Meet Andrea Fascetti Hi my friends!!! How are you? I hope that you have studied hard since the last set of exercises, because in this lesson...
Meet Bill Harrison – Some musical skills are best learned alone – technique, scales and arpeggios, the layout of your fingerboard and so on. Bass Musician...
Meet Bill “WBGO” Lanphier – Flummoxed. That’s a good way to describe someone trying to play Bulgarian meters for the first time. Actually, even guys familiar...
Meet Jaime David Vazquez – Welcome to my bass column! Hope you enjoy and learn a lot about bass playing! This time we’ll work on bass...
Continuing with the theme from the last article, this time we’ll talk about left-hand technique, again assuming the player is right-handed. Here are some positioning examples:...
by Phil Baker – Things happen when cultures collide–some good, some bad, but always interesting. The Crusades, when medieval Europe clashed with the Muslim world, led...
Guess what is the first thing I have my students do? Tune up? Stop chewing gum? No! Play the piano! There is no better way to...
Dear Bass Players Friends,This month, I bring to you my transcription of, “Sweet Passion”. This is another song from my first album, “Seven Waves” featuring Guillaume...
In my opinion, every great groove/song keeps you listening because of the rhythm. From Monk to Van Halen, a tunes groove is deeply rooted in its...
Greetings fellow low-end dwellers!! From my studio in the basement; (Stone Nives & Bare Skinz Studio) I’d like to talk about…GROOVE! A number of years ago...
Howdy, folks, and welcome back! Author’s note: This installment is an excerpt from my ‘BT130 Tapping Level 1’ course on MusicDojo.com. You can take the complete...
I love transcribing solos! It’s like peering inside the minds of geniuses. I’ve transcribed boxes full of solos. I’ve done plenty of bass solos: Jaco, Paul...
Dear Bass Player Friends,This month, I bring to you my transcription of, “A Day In His Life”. This is a song from my first album,...
It was bound to happen, an article without the accompanying video. Yes, I’m guilty. But, I think I have a really good excuse: the October...