| Some early comments from the
NEW POPULAR BASS METHOD
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From David Walter...Professor of Bass Juilliard School of Music:
"The books are a major contribution to our methodology!!
The clarity of your presentation through the fine illustrations
and pleasant music
offers a warm invitation to young bassists. In effect you are saying
'Bass can be easy and can be fun'. I heartily recommend your and Jeff
Neighbor's excellent 'vade mecum' and predict an enormous growth in our
bassists populations thanks to YOUR efforts!
From Tod Coolman, jazz bassist:
Let me say that they are thoughtful and, in my opinion, innovative. It
is a great service for you to dismantle the following traditional
barriers:
- Jazz/Popular/Folk/Classical. I am glad to see the focus here on the
mastery of the instrument-on becoming the most proficient bassist we
can, regardless of idiom
Repertoire- Yes.... give us some beautiful music and nice tunes to
practice so we can enjoy the aesthetic nature of what we are producing.
Bravo!
3. Defeats the
upper register "taboos." I love the way you get us into
upper positions pronto- thus demystifying them and not setting up the
usual mental block of "we'll get to that later...it's really the hard
stuff."
I am excited by these works, they are a much needed and long overdue
addition to the pedagogical literature, and I take my hat off to you.
To your continued success,
Todd Coolman
Order from Lemur Music
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