Welcome. Hope no one has P.T.S.D. from N.A.M.M. Bad jokes aside this time we’re going to run circles around the circle of 5ths. The circle of...
This month I’ve chosen to feature the late tenor sax giant, Michael Brecker’s solo on the extremely demanding John Coltrane composition Giant Steps. Why not feature a...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we will discuss the descarga in latin music, also known as descarga cubana. The descarga was...
Kenny Weydener by Kenny Weydener… You can imagine that I listen to a lot of CD’s and I feel fortunate that a select few of these are...
Upbeat by Andres Rotmistrovsky… Every time I feed a CD into the player to listen to it for the first time, I do so with the...
HI, MY “BASS” FRIENDS! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE “SPEED” EXERCISES. THE EXERCISE I SUGGESTED LAST TIME IS THE FIRST PART...
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...
I wish I could accurately share the extraordinary experience that we have been privileged to enjoy in Winter NAMM 2012. Anything I can say would fall...
Ethan Farmer by Andreas Farmakalidis – Bass Musician Magazine February 2012 Issue… Andreas Farmakalidis is Having, Wine and Strings, with Ethan Farmer aka ebassman… The idea...