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...
Tony Grey Bass Academy: An Opportunity to Learn Bass Guitar by Andreas Farmakalidis… Tony Grey is one of my favorite bass players. He has an amazing...
A Retuning Experiment by Jimi Durso… I stole this idea from someone else, but can’t remember who (so I can’t fully give them credit, but I don’t...
Guide Tones by Joshua Barnhart… Welcome back it’s been a while. This time we’re going to jump into ‘Guide Tones’. “What are guide tones?” you ask. Well...
Welcome back to our fourth Bass Musician Magazine double thumbing lesson. We have seen in the previous appointment (Lesson3), some examples based on the pentatonic scale,...
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...
A warm welcome to all Bass Musician Magazine readers. In this third lesson we will apply the ‘double thumbing’ technique to the pentatonic scale (please find...
That’s a very important question don’t you think so? Well, I think the same, so in this month’s article I will mention very briefly the subjects...
Meet Adam Nitti – In this installment, we are going to continue where we left off in part 1 by practicing over some more complex chord...
Meet Adam Nitti A lot of bass players are intimidated by the idea of improvising over chord changes. Although it would be beyond the scope of...
Meet Doug Johns – I wanted to continue with the ideas from my last article, “Drummers Rule,” and really stress the importance of the bass and...
Meet Igor Saavedra – The chain is only as strong as its weakest link…….. It’s that simple my friends; this is exactly what happens with our...
Meet Adam Nitti – Welcome back! As you have heard me preach incessantly before, I believe that a dependence on patterns and shapes in lieu of...
Meet Doug Johns Hello and welcome to Slap Basics. I’m honored to lend my groove to this much-needed publication; but first, I have a heartfelt disclaimer...
Meet Doug Johns – I would like to start by congratulating Bass Musician Magazine on its second anniversary! This great bass magazine continues to raise the...