Review by Raul Amador – Interested in Bass Books, CD’s and DVD’s? If so, Join the discussion in the Bass Musician Magazine Community! “Music Smarts” by...
Hey everybody. As a new upright player (not a new instrument, but new to the instrument) and in preparation for my lecture at the International Society...
Meet Mark von Bergen – In no musical genre does bass play a greater role than in Jamaican music. From the mid-50s through today, popular Jamaican...
Meet Doug Johns – So, you know how my articles have always ended with the phrase, “Get out there and jam with somebody?” Well, the other...
Meet Ray Riendeau – Hi everyone! In this article I’d like to discuss the importance of learning and transcribing things that you want to learn. It...
Meet Lucas Pickford John Coltrane’s seminal modal jazz composition ‘Impressions’ is as challenging as anything he composed even though it only has two chords in it....
Meet Andrea Fascetti Hi my friends!!! How are you? I hope that you have studied hard since the last set of exercises, because in this lesson...
Meet Bill Harrison – Some musical skills are best learned alone – technique, scales and arpeggios, the layout of your fingerboard and so on. Bass Musician...
Meet Bill “WBGO” Lanphier – Flummoxed. That’s a good way to describe someone trying to play Bulgarian meters for the first time. Actually, even guys familiar...
Meet Jaime David Vazquez – Welcome to my bass column! Hope you enjoy and learn a lot about bass playing! This time we’ll work on bass...
Meet Adam Nitti – Welcome back, everyone! In this installment, I want to continue where we left off with my “Tapping 101” column from the December/January...
Hey Willis – I’m Nazareno from Argentina, I’ve been study since I was fifteen, now I’m twenty one. I have found some mistakes in your Fingerboard...
Review by Jake Wolf –Â Pavel de la Fuente may be a new name to some on the bass scene, but his instruments have quickly and...
Review by Jake Wolf – Chances are, even if you haven’t played one of Pat Wilkins’ basses, you’re probably familiar with his work. Pat is the...
Meet Tim Seiser – Scroll down to download the Examples to go with this review Mike Stern could be a bass players favorite band leader. He...