Free. Bass. Lessons…

This interview is a little bit personal for me, and provokes memories of skipping school, downing beers and moshing to Megadeth. Ah, those were the days! Dave is one of my influences, and one of the first bass lines I attempted to learn was from the song “peace sells”. Megadeth are still a much played [...]

One of the most knowledgeable, talented, and nicest people out there on the net, Marlowe (Thomas Risell) has a wealth of experience to draw from. Like me, he teaches bass online, on youtube, and through his own personal site, which can be found here: http://www.playbassnow.com Thomas has a brilliant knowledge of theory that I don’t, [...]

ClipBandits became instant YouTube sensations as the world’s first web band with the release of their first video, “Internet Killed the Video Star”. ClipBandits videos have been viewed 6 million times on YouTube. ClipBandits had never met each other, didn’t know each other’s names or where each other lived. They only knew one another’s YouTube [...]

As one of the earliest pioneers of the 9-string bass, Nuclear Rabbit’s Jean Baudin has been taking the instrument to an entirely new level since 1999. Jean is known throughout the world for his work with Nuclear Rabbit and Element of Surprise. Jean’s style mixes intense tapping, slapping and fingerstyle. Primarily self-taught, Jean has studied [...]

I wanted to get someone that was local to me for this interview. For some reason, the area that I live in breeds some really good musicians. It recently struck me how many great bass players we also have in this area, and Trev Lynes from the band “Kingskin” is certainly one of them. Kingskin [...]

I was lucky enough to get “Ten questions with Jeff”. Jeff is a player that I certainly admire. Well, before we start, check out this video and see for yourselves as to why… Ok…Here we go! 1. What are you up to right now, musically? I just finished my solo bass CD “Outre” Right now [...]

“Ten questions” with Jayme Lewis. I constructed these questions to be interesting for other bass players to answer, but to also be instructive, informative and inspirational for other bass players. Jayme is a great bass player, and his website (which is well worth a check) is here: http://www.jaymelewis.com/ Ok, onto the interview! 1. What are [...]