Monthly Bass Battles
Free Backing Tracks to Boost Your Groove
Ready to take your bass playing to the next level? Each month, I release a free bass battle backing track designed to challenge your timing, creativity, and technique. Whether you're into jazz, hip hop, lofi, or funk, these custom tracks are the perfect way to sharpen your skills and share your sound. Submit your recording, get feedback, and see how other bassists are interpreting the groove, or just jam along at your own pace.
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March Bass Battle
The March MLWR backing track features lush, modern harmonies crafted using Jacob Collier’s Choir plugin from Native Instruments. Centered around a progression of secondary dominant chords, it delivers a rich foundation full of tension, resolution, and expressive movement. The layered vocal textures create an immersive soundscape that inspires improvisation, creative phrasing, and advanced bass guitar techniques. Perfect for bassists and producers alike, this track is a powerful tool for exploring jazz harmony, modern arranging, and next-level tone.
February Bass Battle
Starting 2025 with a lofi backing track featuring samples from Splice. The chords used include various extensions that all come from the key of the song, E flat major. Additionally, there are several different sections throughout, giving students an opportunity to work on their arrangement skills as well.
Original beat for the purpose of improving bass composition, performance, and arrangement techniques.
Community Submissions
Student Submissions
November Bass Battle
We have a beat produced by the Denver artist Niko Suave Music for the November edition of the monthly bass battle. This jazz influenced hip hop beat blends soothing piano samples and hard driving drums. It is also in a fairly uncommon key, E flat minor, which allows students to work outside their comfort zone. On your bass line writing journey start by connecting to the groove and then work on outlining the chords. Then, if you still need help, contact Teacher Ross for further guidance!
Niko Suave Music
Original beat by Niko Suave Music. Used with permission for the purpose of improving bass technique.
October Bass Battle
October's Bass Battle backing track is an RNB/Neosoul beat. It features samples from @DreaminColorBeats889 . Post your best bass lines, solos, melodies or even lyrics and be sure to tag us!
Custom backing tracks for virtual bass lessons.
September Bass Battle
The Andalusian Cadence is a very popular and common chord progression. It’s often categorized as a flamenco guitar chord progression but it’s used in many musical genres such as rock, pop, classical music, and jazz.
Custom backing tracks for virtual bass lessons.
RNB Bass Battle
For August the bass battle is an RnB/Lofi backing track. It features keyboard samples from jloops_.
Custom backing tracks for virtual bass lessons.
Community Member Submission
Student Submission
Bossa Nova Bass Battle
In July of 2024, our studio began offering the monthly Bass Battle. Here are the submissions from our students demonstrating their work.
Winning Student Submission
Student Submission
Custom backing tracks for virtual bass lessons.