International Bass Player Janek Gwizdala Visits the Institute… November 13th saw the return of established jazz bassist and visiting faculty Janek Gwizdala. The London born International...
Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society Wins Soul Train Award… The Concord Music Group is proud to announce that Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society has won a Soul Train Award...
Marcus Miller’s tour bus flipped over yesterday, killing the driver and injuring Miller and members of his band. Currently on tour in Switzerland, the band was...
Jimmy Haslip: Modern Improvisation For Bass (Instructional Book: Alfred Music) In his introduction to this excellent book, Jimmy reveals some of his deepest thoughts on improvisation:...
Gruv Gear Club Bag Featuring ScanFly – The Ultimate Flight-Smart Tech Backpack: A Video Review by Bass Musician Magazine… Check out our video review on Gruv...
Making the Scene: Nashville – How to Live, Network, and Succeed in Music City by Liam Sullivan… How hot is Nashville? So hot that when ABC was...
Bassist Avishai Cohen Receives NADAV Peoplehood Award… The 2012 NADAV Peoplehood Award was presented to Professor Elie Wiesel and Jazz musician Avishai Cohen at a ceremony in Jerusalem with hundreds of...
RICK’S PICKS: Van Morrison: Born To Sing: No Plan B (Exile) / Bassist: Paul Moore The Album: The Belfast songmaster’s first new album in four...
Bass Tabs – The Best Bass Tab Books… Bassist frequently contact us asking about bass tabs, and so we reached out to the owner of BassBooks.com,...
10 Obsessive Tips for Improving Your Rhythmic Abilities by Igor Saavedra… Believe me, I’ve done all this crazy stuff myself throughout the years…. well, I am a...
Effects Pedal – A Review of Gig-fx SubWah Pedal for Bass… Bass Musician Magazine takes a closer look at the bass pedal, the Gig-fx SubWah Pedal. In our video product review,...
MUSIC APP – Coach’s Eye: An App for Musicians Too! by Jonathan Moody… I am a big fan of my iPhone, I’ll admit it. There are a...
Melodyne Essential, Review by Eric Parsons… Overview Melodyne Essential is Celemony’s entry level product into the world of pitch and timing correction. Being Celemony’s most affordable...
BASS LINES BY JAIME VAZQUEZ: TOMMY SHANNON’S STYLE! Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we have a master of the blues bass, Tommy...
Casey Abram’s Self Titled Debut Album Casey Abrams… Before I get into my review of Casey Abram’s self titled debut album “Casey Abrams”, I feel compelled to...