I am a lesson columnist for Bassics Magazine. I pen a column called "Bass Alone" which is a primer on the Art of Solo Bass. Included with every issue is an enhanced CD, featuring the music of the artists profiled and, more importantly, a video demonstration of my lesson in the magazine.

I give private lessons, perform clinics and masterclasses perform clinics for Michael Tobias Designs (MTD Basses), Euphonic Audio (EA) and Thomastik-Infeld Strings, and finally teach one week every summer at the National Summer Guitar Workshop in CT.

I give private lessons at Parkway Music in Clifton Park, NY on Tuesday nights and at my home on most Mondays and Fridays. Private lessons are available on a weekly basis or as a "one-off." If you live within a few hour drive of New York's Capital District, you are welcome to come out and spend a few hours. If you have any interest, please feel free to email me. Rates are less expensive than you might think. I will also travel to you but, of course, you would need to pay travel time.

Check out the Calendar for a clinic in your area. If you would like to set up a clinic or masterclass in your area, please contact me, your local MTD, EA or Thomastik-Infeld dealer.

LESSONS ON-LINE

Here is a lesson from the August 2003 issue of Mel Bay's Basssessions.com. My first article was in the premier . It is a cool concept called Parallel Thinking.

From 1998 until it's end, I have been fortunate to have a regular lesson column in Bass Frontiers Magazine. With much thanks to the editor, Jim Hyatt I am making a few of these articles available to you. Each lesson has a Real Audio file of the example as well as a graphic file of the notation, if applicable. Check back as I will be adding some more lessons in the near future.

• 5 Minutes to Slap Technique; Volume 5 Number 3; May/June 98
• Making Chords Work; Volume 5 Number 4 July/August 98
• Chord Study: Blues in F (Part 1); Volume 5 Number 5;
  September/Oct ober 98
• Chord Study: Blues in F (Part 2); Volume 6 Number 1;
  January/February 99
• Chord Study: Blues in F (Part 3); Volume 6 Number 4;
  July/August 99

Here are some lessons in The Art of Solo Bass. These lessons are complete solo bass arrangements of Jazz Standards with Real Audio, notation and performance notes.

Autumn Leaves by Johnny Mandel, arranged by Michael Dimin

Misty by Errol Garner, arranged by Michael Dimin

Footprints by Wayne Shorter, arranged for looped or multiple basses by Michael Dimin

An arrangment and lesson of my solo bass recording of The Shadow of Your Smile was printed in Volume #30 of Bassics Magazine. At this time I do not have permission to reprint the article here. Check out their back issues (John Paul Jones is on the cover) for a copy.

Finally, I am writing a lesson column, entitled Bass Alone for Bassics Magazine, get a subscription!