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Here's a book intended to challenge you. Here’s a book meant to inspire you. This book is a wake-up call to the global problems and roadblocks for you as a bass player. This book is meant to be a reality check. Even if bass playing is a hobby for you, your level of enjoyment and satisfaction will increase exponentially if you get better, start to like your playing and sound, and then continue to move forward. But if you aspire to be a part-time gigging and recording musician or full-time musician/bassist, this book is filled with the ten reasons that are seriously holding you back. (It ...

This Bass Player 3-in-1 Bundle features the titles: Bass Player Q&A, Why You Suck at Bass, and Music Money. The first two titles cover a broad range of topics of interest to bass players everywhere playing a wide variety of musical styles and genres, and with varying levels of experience. The third title is a look at modern musician’s ‘entrepreneurship’ and ways to monetize your musical knowledge and abilities, mostly online.

Here’s a Q&A (question and answer) book for beginner and intermediate bass players looking for answers to various music-related questions. It’s a collection of answers compiled by me — and other professional musicians — about playing your instrument as a hobby, on a part-time basis, and eventually as a professional, if that’s what you want. The topics in this book cover everything from how to practice, how to get more gigs, and how to approach different styles of music. It also covers specific ideas about basses and bass-related gear, and various broader issues dealing with basic ...

Last year I had a chance to discuss guitar, guitar books, and music theory content with the Argentinean guitarist Mauro Pantin, and I immediately thought that we should find ways to collaborate, beyond the obvious performance angle. This new project — Get Ready for the Real Book: The Basic Foundations for Jazz Guitar — is our first collaboration and is meant to be a primer for guitarists who want to have enough theory background, conceptual understanding, and theoretical knowledge to dive into jazz, improvisation, and the real book. We hope you find it useful and informative. -- Tommy ...

Yes, this book is designed entirely to share those secrets that will inspire you to write that great song that you know you can! And once the creativity really starts flowing, we'll create great habits and write even more, each and every day. Get down to writing the music and the lyrics you know that you can because writer's block is a fantasy. You just need inspiration.

Welcome to your next guitar practice book! We’ve all heard about the power of back-to-basics thinking, and as professional musicians and guitarists we (Mauro and I) truly believe in the power of breaking down all the processes of playing and making music. The guitar can be very complex when it’s taken as a whole, so let’s focus on the right hand.

Why are some many black businesses failing? This dynamic and thought provoking panel tackles just the question. Hear how to bridge the gap between the business and civic community in order to strengthen our community as a whole.

Here's a book intended to challenge you. Here's a book meant to inspire you. This book is a wake-up call to the global problems and roadblocks for you as a guitarist. This book is meant to be a reality check. Even if guitar playing is a hobby for you, your levels of enjoyment and satisfaction will increase exponentially if you get better, start to like your playing and sound, and then continue to move forward. But if you aspire to be a part-time gigging and recording musician or full-time musician/guitarist, this book is filled with the 10 reasons that are seriously holding you back.