Vince Di Francesco
Guest teacher profile: Vince Di Francesco
Hi, I'm Vince from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am 20 years old, and have been playing bass for about 7 years. I play in progressive band called Bison (www.bisonmusic.ca). I'm a graduate of Mohawk College in Hamilton, and currently studying at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. I'm really into funk, progressive, jazz, latin, and pop music. I have always been interested in the bass's ability to be a lead instrument without forgetting our fundamental role as BASS players. With that philosophy, it may be easy to understand that I'm influenced by players like Jaco Pastorius, Flea, Juan Alderete, John Wetton, and Stuart Zender, who play(ed) that type of role on the bass. That being said, I still enjoy any good music, no matter what style or genre.
Vince's bass loops and tunes are featured here:
Website: http://www.myspace.com/vincedbass
Lessons by Vince Di Francesco:
Extended Major Arpeggios on Bass – Lesson
Electro-Harmonix Micro POG on Bass
“JACO” Licks in E7 – Lesson
Fretless Lesson: Juan Alderete Lines
Polyrhythms – A Simple Exercise
Tal Wilkenfeld – Serendipity Intro Lesson
USERS ONLINE
Most recent posts
- How To Play Hammer To Fall (Queen)
- Right hand technique for upright bass.
- Bass Solo – “Wow”
- L338 Bass groove and fill in C – MarloweDK signature bass demo
- Bluesy Riff to a Shuffle Rhythm
- Tower of Power #5 – “Credit”
- Rock / metal Bass: Finger style pedal tone exercise in D Dorian
- Signposts: Multipart tapping and slapping, Danny M’s Duality (Power Duo)
- Simple slap groove
- Bach Bass #3
- Motown Groove Number 17
- Motown Groove Number 5
- Rock Bass #2
- Mindpark – Beautiful morning (6/8 time exercise)
- Motown Groove Number 46
- Walking Bass lesson – Beginner #2 – with Scott Devine
Shout box
: I dont know the song so i wouldnt know;-) But in general you need to be really good to play busy
: just heard the bassline to Gene Chandler's "Groovy Situation" Grooving bassline! My question is...Do you think it's too busy and would play something that busy in your band. I totally dig it but I imagine some people may think it is overdone. I'd like to read your thoughts. Keep up the great work!
: Thx Tonari, it was also a great experience to do
: Hi, Marlowe! I found on Youtube many recordings from Talkshowet Meyerheim, and in every video you are playing so cool lines. You are the best!
: Relatively low but without too much fretbuzz
: No I dont think so, sorry
: Hi Marlowe. What action height do you recommend for slapping on jazz bass (I know action is a VERY subjective matter) but anyway... thanks a lot. Lots of respect to you!
: Hi Marlowe, Is the You Play Along site going to be back up at all?
: Lots of licks in Major, just transpose to F, on bass its easy. Search the site for Major
: Marlowe, Do you have a lick in F major (on your site) that would sound 'right at around 134 BPMs? Thank you for your great work. Just joined the site.