Review by Raul Amador – Interested in Bass Books, CD’s and DVD’s? If so, Join the discussion in the Bass Musician Magazine Community! “Music Smarts” by...
Hey everybody. As a new upright player (not a new instrument, but new to the instrument) and in preparation for my lecture at the International Society...
Meet Mark von Bergen – In no musical genre does bass play a greater role than in Jamaican music. From the mid-50s through today, popular Jamaican...
Meet Doug Johns – So, you know how my articles have always ended with the phrase, “Get out there and jam with somebody?” Well, the other...
Meet Ray Riendeau – Hi everyone! In this article I’d like to discuss the importance of learning and transcribing things that you want to learn. It...
Meet Lucas Pickford John Coltrane’s seminal modal jazz composition ‘Impressions’ is as challenging as anything he composed even though it only has two chords in it....
Meet Andrea Fascetti Hi my friends!!! How are you? I hope that you have studied hard since the last set of exercises, because in this lesson...
Meet Bill Harrison – Some musical skills are best learned alone – technique, scales and arpeggios, the layout of your fingerboard and so on. Bass Musician...
Meet Bill “WBGO” Lanphier – Flummoxed. That’s a good way to describe someone trying to play Bulgarian meters for the first time. Actually, even guys familiar...
Meet Jaime David Vazquez – Welcome to my bass column! Hope you enjoy and learn a lot about bass playing! This time we’ll work on bass...
Meet Adam Nitti – Welcome back, everyone! In this installment, I want to continue where we left off with my “Tapping 101” column from the December/January...
Meet Don Campbell – You may not know his name, but you surely know his work. Legendary soul and rhythm and blues bassist Jerry Jemmott –...
Meet Brad Houser – Hello Bass People… First, a disclaimer… There is no “bad-ass” bass playing on this CD; CD by whom? Deerhoof. ‘Friend Opportunity’. “Deer-What?”...
Meet Biscuit – JD DeServio… Killer bassist with Black Label Society and also now Cycle of Pain. He is a man with over 30 years of...
Meet Igor Saavedra – How many requirements have to be met for a bass player to become “Acknowledged” in the bass community? The truth is that...