Fear: An Enemy of Excellence… At the beginning of 2012, I wrote a column in which I challenged worship bassists to strive for excellence. Rather than...
TEN TIPS FOR GETTING THE BEST STAGE SOUND POSSIBLE FOR YOUR BASS by IGOR SAAVEDRA Hi Folks: This month’s article will be short but precise and...
Freelancing in a College Town: Know Your Role by Jonathan Moody… In the past two articles in this series, we’ve discussed things that aren’t as music oriented as...
The third featured artist in this series, “From Amateur to Pro” is bassist Derek Jones. Over the years, he has performed with such notable musicians as...
In my first installment, I talked about being dependable and consistent, allowing whoever hires you to make one call and not worry about anything else. This second subject...
It’s Thursday. I’m staring at a weekend (Friday-Sunday) that has five shows, two rehearsals and a church service. As I’m getting ready and organizing my gig bags, amp...
Sunday night finished a three-week theatre run with a very diverse group of people in the pit. The rhythm section was comprised of “veterans” in the...
Hal Leonard Books, the musician‚s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, has published The Future of the Music Business ($29.99)...
Complete Idiot’s Guide® to The Music Business TweetChat Hosted by Michael Miller… Every musician who wants to make a living needs to be aware of all aspects...
Performing on stage is something we all have to think about and evaluate at one point or another when we start to play live. Everyone has...
I am fortunate to have an appointment to meet with an amazing teacher each week. This teacher has the remarkable ability to show me positives of...
This month’s article will address, which in my opinion, is probably the most important asset that we the bass players have when it comes to exercising our profession…...
Meet Igor Saavedra – The word “Professional” is like a rubber band that can be expanded everywhere on its meaning depending on what somebody would like...
Meet Carl Dawkins – So this is going to be the last article for a while in this series of tips for the up and coming...
Meet Andreas Farmakalidis – I always find myself engaging in conversations about the importance of “details” in music as a whole. If you check the dictionary,...
