teacher

  1. remcult

    Tel Aviv teacher?

    I'm spending the next half-year or so in Tel Aviv, and would absolutely love a good in-person instructor. Anyone know of any? Thanks!
  2. O

    Can you please recomend a good teacher in New York?

    Electric and/or upright Im going to New York im may/june. Holiday. I would really like to take some lessons. Im semi pro. Played for 30 years. More interested in inspiration than chords and scales..if you know what i mean. Manhattan/Brooklyn. Can you recomend anyone? thanks!
  3. LordPanze

    Feeling Discouraged by a competent teacher

    So i'm still learning the basics of playing my bass guitar. My current teacher is very talented and knows his stuff, but I cant comprehend much of what he tells me. As he sits across from me, explaining scales and showing me them, I can't put what he says onto my own bass. Where as my looking up...
  4. lakefx

    Double Bass German bow teacher in Eugene Oregon?

    Hi all, I hope this is in the right sub forum. I took lessons weekly back in college from a great teacher, but that was 15 years ago and I took a long time away from URB. I've been playing arco with my rock band a lot recently and I need some bow technique tune up badly. I can't find many...
  5. A

    Finding a teacher

    I need to refresh and learn some new skills. I haven't played seriously in 10 years. I have found a 20 year old kid and someone who teaches voice, piano, guitar, bass, etc. I am looking for someone who is a bass teacher. Any recommendations on where to find someone. Anybody here in the...
  6. D

    The book that I've gained the most from - as a guitarist switching to bass

    Is Anthony Vitti's "Hip Hop Bass Grooves." I believe this is one of the lower-selling of his books, but is one of his favorites. I can see why. Each groove includes a notated 2 measure drum beat to accompany it. So every day, I'll program in that drum beat to a new track in my DAW, to join all...
  7. M

    Christmas gift for a guitar teacher / instructor

    Hi, Sorry if this is the wrong subforum for this, but its related to instruction. My son has been taking guitar lessons since July, and I'm wondering if there's a general rule for how much to gift to a music teacher...ie something worth one lesson, or two lessons, etc. It would be a gas gift...
  8. Rugmaster

    Weird story.. my bass teacher literally $#@_ himself?

    I was reading through these thinking of a funny story I could post about from my band, and while some weird things have happened, none of it is really worth posting on here. Then I just remembered something from way back when I first started taking lessons on bass: I was taking lessons from...
  9. FatPhalanges

    Questions to ask an advanced bass teacher...

    So, I have gotten the oppourtunity to take lessons from one of the best and busiest upright/electric bass players in my area. I take formal lessons at my college, but I follow their lesson plans. Now I have this complimentary private instructor but he isn't cheap or super close to me...