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Thanks for stopping by! I'm a bassist & writer from New York City.

My resume includes a best-selling jazz book, Top 20 Billboard hits, songwriting for a Beatle, and nearly 3500 live performances on bass... from Lincoln Center to the White House.

My bass articles are published frequently in both Bass Guitar Magazine and Bass Musician, where I'm currently a staff writer.

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"It’s always been about knowing the history of whatever you do. It’s about knowing the language, the nomenclature, and understanding how your voice or instrument fits into that and where you are now and where you think you want to go."

-Eddie Gomez (Bass Musician Magazine, July 2010)

My new interview with Santana's Benny Rietveld: Benny talks about playing with Carlos, Miles, and the making of the new Santana album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time, plus lots more. Online now!