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October Classes And A New Structure for Beyond Bass Camp
When I first ran B*B*C classes, I did a 5 part series with the same people coming to each class. As the idea has evolved, I’ve been running one-off classes for five lovely bass monkeys at a time, and last month did the first looping class for any instrument… It’s working really well, but we…
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Improvisation, Jazz and Education
I recently ran an ‘ask me anything‘ thread on my blog – the questions and the answers were posted in the comments, and I had intended to reblog the answers at some point. The first of them to leap out at me was one that fits better here than on stevelawson.net – a question from…
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Looping Masterclass, 29th July – The Details
A looping masterclass is something I’ve been asked about a lot over the years, but until now, I’ve only done them in Universities. So, no time like the present, I’m doing on as part of the ‘Beyond Bass Camp’ series here in Birmingham, on July 29th. But it’s not just for bassists – it’s for…
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B*B*C Classes for July 2012 – Bass AND Looping classes!
We’re just a few days off the 2nd in this series of Beyond Bass Camp classes. The first one went really (will post some attendee feedback ASAP) and I’m really looking forward to class no. 2 on the 9th. For July, there are TWO classes – a bass class and a new one day looping…
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Dates For Beyond Bass Camp May/June 2012
Finally! Here are the dates for the first two Beyond Bass Camp days of 2012: Saturday May 12th Saturday June 9th That’s the 2nd Saturday in each month. So, what’s the deal? Each class will be limited to 5 students and will work as a standalone (you don’t have to book for both, though you…
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Quotes from Previous Beyond Bass Camp Attendees
I’m about to announce the first few Beyond Bass Camp dates for 2012. In advance of that, I have two quotes/testimonials from previous attendees: “Beyond Bass Camp is still the most valuable learning experience I’ve had; it contributed massively to the way I now think about bass, both as role and as an instrument,…
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Beyond Bass Camp Restarts In Birmingham
It’s been a while since the first Beyond Bass Camp course ran, and in the hiatus all kinds of musical and non-musical interesting things have happened. The most relevant to the course being that I now live in Birmingham. So, starting from April, I’m going to be running a 5 day (one Saturday a month…
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Memory and Music
At the moment, I’m in the middle of a three-day Artists Research Lab on Memory, organised by Motiroti – you can read more about it on the Amplified Site. Here’s a fabulous TED talk, exploring the different between our experiencing selves and our remembering selves. The implications of this for musicians are huge – how…
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Words From The Wise – David Torn
Well, it’s been a while. Please be assured, there’ll be some Beyond Bass Camp news coming very soon. I promise 🙂 But in the meantime, here’s some smart thinking on music. One of the big mistakes instrumentalists make is to go looking to practitioners of their chosen instrument for wisdom on the subject of music.…
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The Convergence Pyramid
This post was partly inspired by Michael Manring‘s masterclass last week at Chappell’s Music Shop in London, and the conversation he and I had after it. The catalyst was his difficulty in answering questions that required him to fragment his thinking about music – and even detach music from its place within the rest of…