Tonight’s concert at the Nashville Jazz Workshop has unfortunately been cancelled due to flooding concerns and will have to be rescheduled. An alternative date is currently being plannned and I will post details as soon as it is confirmed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Adam Nitti Band Live, featuring: Mike Whittaker, Rahsaan Barber, Marcus Finnie, and Adam Agati.
Sunday, May 2nd
7pm
The Jazz Cave @ the Nashville Jazz Workshop
1319 Adams Street
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 242-5299
Tickets: $10 (cash only) at the door
We’re just now getting a copy of the issue, but the March, 2010 issue of Modern Drummer features a review of my ‘Liminal’ CD. Special thanks to drummer-extraordinaire Mike Haid for his time and contribution.
thursday, april 15th
9:30pm @ 3rd & lindsley
the Tom Hemby Band
featuring tom hemby: guitar, keith carlock: drums, mark douthit: sax, mike whittaker: keys, and yours truly, on the bass.
friday, april 16th
12:30pm @ victor wooten’s bass/nature camp
the Adam Nitti Band
featuring adam agati: guitar, marcus finnie: drums, and mike whittaker: keys
this is a special performance scheduled for the attendees of the bass/nature camp only.
Hey, everyone!
I’ll be performing and teaching at the first annual Canadian Rockies Bass Bash on April 10, in Calgary, AB. Canadian friends, I hope to see you there!
For more information, log onto: www.canrockbassbash.com, or click on the graphic below:
It’s that time again!
LIVE! with the Tom Hemby Band
Thursday, April 15
9pm-
featuring: Tom Hemby (guitar), Keith Carlock (drums), Mike Whittaker (keys), Mark Douthit (sax), and yours truly on bass. 
Third & Lindsley
816 3rd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37210-2016
(615) 259-9891
… BASS Boot Camp, that is!
It’s that time of year again… On March 19th-21st, I will be instructing and sharing once again at Gerald Veasley’s Bass Boot Camp in Reading, PA. If you have a hunger to get more out of your bass and raise your skills as a player and musician, you don’t want to miss out on these three incredible days!
This year features another incredible cast of bass instructors: Stu Hamm, Brian Bromberg, Bakithi Kumalo, Michael Manring, and Anthony Wellington.
Are YOU ready to go the distance???
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March 19-21, 2009
Reading Crowne Hotel (formerly the Sheraton Reading Hotel)
Reading, PA
Registration open now!
Bass Bootcamp’s objective is to inform and inspire through hands-on instruction in a challenging yet supportive environment
* All playing levels accepted.
* Ability to read music not required
An intense weekend of hands-on instruction for serious minded bass players of all levels.
Join some of the world’s most renowned bass players who’ll show you -first hand – their techniques, their approaches, and their secrets to help you to become the bass player you dreamed you could be.
Aguilar recently released a new compressor pedal, called the TLC Compressor. It is a fantastic piece of tone-shaping gear that I am using live and in the recording studio. I recently put together some sound clips to demonstrate it, which can be heard on the Aguilar website. It really is an amazing piece of gear for the money… Here are some comments I recently made about it on my Facebook page, for those of you curious about how it performs:
“[the TLC Compressor] actually has replaced my other compressors that i’ve used for years. it has this smoothness to it that i can only liken to more expensive tube compressors. it definitely has more of a ‘vintage’ type of sound… …kind of has that bass ‘blossoming’ quality that makes the tone more expansive and dynamic. used sparingly, it is ultra transparent and is surprisingly quiet. used more heavily, it sounds like you’re running your bass through something more similar to an la2a… the threshold and slope controls are very responsive, and you can dial in settings quickly. you can certainly go overboard with the compression if you want to for some added effect, but i typically have been running the threshold at about 50% with my passive basses. what i also like about it is that you don’t hear it ‘breathe’ when it grabs notes. it’s very smooth on and off threshold… ”
Click HERE to hear the clips.
The latest issue of BassMusicianMagazine.com is now LIVE! Be sure to check out my latest column: PRACTICING WITH CHORD TONES, PART 2: NAVIGATING CHANGES. It takes up where I left off in my last column and includes exercises and practice strategies designed to help you become more effective in outlining harmony when improvising. Here is a video excerpt from the exercises:
Congratulations to Heather Headley! She won Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for “Audience Of One” at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night. I am especially excited about her win because my bass playing can be heard on “Audience Of One.” Special thanks to producer Keith Thomas for allowing me to be a part of the project. Heather is one of the greatest singers I have had the opportunity to work with, and I wish her much continued success.
