Hello all, it’s been a while- thanks for hanging in there. I’d like to go over some material I presented recently in a pair of lectures...
My father is, among many things, an amazing craftsman. His specialty and passion is woodworking, which requires not only a great deal of skill, but also...
There are a number of musical devices that can be used to build deep, meaningful worship experiences. One such device that is often used in both...
When a melodic line can have as much as a “Bass Taste” than the Bass Line itself… In my opinion, one of the best albums of...
Dino Fiorenza’s “It’s Important…” I listen to a lot of the CD’s I review on my way to work in the mornings. I can tell you...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month I want to show you some excerpts of what I’m playing with Kimary Carrero “The...
Kilian Duarte reviews the PJB Bass Cub for Bass Musician Magazine!
CD Review of Superstring by Jazz Pistols Lets begin by pondering the number three. When you think about a tripod, a three- legged stool or someone...
Yiorgos’s latest effort, Maestro, was a project years in the making. He was hired to create music for the play, “Fantasy and Fuge”, based on the...
Used for educational reasons This is another of my bass line transcriptions from the musical RENT (Which I was assistant director for in Hollywood). A “minimalistic” bass line...
HI MY “BASS” FRIENDS! SUMMER IS COMING AND FOR MANY OF US IT IS REALLY HARD PRACTICING BASS. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW THAT I’M CRAZY, AND I...
Hi everyone. Last time we looked at the dorian, phrygian and lydian modes in the altered tuning of C-G-D-A. This month we will finish up with...
Hello and welcome back, hope you’ve enjoyed studying scales and chords relationships with me. This month, because of the amount of questions I get from my...
Contextual by Petros Klampanis… We all know that there was a double bass well before the electric bass was an idea lingering in the back of...
This month’s transcription is the final half of Jimmy Garrison’s Bass line from “Crescent”, off John Coltrane’s album Crescent. It starts at 4:21 as noted at...