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One of the things I most like about teaching electric bass is that very few kids are ever told by their parents to play it. ‘You need to learn piano/violin/clarinet because I never had the chance’ is the bane of so many teacher’s lives and one of the main driving forces behind kids giving up […]

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I think it’s safe to say that for almost every person playing a musical instrument, there’s a part of it that is about exploring a part of their character and personality that they don’t get to exercise elsewhere. Whether that’s me as a solo bassist writing music that expresses all the stuff I struggle to […]

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In the last post, I mentioned that my main aim when teaching is to instill in my students a love of learning. A huge part of me having a right to teach them anything is me respecting the music they listen to. Nothing is a bigger turn off for a student that a dismissive teacher.
At […]

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The state of contemporary music teaching in the UK is terrible. Actually, the state of music teaching across the board is pretty awful. But at least with the classical stuff, the method makes sense, even if so many of the teachers are failing to inspire the students (do a straw poll of the people you […]

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So the last four days have been spent touring the south of England giving masterclasses at branches of the The Academy Of Music And Sound - a chain of music schools that stretches the length of the UK, but is focussed around the south west and midlands.
Once a year they do a masterclass week, where […]

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Having extended my stay in NYC for a few days due to not wanting to fly while ill, I’ll now be back in London next Tuesday, and will start back teaching pretty soon after that…
So if you to book in any bass lessons, either at my place, or with me coming to you, please drop […]

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20071219T180200@stevelawson.net
20071219T180200

date
Sunday January 13th, 10.00am-6pm
venue
Bass 2.0 Masterclass, San Jose, California
details
Bass Masterclass - fourth year of my California bass masterclass weekend. Sunday is a more specialised ’solo bass and beyond’ day, looking at what’s possible with the instrument outside of it’s traditional role.
weblinks
map (via google)
Masterclass details on MySpace

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It’s all go here!
We’ll start with last weekend - two gigs, Saturday/Sunday.
Saturday’s was a gig with Lobelia in Brighton at the Sanctuary Cafe, opening for MAP - that’s and Peter Harris - both incredible acoustic guitarists, writers of sublime melodies and fantastic performers. Also on the bill before us was a marvellous singer/songwriter, Conrad […]

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