by S. K. Wallace Location:  Dallas, TX   Current Gigs:  Klaus and Pure Worship, Daron Farmer, First Baptist Dallas Day One Band, freelance studio and live work   “Other people I’ve worked with on occasion include Jennie Riddle [recipient of 2010 Dove Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Worship Song of the Year for [...]

by Stefon Pizzuto       Several months back we discussed different types of general maintenance techniques that every player should be able to execute on their instrument in order to keep it performing at its highest level of quality. These included neck relief, string height adjustment, and intonation. All were relatively simple to do, even [...]

by Michael Dimin       Listening to some of my favorite bass players growing up I was always amazed by what I thought was a barrage of notes being played at breakneck speed. Being an impressionable teenager, I thought that good chops were priority one in determining the talent level of a musician – especially a [...]

by Stefon Pizzuto In previous lessons we have discussed the construction of chords and chord progressions and learned how they relate to the bass guitar. We also talked about substitute chords and potential bass lines we could play over them. Today we are going one step further by studying the diatonic 7ths of the major [...]

by Michael Dimin In previous articles I have spoken about the availability of 5 keys in any single position on the neck, of 15 keys available in the money position and in expanding your palette by actually limiting yourself to playing in one position. Let’s take this one step further. How would we approach one [...]

  From the Glacier to the Jazz: Keeping Cool with The Neptunes   by S.K. Wallace   Perry Orfanella was coming in from the cold (and the freezing rain) on the lower deck of the MS Amsterdam just as I was preparing to step out to view the spectacular Hubbard Glacier. It was one of [...]