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Back in the day Part Two

So last week I rambled for a bit about the state of our current musical situation, in terms of it’s artistic offering and expression. If you didn’t ...

Back in the Day – Part One

“Music was so much better back in the day…” I hear this statement quite often, not only from older generations, but also from people my own age and ...

Foundation

The following is an excerpt from my book, Advice for the Modern Worship Musician. Let’s look at the word foundation itself. It’s really important that you under...

Getting your kids to practice

One thing that parents ask me all the time is, “How to I get my kids to practice?” Now, this may not pertain to you in particular (maybe your kids d...

What does a bass player NEED to know?

I received this message from a fellow bass player last month, and it was such an awesome question that I made a note to myself to blog on it. So of course that ...

Compression

Sorry I’ve been out of the loop lately… 2013 has proved to be an even busier year that 2012! It’s only the second week of January and I alread...

Musical Maturity

The following is an excerpt from my book, Advice for the Modern Worship Musician. We have to be musically mature, much like we are emotionally mature or sociall...

About Practice

I received this question from an awesome bass player named Matt Lawton (http://www.mattlawtonbass.blogspot.com) a few weeks back and I thought it was a terrific...

Don't forget what you do

I don’t really mean “Don’t forget how to play [insert instrument goes here].” I’m not talking about what you do in a literal sense...

Listening

The following is an excerpt from my book, Advice for the Modern Worship Musician. This one almost seems self-explanatory, but I cannot stress enough how importa...

How many bass players?

I just got back from an awesome weekend at Bass Player Live at SIR in Hollywood, and if you’re not familiar with the event allow me to try and describe it...

What's the best …?

I don’t know why, but a lot of people like to see things in black and white. Maybe because it’s easier to have an opinion without all of those grey ...

The Roller Coaster Effect

The following is an excerpt from my book, Advice for the Modern Worship Musician. In order to better understand this concept of moving the song forward let me i...

Don't wait for gigs; book them!

There’s a musician that I met some years ago who changed my life: his name is Voyce McGinley III and he’s one of my best friends (you can check out ...

Want more work? Do this!

Be willing to adapt. Honestly, the best way to get a lot of work is to stop saying, “I’m this kind of player,” or, “I only play this kin...

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