Creating Bass Lines – Part 2 by Rhayn Jooste (View Part 1) Connecting the Dots Now comes the fun part, connecting the changes. Once you have...
Of Bread and Circus: How to Handle an Audience that is Not on Your Side by Kilian Duarte… As many of us learned in elementary school history,...
Creating Bass Lines by Rhayn Jooste… This series of articles is in response to a question I had on twitter that I was not able to formulate...
RICO BELLED’s XR7 – Five of Eight Bass Transcription by Andreas Farmakalidis… Grammy nominated bass player for the contemporary jazz band ‘Rippingtons’. For the last 20 years...
BASS LINES BY JAIME VAZQUEZ: THE SIXTEENTH-NOTE GROOVE PART III – DAVE ELLEFSON’S STYLE… Hello bass players! Welcome to the third part of the article devoted...
Encyclopedia of Soul Grooves: Donald “Duck” Dunn’s Classic Bass Lines By Rob Collier… The bass world was saddened by the news that Donald “Duck” Dunn, best known...
Finding Your Own Voice – Cross Pollination by Jimi Durso… One great way to expand what you’re musically capable of (and thus find out what you really...
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...
JAZZ IMPROVISATION WITH ANDREA FASCETTI – BEBOP LESSON NUMBER 3… HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS! HOW ARE YOU? HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING BEBOP LINES? I HOPE YOU...
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...
Hello again bass musicians! If you recall from my last article, it’s time to talk about getting your Upright Bass set up, so let’s move right...
McCartney’s Masterpiece: Bass on the Beatles’ Something by Rob Collier… In last month’s article, I did an overview of Paul McCartney’s melodic bass lines, citing short...
Hello BMM and Community! It’s summertime and here it is, Part II! For this edition, I have some grooves from my BMM colleague and 6 string bass virtuoso,...
Theory and Technique Three by Rhayn Jooste… Chord : a unit of two or more sounds Harmonic: overtone/s above a fundamental note Theory This month we are going...
Finding Your Own Voice: Range by Jimi Durso… I read an interview with Paul McCartney where he was asked why he played the bass line to Day...