The Bass Shed Podcast

Send us Fan Mail https://www.instagram.com/the_bass_shed/ The Bass Shed Podcast hits 100! On this very special episode, I revisit some important conversations i've had with guests over the years. Interview clips from: EP 77 - Lance Morrison Composer, touring and session bassist Lance Morrison has recorded/performed with Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissete, The New Radicals, Lee Ann Rhymes, Rick Spr...

Send us Fan Mail Tim Landers is session bass player, spending some time on the NY session scene and working as a session player in Los Angeles. Tim has worked with jazz/fusion artists such as Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, and Gil Evans. Tim has also worked with; Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin. In Addition, Tim has made incredible contributions to bass guitar design. He was on...

Send us Fan Mail N.Y. Electric Bassist Mike Visceglia has worked with Suzanne Vega, Jackson Browne, Avril Lavigne, Phoebe Snow,  Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler and many others.  Mike also co-leads a couple projects; Then Their Were Two and Pine Cats . Then Their Were Two is a duo project with Mike on electric bass and vocalist Fiona McBain.  Mike and Fiona have cultivate arrangements of pop tunes and...

Send us Fan Mail Barry Green is active as a bass soloist, recording artist, author and teacher. He has been directing bass camps and schools for over 44 years, and is founder and director of the Ohio State Bass Camp. Green has studied with the legendary bassist François Rabbath. Barry’s most recent project includes a unique exercise program called Stringersize .  Barry Green served as principal ba...

Send us Fan Mail Music Journalists Jon D'Auria (Editor in Cheif) Chris Jisi (Senior Editor) of Bass Magazine, discuss their time working as music journalists, Bass Magazine and shifts in culture that impact the magazine. Bass Magazine is a digital publication with daily web and social media posts dedicated to being the leading light on the past, present, and future of bass. From in-depth arti...

Send us Fan Mail Words from Ellis: “I officially began my guitar making career in Chicago back in 2002, when my favorite guitar was in need of major repair.  I did what I always do: read every book I can find about the subject. After that I was hooked,  I found an apprenticeship and realized that rather than repairs, designing and building instruments was what I wanted to do for the rest of my lif...

Send us Fan Mail Joshua Stamper has been a composer and collaborator for nearly thirty years. Equally at home in the jazz, classical, avant-garde, and indie/alternative worlds, and working with filmmakers, dancers, visual artists, poets and architects, his work reflects a deep commitment to transdisciplinary collaboration. Joshua has worked as an orchestral arranger, a studio conductor, and sessio...

Send us Fan Mail Kaisa Mäensivu is a Finnish double bass player and composer. She is currently based in New York, where she finished her Master's degree at the highly acclaimed Manhattan School of Music in May 2017. She studied under the guidance of teachers and professors such as Dave Liebman and Jay Anderson. Prior to moving to New York, Kaisa studied at the prestigious Sibelius Academy Jaz...

Send us Fan Mail Harmoni Kelley is a nationally touring bassist and vocalist from Austin, Texas, currently on tour with country music superstar, Kenny Chesney. A self-taught musician, Harmoni picked up the bass guitar at age 17 and hasn’t looked back. With over two decades of experience both on the road and in the studio, she has mastered the art of playing by ear and understands the importance of...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Richmond, Kentucky, he began playing the piano and violin as a youngster, then took up the double bass at 15. After two years of study, he won the concerto competition at Brevard Music Center with Dragonetti’s Concerto in A Major, and later was a two-time competition winner at North Carolina School of the Arts, where he was also the recipient of the Vittorio Giannini Memor...

Send us Fan Mail Recording & Touring Bassist, Brandan Brown has toured with Legendary Artists such as, The Jacksons, Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Boyz II Men, Jessica Simpson and more. At the age of 19 Brandan was awarded an Oscar for his playing on the soundtrack of 2005 film “Hustle & Flow”. In addition to Brandon’s demanding tour schedule, he also leads his own project The Brandon Brown...

Send us Fan Mail The son of Armenian immigrants, Abe was born in Los Angeles, CA and began double bass studies at the age of 9. A frequent guest with the San Francisco and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, Abe has had the unique opportunity to work with the world's leading conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Ricardo Muti, John Adams, and Charles Dutoit.  Grammy award winning electric and a...

Send us Fan Mail Born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand, Grammy nominated and winning Bassist Benjamin J. Shepherd started playing when he was 7 years old. 11 years later he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full time music career and to study with Bass legends Charlie Haden, Alphonso Johnson and Darek Oles at the California Institute of Arts (CalArts). He has since become one of the most in de...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Campbell plays the electric bass. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and like most members of the city’s bountiful music scene he spent the majority of his youth in the annals of music education. It was here that Campbell developed his unique penchant for superimposing triadic patterns over static harmony (commonly referred to as “getting modal”). You may have seen him pla...

Send us Fan Mail Marlon Martinez is a young virtuoso bassist and composer emerging at the center of the resurgent Los Angeles jazz scene. He has demonstrated his virtuosity while touring with a wide range of artists, from rock icon Stewart Copeland to classical trailblazers Quatuor Ebène. Marlon is the protégé of mentor Stanley Clarke and studied with legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter in New York...

Send us Fan Mail Touring bassist Corey McCormick has had the honor of working with amazing artists, some of which he grew up a fan of, learning their music long before he had the opportunity to play with them. Some of those artists include Chris Cornell, Neil Young an Willie Nelson to name a few. His talent has also been called upon by international artists such as, Vasco Rossi and Koshi Inaba. Su...

Send us Fan Mail Oskar Cartaya, during the course of a full career playing bass, composing, arranging and acting as musical director for an amazing array of artists, Oskar has soaked up the influences of his homes in Puerto Rico, New York and Los Angeles to create his very unique style. A long prolific career working with the likes of Spyro Gyra , Herb Albert , Jennifer Lopez , Celia Cruz , Rubén...

Send us Fan Mail Charley Sabatino is a veteran bassist, composer and educator with more than 40 years of experience.  He plays both upright and electric bass, encompassing a wide range of styles and performs throughout the NY/Metro Area.    Charley co-led "The Velocity Duo", a free composed music group that has released a CD (“Dichotomies”) and toured through the US and Europe.  Charley&...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Gullen, bassist for The Sheepdogs. The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2004. The Sheepdogs were the first unsigned band to make the cover of Rolling Stone and have gone on to a career featuring multi-platinum album sales and four Juno Awards. The band's guitar-driven blues-rock style has been described as  "pure, simple, good-...

Send us Fan Mail Touring bassist and recording artist Eva Gardner. Eva has been an in-demand bassist for the past couple decades.  In 2001 Eva was the original bassist for the band Mars Volta. She later went on to work with Tim Burgess, Veruca Salt and joined the band for the artist Pink in 2007. Eva has also released 2 EPs…. The 2019 release was titled “Chasing Ghosts” and the most recent release...

Send us Fan Mail Anthony Vitti is a Professor at the Berklee College of music and was a founding member in creating the courses for Electric Bass at the school. Anthony attended Berklee College of Music from 1982-1986. He graduated with honors and went on to work towards his Masters degree in jazz performance at the University of Lowell. Antony Vitti had the opportunity to work with a very wide va...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Aronoff is an in demand NY  Jazz Double Bassist.  While studying with Jonathan Storck of the NJ Symphony and jazz bassist John Webber, he earned a scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. While in Pittsburgh, he studied with Pittsburgh Symphony double bassist Anthony Bianco and saxophonist Eric Kloss, both of whom became important mentors, musically and pe...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Bradetich is regarded as one of the leading performers and teachers of the double bass in the United States. He has won many major solo competitions, recorded six solo albums of music for double bass and piano and has been featured on radio and television throughout North and South America and Europe including CBS, CNN, BBC and NPR.  He has taught on the faculties of the Univ...

Send us Fan Mail Composer, touring and session bassist Lance Morrison has recorded/performed with Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, The New Radicals, Lee Ann Rhymes, Rick Springfield, Don Henley, Richard Marx, Volto, The Coors, Gavin DeGraw and more. Lance is a member of Mike Campbell’s band “Dirty Knobs”.  In this interview Lance talks about touring post pandemic, and touring with The Dirty Knobs,...

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