Product Description. Over the past several years The Slap Bass Program has become the undisputed bible of slap technique. The video has garnered more accolades and. I've been looking into purchasing Alexis Sklarevski's Slap Bass Program Video from Video Progressions. My question: Is there a book that comes with.

Exclusive interview with FBPO’s Jon Liebman December 21, 2009 BIT department head talksto FBPO about his work with CSN, the Zappas, Carole King and Chuck Berry, as well as his world-famous publications Bass Institute Of Technology (BIT) department head Alexis Sklarevski is one of the busiest and most successful bassists on the scene today. He has worked with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Manhattan Transfer, Jackson Browne, Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa, Albert Lee, Carole King, Rita Coolidge, Johnny Rivers, Jamie Walters, Daniela Romo, Martha Reeves, and Chuck Berry. Alla Ricerca Del Tempo Perduto Proust Pdf Printer. He has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and has done numerous film, TV and jingle sessions. Alexis is the author of the critically acclaimed instructional DVD, The Slap Bass Program, and also co-produced Fingerstyle Funk, the instructional DVD by legendary Tower Of Power bassist Francis Rocco Prestia.

In addition to having written the “Bottom-Line Bass” column in Bass Player Magazine for seven years, Alexis is the author of Bass Playing Techniques: The Complete Guide and has done bass clinics throughout Japan and Europe. Currently, he continues recording and performing with many artists in the U.S.

And around the world. FBPO: Let’s start with your musical upbringing. How did you end up a bass player? Installing Asterisk On Synology Forum. AS: I actually started out on piano when I was 5 or 6 years old and continued until I was 15 or so. I worked through a pretty decent repertoire of classical music and I could play some Beethoven, Bach, Chopin waltzesthat sort of stuff.

The best thing was that I learned how to read music at the same time I learned to read words. I was probably as good a sight-reader at the age of 15 as I am now! The classical world is very intense, especially for someone who’s young. I would do these piano festivals and recitals and I just remember being so nervous. At the same time, I was in school and all my friends were getting into rock and jazz by playing guitar and drums.

Download Full Movie. Piano just wasn’t a “hip” instrument at the time. The reason I started playing bass was a combination of my normal personality (which was to NOT be the front person in any way) and hearing Paul McCartney and Leland Sklar. The Beatles and James Taylorthat was it for me. It still is in a lot of ways. I never took any bass lessons, so I spent quite a bit of time practicing in the basement. A year or two later I met a couple of guitar players and we started jamming together and trying to learn tunes. From there we started playing real gigs and that finally led to me moving to Los Angeles, going to BIT and getting more and more serious about becoming a musician and trying to do it for a living.