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Meet Editor Jake Kot -
I’m going to being opening up a blog very soon addressing “Creativity”. (I will give notice to everyone when it’s up). I’ve been looking hard into the subject of our creative-self as it still remains to be one of the hardest subjects to tackle with all of my students, and I believe everyone deals with wondering how creative we can truely be on some level. What exactly is creativity? There are actually quite a few variations on the meaning of creativity out there. Here’s the definition that hits home for me personally. Creativity is applied imagination. As simple as that sounds, it still remains to be seen that many players out there still see this as a weakness in their overall musicianship. So I’ve decided to take one of the blogs I’ll be presenting and offer it to our readers…a small step you can take to help you see your creative potential a little more clearly. I’m sure this exercise will get you thinking.
Click below to download the exercise:
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Jake Kot has written 150 articles in BMM.
Jake Kot is the owner and designer for his custom bassline Kot Basses, partner in "Mitchell & Kot Productions", and performing on over 100 CD's, Jake has also written, arranged, and produced two solo Cd's featuring such world class players as Dave Weckl, Eric Marienthall and Dave Derge.
In addition musically to being a performer and composer, Jake is also a clinician for Accugroove Cabinets, Hevos amps, and D'Addario strings, and has been featured at such bass events as Bassquake and Bassbash.
He is currently working on his 3rd solo CD for release in 2008, the completion of his first instructional book called "The Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns by Slonimsky--Applications", and will be a regular fixture on upcoming bass events.
