I’m very much looking forward to the release of Aynsley Lister’s new album ‘Home’, which I’m happy to say I played bass on. We had a great time up at Superfly Studios in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire putting the tracks together and the whole album has a great feel and a lovely…
How do you feel about your playing when you sit down to record. Are you confident that you’ll capture good takes, that you’ll play your ideas with consistency and great feel? Does the thought of the red recording light coming on fill you with a sense of panic and dread?…
Feel first, virtuosity second. If you haven’t got good feel, everything else counts for nothing. Why do we get so easily distracted by the unimportant stuff? Why is it often so hard to discipline ourselves to play only what’s required when we are being creative? It takes a long time to…
I was recently asked by the lovely folk at UK website ‘Bass Gear’ to write an article giving some information about the equipment I use as a working bass player. The article also describes how I got into playing bass in the first place and some information on who I…
Here are some of my notes from a workshop I was fortunate enough to lead in Latvia in March 2011. To create a successful bassline or musical idea we must always be in control of what we are trying to do. Think of music as a conversation where you are…
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