The Practice Room

When I only have 15 minutes to practice, I grab the metronome, pick a shape, and go to town on tempo recognition exercis... Read more

Unless you've been living under a digital rock for the past 5 years, you probably already know who bassist and YouTuber ... Read more

Victor Wooten is arguably one of the most important voices not just in bass guitar, but in modern music. From his incred... Read more

In the middle of a super hectic week, I'm carving out just over 20 minutes today to keep some consistency in my playing.... Read more

Searching for a new string company has been over a year in the making, and I'm so happy to announce that I signed a cont... Read more

I got a call yesterday from Steve Smith asking me to cover a tour with his band Vital Information at the last minute, an... Read more

Tim is one of the most interesting musicians I know, with experience in more walks of the music world than I can even co... Read more

Working hard every day to add this new modular synth sounding element to my pedalboard with the eventide H9, and Iron Et... Read more

It's crunch time with preparation for a record I'm producing, so I'm in full blown writing mode. I also talk about how I... Read more

I'm playing almost all of today's episode on the CNC prototype of Henrik Linder's signature 4-string by Mattisson Basses... Read more

I was checking out the Animals as Leaders song "An Infinite Regression" from their 2011 release - Weightless. The openin... Read more

I'm getting into the pitch shifting side of the HX Stomp, and am shooting it out with the Eventide H9 today to see which... Read more

Gary Willis was one of my musical idols as a young bass player, and remains so to this day. Some of my earliest memories... Read more

Starting work early today with my morning practice routine, and getting back to regular programming here with what the p... Read more

Today, that's exactly what happens half way through the episode. I start out by getting super psyched about programming ... Read more

This is the kind of thing I'm looking to get out of my routine when I literally only have 20 minutes to practice. It's n... Read more

Super lucky to be a temporary custodian of two prototype Henrik Linder production Mattisson basses after this years wint... Read more

I was up until 4am last night programming some voicings in the Eventide H9's "Quadravox" algorithm, and today's practice... Read more

I'm getting closer to having a really nice array of sounds programmed in the Line6 HX Stomp, and today I got to an ambie... Read more

Managed to sneak in a quick birthday practice session. Found an old Bob Mintzer lick, and am starting to feel good in th... Read more