Meet Doug Johns – I wanted to continue with the ideas from my last article, “Drummers Rule,” and really stress the importance of the bass and...
Meet Alex Wilkerson – This transcription is of Marcus Miller’s “Power” from the M2 album. This song uses virtually no finger style bass, but rather all...
Meet Lucas Pickford – For this installment of PTW I’ve chosen the beautiful Marcus Miller homage to the late, great, Jaco Pastorius. I’ve heard that when...
Meet Igor Saavedra – The chain is only as strong as its weakest link…….. It’s that simple my friends; this is exactly what happens with our...
Meet Andrea Fascetti – Hi my friends! I’m so glad to be here again, and I’m really honored to be on the staff of this great...
Meet Bill Harrison – Please download the pdf at the end of this page to get the most benefit out of this lesson. Last time I...
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 Carl Dawkins – So I hope you all enjoyed the last article, I had a lot of positive feedback from it, and seeing as we...
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...