Bass Guitar Lessons
Would you or your child like to learn Bass Guitar? Our lessons are tailored to each student’s learning style, designed to develop their own unique form, and taught by experienced and qualified teachers at our Newcastle Music Studio. Beginner to expert lessons available to fit your current ability in a professional inspiring environment.
Bass Guitar Philosophy
At Woodriver Studios, our bass guitar tuition centres on a well-rounded program of technique, theory and repertoire. Whether you want to learn something new or perfect the songs of your favourite genre or artist, we’ll teach you the techniques the professionals applied to achieve that iconic sound.
Our Bass Guitar lessons cover a variety qualities including grading preparation but we also strongly encourage our students to explore self-expression and creativity in the hopes they form their own musical projects and develop their own ideas and creations.
Improvisation and experimenting is starting point for any musical idea and we believe once you have the right technique down, an understanding of theory on the fretboard and a few songs under your belt you’ll be writing your own in know time.
Why should you learn an instrument?
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Picking up your instrument is just as much an act of mindfulness as it is an act of practice and discipline. Playing music¹ allows you to be present and relaxed as you switch off to your surroundings and explore your instrument.
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Learning a new skill can be nerve wrecking for a lot of us but the hardest step is to actually start! Once you feel comfortable moving around the instrument you might even feel up for performing in front of people. Playing live gigs can also help you manage anxiety and perform in other areas of life.
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Learning a musical instrument enhances cognitive ability as it involves retaining and recalling information. This process utilises both hemispheres of your brain and many of these benefits roll over into other learning experiences.
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Playing music is not only a fun pastime, it can also help you calm down, change your mood and express yourself. Research shows that playing and composing music can reduce stress by slowing down your heart rate and lowering your blood pressure.
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Explore the sounds and tones that excite you and find ways to place them in musical phrases. Creative expression is an excellent way to process emotions and trauma you may have experienced. Playing or composing music is a great means of expression.
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Playing an instrument is a great way to meet like minded people or become closer with friends who also play. Creating music together and collaborating over ideas helps build a scene of community and connection.
Our Teachers
Liam
Liam is a Newcastle based Musician and Composer. Graduating from University of Newcastle’s Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music, Majoring in Guitar Performance.
Liam has a decade of experience tutoring guitar and bass¹ guitar. Over this time Liam has honed in on his tuition style and progressed his practice to new levels. Liam’s patience, passion and positive attitude flows through his lessons, helping his students reach their full musical potential. With a strong understanding of music theory, Liam's goal is to instil this through his lessons so students can develop their own unique form and style.
Since 2004 he has been studying, performing and composing original music. Liam has also performed with numerous different bands and is currently performing and writing for his band, Worst Actors, Tired Minds, Lover Lamp and Puka Pantha.
With a broad variety of musical interests from pop, hip-hop and jazz to heavier genres such as punk, metal and hardcore. Liam enjoys all characteristics of music and has a keen interest for exploring MIDI and other modern technologies in music.
What People Are Saying
“Phoenix loves learning guitar, but he loves learning guitar from Liam even more. To him, the two are not distinguishable. Liam’s teaching style is built on patience, dedication, knowledge and passion. The songs Liam intentionally chooses are perfectly balanced in skill and challenge plus they reflect Phoenix’s personality. This means the musicians become part of our whole family listening so Liam is literally curating our family music repertoire. I look forward to many future years where their teacher-student relationship deepens and my son continues to be inspired and empowered by Liam.”
— Lesley Irvine
“Liam has been an amazing teacher these past few years, leading up to HSC performances, stretching, pushing and introducing new music genres. I heard a lot of playing but I also heard a lot of laughs, which means there was fun had regularly along the journey. Mikayla thoroughly enjoyed her lessons with you. You are a patient, encouraging, fun mentor - which I am sure all your students know.”