Victor's solo career has landed him collaborations with a variety of artist. Wooten has been playing Bass for Bela Fleck and the Fleck-tones since the group banded together in 1988. I personally caught them live just recently! If you ever get a chance to check them out! Trust me; you will be happy you did! Most people who listen to Victors recordings and watch his instructional videos, know that he's not only a great Bass Player and performer.
Victor is also a very educated Instructor for teaching his techniques. Wooten's lessons are very easy and fun to follow. Here's a short break down on the "Victor Wooten lesson".
1. In the first lesson Victor describes how your thumb and finger can work together. These examples are very clear and concise. After wards, he shows some exercises to increase your motor skills in order to perfect his thumb and finger technique. This is a must see lesson!
2. Victor then talks about his main influences. He gets into detail about what he learned from them (very fascinating ). His influences are Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke! It's no question as to why Victor turned out to be one of the greatest bass guitar players in the world. Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke! Are known to be some of the Best Bass Players in history.
3. Inspiration and new Ideas was an interesting topic. Origin of inspiration is a good topic for discussion. Inspiration as we all know comes from many sources,sometimes just one strong inspiring source can make a difference in anybody's life! Great Subject!
4. I loved the way Victor talks about Grooves! And how important grooving is! He talks about how to achieve a groove, because, without it, everything else is meaningless! Your Groove is your best LICK! There's hundreds and thousands of bass guitar players that have tremendous hand speed. There also lye's hundreds and thousands of bass guitar players who think they have controlled and disciplined hand speed. I'm sure Victor isn't down playing having great hand speed and technique as a great tool, he is simply saying think simple first, then build from the fundamental aspect of bass playing by listening to how the bass guitar functions in music. Doing this will help develop a clear foundation of how to be successful at playing grooves! This lesson by far is the most important lesson for any aspiring bass player!
Whether you agree with my analogy of the Victor Wooten Lesson. In my opinion Victor still remains one of the Greatest Bassist of all Time! If you like Victor Wooten, then you might also check out
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