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Slap Triad Arpeggios: Slap Bass With Ray Riendeau
December 1, 2007Click on the docment below to launch the Slap Triad Arpeggios lesson. Download Ray_Riendeau_Slap_Arpeggios.mov
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Expanding your Vocabulary with MIDI: Extended Bass With Al Caldwell
December 1, 2007I have a band called the Traveling Black Hillbilly’s. I play Banjo and Bass in the...
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Studio Tips Part 1: Creating Grooves With David Dyson
December 1, 2007I recall the days when I’d go into the studio as a hired hand and all...
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Transcription: Download Jaco Pastorius’ Bass Solo on “Used To Be A Cha Cha” : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
December 1, 2007Please click on the link below, Jaco-Used to be a Cha Cha, to download the transcription....
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Picks Transcription Workshop: The Art of Transcription
December 1, 2007The ability to transcribe, or write down on paper what you hear on a recording, is...
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Part 3 of the Improvisers Workout Program | Talking and Listening
December 1, 2007In our last training session (click here to view Part 2) we played, memorized and internalized...
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Modes Derived From the Melodic Minor Scale
December 1, 2007** Note: At the end of this page is the music download of the lesson. Please...
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Alternate Fingering And The Plucking Hand
December 1, 2007Welcome back, folks! Last time around I took a momentary departure from purely technical subjects to...
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Nathan East DVD: The Business Of Bass
December 1, 2007As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, taking on the responsibility of the business side of your...
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How to Get a Good Sound When Recording With an Acoustic Bass
October 1, 2007Hi everyone, welcome back to this months issue! I thank you for your questions, but all...
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Meet Bass Tech, Chris Brandt
October 1, 2007Chris Brandt has been my bass tech for well over a decade. His knowledge and skills...
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Ear-Hand Coordination
October 1, 2007It’s possible that many of the people reading this have found themselves in a position where...
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Charlie Haden: My Back Pages – Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
October 1, 2007“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” -Charles Mingus...
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Double Thumbing
October 1, 2007The first topic I’d like to cover in this slap series is what I call double...
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I Get It, Extended Bass
October 1, 2007In my pursuit of understanding tonality, I discovered that I play way too many notes. I’m...