Bass Guitar with Max P.

If you love the deep low-end sound of a bass and want to improve your playing, whether you are a beginner or advanced in your craft, I am happy to help you take your music skills to the next level! I am a professional bassist with over 25 years of experience performing live, composing & arranging music, recording session work, and teaching all levels of students in Rock, Funk, Blues, R&B, Jazz, Country, Folk, and World Music. I attended Berklee College of Music and majored in Music Performance. While at Berklee, I had the opportunity to collaborate in all musical styles and settings and created lifelong friendships with musicians from all over the world. I have had the privilege of honing my craft with many top-notch professional musicians including, Joe Macaro, Whit Browne, Rich Appleman, Danny Morris, Jim Stinnett, John Repucci. My journey as a musician has ranged from pit orchestra for musicals to Heavy Metal bands to Jazz groups and everything in between. I have opened for Patti LaBelle and Umphrey’s McGee and performed with diverse acts such as Dave Liebman, Frank Dibussolo, Butterjive, Corinne Mammana, The Wallace Brothers, AnOmali and many more. My musical experiences allow me to grow as a person, musician and a teacher. Interested in electric Bass lessons...Let’s get started! My lessons include: - a tailored curriculum, for ages 5 and up, from beginner to advanced levels to meet your goals as a musician. - instruction for either 4, 5 or 6 string, fretted or fretless electric bass. - building a foundation of technique, groove, theory, and ear training. - incorporating your personal music interests. - proper technique with hand placement, fingerstyle, muting, pick, tapping and slap. - warm-ups and finger exercises to increase hand strength, dexterity, stamina and speed. - developing notation reading skills, sight reading, chord charts and tablature. - assisting with songwriting skills and techniques. - audition and concert performance preparation.