down a tad, am i doing something wrong? where should i hit the string on my finger.

thanks! :D

[welcometoiowa]

yeah, typical *im a bass player* face :Đ i love the groove, especially slowly, bangs my head

[cultofd]

just larned it,its pretty awesome

[Milzililili99]

a musicman?

[AxterIsTheOnlyTruth]

@Dmanlamius76

where do you get your drum tracks?

[Dmanlamius76]

@AxterIsTheOnlyTruth Hello there. They come from my Pandora. I uploaded them to youtube though. Check out my main channel :)

[teddybear1111111]

wate make is the bass has the sound im after

[Midnightpitbull2]

"I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHER FUCKIN ADS ON THESE MOTHER FUCKIN YOUTUBE VIDEOS" -Samuel L. Jackson

[Dmanlamius76]

@Midnightpitbull2 Amen.

[DontEatChicken]

@Midnightpitbull2 I DONT THINK YOU GET IT! I'VE HAD IT! WITH THESE MOTHER FUCKIN ADS ON THESE MOTHER FUCKIN YOUTUBE VIDEOS!

[sandenus]

@Midnightpitbull2 your so right...these people that give hours of their lives to entertain us dont deserve any money for their troubles, i mean that 15 seconds of you watching Olé or Shamwow is so not worth segments of this guys life...

[I0QQ0I]

@Midnightpitbull2

"So install motherfuckin Adblock on Firefox, it's motherfucking free and it motherfucking works. I haven't seen an ad in years." - I0QQ0I

[allan571976]

urDaManLamius!!

[Jonie2time]

this is the first riff i ever learned...i will subscribe...ur an awesme teacher

[HendrixofSound]

what wasw the first song u played

[dudecicero]

Geez, man, this is so groovy! I think I'm falling in love with the bass.

[estewarrior1]

heyy cool lessons

[sagasa456]

your beanie looks tight as hell please tell me what it is .

[Dmanlamius76]

@sagasa456 It's a Beanie.

[BigMacFury]

@Dmanlamius76 Lmfao that made me lol so hard

[Dmanlamius76]

@BigMacFury :D

[TheBassman1950]

@Dmanlamius76 I`m an older want to be a decent bass player, and man you have helped me out. Played Banjo for ten yrs. and some lead guitar, developed tremor disorder, so I picked up bass, sorry I board with, but my point is that for the first time sense I picked bass ,have i grasp so much in such a short period of time. Thanks for everthing.

[SLIPKNOTRULESEARTH11]

@Dmanlamius76 hahaathat was amusing

[degv15]

great lesson as always

[MostAwsomeGuyEver]

i don´t know why i watched this i haven´t even got my bass yet...

[00bassplayer]

Hermano muchas felicidades¡¡ tocas muy chido el bajo

yo soy bajista de aca de el estado de México, me son de mucha utilidad tus ejercicios¡¡

muchas gracias sigue haciendo musica¡¡¡¡

[[[[el bassplayer-from-asotea]]]]]

[Grimm1977]

You give a good and easily understandable lesson.And you are really good at playing as well.Great help.

Keep up that great work m8.Cool exercise btw.

Trying to learn right now.

Thanks!

[lukiat]

Hey i wanted to know, what pc program do you use for the Drum beats? Greetings from Argentina, i am a big fan of your videos man :P

[Dmanlamius76]

@lukiat Hiya. for this, I used a beat on my Korg pandora, but you can use things like Hammerhead. Google it :)

[theREALrap]

whhh jamiroquai

[M2372]

Good Job man, still funky.

[Braulioiscool]

dude can you just record yourself play for like five minutes id really like to hear it without interruption :)

[spellerlittlewing]

thanx you helped me alot am getting back into bass playin

[DeadlyxXxPellet]

YOU FUCKING SUCK .....

just like primus ;D

thumb up :)

[salva7778]

thank you for the help

o and is there a #2

[7deepbreaths]

Funky hat and neck jewelry!

[mant31gas]

thx a lot for this exercise

it's helpming me a lot

you're a great teacher , can i hire you for private lessons :P (just kidding)

cheers man

[kosako73]

Really nice, from Spain thanks for your help. Is easier to develope new lines watching your videos.

[cesar24487]

hola amigo... tus videos son muy buenos e instructivos, y han sido de gran ayuda para mi aprendizaje... espero q sigas subiendo mas videos donde expliques las escalas mayores y menores en el bass para ampliar mis conocimientos en cuanto a la musica en general... desde venezuela, deseo bendiciones a tu vida... Cesar .

[adamdonovan88]

can anyone tell me what amp is being used here? Just wondering

[Dmanlamius76]

@adamdonovan88 Hello! It's a Roland cube amp. Tis what i use for practice.

[LexNeedsBrain]

Nice! :p

[salva7778]

thank you

your a good bass player and a good teacher

i got a challenge for you it is to put a how to play Beethoven on the bass i need someone to show me how to play it please and thank you

[manitopt]

that's cool man!! ;)

[koRnfR3ak25]

No joke man you're a very exceptional bass player and you've for sure helped me work on a lot of my more funk oriented stuff.

[Dmanlamius76]

@koRnfR3ak25 No problem , glad it helped! :)

[Andresilus]

Hey! I just bought a new Ibanez in Bergen(Musikk-Senteret, Norway)The tunes are my fan's, and i like you, as much as yourselves.The Billboard is just a skip, for my popularity to skip.I am popular at nights in a dreamstate.YES, SIR!

I still belong to Hagstrøm.Bass licks should be slowly trixing for our fathers.

From Andresilus..

[lean12345678]

gracias, muy buenas las lecciones. Por cierto que modelo es tu bajo? es excelente loco. Suerte desde Longchamps! seguí así.

[Enjoistick]

Nice man ;)

[sithlordawg]

what kind of bass is being played here?

[ianidinuse]

@sithlordawg musicman (:

[raikirie14]

Friendly, Funky, AWESOME!! :)

[phantomrock2009]

cool goin to have a go at that now before i forget lol. wot finger excersise do you do if any ?

[KAINEIZRUDE]

i just realised theyre the same, but the second one is slow mo, woops :P

[KAINEIZRUDE]

ya got some pretty good grooves there mate, i love the first one :)

[KAINEIZRUDE]

ya got some pretty good grooves there mate, i love the first one :)

[magus1805]

perfect. clear, to the point, no waffle.....thanks for posting. by the way, what kind of bass are u playing? sounds great.

[Inthescissor]

@magus1805 It's a Musicman. Not sure what model though...

[kevbokirwan]

great stuff needed a new riff

[hazar23456]

do you think you could do that in slap??? awsome bass riff though

[RCshortstop10]

NICE MAN, and this is gonna make me ound like a noob but could u tab it or make a instructional video?

[sicsofkm]

Ray34???

Like me ^0^???

[ferrao123]

i started playing 3 days a go i playing the most time possible but i have a tiny problem every time i it a note the string hits the metal parts " the ones thar ate on the side of the dots" it makes a damm bad noise . is it any way to make it stop i'm hiting paralel to the bord but it stil it the things...::S need some help

[sithslayer12]

i have that same problem...i am wondering how i can fix it too, and i have had my bas for a while now.....

[DJMiniBurnie]

try hitting closer to the botom of the frets,,, for example, if you hit the first fret, try to hit as close to the second fret as possible without actually hitting it. (by the way im gesussing the metal parts are the frets)

[euxoulis43]

yeah..and this too....^^

[euxoulis43]

u have to get used to it...i used to play guitar and when i started bass i heard these noises too....i didn't like them..but now i can't imagine my bass without a bit of these sounds..:P (also it depends on the wuality of the bass...mine is kinda cheap...)

[MattMcSteen]

Dman has the best groove face ever. x)

[bsiswanto]

nice move man ...

[miti12345]

te faci de ras si aici pe youtube :)

[senor9312]

great

[AphelionSol]

hey dude,great job again.look,can i find this backing track that you're using?im interested in funk and i'm trying to gather as much material that i can.thanks

[melissavmendez1]

AWESOME!

[kainswor9170]

omg i thought it said finger fuck exercise. hahahaha

[KawaRider88]

the sound on this vid is a little low...turned up my speakers max and it was still low...other than that great video!

[BoboSab3121]

well i have a 5.1 speaker system so i dont haev any prob :D

[KawaRider88]

6.1 HD here...haha kids and there cheap shit

[BoboSab3121]

yeah well i got mine for free so im pleased :P

[jadeevalley]

ur fantastic!! luvin the groove :) awesome lesson, awesome skills.

[katoerie]

Ah ok well thanks again for the fast reply, and i will check out the forums!! I understand that you don´t have time at the moment! but thanks anyways, and whenever u wan´t to tab it out that would be great! ok goodbye for now, and keep up the good work (and pleeeeeaaaaasssseeee more of those fingerstyle funk lessons!!)

Cya!

[katoerie]

Wow thanks for the fast reply! =D

And keep on rockin' (and videotape it =P)

[katoerie]

I mean what i meant is the part that starts at 2:53 till 2:56 coul u tab that for me?? :D

Cya

[Dmanlamius76]

Ohhhh, that part! I was just messing around! Time is not on my side at the moment, my friend, but if you join my forums (link on the right), and ask a dude called Garth, he may well do it for you! He's been tabbing my stuff lately, and is a good guy!

[katoerie]

Dude sounds great 5* (as always!) but can you please tell me how to play that last part u play it too fast to see :P i thinks it sounds awesome so can u please tab it or make a video how to play that? it rocks!!

[Dmanlamius76]

Hello, Kat. Check the box on the right. Under the "Important" bit, there is a link that will take you to the tab! Enjoy! :D

[phunkyphreek]

I've been playing for about 3-4 weeks and I can play thing rhythm at about 3/4 speed. So I'm really happy :) Thanks man I love your tutorials. Any tips on how to move my fingers faster though? (I'm a drummer) Or does it just come with time?

[MooseHunter911]

Thank you so much for putting these videos up really for spending time and beeing so great! you're and awesome teacher! THANKS!!

[chenshuan]

hey can i know what bass your using?

[Dmanlamius76]

That be a musicman :)

[baggziefiras]

nice man! i've been struggling to learn for about a year now..having major issues! ur slow motion vids help alot! thanks!

[DanielBassPlayer1990]

Nice one, but could u make harder fringer funk exercise? This is great for a beginners, but I'm looking for more advanced stuff.

[Dmanlamius76]

Definatly. The plan is to move up to Rocco-esque style 16ths. I want to slowly move to that standard, though. :)

[DanielBassPlayer1990]

Nice! THX man I can't w8 :D

[Squirtle575]

hey what kind of strings are you using?

[Dmanlamius76]

Ernie balls :)

[killiandanger]

yeah im still not that good but i can do this slow nowand plan on doin it over and over till i can do it normal for you thanks

[StopTheMoti0n]

slowing down the audioclip is just baaad lol.

[1StTubeYou]

Dman do u play in a band? Does it have any youtube vids or something???

[maxf130]

i know that he used to play in bands called Hot Butterd Muffin and Liquid Fool

theres loads of stuff on youtube just search it

[hotblud82]

great job D man! Ive gotta tell ya, some days i just dont feel like practicing my bass but then i watch a couple of your youtubes and Im playin ;-)

[prosun86]

nicccccce!

5 stars

[joshbfat]

I see you got your hat back man

Did it have fun? lol

This is a great little excersice, im not to sure about it being intermediate either, but you would know better then me

[dillydean]

sweet i was lokking for a new finger excercise cheers D man! =)

[silentbob890]

thanks a whole lot this is really fun to play

[PINGPONGDYNASTY]

It might just be my ears but do I spie a little bit of queen in there?

[danthewelshy]

if you ever get bored of the musicman you know where to send it kris :p

nice lesson, i was working on a bit of finger funk earlier, might have to steal one of the licks here Xd

[Froggeh92]

hm.. i did this in a matter of minutes and i took extra care of that open D just like u said... i dont get why its intermediate :P i've been playing for like 3 months so maybe im advanced beginner atmost.. by the way. GREAT EXCERCISE MAN!! i never was this comfortable when leaving the E and the A strings.. D is fine to an extent but Finger playing the G kills me :P. Thanks for this excercise ^^

[Dmanlamius76]

Ha Ha, well it's a simple riff to play, but not so simple to perfect. I mean, every note tight, in time, and crisp. Consistantly, bar after bar....:)

[Froggeh92]

Yea i guess ur right. Maybe i should record and listen to myself cause being Critical to yourself is weird... i mean u cant actually judge urself like others.. So i might be messing up in a way that i dont notice? yea probably :P

[Dmanlamius76]

Yea, see, that's where real teaching wins over internet teaching. A proper teacher would be able to give you advice as you were learning. I can only so much...:(

[Froggeh92]

No teacher could do more than what ur doing right here... Pleeease dont ever stop and thank you ^^ And those excercises are brilliant :P to think that u keep coming up with new ones is awesome! Peace dude ^^

[blackblues1984]

Nice one dude

[JLZfilms]

cool excercise

[slashLTU]

oomg! and a finger funk exercise! great! good job, keep it up. ;)

[AdamWitDaMoves]

nice job!