Get out more, get more out of it Confessions of a working bassist #37: I’m terrible at getting out to hear gigs. Maybe 3 times a year I’ll get my…
Category: Lessons
Janek Gwizdala Masterclass 2007 Part 3: Gear, Tradition and Finding Your Voice
Here’s the third and final instalment of Janek Gwizdala’s bass clinic at ACM Guildford in 2007. For those who missed the first two episodes, you can find them here: –…
Janek Gwizdala Masterclass 2007, Part 2: Early Days/Practice Methods
Here’s part 2 of Janek Gwizdala’s masterclass at ACM Guildford in March 2007 (in case you missed Part 1, you can find the video and the pdf transcription here). In…
Janek Gwizdala Masterclass 2007, Part 1: Transcription
I recently dug out my (now prehistoric) dictaphone that I used when I was a student at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford between 2005 and 2008 and set…
Late To The Party… Youtube Play Alongs and Lessons
As promised some years ago, I’m FINALLY getting round to going back through the transcription archive on the site and making corrections – thanks to those sharp-eared subscribers who’ve been…
Unorthodox Instructionals Part 5: The Worst Book For Bassists (and what to practise instead)
For the fifth and final installment of my ‘Unorthodox Instructionals’ series it’s time to deal with the number one thing that bass players seem to be bothered about. The Holy…