To become a jazz musician, or any genre of musician, you must practice consistently over time, both with other musicians and alone.  Progr...

In the past month I have finally hit on a practice routine that works for me.  (I play bass and my chosen genre is jazz and jazz standards.)...

Last Friday our singer was ill, so couldn't make practice, so we worked on instrumentals.  I liked this, because instrumentals are a dif...

Last week my jazz group had a gig at the Slapface Coffee & Tea Cafe in Fremont, CA.  To prepare for the gig, I practiced the songs on my...

I have been using Crescendo music notation software for the past few days, to write out bass lines, to experiment with arranging the notes i...

If you want to be a great bass player, you need to understand chord structures and bass lines.  A great bass line is a string of notes that ...

I read an ad on Craigslist for a jazz bassist and jazz drummer for a gig in Santa Cruz, California.  So I alerted my favorite drummer Stan a...

I am always seeking names for bands among the daily barrage of broadcasts, news and media.  Yesterday I was listening to the Blues Brothers ...

To change a major 7th into a minor 7th arpeggio, you flat the third and the seventh notes.  See chart below.

I just enrolled in Geoff Chalmers course, "Double Bass Arpeggios:  the Play Along Collection," at www.discoverdoublebass.com .  Th...