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 [...]
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.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Being both a musician and a Linux nerd pretty much means I am always on the internet looking through a forum or thread for answers. What sucks is that I always have more luck with finding answers to Linux problems than I with musician-related topics. So here is a “message in a bottle post” concerning [...]
I don’t consider myself a fussy musician. I can dial in my tone on just about any amp, I’ve been playing the same two basses for years now and I’m not one of those tone obsessed maniacs who sells gear every time he turns around. Yet, for some reason, I can never seem to find [...]
My first decent bass was a black Jackson Concert EX (without the sharkfin inlays or the bound fretboard). It was totally a heavy metal bass. I bought it as a step up from the Epiphone P-Bass copy I had. I played that Jackson bass for a really long time. So long, in fact, that it [...]
I’ve been really pissed off about my bass rig for awhile now and I am venting.
I’m using two Bergantino cabinets, which I love (a 2×10 and a 1×15 both have tweeters, which I leave flat). My beef is definitely not with them, they sound great, and just as importantly, they fit in my car. The [...]
