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Double Bass Bass teachers in San Antonio

#5
For double bass it is Steve Zeserman by far. He has students playing all over the country. Dave Milburn is a great playing but for me he ha some communication issues. His ideas weren't as clear.

For bass guitar James Garcia is great.
 
#7
Littlebasso said:
For double bass it is Steve Zeserman by far. He has students playing all over the country. Dave Milburn is a great playing but for me he ha some communication issues. His ideas weren't as clear.

For bass guitar James Garcia is great.
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Steve is awesome, and a SUPER nice guy!
 
#9
Another vote for Steve Zeserman. Consistent all-state students, year after year after year. My time with him was the most informative period of my double bass education. 16 years and a DMA in Jazz Bass Performance, and I still feel his influence in my playing and teaching.
 
#10
Thomas Huckaby, principal bassist of the San Antonio Symphony, has produced a "100% placement record of substantial-to-full high-school/college scholarships for his long-term pupils" and is an incredibly modest and down to earth guy. I'm sure he would be happy to take on some more students. His bio can be seen at [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
 
#11
Tony Parry for sure. I don't know any of those other guys accept for Dave Milburn, and I'm sure that they're great, but I gotta vouch for Tony. He was my teacher a few years back when he was still playing with Louisiana Phil and he's great. He's a great teacher - he tells you need to hear, not necessarily what you want to hear. Sure, that strategy doesn't work with everyone, but let's face it, if you want to improve, someone has to tell you every once in a while, "You and I know you know that you can do better that. Here's what you need to do to fix it..." (I think that may have actually been said a few times in my lessons haha, but it's purely constructive.) The biggest thing for me was the fact that he doesn't mess around in lessons - he uses time efficiently, he's organized, he's got it together. And, he's German bow, so you're in luck if you're play german (not that he doesn't know a thing or two about french - he studied with Ed Barker at BU). Check him out - his email's somewhere in this thread.
 

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