by Jake Kot – In chapter 6 of my book, An Artistic Guide to Economic Survival, I look into the domain of Apprenticeship. Like all of...
Review by Editor Jake Kot The Mike Mainieri / Marnix Busstra Quartet CD Trinary Motion represents a sterling musical landscape combining the elements of composition, improvisation,...
by Jake Kot – Welcome to the first in a series of articles where I’ll be taking excerpts from my new book, An Artistic Guide to...
Here’s an article that was sent to BMM from Tyler Barnett of likeZEBRA.com listing the top 5 reasons an artist should ditch a label. I’ve put...
Review by Editor, Jake Kot Our fearless CD reviewer for BMM, Damian Erskine, just released his newest effort “So To Speak”, which I had the great pleasure...
In my interview with Victor in our February-March issue, Victor and I spent a great deal of time talking about the “instructional process.” His views are...
Damian’s book proves to be another well thought out text on presenting the fundamentals for any player to consider. A commendable array of scales, modes, chords,...
Fretboard Alchemy and Fretboard Arcanum by Scott Hubbell… After conducting many interviews for the magazine, I admittedly have more or less a recurring question I try...
In my last article I posed a leading question to the readers… A magnetic pickup on an electric bass (or guitar) can not hear wood resonance...
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, taking on the responsibility of the business side of your artistic quest is paramount. Each artist I’ve interviewed so far...
Written by a bass player for bass players, The Bassist’s Guide to Injury Management, Prevention and Better Health by Randall Kertz, D.C. is designed to point...
Chris Brandt has been my bass tech for well over a decade. His knowledge and skills as a tech are second to none, but he also...
With the interviews I’ve conducted so far, I found a common thread that I’d like to address. The rules for getting exposure as an artist have...
It was 20 years ago on September 21st that Jaco passed away. Personally, with the amount of his music that is yet still being presented, as...
Damian Erskine is hitting the bass world hard with the release of his solo debut “Trios”, as well as a growing tour schedule. Beyond that, he...
