Bass Player Interviews

With over 800 one-at-a-time interviews with bass players of just about every style and genre, you’re bound to find somebody (or, more likely, lots of somebodies!) that interest you. Take a look around. You’ll find loads of inspiration tons of tips for learning bass!

Julie Slick

Conversation about how a 12-year-old wannabe wound up landing a “Rock School” appearance, tours with Adrian Belew and Tony Levin and major recording contracts!

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Yves Carbonne

French bass, contrabass and sub-bass guitarist tells FBPO about his original designs of some of the most unusual instruments you could ever imagine!

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Tommy Stinson

Bassist with the Replacements, Soul Asylum and Guns N’ Roses talks to FBPO about his new CD, thoughts on the music business and his relief…

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Jeff Berlin

In this video interview, ol’ Jeff sits down with FBPO’s Jon Liebman (over sushi!) to discuss music education, BX3 and the current tour with Scott…

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John Wetton

Rock & roll heavyweight tells FBPO about his new “Raised in Captivity” CD and reuniting with the original members of Asia

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Rich Appleman

The man who taught Jeff Berlin, Stu Hamm, Victor Bailey, Bryan Beller and countless others recounts 40 years as head of Berklee’s incredible bass dept!

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Jauqo III-X

Multi-faceted performer tells FBPO about his experiences with Ornette Coleman, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and his 15-string fretless bass!

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