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The Music That Still Makes Me Want to Practice
Before I hit record for this episode, I was playing around with a harmonizer sound and found myself right back in the music that first made me want to become a musician.
A phrase, an interval, a particular sound, and suddenly I’m thinking...
Three Things to Work on This Week
In the first 15 seconds of the video below, Larry Grenadier perfectly encompasses everything we need to be motivated to do when we work on music. That his experience was related to New York City is almost inconsequential when you think abou...
Why Your Bass Lines Sound Boring (And How to Fix Them)
Have you ever had that feeling of being stuck in the same box when it comes to creating bass lines? You have your go-to shapes, a bunch of things that work on every song you play, but you’re not quite where you want when it comes to freedom...
How To Improvise
I’m about to start a process of revealing where all the vocabulary I use in my playing comes from. Connecting the dots between a live performance or recording session to the source material I’ve been listening to, transcribing, and practici...
How to Make Simple Bass Chords Sound Beautiful
A student asked me a question in a private lesson yesterday that I don’t think anyone had asked me quite that way before: “How do I listen to your music?”
Some of my albums connected with them immediately, but others left them wondering wh...
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