Contributors
Bass Musician
Since 2007, Bass Musician Magazine has been a free online bass magazine and social media outreach offering readers a way to get their daily bass fix on the go.
Editor, Raul Amador
Born in Boulder, CO, Raul began playing guitar at a young age. In the 70’s, his father took a teaching position in Puerto Rico, where Raul joined the Tuna de Cayey, playing cuatro and guitar. During his 9 years as a member of this traditional Spanish group, together since 1964, he recorded over 11 albums and toured all over Puerto Rico as well as New York and the Dominican Republic. Raul picked up his first bass in 2001 and never looked back. Today, he is hitting the music scene as Executive Editor with Bass Musician Magazine, connecting with players worldwide.
Valery Amador
Valery serves as Bass Musician Magazine's Publisher and News Editor, and is the Co-founder of www.viethrive.com, an online publishing company.
Ty Campbell
In Nashville since 1997, Ty has worked not only with local bands, but also at the Ernest Tubb Theatre with Marty Stuart, Mel Tillis, Stonewall Jackson, JoAnne Cash (sister of Johnny), Reggie LaFaye, among many others while doing audio feeds for WSM and performing with some of the artists as well.
Damian Erskine
Damian hones his chops with some of the best jazz and latin musicians the West coast has to offer.
Jaime Vazquez
Jaime David Vazquez was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and is a multi-instrumentalist, clinician, composer, arranger, transcriber, studio musician, music educator, freelance and solo artist.
Jake Kot
Jake has performed on 100 of CD's and has written, arranged, and produced two solo CD's featuring such world class players as Dave Weckl, Eric Marienthall and Dave Derge.
Jonathan Moody
By day, Jon's the Assistant Manager of Social Media and Marketing at GHS Strings. By night, he is the first call bassist in SW Michigan for theatre productions, doubling on electric and upright basses, as well as ukulele.
Momo
Momo is a multi-platform artist specializing in music creation & production, not only as a bass player (38 years) but a multi-instrumentalist and awarded songwriter.
Alberto Rigoni
Alberto is an Italian bass player and composer.
Dr. Randall Kertz
Randall Kertz is a chiropractic physician, acupuncturist, educator, author, and bass player in private practice in suburban Chicago, IL.
Kilian Duarte
Kilian Duarte is a professional bassist and graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He is the bassist for international touring progressive rock acts Felix Martin, Scale The Summit and many others.
Jake Wolf
Based in Asheville, NC, Jake Wolf plays and records with a number of local and regional artists, and has been reviewing gear for Bass Musician Magazine since 2009.
Steve Rosati
Steve has been known to play the bass, a lot, and sometimes does other stuff too... sometimes.
Andrea Fascetti
Andrea is an Italian virtuoso 7-string bass player, double bass player and a fine composer.
Rick Suchow
Rick Suchow has been an in-demand bassist on the live New York music scene for more than three decades, logging nearly 4000 gigs in a career that has taken him from Lincoln Center to the White House.
B.A. Johnson
An in-demand session bassist and producer.
Steve Gregory
Steve is an in-demand bassist, producer, music director, and instructor living in Virginia. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.
A. Farmakalidis
Andreas Farmakalidis is a freelance acoustic & electric bass player based in CA.
Mark Marxon
Mark has completed a bachelor of music at Newcastle University. He endorses FENDER basses and VINCI strings.
Igor Saavedra
Picking up the bass at 22, Igor started an impressive and completely autodidact and self-taught learning style.
David Enos
Music Mechanics shares 40 years of professional experience to bring you the nuts and bolts of music theory and improvisation, highlighted by interviews with industry experts.
Eric Parsons
Eric's passion for music has kept him active in the studio and on stage, all the while balancing his creative pursuits with his fantastic family life and a career in Forensic Science.
Lucas Pickford
My debut CD with Steve Hunt called "Blown Fuse" has become a "post-fusion classic" of sorts and has recieved some great reviews from some really special musicians.
David C Gross
David C. Gross has been the bassist for a lot of folks. He has written 14 bass books, 3 instructional videos, and hosts “The Notes From An Artist Radio Show”. Visit online at www.thebassguitarchannel.com
Josh Needleman
Josh wrote the unique bass instruction book manual, "Getting Around The Bass", a staple text book of his own students and many others.
Allee Futterer
Allee Futterer is a bassist from LA and graduate of the Berklee College of Music.
Martin Simpson
R.I.P. Martin Simpson.
John Kuhlman
John Kuhlman has had a diverse writing career covering everything from nuclear waste to famous fried chicken from Kentucky. A lifelong music devotee, he is trying to accomplish that same diversity with the bass.
Joshua Barnhart
Josh received a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music. He lives in Southern California and has established himself as a world-class bassist and composer.
Vuyani Wakaba
Vuyani is a South African bassist that is based in Chicago. He is the founder of the Chicago jazz band Vuyani Wakaba & Friends.
Freekbass
Freekbass is the bass player and vocalist, who hails from Cincinnati, OH. Known for his energetic live show and ignited low-end, Freekbass brings danceable tunes with hints of Prince, David Bowie, Talking Heads, and Parliament Funkadelic. He’s a staple on the festival and touring circuit, performing live with his group, “The Bump Assembly”.
Willis
Willis became a Barcelona, Spain resident and spends part of his time as a professor of composition, arranging, improvisation and bass at Barcelona's prestigious Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya conservatory.
Donald Waugh
Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica Donald is the owner and founder of Airplai® Productions, offering album production, song writing, composing/arranging, video editing, film scoring, and jingles.
Jimi Durso
Jimi is a bassist and guitarist in the New York area.
Rajoe
Rajoe is a YouTube bassist from a little country called Hungary.
Ray Riendeau
Ray is the owner of vintagebassvault.com and has been at the forefront of the bass scene for many years. Countless recordings, live gigs and clinics keep Ray in high demand.
Kevin Guin
Kevin studied piano and trombone in New York as a boy and began playing bass guitar as a teenager. In 1992 he began studies in jazz expression with David Bloom at the Bloom School Of Jazz in Chicago where he eventually taught classes for 17 years. He currently plays with Chicago Soul Revue and does various casual gigs in the Chicago area.
Holly Franklin
Holly is a musician, blogger, and music lover who loves to teach others about essential music theory, techniques and motivation and to help them improve as a musician and as an individual. Visit online at hollyfranklinbasschick.com
James Rosocha
Bassist James Rosocha is an educator, composer, and touring musician. He can be heard on the last nine albums by jazz fusion guitarist B.D. Lenz or on his debut CD “Avalon.”
Tim Fletcher
Tim Fletcher is a bassist, educator and writer, living in the UK. He once appeared in a film with Doctor Who.
Brad Houser
Brad Houser is a founding member of Critters Buggin and New Bohemians (with Edie Brickell).
Adam Nitti
Adam Nitti has emerged as one of the cutting edge bassists and composers in the world of instrumental jazz and rock.
Doug Johns
Doug’s raw presence, energy, and all-around crowd-wowing prowess can be heard on numerous recordings and stages.
Mark von Bergen
Mark von Bergen plays upright bass, bass guitar and Theramin with the jazz groove band, The Rhythm Dogs.
Tim Seisser
Tim moved to Chicago in 2004 and began his career as a full time musician.
Phil Baker
Phil's mastery of both the acoustic and electric bass as well as his talents as a composer and producer have made him one of the most successful and sought-after musicians on the West Coast.
Biscuit
Self-taught bass guitarist - Spector basses exclusively!
David Dyson
David is a Berklee College of Music and is able to absorb an array of musical flavors as well as perform in diverse musical situations.
Rhayn Jooste
Rhayn is a musician whose interest lies in musical spontaneity and improvisation.
Vaughn Skow
Vaughn Skow is a Nashville music guy, wearing the hats of producer, engineer, studio owner, college professor, writer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. Vaughn has all kinds of cute statuettes and plaques to brag about ... but he tries not to do that too much. Vaughn also manufactures the pickups and amplifiers that bear his name.
Jason Heath
Jason Heath is the host of contrabassconversations.com, a podcast devoted to exploring music and ideas associated with the double bass. His blog and podcast are highly regarded in the music world and have been featured as top offerings in the world of arts and culture for the past decade.
Carl Dawkins
In his short time in the Industry, Carl has developed himself into one of the country's most exciting and all rounded musicians.
Alex Wilkerson
Alex is a graduate from Hollywood's Musicians Institute and plays both electric and upright bass.
Bill Harrison
Bill is a graduate of DePaul University and is a performer, teacher and clinician.
Alexx Calise
Alexx Calise is an accomplished singer, guitarist and songwriter. Perhaps best known for her hit song, "Cry", which became a staple on the show "Dance Moms" and boasts millions of hits on Youtube, Calise's raw emotion, heart-and soul-lyrics and unmistakable vibrato have impacted thousands of young girls all over the world. @alexxcalise
Rob Collier
Rob Collier teaches courses in music theory and popular music at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He maintains a busy schedule playing bass in rock and alt-country bands.
Tim Risser
Tim has played bass for over twenty years and had toured and recorded with hard rock band Anthrophobia.
Cláudio Ribeiro
Cláudio Ribeiro is a bass player, writer, and educator located in Portugal.
Al Caldwell
Al is a Clinician, Performer, Engineer, Producer, Musician, Hillbilly and Cultural Nomad.
Yves Carbonne
As a pioneer in electric bass development, in 2002 Carbonne started tuning his bass to one octave below standard, and called this new instrument "sub-bass".
Kevin Freeby
Kevin is a professional bassist living in Southern California.
Paul DeStefano
Paul is currently a student at Seton Hall University studying audio engineering and sound production and also plays in a heavy metal band called Levitated (FB @LevitatedBand). Paul first picked up the bass at the age of 12 and is still an active player, covering styles from classical to metal and everything in between.
Todd Johnson
Todd is recognized as a pioneer of the six-string bass.
Darren Frate
Frate, who majored in film scoring at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, specializes in electric bass, music theory and ensembles.
Alain Caron
Canadian bassist Alain Caron's musical career began at the early age of 11 and he soon discovered the music which would become his life's passion - jazz.
Alex Lofoco
Alex Lofoco is a native Itailan musician based in the UK. He works as a session player for many bands in live, studio and in theatre.
Dennis Moody
Having participated on well over 1,000 albums, Dennis Moody has established himself at the top of his field.
Joe Darcy
BehindtheNotes.com is a web site that features video documentaries of some of the worlds most respected and renowned musicians.
Michael Lazarus
Born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Michael is a North California based music professional with recording, touring and teaching experience who specializes in Caribbean music.
Brad Russell
Russell taps, slaps and shreds his four-string bass, sounding more like a six string guitar.
Marco Ignacio Toba
Marco Ignacio is a bass player and producer from Argentina.
Franz Vitulli
Franz is a bass player, music teacher, and digital marketing, social media and all other 2.0 thingies expert.
Chris Pizzolo
Owner of Immediate Family Records and Immediate Family Marketing in New York City, Chris is also a bass player who came up in the underground rock and punk scene in New York.
Justin Emord
Justin Emord is the bassist for the rock band Love and a .38. In their short existence they have been tirelessly D.I.Y. in all aspects of their career.
Paul McBride
Paul brings a unique approach to the bass playing world with his own unique sound and style. Predominantly self-taught, you can hear the passionate identity within his playing throughout any musical endeavor.
Maureen Pandos
Maureen Pandos is a luthier in Portland, Oregon where she owns and operates MDP Bass Works: A violin shop specializing in the Double Bass.
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is a bassist, clinician and author, currently residing in New York City. His playing, teaching and writing focus on various styles of world music, predominately from Latin America. Visit online at www.ianstewartbass.com.
Anna Achimowicz
Anna is a Rockstar Physiotherapist, owner of holistic practice Performing Arts Medicine CMT, NCMT therapist, GYROKINESIS trainer, educator and bassist. Professional performing artist since 1996, choreographer, physical dancer and trainer. Artistic director of freelance Rock Dance Theatre rock and metal hybrid Rebel Crush collaborating internationally. A poli-ameri-Swedish coffeeholic. Specializes in chronic pain, injury management and prevention in music, dance and sports injuries fit for the XXIInd century artist especially debunking medical myths. VISIT: https://linktr.ee/annaachimowicz
Simon Zauels
At the age of 6 years he began playing the Cello; he put the Cello aside and picked up the electric Bass.
Mikel Combs
Mikel is a versatile acoustic and electric bassist currently living and working in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.
Mike Pope
Pope has become a fixture on the New York jazz scene.
Marco Passarelli
Marco thinks about music, writes about music and sometimes even plays music. One of the most bass-savvy guitar players around, Marco also loves fine cigars and 70's muscle cars.
Chance Walte
Chance is the owner of Fearless Guitars in Portland, OR.
Mark Wright
Mark Wright is the manager and designer of AccuGroove Speaker Cabinets & Amps.
Harvey Citron
A guitarist, bandleader, and former architect, Harvey Citron has been building guitars, basses, and pickups since 1974.
Keith Collins
Collins practices the art of music in his ten-piece Salsa band, a Steely Dan cover band, jazz gospel and charity gigs in Vancouver, WA, USA. Collins and his wife Cindy keep live music going hosting rehearsals and parties in "the nightclub" in their home.
PW Farrell
PW is a solo artist, session musician, producer/composer and teacher. He is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts.
Bob Considine
Bob Considine began playing bass in high school and then went to one of the greatest jazz colleges in the country...to study journalism.
Michael Manring
Hailed by many as the world's leading solo bassist, Michael Manring has been pushing back the boundaries of what is possible on bass.
Ivan Carranza
Ivan is a freelance musician born in Lima, Peru. He is also the bass player and composer for the Reggae band “Blazin’ Vibez”.
Manuel Pino
Currently working on several projects in London and Milan, Manuel Pino is a italian-venezuelan bass player with over ten years of live and studio experience.
Steve Adelson
Steve is one of the premier Chapman Stick players in the world.
Bentura Madrid
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico Bentura is a self taught musician. He is also a professional ballroom dancer by day and runs his YouTube channel @digitalbirdabq1 on his spare time.
Vail Johnson
Vail Johnson is a solo artist and bassist most well know for his work with Kenny G since 1986.
Bill Dickens
One of the top session bassist in the world, Bill can be heard on numerous recordings as well as seen live on tour with many legendary artists.
Chris Metaxas
Chris comes from Roslyn, NY and spends his working days in the digital marketing and Identity management business. You can catch him having fun playing with his band RockSteady.
Oteil Burbridge
The world knows Oteil Burbridge as the Allman Bros.' bassist and as a founding member of The Aquarium Rescue Unit.
Laura Greenberg
Laura is a bassist from Ottawa, Canada and plays for internationally touring blues act JW-Jones.
Cole Davis
Cole Davis is a rising star in the upright bass world. In 2017, he won the Ron Carter Bass Competition at only 20 years old. In 2018, he was named a “Future Jazz Master” by the National Endowment of the Arts. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan School of Music in 2019, Cole was awarded the rare honor of being accepted to the Juilliard Artist Diploma and Graduate Degree Program concurrently and is a busy sideman in New York City and abroad.
Jayme Lewis
Jayme has been working for years as a sideman, an artist and a small business-owner residing in Northern LA. He is a national touring bassist and studio musician, a record producer, author and music educator.
Keiko Gutierrez
Keiko left a successful corporate IT career to focus on her passion for music. She is the Bass player for the Toronto band paintband.com and has a radio show called "Out of the Bassment".
William Ellis
William Ellis is a U.K.-based music photographer specialising in Jazz. His contribution to the culture was recognised by the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City when he was invited to produce the Inaugural International Exhibition in 2005, and where he returned in 2008 to present his work in the 'Jazz in Black and White: Bebop and Beyond' exhibit. His work has been exhibited at international festivals and galleries in the U.K. and throughout the world including The Royal Academy of Arts London and is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
S. Leigha-Shiff
Samantha Leigha-Shiff is a South Florida based reporter and photographer who specializes in music industry projects.
Curt Miller
Life has afforded me opportunities to do lots of different things. That for which I am most grateful is being a storyteller.
Don Campbell
Don Campbell is a Northwest blues musician, songwriter, producer and complete knucklehead.
W. Hochberg, Esq.
William Hochberg is a music and media attorney with 25 years of transactional and litigation experience.
Selina Metoxen
Former A&R Rep and Booking Agent in LA and Journalist/Editorial Administrator for the Santa Monica Observer, Selina started playing the bass seriously in 2012.
Ahmad Hani
Having Turkish-Egyptian family roots and raised in Dubai, Ahmad has traveled the world performing more than 5000 concerts, TV shows and workshops in 30 countries. He currently lives between Turkey and the U.K.
Kenn Smith
As a recording artist, his music and impeccable technique are consistently described as a "soulful, organic experience".
Silas Maitland
Silas Maitland (AKA Futuregoat) is a session bassist and educator from London England. He has played with and recorded for a vast range of artists from Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) to Ed Sheeran. He taught bass guitar at the Musicians Institute, LMS, BIMM. He is currently head of bass at LCCM London.
Joe Fazio
Joe is a New Jersey bass player, performer, writer and clinician.
Todd Urban
Todd works as a freelance bassist, therapist, and educator in the New York City area.
Ariane Cap
Austrian Ariane Cap is a multi instrumentalist, educator, author, writer and composer. Visit online at arisbassblog.com and arianecap.com
Ed Lucie
Ed is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music.
Kenny Butcher
Kenny is a musician, blogger and grace case from Ontairo, Canada!
Yiorgos Fakanas
Formed the group ISKRA, which was to become the first jazz-fusion group in the country, and he participated in the EUROJAZZ orchestra as the only Greek representative, touring all of Europe.
Tom Wictor
Tom worked as a stevedore, library archivist, conversational English teacher, editor of the first online newspaper, voiceover actor, delivery driver, process server, document-retrieval service, and music journalist.
Ivor Levene
A bass player who loves to play the Blues, he likes to listen to, play, read about, write about, talk about, and photograph music. His words have appeared in Relix, Goldmine, The Los Angeles Beat and many other outlets.
Steve Araujo
Steve has over 20 years of experience as a professional bassist and has served as a faculty member for The National Guitar Summer Workshop.
Bill Bartolini
Bill was the owner of Bartolini Pickups and Electronics.
Freddy Villano
Freddy is a freelance journalist and professional bassist who has played with Quiet Riot, Widowmaker, Outliers and others. He's currently promoting his own band American Mafia: americanmafiaband.com.
Reggie Washington
Reggie has recorded 4 albums under his name since 2005 on Jammin’colorS label.
Marcos Alto
Marcos Alto is a bass player, Producer and Journalist living in Spain.
Jon von Boehm
Jon von Boehm is a bass player from Nashville TN. He maintains a busy schedule working with artists both locally and abroad. You can also hear him on his own albums that he has produced as a leader.
Ric Fierabracci
Ric has performed, recorded and run the gamut for artists like Chick Corea, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl and Euge Groove and has composed music for numerous film and television projects.
George Gekas
Hailing from New Orleans, George Gekas lays down the groove for The Revivalists, a very active seven-piece band.
Derek Jones
Derek Jones is a professional bass player from the San Francisco Bay Area now based in Las Vegas where he performs in the Cirque du Soleil show KA.