The ABC’s of music – Learning to Spell.
After playing devil’s advocate in a recent article and working the corner for Tab and fretboard patterns, this week I’m going to be launching an attack from the other side of the music education [...]
Blisters, Sores and Hearing Your Bass On Stage
Every now and then I do a gig and come away from it with sore or blistered fingers for, what seems like, no reason at all. I generally have calluses ranging from tough to [...]
Fretboard Patterns versus Notes and the Big TABLATURE question!
Every now and then I hear bass players advocate the practice of learning music by note rather than by pattern. This is usually pontificated in the same tone that players use in dismissing tablature [...]
Putting Limitations into Practice
One of the most useful music columns I ever read was in a guitar magazine in the mid 90s. I don’t remember the magazine (possibly Guitar World) and I don’t remember the guitarist that [...]
Nailing The Simple Stuff
Before you embark on a career as a professional bass player you would be forgiven for thinking that you need to work on your ability to play anything that’s thrown at you. That’s how [...]
Pimping Through Necessity – Fender Jazz Marcus Miller Signature Edition
Fender Jazz Marcus Miller Signature EditionPrice: £800 (at time of purchase)Website: http://www.fender.com/en-GB/products/search.php/?partno=0257802305 I’ve previously mentioned that a lot of my gear had been bought out of necessity or problems I had to address rather than [...]
