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The vast majority of musicians I’ve ever run across pretty much all share a similar trait: they’re comfortable at the plateau they’ve reached in their playing abilities. By that I mean they’ve reached a certain point in their playing where they’re happy with where they’re at and they now have no desire to push beyond …
As of Friday I officially signed on to be an MTD endorser for their basses and strings. I bought my first MTD fretless bass a couple of months back and immediately fell in love with it. It’s quickly become my main bass. There are some aspects of the MTD that I’m surprised people don’t readily …
If you’re like me you’ve got a couple of instruments that are particularly neck heavy. It’s hard to find a balanced bass guitar, especially when you get into the realm of 6-strings and 7-strings. Those extra strings require more headstock room, and with that comes extra weight. Many people have looked to find a …
Have you ever seen those little blocks between some bass players’ pickups and wondered what they were? Well, as you can see in the above picture it’s called a bass ramp. In the following video I’ll walk you through the steps to build your very own bass ramp.
If you’re a musician like me you will occasionally find yourself hitting a wall when it comes to practicing. You feel like you’ve just run out of things to go over. And like so many other musicians I’ve wondered how do you improve your practice time and improvisational skills over chords and riffs when there’s …
The Zombie Apocalypse. We’ve all thought about it. We’ve all dreamed it would happen. And if there’s anything we’ve learned from watching all the movies about a zombie uprising it’s that the surviving members of society will somehow find each other, band together, and persevere until the ending credits roll. These rag tag ensembles …
This is part 5 in my “Importance of Acting Professional as a Working Musician” series. Moving right along here. I’ve worked with musicians that have stormed out of rooms because they weren’t getting their way. I’ve worked with musicians that show up drunk. I’ve worked with musicians that are belligerent. All I’m trying to …
So far we’ve covered the importance of acting professional as a working musician when playing locally, playing regionally,while being in the studio, and life on the road. But this etiquette doesn’t remain just in the confines of inner office politics, on a tour bus, in hotel rooms, or on stage. We’ve come to a point …
The Importance of acting professional on the road: Let’s imagine what would happen if you worked at, say, a grocery store. You show up late on a consistent basis, you show up hung over, you make other, you make unwanted flirtations with other employees and make them uncomfortable, you’re not around when people are looking …
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a contract recording artist you should basically bring all this knowledge with you and apply it to your experience in the studio. Remember the band that ran up the bar tab I was talking about? The same can be said about the studio. Don’t show up to a studio …
