Chance Wilder Onody releases First Single, “Feeling Good”… Chance Wilder Onody, an exciting and innovative instrumentalist, unlike anyone you have heard before, has just released a...
Known by many as the “players’ choice” in amplification (and sporting a family of artists that’s easily a who’s who of sidemen and studio legends), Aguilar...
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...
The National Jazz Workshop Needs a Bass Player… The National Jazz Workshop needs a bass player for the week of July 7-12. The workshop schedule can...
There are few albums by bass players that come along and seem to say “This is who I am, and this is what I do,” opting...
Considering that music is an Art form, and that “Art” is probably the most sublime way to express the very essentials of our existence, then it...
International Bass Player Janek Gwizdala Visits the Institute… November 13th saw the return of established jazz bassist and visiting faculty Janek Gwizdala. The London born International...
From Associate Editor Rick Suchow… I’d like to introduce a new regular feature in Bass Musician Magazine beginning this month. Ed Lucie is the Associate Professor of the...
Finding Your City by Allee Futterer… So I get it, you’re a bass player, maybe graduating college and looking to go make it out in the world...
Oteil Burbridge: Playing Life by Steve Gregory – Bass Musician Magazine July 2012 Issue… When Oteil Burbridge is asked about bass, bands, and songs, his responses reveal...
Think When You Study, Feel When You Play by Igor Saavedra… In my opinion, the topic about the proper state of mind to develop and to achieve...
Reader Submission: Rob Collier, May 2011… The Hand That Rocks the Radle With bass virtuosos, session super-heroes, and low end innovators from Jamerson to Jaco getting...
The Funky Bass Book… Do you remember when one of the major television networks was hyping the re-runs they were showing with a, “If you haven’t...
Meet Igor Saavedra – After many years of experience, after many mistakes, after many experiments, and finally after many conclusions, I think I have something to...
Meet Joshua Barnhart – Welcome back, lets get started with part 3 Phrygian. Phrygian is considered a tonic scale much like Ionian or Aeolian. Its one...
