ArtistWorks Launches online Bass Super School with John Patitucci, Nathan East, and Missy Raines

Posted on August 6, 2012 by AmateurPianists No Comments

Napa, CA (PRWEB) July 10, 2012

Artist­Works announced today the launch of its new inter­active Bass Super School, featuring virtuoso Jazz Bassist John Pati­tucci, Rock/Pop Bass Legend Nathan East, & Blue­grass Bass Phenom Missy Raines. The newly unveiled Artist­Works Bass Campus offers bass enthu­siasts around the world the chance to learn to play bass directly from three legendary bassists.

The Bass Campus is divided into three distinctly different bass schools: Jazz Bass School with John Pati­tucci, Pop & Rock Bass School with Nathan East, and Blue­grass Bass School with Missy Raines.

The Bass Campus utilizes Artist­Works Video Exchange Accel­erated Learning Platform, which enables its members to watch streaming video lessons at their own pace and submit their practice videos for feedback from their teacher. Each student submission is reviewed and responded to by the artists personally, providing video feedback on how the student can further improve. These Video Exchanges are made available to the entire online community, enabling students to learn from each other as well as the teacher, creating a virtual classroom with an ever-expanding curriculum.

The Jazz Bass School with John Pati­tucci combines an extensive curriculum of jazz bass lessons, inter­active community features, and person­alized feedback from a world-renowned talent. John Pati­tucci is one of the worlds most respected musi­cians and educators, having played with some of musics biggest names and served on the boards of numerous music organizations.

I enjoy teaching and sharing my passion for music with my students but I am always limited to the amount of students who can come to me, says Pati­tucci. My online bass school will me to teach students all over the world, without them ever having to leave home.

The Pop & Rock Bass School with Nathan East allows students around the word to learn how to play bass direct from the legendary Nathan East. Award-winning Rock/Pop/R&B bassist Nathan East is one of the most recorded bassists of all time, and has worked with almost everyone in the music industry including Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, and Elton John. In 2007, Nathan was awarded a Congres­sional Record by the U.S. Congress for his contri­bution to the worldwide music community.

Its exciting to me to know that I will be inter­acting with students personally, says East. When you record a DVD its done. Now I will get to respond to students playing and be directly engaged in watching their progress.

The Blue­grass Bass School with Missy Raines gives students the oppor­tunity to learn how to play double bass from one of the most respected and awarded musi­cians in Blue­grass. In addition to being a trail­blazer on the Nashville music scene, Missy Raines has won Bass Player of the Year an unprece­dented 7 times from the pres­ti­gious IBMA (Inter­na­tional Blue­grass Music Association).

The addi­tions of both Nathan East and John Pati­tucci absolutely establish the Artist­Works Bass Academy faculty as one of the most diverse and inspiring in the world, says Raines. I cannot imagine being in better company.

The Artist­Works Bass Campus is open to bass enthu­siasts of all ages and playing ability. Tuition is reasonably priced at $ 90.00 for 3 months, $ 150.00 for 6 months and $ 240.00 for a 12-month subscription. For more infor­mation visit http://www.artistworksbass.com.

About Artist­Works, Inc.

Founded in 2008 by former AOL exec­utive David Butler, Artist­Works, Inc. is a Napa California-based tech­nology and music education company that provides a global online learning community of world-renowned artists and enthu­si­astic amateurs dedi­cated to unleashing the music that lies within all of us. Its Video Exchange Accel­erated Learning Platform enables virtuoso musi­cians to “teach the world” by presenting their full method, tech­nique or lesson list in HD video to subscribing students. Utilizing simple web cams, iPhones, iPads and other digital devices, members are able to submit practice videos for indi­vid­u­alized feedback and guidance — creating a two-way, online learning expe­rience between student and teacher.

Artist­Works currently offers online music schools from such world-class, virtuoso artists as: Paul Gilbert (rock guitar lessons), Andreas Oberg (jazz guitar lessons), Martin Taylor (finger­style guitar lessons), Jason Vieaux (clas­sical guitar lessons), Howard Levy (harmonica lessons), DJ Qbert (DJ lessons), Christie Peery (piano lessons), Thomas Lang (rock drum lessons), Billy Cobham (jazz and Fusion drum lessons), Luis Conte (percussion lessons), as well as the Artist­Works Academy of Blue­grass with Tony Trischka (banjo lessons), Missy Raines (double bass lessons), Bryan Sutton (flatpick guitar lessons), Andy Hall (dobro lessons), Mike Marshall (mandolin lessons), and Darol Anger (fiddle lessons).