Nathan East: The Huffington Post Interview

Mon, 11/05/2012 - 11:57am
Written by AW
Topics: bass, nathan east
bob james nathan eastHuffington Post blogger Mike Ragogna recently interviewed Nathan East about playing with Fourplay, as well as some of the other many people he's worked with over the years. It's a great interview with someone who really cares about music and you can tell Nathan is having a great time as well. He reflects about getting to know George Harrison while playing bass on his last tour, and laughs about singing the line "and put your feet on the ground" on the theme from Footloose. Read the full interview HERE.
 
 

Beginner Guide to Jazz Bass Mastery with John Patitucci

Mon, 10/29/2012 - 6:28pm
Written by AW

Practicing music at home is nice but things really become fun when you play music and jam with others.  Jazz bass teacher and Grammy award-winner John Patitucci sits down at the ArtistWorks studios to talk with jazz drummer Brian Blade (Bill Frisell, Norah Jones) and pianist Jon Cowherd (Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter) about what they look for in a jazz bass player.

Lee Sklar Vouches for Nathan's Bass Lessons

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 6:10pm
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Topics: bass, nathan east

bass lessonsLee Sklar stopped by our booth at Bass Player Live to say some nice words about Nathan's "reform school" (aka bass lessons).

 

 

Nathan East at Bass Player Live 2012

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 11:32pm
Written by AW

We got some great pics of Nathan from Bass Player Live 2012, some legendary bass players stopped by the booth to wish Nathan well with his online bass lessons

Lee Sklar, Steve Bailey, Stu Hamm and Nathan posing at the Electric Bass School booth