Hello, and welcome to Bass With Ben
I began my musical journey playing the cornet at the age of 8, and I became interested in playing the electric bass at 14. I later studied both bass and upper brass at the University of Salford, graduating with a BA(hons) 1st class and the Mortimer Performance Prize. I then spent the next five years working in the US for Carnival Cruise Lines as a bass player and musical director, playing four to six shows a night, six nights a week. I moved back to the UK in January 2017 and have since worked as a freelance bass player, tutor, transcriber, and music copyist.
I started BassWithBen in the fall of 2025, as a way for me to present my own take on musical subjects, long-form video lessons and access to my ever-expanding library of musical transcriptions.
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