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The Sound of Ska

bassistsbible • July 13, 2013Uncategorized

There is something so definitive about certain styles of music. You hear a walking bass line, where the bassist plays a changing melodic pattern while still playing evenly on every beat in 4/4 time and it might evoke Jazz, Jump Blues, or Rockabilly. The tempo, or speed that the song…

The Legba Beat and the Migration of Styles Across the Globe

bassistsbible • June 24, 2013Uncategorized

It is no coincidence that we chose New Orleans Funk as the opening style of the Funk chapter in my book, The Bassist’s Bible. New Orleans Funk is not only a foundation in the larger style of Funk, historically, but we also used it to introduce the musical concept of…

Drunks On Stage

bassistsbible • June 22, 2013Uncategorized

Thanks to Micaela Marsden for the sketch of my favorite ale. http://micaelamarsden.wordpress.com/ Back in my youth, heavy drinking wasn’t a big part of my scene, musically or personally. This was the 60’s. People did other things for fun. (We were on a “Spiritual Quest,” you know? If something you ingested messed…

Peter Laustsen’s Bass Blog

bassistsbible • June 7, 2013Uncategorized

I got an email from Peter who just got the 2nd Edition of my book. He is from Norway (he lives in Bergen) and he plays and also teaches bass in a local High School. He has a great blog, sharing “Life as a Bassist and a Music Teacher.” He…

Waiting for Jimi

bassistsbible • May 31, 2013Uncategorized

On the anniversary of the last Jimi Hendrix concert I saw in Berkeley 43 years ago today. You don’t have to be in a band to play bass. You can play bass by yourself or with CDs, MP3s or with YouTube and still have a lot of fun. I still…

The 2nd Edition – Details

bassistsbible • May 23, 2013Uncategorized

The new 2nd Edition is an update and expansion of the original book which was published in 2009. It provides bass patterns for virtually all popular styles, and includes more than 400 bass grooves now in both standard musical notation and tablature. The 192 audio examples are now twice the…

The 2nd Edition Cover

bassistsbible • April 7, 2013Uncategorized

Bassists Bible 2nd Edition Cover

Welcome to the Bassist’s Bible blog site. Now that the work is done on the 2nd Edition I will be sharing excerpts from the book as well as other bass related info. This may include history, written examples, audio examples or video from the book or thoughts and concepts about bass in the context of songwriting or playing in bands.

In case you might be wondering, that is a picture of me (Tim Boomer) on the cover. Micaela Marsden is the designer and she and my publisher Chaz Bufe really liked this picture. I am not sure I would have chosen to have my mug on the book cover but my designer and publisher disagreed.