Welcome to the official website of bassist, composer/arranger, and educator Shane Allessio!
*Bass Workout UK is just around the corner! Two full days of learning an grooving for electric and double bassists on the 9th and 10th of September. Tutors include great Los Angeles bassist Todd Johnson, incredible solo artist Grant Stinnett, resident double bassist (and all around nice guy) Shane Allessio, and the master educator (and Berklee College of Music professor) Jim Stinnett. There is limited space available, so sign up now! For registration and details please visit bassworkout.com.
*My new Le Fay Remington Steele is here. Le Fay makes some of the highest quality bass guitars on the market today. The consistency in sound and feel throughout the entire instrument is unrivalled. Check out the video on the right to hear what I mean.
*New Hampshire Bass Fest 2011 is just around the corner. Join us in Manchester, New Hampshire from June 15-18 for four full days of everything bass (the instrument, not the fish). Whether you’re a beginner, expert, amateur or professional the Bass Fest has something to offer. Whether you play electric, acoustic, 4-string, 5-string, 6-string, lefty, upright bass, double bass, bass fiddle, dog house bass, standup bass, bass guitar, string bass, contrabass, bull fiddle, washtub bass, piccolo bass, detuner bass, fretless bass, guitar (aka the strangely tuned practice bass), or even the Tuba aka wind bass (seriously, Sam Pilafian’s gonna be there), then the Bass Fest if right for you. We have some seriously heavy cats from three different continents on faculty this year including Todd Johnson, Grant Stinnett, Ney Neto, Ebinho Cardoso, Jim Stinnett, Rick Shaw, Rob Gourlay, Dom Moio, Everett B. Pendleton, Sergio Groove, Chris Mewhinney, Sam Pilafian, Tom Arey, Thiago Espirto Santo, Celso Pixinga, and yours truly, Shane Allessio. For more info please visit nhbassfest.com. See you in June!
*Bass Workout UK! The Bass Workout has arrived in London! It will be taking place at The Bull’s Head, in Barnes SW13 9PY, on the 9th and 10th of September. Led by master educator and Berklee College of Music professor, Jim Stinnett, The Bass Workout is a two day long workshop for acoustic and electric bassists, presented in an intimate, lab-style setting. Since 2001 The Bass Workout has touched the lives and improved the playing of countless musicians over three different continents. So if you’re in the UK or EU and have the desire to become a better bassist, pop on down to Bass Workout UK. Faculty members include Jim Stinnett, Grant Stinnett and Shane Allessio. Visit bassworkout.com for more details.
*Shane Allessio Band makes it’s London Debut! Remember, remember the 8th of November… No seriously, put it in your calendar as the day you’re going out to see the Shane Allessio Band at Club 49 from 9pm-midnight. It’s gonna fonk, it’s gonna groove, it’s gonna make you move.
*BWOA great success! The Bass Workout Austria was a tremendous success. The students were amazing, the concert hall was grand (the concerts weren’t bad either), and you gotta love that Austrian hospitality. Click http://www.jimstinnett.com/bassworkout/photos/bwoa_9_10_report.html for photos and videos.
*SHANE the CD now available at Ray’s Jazz! If you fancy a cd full of Shane Allessio originals and jazz standards, you can now pick one up at Ray’s Jazz on Charing Cross Road in Soho, London
Register now for the New Hampshire Bass Fest at nhbassfest.com. This year’s faculty list includes Michael Manring, Celso Pixinga, Ney Neto, Ryan Ford, Bruce Gertz, Danny Mo, Rob Gourlay, Grant Stinnett, Ebinho Cardoso, Jim Stinnett, Everett Pendleton, Chris Mewwhinney, Sergio Groove, Dom Moio, Tom Arey, Steve Bailey, and of course yours truly. Four days of workshops with your bass in hand, and concerts open to the public every night. Check it all out at nhbassfest.com.
