Originally Posted by Tattered

It is important that you dont go straight to the advanced stuff like primus.. it will mess up your technique and your playing will be very sloppy, so start off with some easy grooving stuff, solid funk lines, easy blues walks.. mess about with the Major and Minor scales, and use a metronome! (http://www.metronomeonline.com/ - this one is easy to use online) but if you can afford it get a nice metronome.