Originally published 14-Apr-17 Hi Friends, New Music – Pop/Rock Hallelujah Chorus:  I first released this recording of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus before Easter in 2017, but it has become pretty popular and I think it is also good to play during the Christmas season.  Enjoy! I am releasing today as a single my own pop/rock instrumental […] The post New Music – Pop/Rock Hallelujah Chorus appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

Hi everyone, I thought I would share my attempt at emulating the synth bass sound in Michael Jackson’s Thriller using the Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer and my Ibanez bass equipped with a Roland GK-3B bass pickup. The Pickup First of all, the pickup and controller installation on my bass is not ideal from a playability […] The post Michael Jackson – Thriller [Emulating Mini Moog Tutorial with GR-55] appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

Hi everyone, I thought I’d share my quick install of the Roland GK-3B divided BASS pickup on my Ibanez 5-string bass. I have been using the Roland GR-55 for several years with my guitars.  I am also a bass player, but I just never felt the need up to now to add synth access to […] The post How to Install the Roland GK-3B Bass Pickup for Synth Access appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

This is lesson DB-19 How to Rosin New Bow Hair, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student.  See the video for a few pointers. Watch The Video Lesson Here is what I know about how to rosin a bow. First of all, I use Kolstein […] The post DB-19 How to Rosin New Bow Hair appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

This is lesson DB-18 Introducing the Roland Micro Cube Bass Amp, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student.  See the video for a few pointers about using the Roland amp. Watch The Video Lesson My main bass amp is a Gallien-Krueger 700RB-II in a 12 […] The post DB-18 Introducing the Roland Micro Cube Bass Amp appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

I published my video to go along with my arrangement and recording of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” played in the awesome style of the vocal group The Drifters. This is a ukulele and string bass duet on White Christmas while thinking of all of our men and women in uniform serving America so far away from […] The post White Christmas is Here – Watch This Video appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

This is lesson, DB-17 Playing Parisienne Walkways Melody on Bass, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student. I have wanted to post a lesson about some simple melodies that you can play on the double bass so I decided to just post something that interests […] The post DB-17 Playing Parisienne Walkways Melody on Bass appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

Watch The Video Lesson This is lesson DB-15 Music Reading Basics, aka Real, Real, Basic Music Theory, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student. See the video for a few pointers about the rudiments of reading music. The illustration below shows how the various values […] The post DB-15 Music Reading Basics via Logic Pro appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

Watch The Video Lesson This is lesson DB-14 “How to Use the Metronome”, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student. See the video for a few pointers about using the metronome. Be sure to check out my Double Bass Lessons page for a complete list of all […] The post DB-14 Introducing the Korg MA-1 Metronome appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

Watch The Video Lesson Updated 08/02/2016:  Added link to lesson video! This is lesson DB-13 Beginning to Finger Notes on the Double Bass, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student. See the video for a few pointers about fingering of notes. Be sure to check out […] The post DB-13 Beginning to Finger Notes on the Double Bass appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.