Yamaha Silent Bass wins Best in Show...here is the article....https://yamahamusicians.com/yamaha-wins-big-at-namm-2020/?fbclid=IwAR3f0TiM...

Got here...chilling hanging with friends before the crazziness starts...

Welcoming Calumet Park, Illinois to the teaching roster!

My morning..a press conference at Yamaha Artist Servicesin NYC...it ended with a KILLING jam...more of this will drop as well as a video...

Some leftover yesterday #whiteboard. Learning chords as notes...not finger patterns...all over the board...knowing the notes BEFORE you...

Some leftover Friday #whiteboard. Knowing chord formulae (and key signatures) is the start of knowing chords. The goal (IMO) is when...

Welcoming Lakewood,  NJ to the teaching roster!

I am up on the Tsunami cables site...check it out... http://tsunamicables.com/artists/Charley_Sabatino?fbclid=IwAR3Cc1JzboJ9VfJJbvUdhOOoZ...

Leftover weekend #whiteboard.   So nice I named it thrice...talking about notation...

Leftover Thursday #whiteboard. For the #woodshed to be effective (IMO), it takes planning. Short term and long term goals...determining...

In order to apply something, a plan (IMO) needs to be in place..a way to attack it and attempt to know it fully...not just "snipets"...

Leftover weekend #whiteboard. Several students worth..."filling in holes" in a person's mind is as important as showing something new. ...

What is this and what musical skill was I talking about?

Some leftover Monday #whiteboard. All the theory in the world is worthless, unless u can apply it. Something as simple as figuring out...

Some leftover Thursday #whiteboard. Sometimes, it is not only what u can do...it is "what else" can u do. Knowing ALL your options and...

Talking about starting points, methods of approach...all the theory in the world won't help you if you can't apply it...

Talking fundamentals and chords...

Talking about notes..knowing the scales, but not as patterns or licks..knowing them completely..their function,  what they sound...

Welcoming Seattle, Washington to the teaching roster.

Welcoming Boonton, NJ to the teaching roster...