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The last week of working in the theatre has been interesting. During the “warm up” time before the show, the college students in the pit have been showing off their chops by ripping through famous players’ licks, all the while being goaded on by their peers. I’ll admit, it’s kind of fun to see these [...]
I’ve addressed this issue briefly in couple old articles. But I think it deserves going a little further with the analysis. If I would have to choose one of the biggest mistakes that we the instrumentalist’s have the tendency to commit while we play, I would go for the topic of “playing for ourselves”. I’m [...]
How many times have you heard phrases like “This is a Classic Bass Technique”, “I like classic basses”, “Electric Bass Tradition”, and a hundred more phrases that are spread over the million articles and notes that have been written in relation with our beloved instrument? It is important to say that I think that all these quotes [...]
As far as I know, every society has some form of music. Music is universal, however its meaning is not. Music, through a Universal phenomenon, gets its meaning from culture. Different cultures interpret it differently. With the term culture, I connote the whole way of life of that specific group of people, learned and transmitted [...]
This month’s article will address, which in my opinion, is probably the most important asset that we the bass players have when it comes to exercising our profession… it’s name? “The Bass Pattern”. The Bass Pattern is a musical concept that has existed for centuries before the appearance of the Electric Bass. We would be able to say that [...]
A call out to all bassists who travel with musical instruments… Congress is currently considering legislation that will make it easier for us to take our instruments onboard airplane cabins instead of risking loss or damage from sending them as checked baggage. The Musicians’ Union has made a simple and quick way to register your [...]
Meet Igor Saavedra – The word “Professional” is like a rubber band that can be expanded everywhere on its meaning depending on what somebody would like to express, and quite often depending on what’s convenient, which in fact, in my opinion, is the most dangerous and toxic aspect. When most of the people make use [...]
Meet Igor Saavedra – If the word Dilettante sounds strange to some of you, here is a classical dictionary definition: “Dilettante comes from the Italian word Dilettare, “to delight.” Its connotation is that someone enjoys doing something, but does not take it seriously enough to become a professional at it. Most often used in relation [...]
Meet Igor Saavedra – First of all I wish you a superb 2011, full of music and happiness! That being said… I think this article doesn’t need to be really long…. it’s about focusing on the problem and putting it on the table for discussion. I would like to tell the English speaking bassists that [...]
Meet Igor Saavedra – Lately, this debate has gotten really very intense in the music world, so I think it’s very convenient to clarify many misunderstandings that “in my opinion” are very common regarding this matter. In fact, a couple of very well known and respected bass players on the scene are blaming and condemning [...]
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