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Laurence Cottle To Host Bass Masterclass in London

Posted on April 13, 2010 » tagged: ICMP, Laurence Cottle, London, uk » 6 Comments »

Tweet For those in the UK and near London, you might be interested to know that The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is hosting a master class by their faculty member Laurence Cottle on Thursday 15th April. Laurence has played with artists as diverse as Sting, Cher, Brian Eno, Eric Clapton and Black Sabbath, although [...]

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Practicing with a Looper

Posted on November 9, 2009 » tagged: looping, Michael Manring, practice » 1 Comment »

Tweet I recently stumbled upon this great piece on practicing with a looper over at the Institute of Bass – the post was sponsored By SWR Sound Corporation and written by the ever impress Michael Manring, who I had the pleasure of seeing live with Steve Lawson last month. Looping History Looping devices used to be [...]

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Beyond Bass Camp

Posted on April 23, 2009 » tagged: Beyond Bass Camp, London, Steve Lawson » 5 Comments »

Tweet   If you can get to London, this sounds very interesting! The acclaimed teacher and solo artist, Steve Lawson is putting on Beyond Bass Camp, a one day event looking at the bass as a vehicle for music, both within the tradition of the bass guitar, and beyond it as a tool for self-expression. Looking at technical, theoretical and [...]

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Bass Fretboard Map

Posted on October 13, 2008 » » 8 Comments »

Tweet A pretty discovery, via Steve Lawson‘s shared feed. Train hits boy (don’t ask me!), aka Wayne, has produced a brilliant coded map of the fretboard, covering standard tuning on a 4 string bass: Very handy! Print, memorize and then program into your brain and fingers! Tags: fretboard

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Learning Bass Parts – checking out iVideo Songs

Posted on October 6, 2008 » tagged: ivideosongs, Lessons » 3 Comments »

Tweet I got gently nudged a while ago to use my bass skills to try out ivideosongs.com. In essence it is an on-line, video-based song-learning site, now with support for us lovely bass players. Getting to grips with the service is very straight forward: head to ivideosongs, then click sign up (top right). Bash in your email [...]

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MusicDojo – Learning Bass on-line

Posted on August 25, 2008 » tagged: Anthony Wellington, MusicDojo, Norm Stockton, Randy Hoexter » Add a comment »

Tweet A while ago, I did Norm Stockton’s “The Art of Groove” course on musicdojo.com (Norm pictured here, from his 2003 visit to the UK – time you came back to visit Norm ). An email just landed in my inbox, which reminded me about this great way to build your bass skills. If you [...]

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