Ari's expertise and guidance empowers you to play with more confidence and have more fun playing
Whether you prefer self-study, 10-week practice groups, or assignment-based cohorts where you submit playing videos, we offer the right level of guidance to keep you inspired and on track.
This isn’t just about learning notes or scales—it’s about rewiring how you think, hear, feel, see and create music. The Pattern System trains your musical mind to truly understand music and express yourself with confidence and creativity!
Ari & Wolf have developed proven methods that cover every musical skill you need to succeed. All programs are carefully designed to prepare you for the Pattern System, with consistent teaching by Ari or Ari-trained facilitators to ensure clarity and progress.
Take our Levels Test to find your starting point. Whether you’re a beginner picking up the bass for the first time or a dedicated player ready to level up, we’ll guide you step by step toward becoming the best bassist you can be.
Powerful practice methods that get you fast reliable results. They build more than musical and bass skills... they build discipline and character.
We work hard, but we laugh even harder. Learning bass is deeply satisfying—and the more you know and can do, the more exciting it becomes. Join us and experience the joy of improving together!
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Hi I’m Ari. Bassist, author, educator. Groove enthusiast and learning nerd.
As a bassist, I have toured/played/recorded with a variety of rock, Jazz, and funk bands, I have worked with some incredible producers (Keith Olsen) and musicians (Paul Hanson, Muriel Anderson) and I toured Brazil with Stu Hamm as a duo.
As a bass teacher, I have taught at London Bass Day, Gerald Veasley’s Bass Boot Camp, SBL, Truefire, notreble… I even ran my own music school for a few years before gigs took me back on the road.
One thing to know about me is that I teach because I am absolutely fascinated with the learning process.
When I started playing bass, I excelled very quickly because I had an amazing teacher who taught me using a powerful method. This method transformed my playing so quickly that I passed a bunch of high-level university auditions and even tested out of entire classes at university even though I had been playing for only a very short time.
That’s what, many years later turned into one of my books, co-written with Wolf Wein, called “The Pattern System for the Bass Player”. I created entire systems of learning based on some of these ideas and wrote books and created courses together with Wolf. Our bass books have sold over 30,000 copies and garnered rave reviews.
I started teaching online in 2009 and have embraced technology as a powerful learning tool since then, never losing sight of the importance of providing feedback and personalized guidance to learners.
I also utilize the power of learning in groups: our first cohort with volunteer coaches ran in 2018, and Masterclasses started in 2020.
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Our students range from hobbyists to pros and everyone in between. What unites them: they want to get better, fast!
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