Tag Archives: bass guitar

Learn Bass From A Bass Player

Elec­tric Bass Instruc­tor Avail­able in West Ghent I have over 15 years play­ing the elec­tric bass, which includes 4 and 5 string as well as fret­less instru­ments and a Bachelor’s of Music from Berklee Col­lege of Music. I am not a “failed gui­tarist.” I have been teach­ing pri­vately for about 5 years, includ­ing teach­ing bass and

Practice

This is an old blog post that I decided to go back and update. Some of the ideas I expressed here have evolved since the first writ­ing, so I wanted to reflect that. I’ve totally removed the bit about mak­ing orga­nized prac­tice rou­tines because, as it occurs to me, they’ve never been so suc­cess­ful. I’d

Thinking About Making a Video

If I were to make a bass instruc­tional vid (a la the incom­pa­ra­ble Brett Miller), what topic would you want to see me cover in it? I have some funny con­cepts for the pre­sen­ta­tion, but I really want to teach some­thing valu­able instead of goof­ing around and / or showing off.

First Fuzz Bass

I was try­ing to think of who recorded the ear­li­est exam­ple of dis­torted bass. My first impulse was to go with King Crim­son or Black Sab­bath back in 1969 on their respec­tive first albums but then I thought of Larry Gra­ham on “Dance to The Music” in 1968, which is not only ear­lier but just