Finding Your Own Voice Stealing Ideas by Jimi Durso… A phrase I commonly use with students is: “Don’t steal the lick, steal the idea”. Just like...
Finding Your Own Voice by Jimi Durso – Extended Techniques… “Extended techniques” is a term generally applied to any unconventional approach the instrument. Of course, a...
Inversions can be a real fun way of using the fourth and fifth elements of the bass line hierarchy (from my column back in November). If...
Finding Your Own Voice Cross Pollination part 2: Shadow Voice by Jimi Durso… Last month I spoke (or rather wrote) on finding inspiration in other styles....
Finding Your Own Voice – Cross Pollination by Jimi Durso… One great way to expand what you’re musically capable of (and thus find out what you really...
Finding Your Own Voice: Range by Jimi Durso… I read an interview with Paul McCartney where he was asked why he played the bass line to Day...
We covered some rhythmic concepts a while back, and now I’m going to give you another simple yet powerful exercise that will improve your bass line...
In my most recent performance with Coincidence Machine, I was reminded again of the power of the inner critic. We all have one. It’s that voice...
Now that we’ve covered rhythm a bit (though there will be much more on that subject) we’re going to explore a means of conceptualizing the note...
Now that you can accent any point in the measure (at least if you did the exercises from last month you can) we can move on...
Here is a deceptively simple exercise to dramatically increase your rhythmic versatility. Take any chord progression and just play the root note on the downbeat. (In...
When bassists talk about tone, the conversations usually center on equipment: what instrument, type of strings, amplifier, and such. Though these things do have an effect...
I remember entering a metro talent search when I was in high school. I was a Stanley Clarke fanatic and even performed in a custom made...
