Basscast Episode 005 featuring Jason Raso and Mike Ippersiel. In this episode, Mike kicks off a huge Rush and Geddy Lee discussion (with honourable mentions to Billy Sheehan, John Paul Jones, Jason Newsted and Tony Levin) about cool bassists who also might be senior citizens. Mike also asks Jason about the Geddy Lee jazz bass … Read more
Do you want to live the dream of playing bass for a living? That’s the topic of this week’s Basscast with Jason Raso and Mike Ippersiel. Jason Raso has been making a full time living as a bassist for the last ten years, and in this episode Mike grills Jason on the details. Find out … Read more
This is the account of the ill-fated Basscast Episode 002, that was later renamed Episode 001.5 because Jason Raso wasn’t in on the recording and I decided to go solo. I expand on Episode 001.5 and address a listener comment about giving a little more detail about who Jason Raso is, how we met and … Read more
In this week’s episode of the Basscast, Jason Raso and I tackle the topic of Starting out on bass guitar. We discuss what type of bass to start out with and much much more. We discuss Jason’s recent performance at the River Run Center in Guelph (check out the video footage after the episode … Read more
Welcome to episode 2 of the Basscast weekly (bass, business, marketing & lifestyle) with Jason Raso and Mike Ippersiel where we tackled the topic of “learning” and how it applies to bass guitar and life in general. This is a big topic that will be a recurring theme of the show, but we lay the … Read more