Bass

Digital Handbook
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Contents
Lessons

Features
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Welcome!
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Study Music Online

Anywhere, Anytime
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The Key to Building

a Groove Is All Q&A
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Anthony Vitti Lenny Stallworth

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Anthony Vitti
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What bassists most made you want to play?

How many basses do you own?

What kind of amp do you prefer?

What bass lines have had the biggest impact on you?

What advice would you give to a student who is thinking

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Celebrity Interview

Nathan East on
40 Years of Hits
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Is it true that you’ve played on over 2,000 recordings?

In the early ’80s when you’re playing on all these

sessions, how much of you are you bringing to it and
how much are you just trying to please the artist?
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Did you ever get to a point where you would hear

yourself so much on the radio that you didn’t recognize
your bass lines?
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And that’s another thing altogether, because that’s not

just your bass that you’re hearing on that one. You’re
hearing your voice, which is a whole different story.

You’ve played music for four decades, and you’ve played

with a lot of legendary musicians from previous eras. And
now you’re playing with younger musicians as well. So
what is your outlook on what’s in store for the future?
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Really? You’re intimidated?

Wow, but I think a lot of people would refer to you as a

monster on the bass.

Is there anybody left on your list of artists that you have

always wanted to play with?
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And how did you get to a point when you’re writing with
Philip Bailey and Phil Collins, and writing with Babyface?

Always keep the most important

thing in mind, which is the song.
That’s the most important thing for
the bass.
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Let’s talk about Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” Is that the bass
line that most people know you by? Is there one that you
they knew you by instead?
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And with all these people that you have played with,
and playing on your own, and having old friends come
in to record on your album and the previous
albums, what do you look for in somebody that you’re
playing with?
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Working with Michael Jackson as compared to working

with Bob Dylan as compared to working with Lionel. Is
there a through line in the way that they work and the
dialogue that they would have with the musicians and the
songs?
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Getting Down with

the Motown Sound
on Your Bass
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Muting
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Ampeg B-15N Amp

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James Jamerson
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Danny Morris

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Danny Morris
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Faculty Favorites

Professors Rank the

Top 10 Bass Lines
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Danny’s Top 10
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Rich’s Top 10
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Rich Appleman
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What kind of amp do you prefer?

What bass lines have had the biggest impact on you?

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World-Class Courses

• Bass Performance 101

• Rock Bass
• R&B Bass
• Slap Bass
• Jazz Bass
• Basic Improvisation
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Student Stories

Divinity Roxx on Her

Audition for Beyoncé
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Tell us about the nucleus of the Beyoncé band and how it

all came together.
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Are you just teaching yourself all this stuff?

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What was your awareness of her before that?

You couldn’t be.

But from that distance . . .

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I would go in the bathroom, look

at myself and say, ‘You just dig
in. You’ve got to get this. You can
do this.’
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So is this the day of the auditions?

How did you bone up on the material?

How was the audition itself? Was she there?

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After midnight?
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Yeah, OK.
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And people are watching you, too?

Oh, they’re there?

Man, pressure.

Now, are they talking with you?

Sitting behind a table, style?

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How to Achieve a
Jazz Sound on the
Electric Bass
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Jim Stinnett

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Success Strategies

How to Practice
Bass Effectively
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Maintain and Build

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Personal Interests and Needs

Survival Skills
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Dave Clark
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What bassists most made you want to play?

How many basses do you own?

What kind of amp do you prefer?

What bass lines have had the biggest impact on you?

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Your Career Path