Josh Needleman: Electric and Upright Bass Lessons

Specialties

Electric Bass Guitar Lessons in San Rafael (Marin County California)

Electric Bass Guitar Tutoring in San Rafael (Marin County California)

Upright Acoustic Bass Lessons –San Rafael (Marin County California)

Upright Acoustic Bass Tutoring in San Rafael (Marin County California)

Electric Bass Guitar:

Rock, Funk, Slap Bass, Jazz, R & B, Pop, Latin, Technique, Bass Music Theory

Upright Acoustic Bass

Classical, Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass

I offer bass lessons customized for your learning style.

Beginning to advanced bass players of all ages welcome.

— Your favorite songs and styles

— Composing bass lines

— Timing and playing in the pocket

— How to jam

— Proper two finger plucking technique

— Left hand technique and tone production

— Walking bass line techniques and construction

— Outrageous slap bass

— Bass soloing

— Reading from chord symbols

— Bass note reading

— Practical applied bass music theory

— Playing upright bass with a bow (arco

History

Established in 1991.

Josh has been teaching bass since he was a sophomore in college in 1988. In 1997 Josh became a father and began to teach bass full time. At first, he travelled to people’s home and gave community classes. After a few months, Josh set up a teaching studio at Bananas at Large (studio F) in San Rafael where he continues to work to this day.

Meet the Business Owner

Josh N.

Business Owner

Josh was raised in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York where he studied piano and singing at age four. His first concert was with the All State Children’s Chorus at the capitol in Albany. After dabbling with trumpet, cello, guitar, and trombone, by age 14 Josh was busy singing and playing bass in his high school rock band «Axis» as well as holding down the bass chair in the school jazz band. «Bass was an instrument with a lot of room to grow on. It seemed like everyone was playing guitar and I filled the need.» Josh attended Boston College where he received a BA while doubling as jazz bassist for BC Bop! and house bassist for The Contemporary Theater Society of Boston College. Josh played bass and sang in a full time touring party band out of Boston called «Out Of The Blue» for two years before relocating to the SF Bay Area. As a performer, Josh has recorded or appeared on stage with many well known Bay Area artists and organizations including David Grisman and Amy Levine.