by Mischa Marcks | Nov 4, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
Scroll down for more FLOW HACKS!How to learn anything fasterHave you ever been frustrated because you have that feeling of not progressing fast enough. In the beginning you often advance fairly quickly. But once we have a basic grasp on the skill, we often feel stuck....
by Mischa Marcks | Oct 30, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
The Bass Solo StruggleWe all know the jokes about how everyone starts talking or goes to the bar, when the bassist takes a solo. And sadly, for the most part these accusations are justified. The bass is not an easy instrument to play solos. On one hand its low...
by Mischa Marcks | Oct 29, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
How to play arpeggios efficiently over three octaves?Arpeggios are great vocabulary to have for extreme metal and jazz. Not that they're not of use in other genres, but these two use them to quite an extent. If you don't own a five or six string bass, you might have...
by Mischa Marcks | Sep 24, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
The Augmented Triad StruggleThe first time that I heard of the augmented triad was when I studied jazz in Arnhem (NL). But I lost interest pretty quickly, because I just couldn't seem to make it work. It always sounded like I was playing random notes.The Secret...
