“No Brainer Play Bass” is an entry-level instructional aid just loaded with good information. (I am not too flattered by the suggestion that you don’t need...
Meet Igor Saavedra – The word “Professional” is like a rubber band that can be expanded everywhere on its meaning depending on what somebody would like...
On a cold, rainy morning in the great northwest, (27 days raining and counting) the sound of Reggae carries my mind to warmer, sunnier places that...
Meet Carl Dawkins – So this is going to be the last article for a while in this series of tips for the up and coming...
Review by Jake Kot – Pianist Hiromi’s latest recording Voice, is a trio effort featuring Anthony Jackson on bass and Simon Phillips on drums backing some...
Review by Jak Kot – Bassist and composer Bryan Beller has just released Wednesday Night Live, a recording of Beller’s band at the Baked Potato in...
Meet Steve Gregory – The other day, I heard a recording of an Elvis performance that went horribly, horribly wrong. The band went one direction, “the...
Meet Andrea Fascetti – HI MY FRIENDS, IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE AGAIN AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT MY LESSONS. REMEMBER THAT...
Meet Bill Harrison – Last time (http://tinyurl.com/minorkeymystery) we had a quiet little chat about using the harmonic minor scale as our “go to” choice for V...
by Alex Wilkerson – This month’s transcription is Ray Brown’s Bass line from “Surrey with the Fringe on Top” (Download: Surrey – Ray Brown – Transcription), off...
Meet Joshua Barnhart – Very recently I complied a list of the 23 most common Jazz chords. Maj6 Maj7 Maj9 Maj#11 Maj13 Min6 Min7 Min9 Min11...
Meet Joshua Barnhart – Welcome back to the third installment of our chord studies. This month we’re going to just look at 7th chords. In most...
Just Outside of Normal by Stu Hamm Review by Raul Amador – I met Stu in Anaheim this past January at Winter NAMM. I was standing...
Meet Andreas Farmakalidis – L-O-V-E” is a Jazz song written by Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler for American singer/pianist Nat King Cole’s 1965 album L-O-V-E. I...
Pulso By Marcelo Yakko, a review by Raul Amador Argentina, I’ve never been there but I hope to visit someday! Nonetheless, I have some Argentine friends...