Ideas and tips on how to get the best results from the Contemporary Bassist. Browse through the articles to find answers to all your questions!
3 essential points for studying bass guitar online with satisfaction - A few months ago we held a live broadcast with the first level students of Contemporary Bass Player Online (to be clear, those who study the video lectures dedicated to vol.1), and on that occasion a question emerged for Titian. How can I... Continue reading
3-day free trial of Contemporary Bassist Online! - did you know that in January 2022 we celebrated the first 6 years of Contemporary Bassist Online? It's practically a kid already :-)))) Right from the start we structured it in cycles, that is, groups of lessons, first of all because the videos were coming out... Continue reading
"It's easy to believe that study sessions were a waste of time, when most of the time you were distracted or agitated" (T.Z.) - Sacrosanct words, these from Titian. From my own experience and that of hundreds of our students, I can also confirm that the quality of a... Continue reading
In the band where I play they replaced me. And now? - Here's an unexpected article, born out of my reflections on a post that appeared a few days ago in the Contemporary Bassist FB group and which I reproduce below (obviously without naming names). Don't fixate on the specific case, though, think this... Continue reading
Can I use the book BASSISTA CONTEMPORANEO without following the online course videos? A question I often receive is about the difference between the book Contemporary Bassist and the Contemporary Bassist Online course. I have answered it in writing many times, and it is also explained very well on this site. But I realised... Continue reading
I was given a 6-string bass as a present but I am a beginner. What can you recommend? Hi, in the meantime some of you might feel a slight envy at the good fortune of this friend who sent me this very question last week 🙂 You get a 6-string bass as a present but you are... Continue reading
Hello not long ago I received this email: "I recently purchased a bass guitar and need to start playing. Is volume 2 simply a revamped edition of volume 1? Or is it better to use volume 1 first and then volume 2?" Of course it was just pointing out, it goes without saying that the... Continue reading
And so, once again, we reached the end of the year. I think we all expected more from this 2021, didn't we? We were sure of a turnaround... but no, not yet. The road is still uphill. It takes patience, but let's keep going 🙏 Speaking of which, if you're not... Continue reading
"All music is made up of notes taken from a scale. They can be scale pieces, arpeggios, jumps or chromaticism. But it is always about scales. Whether you are aware of it or not, all music works like that. So the more you can play scales and arpeggios with fluency and ease, the better... Readmore
"The aim is to stimulate the bass player's musical instincts" br We recently had the pleasure of exchanging a few words on The Contemporary Bassist with Stefano, a specialist in the bass and guitar department of the Borsari Strumenti Musicali shop in Bologna, who has been helping us with the distribution of the book for years now. It had been... Continue reading
