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...
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...
One of the great challenges I find with improvising is finding ways to smoothly transition from being inside the box harmonically and sounding out. I hear...
It seems obvious: if we want to truly become excellent worship bass musicians, we must practice our craft. However, how to practice (and how to do...
Pat Metheny for Bass by Andrea Fascetti… HI MY BASS BROTHERS, ARE YOU OK? HOPE YOU FEEL VERY STRONG TODAY, BECAUSE I MADE A SPECIAL LESSON...
Working with Audio Instructional Resource Distributed by Alfred Music Publishing… Alfred Music Publishing, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, distributes Working with Audio, a fundamental...
