Professor Plays Bass
From the studio
Updates, opinions, and other notes from the studio.
Studio Notes · Sep 27, 2026
Returning to music hasn’t felt like starting over. Old skills, failed attempts, new instruments, and lessons learned along the way keep resurfacing in unexpected ways. After finally recording a song I had hoped to play before my first bass even arrived, I realized how much of that musical history had come with me.
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Studio Notes · Sep 20, 2026
What began as simple bass covers for YouTube gradually became something more: multicam experiments, green screens, virtual stages and a father-and-son collaboration that evolved right along with the videos.
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Studio Notes · Sep 13, 2026
I thought I was learning to play bass. Nearly two years later, it has changed the way I hear music, think about progress, approach creativity, and even how comfortable I am being a beginner again.
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Studio Notes · Sep 6, 2026
Practice Studio extends Song Catalog Manager into the part that happens before a recording. It brings scores, generative AI-assisted transcription, stem-separated backing tracks, interactive MusicXML, rehearsal tools, performance analysis, and AI-assisted recording planning into one private workspace so I can spend less time managing technology and more time learning bass.
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Studio Notes · Aug 30, 2026
Generative AI helps my son and me transform bass-cover performances into visual stories shaped by music, instruments, travel, and shared memories. Three images reveal how those ideas became personal backdrops—and even helped inspire the Professor Plays Bass logo.
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