Bass Technique Practice Made Fun & Musical Practicing bass technique is always on the menu. But it doesn’t have to
Question from a Rhythm Matrix attendee about the first “Precision Drill” in the course where the goal is to be
Effective Practice I just finished prepping every Live Practice class for September, and somewhere along the way I caught myself
The Tie Trick to deal with syncopated rhythms There’s one type of rhythm that stumps many players cold: syncopation. Something like this, from a Mitch Foreman tune called Reunion with Will Lee on bass (Gary Burton/Reunion): The Tie Trick In the Rhythm Matrix we work our way up to complex
Kickstarting a movement for the Left Handed Bass Player! When I wrote Music Theory for the Bass Player I thought
Tetrachords for Technique! Tetrachords are four note sections of scales; in this episode I will demonstrate some good technique shedding
Quoting one of my readers One of the greatest things that have happened for me since I wrote Music Theory
Pedaling Practice Episode 9 of Talking Technique is up on notreble.com. Have you ever looked for the “biggest bang for
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs You can really spice up a groove by adding hammer-ons and pull-offs. As always I like to
TC Electronic Delay Pedal Fun Enjoying my Flashback TC pedal (flashback). Having some fun(k) with my TC delay pedal… Strings
Dear Reader, With my blog videos, the book and TrueFire course coming out, I have made a lot of changes
The Diminished Scale In this Bass Bit I will walk you through another sequence of seconds – in this case
The Whole Tone Scale Fun to Play and Sounds Great! In my book (Music Theory for the Bass Player) I
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. And I am obsessed with helping others realize their musical potential.
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.
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