Meet Jaime David Vazquez – Greetings! Hope you’re grooving a lot my friends! For this issue, we’re going to work with natural harmonics. How do you...
Meet Adam Nitti – Welcome back! As you have heard me preach incessantly before, I believe that a dependence on patterns and shapes in lieu of...
The Latin Pulse with Michael Lazarus: Analysis of Clave-based Bass Movement on Paulito FG’s “Con La Conciencia Tranquila” Title Track (audio + transcriptions) by Michael Lazarus...
Meet Doug Johns Hello and welcome to Slap Basics. I’m honored to lend my groove to this much-needed publication; but first, I have a heartfelt disclaimer...
Meet Doug Johns – I would like to start by congratulating Bass Musician Magazine on its second anniversary! This great bass magazine continues to raise the...
Meet Ray Riendeau – As a teacher for many years a common question I get from many students is about how and what to practice. Sometimes...
by David Dyson – At some point, every musician has an idea or picture of how they want their future to look and how they envision...
Meet Oteil Burbridge – I’ve come to a new place in my outlook towards work that I wish I had committed to long ago. It’s all...
Meet Igor Saavedra – What is that on the sky…It’s a bird…it’s a plane…no it’s SUPERBASS. An ERB or Extended Range Bass is an important member...
Meet Andrea Fascetti – Hi my friends! First of all, thank you for the positive feedback about these lessons! In this issue we’ll continue on from...
Meet Bill Harrison – As promised last issue, let’s start using backing tracks to work with the most common chord progression in jazz, the ii/V. Please...
Meet Jaime David Vazquez – Are you tired of playing the same bass patterns? Would you like to add some hot stuff to your grooves? Let’s...
Meet Adam Nitti – Welcome back, bass-folk! My last 2 articles dealt with basic tapping exercises designed to introduce you to the techniques used, as well...
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...
