The Bass Shack – The Five Dollar Insurance Policy… Performing music in front of a live audience is always a rush. The heightened excitement of playing...
The Bass Shack – What Not To Do At Band Practice… This month I thought it would be fun to talk about band practice, and specifically,...
The Bass Shack – Gilligan’s Island Gig Essentials… This month I thought it would be fun to talk about those extra items that I try to...
The Bass Shack – A Picture May Be Worth More Than a Thousand Words… Hey All – this is the first installment of my new monthly...
Back in 1994, a young and cocky upright bass player was planning on traveling to Florida with the high school jazz band. Since the jazz director...
The title assumes immediately that something, in my opinion, is an unquestionable empiric reality, so I will start by trying to take care of the reason...
I realized that on October 2, I forgot to write an article and submit it for the FANTASTIC October issue (and I hope that you’ve all...
The widespread use of GPS, MapQuest and our precious smartphones has enabled clueless, wayward travelers such as myself to become Ferdinand Magellan (minus the getting killed...
I’m always on the look out for new things to learn to expand my playing and allow me to express myself more independently on the instrument....
When I was young, my Science teacher at school taught me that there’s no difference between a Star and a Person, that both are made exactly...
This month we revive a column that first appeared late last year… Ed Lucie is the Associate Professor of the Berklee College Of Music Bass Department,...
Last Sunday at church, we had a dilemma; the drummer that was supposed to be playing that day with us was a no-show. While I could...
Considering that music is an Art form, and that “Art” is probably the most sublime way to express the very essentials of our existence, then it...
My whole take on the infamous “Jaco Only Needed 4 Strings” comment that people seem to use as an argumentative point. Weigh in… what do you...
Tales from the Pit: Hair, with Ross Hoekman by Jonathan Moody… There are few shows that, when I hear the title, bring forth a slew of memories...
