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...
Bass String Favorites – Bass Musician Magazine Writers and Readers Share Their Top Choices… When we reached out to Bass Musician Magazine staff, as well as our...
The last week of working in the theatre has been interesting. During the “warm up” time before the show, the college students in the pit have...
I’ve addressed this issue briefly in couple old articles. But I think it deserves going a little further with the analysis. If I would have to...
How many times have you heard phrases like “This is a Classic Bass Technique”, “I like classic basses”, “Electric Bass Tradition”, and a hundred more phrases that...
As far as I know, every society has some form of music. Music is universal, however its meaning is not. Music, through a Universal phenomenon, gets...
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…...
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...
Meet Igor Saavedra – If the word Dilettante sounds strange to some of you, here is a classical dictionary definition: “Dilettante comes from the Italian word...
Meet Igor Saavedra – First of all I wish you a superb 2011, full of music and happiness! That being said… I think this article doesn’t...
Applied Techniques With Igor Saavedra: What About the Metronome… is it Important for Developing Fundamental Abilities on an Electric Bass Student? Meet Igor Saavedra – Lately,...
A review and conversation started by Raul Amador – This is my first review of anything in the Jazz genre that hasn’t been world-music. When I...
Great news! All of the archives from previous issues of Bass Musician Magazine (dating back to the first issue with Willis from Aug/Sep 2007) are going...
Meet Yiorgos Fakanas – I would like before anything else to express my true joy at being able through the pages of the hospitable Bass Musician...
Meet Doug Johns – First and foremost, I want to give a big congrats and thanks to Bass Musician Magazine for their 3rd annivesary! Over the...
