ArtistWorks on Periscope
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 9:48am
Good news: we are starting to live stream recording sessions with our artists who come to our studio. Using the Periscope App, we'll be broadcasting live whenever we have a special guest in our recording studio to record new lessons.
If you follow us on Twitter @artistworks, you may have noticed a couple weeks back that we had Mike Block in recording cello lessons (be sure to get on the mailing list for updates). Mike is back this week to record more and today we're be streaming some of the material on bluegrass cello. Watch live on Periscope @artistworks or follow us on Twitter for the link!
These sessions are meant to be viewed live, but will be stored for 24 hours on our Periscope profile if you have the app. Anyone with the link can view the broadcasts live and see the behind the scenes action at our ArtistWorks headquarters in Napa, CA. Periscope has presented interesting possibilities for real time recording and we are excited to begin experimenting with some different uses. Hope to have some folks tuning in!
Jazz Bass Etude in E Minor
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 2:20pm
Etudes (from the French world étude meaning study) have long been used by musicians as a way to improve on certain techniques. They are typically written for one instrument and are comprised of a short musical composition designed for practice and repetition. The idea is that the more you play it, the easier it gets and the more you improve.
This jazz bass etude will help you get in the swing of things, it's a sample lesson from the Online Jazz Bass School with John Patitucci which features a beginner level bass etude in E Minor. We have the full backing track here that you can play along to, as well as bass notation for the melody, which we also have transcribed for you here.
The Challenges of Singing and Playing Bass
Tue, 03/04/2014 - 10:10am
Topics: double bass, missy raines
As we head very slooooooowly into spring...I thought I'd spend a moment talking about some of the unique challenges of singing while playing bass. You need to create and keep up a solid foundation or 'road' for the rest of the band to ride on, but you are also soloing on top of that ribbon of road. How do you keep both aspects in time? What are you experiencing as you sing and play at the same time? Let me know. Send me a video of a song you're working on.
As I look out my window today, I see snow. I'm holding out for the first peep of a daffodil... Keep the faith, folks. It's gotta get here before long!
Keep pickin, Missy
Missy's Jam Footage from RockyGrass 2013
Thu, 09/19/2013 - 4:52pm
Greetings, we come bearing Bluegrass! This is footage that we captured at the ArtistWorks booth at Rockygrass 2013. Missy came over to the booth for a meet and greet session and ended up getting a great jam circle going. Some of the other notables in the jam are Missy's husband Ben, plus Jeff Scoggins and his son Tristan Scoggins of the band Colorado. There are 14 bluegrass jams altogether in the new section "Rockygrass 2013", so find it all in +Music section or just click on the picture to jump to the first jam!
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