RICK’S PICKS: Paul Simon: Live In New York City (Concord Music) / Bassist: Bathiki Kumalo The Album: Paul Simon’s long discography, now in its sixth...
Our reader question this month comes from bassist Jeremy King: “When soloing on bass, I want to be able to incorporate chord substitutions, but don’t really...
Brad Russell Bass Video Lesson – Soloing over Mixolydian… some cool sweep patterns over a mixolydian sound of “Shapes of Things.”
Brad Russell Bass Video Lesson – Soloing Over Low Rider… different scales you can use to solo over the groove to “Low Rider.”
Finding Your Own Voice by Jimi Durso – Extended Techniques… “Extended techniques” is a term generally applied to any unconventional approach the instrument. Of course, a...
With the ever-shrinking budgets of most civic theatres and playhouses, the music director finds themselves hiring a smaller pit than what the original orchestration calls for. Suddenly the...
I could be blindfolded and listen to 30 seconds of Marcus Miller’s latest CD “Renaissance“ and totally recognize who is playing. Marcus has such a distinctive...
Circle K Strings Balanced Set – Bass String Review by Jake Wolf… In addition to making string sets for modern extended range basses in every possible...
Creating an Experience by Allee Futterer… We’ve all seen these YouTube videos of Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, the list goes on… but what’s up? Why...
BASS LINES BY JAIME VAZQUEZ: THE SIXTEENTH-NOTE GROOVE PART V – GARY WILLIS’ STYLE…Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This is Part v! Dedicated...
HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES! HOW ARE YOU? I HOPE YOU’RE OK, BECAUSE TODAY WE WILL DO A VERY INTENSIVE LESSON! SO IT’S TIME FOR...
The Style Resource Guides for Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, and Drums… From the world leader in educational music publishing, The Style Resource Book & CD sets are ideal for musicians...
Jimmy Haslip: Modern Improvisation for Bass Method… Alfred Music Publishing, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, releases Jimmy Haslip: Modern Improvisation for Bass,...
Jaco Pastorius: 25 Years Ago Today… “In Wilton Manor, Fla., a tiny town near Fort Lauderdale, detectives describe the death of the former bass player for...
Alfred Music Publishing Launches The New Basics Rock Series for Bass… Alfred Music Publishing, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, launches The New...