Author: Trevor Jones

708: Chris Fitzgerald on jujitsu and bass

 Chris Fitzgerald has been putting out incredible jazz bass content on YouTube for years.  He recently released a comprehensive review of the Noble Tube Preamp, and he is in the early stages of a new project that he is calling “Bass Jitsu.” We talk about this new project, how his early piano teacher was the… Continue reading 708: Chris Fitzgerald on jujitsu and bass

Bonus: Sara Neilson, Online Beginner Bass Camp

Sara Neilson will be running an online beginner bass camp for students age 8-12 from July 6th through July 30th.  She’ll be doing hourly sessions from 10-11 am Central Time. Sara teaches bass at the Merit School of Music in Chicago, and she has been running a series of warm-up classes each weekday on Facebook. … Continue reading Bonus: Sara Neilson, Online Beginner Bass Camp

707: Susanna Klein on Practizma

Susanna Klein has been working on a really cool project in the past few years: Practizma.  This is a journal that takes you through 16 weeks of guided practice, with goal setting, reflection prompt, action challenges, and journal pages to track your practice. In addition to this very cool system, we talk about Susanna’s background,… Continue reading 707: Susanna Klein on Practizma

706: Tom Walley on staying active during quarantine

Tom Walley has certainly been keeping busy during the quarantine, publishing a ton content on his Instagram and YouTube, including his arrangement of the Adagio from Mahler’s 9th Symphony with his fellow London Philharmonic Orchestra section members. Tom and I talk about this recording and his other quarantine projects, canceled tours, moving out of London… Continue reading 706: Tom Walley on staying active during quarantine