Easy Creativity by Jimi Durso… I’d like to present two simple ways to stimulate your musical creativity. They’re really the same thing, but viewed from two different...
BEBOP – JAZZ IMPROVISATION WITH ANDREA FASCETTI… LET’S START WITH BEBOP! HI MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUES, IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE AGAIN! I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE...
A Little Guide on How to Choose Bass Strings by Igor Saavedra… First of all I want to apologize with my readers for the delay on this...
How to Danko: A Lesson in the Style of Rick Danko by Rob Collier… The late 1960s was the era of the “supergroup.” Cream. The Jimi Hendrix...
Prelude by Bach, a Bass Transcription by Rhayn Jooste… The piece for this month is the Prelude from Cello Suite II. This is of course by the...
Start Your (Creative) Engines! by Steve Gregory… The worship bassist is an interesting animal. Insert a nature documentary voice-over here: “Here we see worship bassists in...
Bass Transcription – Joss Stone’s Fell in love with a Boy with Adam Blackstone on Bass… This month i am transcribing Joss Stone “Fell in love...
The second featured artist in this series on how to successfully make the transition from home bassist to concert hall virtuoso is Dave Marks. A freelance...
Hello BMM and Community! Many of my students have been asking me about the sixteenth-note grooves. So, I have decided to give you the tips and techniques from...
Jazz Improvisation with Andrea Fascetti – Bass Transcriptions… HI MY “BASS BROTHERS”, HOW ARE YOU? I HOPE YOU LIKED MY PAT METHENY SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM THE...
Dynamics vs. Sound… Knobs vs. Hands… I’m one of those few guys (for better or for worse – hahaha) who chose not to have any potentiometer at...
Bass Guitar Lesson Funky Bubbling with Warwick Artist Andy Irvine… Funky Finger Style Bubbling, Ghost noting, Jaco/Rocco vibe. Bass Gear Warwick Streamer Stage1 Custom Andy Irvine...
Bass Lines by Jaime Vazquez: Pumpin’ Eights… Hello BMM & Community! This month we will rock the eight notes. How? Check this out! If you listen carefully...
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...
Pattern: a regular form or sequence. Scale: a series of sounds in alphabetical order. Theory Music is math, or to put it another way music is made-up of...