The last few months we have been working on chord voicings in the C-G-D-A altered tuning. In our continuing look at that tuning it’s time to...
I was just finishing my review of “Pulso” by Marcelo Yakko where I mentioned that there wasn’t a single Tango on the whole CD when “Contratangos”...
Welcome back to Bass Lines! Here it is, Part II. Thanks a lot for your comments and for the appreciation of Part I. This time I...
This month’s article will address, which in my opinion, is probably the most important asset that we the bass players have when it comes to exercising our profession…...
HI MY FRIENDS!!!! IT’S REALLY COOL TO BE HERE AGAIN. I’M AMAZED TO BE AMONG THIS AWESOME STAFF; BASS MUSICIAN MAGAZINE IS REALLY GROWING FAST! I...
Yellowjackets: Timeline… It’s the 30th anniversary for Yellowjackets…a milestone in itself. They’ve had 17 Grammy nominations, and after listening to Timeline, I’m sure another one is...
After the triumphant return of Return to Forever in 2008, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White decided on their latest CD to revisit where it...
Joy by Patrick Andy… Musicians by definition are the gifted individuals that have the ability to express themselves through what I have previously described as the...
Slippin’ ‘n’ Trippin’ is classic Victor Bailey, a Tour de Force of grooves, catchy tunes, stellar sidemen, and some great bass work. Even with appearances from...
Building the ultimate musical instrument would be a noble goal for any inspired craftsman. Such an instrument would need to have multiple sonic capabilities and an...
Used for educational reasons This is my bass line transcriptions from the musical RENT (Which I was assistant director for in Hollywood). Rent is a musical with...
Jaco Pastorius met Joni Mitchell in 1976. Joni has said in interviews that at that time, around 1975-76 that she wanted a different kind of bass...
Welcome back to my lessons on world domination. This month we’re going to look into open chord triads, as opposed to last month were we looked...
The Funky Bass Book… Do you remember when one of the major television networks was hyping the re-runs they were showing with a, “If you haven’t...
Plucking Hand Workout For Electric Bass by Bernard Lackner… Have you ever wanted to play better? Have you identified the problem to be your plucking hand?...