We sing the BASS Electric

04/08/2026

Question?
In my lifetime I actually have rarely come across anything above or below the ledger lines. Only in Gospel music and mostly direct ed to keyboard players.
Do you recommend teaching students exercises that spotlight these?
Jeff Berlin shared a wonderful cross string reading lesson that had notes as high as A!

04/08/2026

Love his creative bass 🔊 lines!
Nick Beggs

04/01/2026

04/01/2026

Love this Bass 🔊 groove!
One of the best eighties pop tunes!
Nick Beggs

03/05/2026

Happy Thursday Music Lovers 🎶,
Here is a lesson I teach my students.
It falls under " Exercises in Harmony and theory ". After introducing them to the process of stacking chord tones in intervals of thirds in the key of C, I introduce the first key with one Sharp, which is G.
Play a G major scale starting on the third fret on the E string first..across the fretboard.
Then follow the direction of building chord tones( arpeggios) = Root/ third/ 5th starting on each scale step.
Example: G,B,D= Major/ A,C,E= Minor, ect.
Let me know if this helps in your journey.
Pay attention to my fingerings.

02/20/2026

With the incredible Mohini Dey and band at the BIRCHMERE last night 🌙
Powerful show!

The Birchmere

02/20/2026

Last night at the Legendary Birchmere,
Featuring some of the most iconic Bass players in the DMV including Rare Essence , Phaze Ii Jazz and Beladonna members.
Also Gregory Carpenter , Victor Douglas and Yours truly, Christian de Mesones!!!!
Thanks The Birchmere


The Birchmere

02/12/2026

🎉 Facebook recognized me for starting engaging conversations and producing inspiring content among my audience and peers!

02/12/2026

Here is another great lesson from the Chuck Sher book " the improviser's bass method".
Introduction to Modes. I first learned them as Scale studies and teach this lesson to my students.

I ask my students this;
"When you practice patterns do you do the following- call out the name of the notes out loud?
How about paying attention to your fingerings or shifting?
What about your picking hand...are you alternating?

Looking at this page What Key are these scales in?

Yup...EVERYONE should know how to play a C major scale. You have 5 options to play it over the entire neck in various positions.
Each pattern represents the scale step you are starting on.
Happy Practicing 😊

02/11/2026

New student at KBI Music Shoppe 🎶
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02/07/2026

With Andrew Gouche – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉