Welcome to our
Student Spotlight!
Our members work hard and it shows!
They show up for practice and do their assignments.
Check out what they are up to!
Pattern System Level III Finals!
In our Level III Pattern System Intensive, we tackled topics such as:
- Diatonic triads and four-note chords in Areas 1 and 2!
- What makes a cool groove and how to create it using such figures
- The Beauty of common notes when the chord changes (whether it's a shift inside the key or not)
- Scalar studies: how to make them sound musical
- The fact that if your rhythm is cool and the target note is cool, you can get away with a lot :)
- How to create a story arc using a simple idea and developing it further.
Our Membership spotlight features our student Laurent from France/UK, who composed a really musical groove/solo combo for his final. Can you hear the melodic arc, the beautiful build, and the musical ideas he spins further? If you notice this is moving to listen to, that's why: it tells a story!
And on fretless, no less! Beautiful submission, Laurent!
A Multi-Bass Collaboration!
Our members work hard and it shows! They show up for practice and do their homework.
Check out what they are up to!
A Multi-Bass Collaboration: My Favorite Things
Over nine sessions in December 2023 we tackled:
- walking in three
- adding some “burps” (the real technical term is skips) to add interest
- analysis (oh: another example of the diatonic cycle in there)
- how to solo over it
- playing the melody
- playing chords
- how to make a bass solo version of it
- Four of our students got together over the internet and took all that and created this beautiful multi-bass piece from it
Our Membership spotlight features our students Christine, Laurent, Randy, and Rick (who also put together the awesome video!)
As a member you can study all these sessions in our membership archives!
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...you also see how the others folks are having the same struggle as you have, and it’s really helpful to understand you are not alone
I like that Ari - she not only tells you how you can do things, but she also explains to you why things work the way they work, and she is just a fun person to hang out with during those sessions.
It’s definitely a hightime of my week!
...And then I found Ari online and that was the beginning.
So I noticed that my playing is getting better because of what I am doing with her. In other words, my movement, where I’m going, what I can learn, how to prepare for that groove. It’s all improving. All of it.
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