Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Alberto Rigoni “Something Different” www.albertorigoni.net Italian bassist Alberto Rigoni has obviously worked very hard on his first solo release, “Something Different”. ...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Adam Nitti “Liminal” www.adamnitti.com First, a definition: “Liminal – of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition” If...
Continuing with the theme from the last article, this time we’ll talk about left-hand technique, again assuming the player is right-handed. Here are some positioning examples:...
by Phil Baker – Things happen when cultures collide–some good, some bad, but always interesting. The Crusades, when medieval Europe clashed with the Muslim world, led...
Meet Yves Carbonne – ** Please click on the link at the bottom of this article before reading Dear Bass Players Friends, This month, I bring...
Meet Jason Heath – We’ve finally reached 100 episodes of Contrabass Conversations! In this special episode, we hear how many of our guests from our first...
Meet Mark von Bergen – The latest issue of DownBeat lists what it considers to be the most important guitarists of all time. Among the 75...
Meet Doug Johns I think this article is timely in that it coincides with the season for the winter NAMM show. I think everyone should go...
Meet Lucas Pickford – Please click below to download this transcription. Jaco-Used_To_Be_a_Cha_Cha-Feb09
Meet Andrea Fascetti – Hi my friends! Thank you very much for interest in my column. I have received some emails about my work and am...
Meet Adam Nitti To view this lesson, please download the PDF, TONAL RUMINATIONS below Adam-Nitti-Tonal-Ruminations-Feb09
by Brad Houser Hello again, Bass-o-philes… Let us together contemplate the sublime bliss that is ………..Radiohead. Released in 2007, their album “In Rainbows” has infected my...
Meet Martin Simpson – Concord Nkabinde is probably, by far, South Africa’s most popular bassist. Nobody has ever got a bad word to say about the...
Meet Brent-Anthony Johnson – When I listen to Lisa Mann, I’m reminded of how fleeting and yet beautiful life can be. Her song “Someday” from her...
Meet Editor, Jake Kot – Doug Wimbish has been a strong voice in the bass community for quite some time now. His exploits with “Living Colour”...