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Highlights of Bass Day include performances and give-a-ways; learning from and playing with pros and a 6,000 square foot showroom with manufacturers demoing today's latest and hottest gear.
Pasadena, CA – LA Music Academy (www.lamusicacademy.edu) and The Bassquake Organization announced today their lineup for the fourth annual Pasadena Bass Day. A public event for bassists, the occasion was created to bring a large community of musicians and manufacturers together for a full day of lessons, clinics, new product showcases and networking. Hosted at LA Music Academy in Pasadena, scheduled guest clinicians include:
• Rhonda Smith (Solo Artist, Prince and New Power Generation)
• Byran Beller (Solo Artist, Bassist, Clinician, Composer, Freelance Writer)
• Sekou Bunch (Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, Ray Charles, Tom Browne, The Tonight Show Band, Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart)
• Brain Bromberg (Solo Artist, Bob James, Bobby Lyle, Jeff Lorber, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Joe Sample, Dianna Krall)
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Andrew Gouche (Andre Crouch, Michael Jackson, Anita Baker, LA Mass Choir, Walter Hawkins, Bebe and Cece Winans, Sounds of Blackness)
“All levels and styles of players are welcome, and our guest clinicians will cover it all from jazz and funk to rock, r&b, gospel and fusion says Jerry Watts, head of LA Music Academy’s Bass Department. “Be prepared to learn and play with professionals and have fun in a hands-on environment. There will be incredible performances and give-a-ways, a 6,000 square foot showroom with manufacturers demoing today's latest and hottest gear.” The showroom will be free and open to the public.
Watts adds, “Bassquake’s Pete De Cuir is a great friend of mine and we partnered together to create the first Bass Day event in 2006. I am happy to once again utilize the Academy to host this year’s event, not only for our community but for all interested musicians throughout Southern California.”
Sponsors include Barker Bass, Mike Lull, iGig Cases, Carvin, Accu-Groove, Uncontained Sound, Xotic Instruments, EBS, Morley, Cruz Tools, Mesa Boogie Amps, SWR, D’Addario Strings and PlayersRoad, LLC.
For more information about Pasadena Bass Day, or to register, please contact Peter DeCuir Director of BassQuake by emailing
peter@bassquake.org, call 760-212-7472 or visit www.pasadenabassday.com.
For more information about LA Music Academy, visit
www.lamusicacademy.edu. Contact Iris Alba in admissions at 626-568-8850 or email
iris@lamusicacademy.edu. LA Music Academy is located at 370 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105.
Follow LA Music Academy on twitter: @LAmusicacademy.
About LA Music Academy
LA Music Academy in Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles, CA, offers an intimate and friendly, yet serious and rigorous contemporary music education to male and female students 18 and over through its vocal, drum, bass and guitar programs. Founded in 1996, the Academy is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and has provided a solid musical foundation for more than 1,000 international and domestic students. LA Music Academy’s 35 instructors immerse students in practical courses. The Academy offers a significant number of real world playing situations with professional musicians, not just peers, setting the school apart from other prestigious music institutions. LA Music Academy gives its students the skills necessary to apply their learning in a wide variety of professional situations in the music industry.
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