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Skippy T-Shirt Poll – Please give us your Input!

by Ari • 18 Mar 2021 — 2 minute read

Which Skippy should grace our T-Shirt?


I’d like to tell you about the star of my new book “The Pattern System for The Bass Player – Sharpen Your Musical Mind Using Fretboard Proficiency, Improvisation and Mental Practice” (by Ariane Cap with Wolf Wein)

His name is Skippy McBeat and he is a vintage metronome with a bit of an attitude and also a lot of wisdom.

As you make your way through the book you learn how to use Skippy effectively – when to use him, when not to use him and why. And at what tempo!

While Skippy is super helpful to help your groove and more, his main job in this book is to help you think ahead when playing.

Imagine no longer chasing after the notes or not knowing what it will sound like before you play. Skippy will lead the way so you can express the music inside your mind with confidence and command.

 

So, he is a wise one, and if used correctly, will make a huge difference in your playing!


He needs to be celebrated, and what better way than to feature him on our T-Shirt! But which Skippy? We have so many in the book- so we picked out a few of our favorites, but we need your help!

This is where we need your input: Which Skippy should grace our special Shirt?

Click your favorite image to vote! (We will keep voting open until noon Pacific on Sunday and then announce the winner!)

 

We have a winner!

Check out the stats…. quite overwhelming! Number 5 will be gracing our new TShirt!Ariane Cap Skippy MacBeat

 

 

 

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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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