This column has (and will continue to) focused on ideas that can help you to discover your own unique voice, but for this month I wanted...
Circumstances by Jimi Durso… I recently read an interview with the trumpeter Paolo Fresu, and he talked about how he got into using electronics, saying “I...
Very often when searching for our voice, we do so by looking outside ourselves and trying things. This isn’t a bad idea, and much of what...
One great way to help find your own voice is to develop it through the people around you. If you’re in a band, sitting in at...
Brian Ritchie on “Please Do Not Go” by Jimi Durso… Click to download Brian Ritchie on “Please Do Not Go” A too often overlooked bassist, Brian...
A Retuning Experiment by Jimi Durso… I stole this idea from someone else, but can’t remember who (so I can’t fully give them credit, but I don’t...
Study Without Light by Jimi Durso… Living in the northeast, I was one of the people who didn’t have electricity for a bit after hurricane Sandy. Though...
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...
Upside Out by Coincidence Machine Featuring Bassist Jimi Durso… It is always fun to have the opportunity to hear what our staff writers are up to...
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...
Easy Creativity by Jimi Durso… I’d like to present two simple ways to stimulate your musical creativity. They’re really the same thing, but viewed from two different...