Tim S.
Tim S.
Bass Guitar Upright Bass Guitar Piano Mandolin Music Theory Composition Trumpet Tuba Music Creation
Its called Playing an instrument, not Working one.
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About Tim S.
Tim first began playing music with the electric bass in junior high school and soon after fell for the upright. Early classical training made him a strong sight reader and instilled a solid technical foundation that informs his teaching today. At Berklee College of Music, he studied privately under Bruce Gertz and Ron Madhi building his jazz vocabulary and bowing technique. In 2011, Tim graduated Berklee with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. He then completed his student teaching at the Middle School and High School levels in the greater Boston area, where he received his teaching license in 2012. Post college, Tim toured the US playing Rock, Pop, Blues and Jazz and began honing his teaching skills outside the traditional classroom. Since then, he has relocated to Portland, Oregon where he has been performing, teaching, and recording everything from traditional bluegrass to Pop dance music and everything in between. While being a professional bass player, Tim also teaches guitar, piano, Tuba, and more, with students aging 7 to 77. He has taught in the public and private school systems, musical non-profits, as well as private lessons, both in-person and remote. His teaching ethos is to always draw inspiration from the sounds that his students are already listening to. Currently playing with an ever expanding list of musicians and groups in the greater Portland area; whatever the music, Tim strives to make people stand up and dance. He believes it's called "playing" an instrument because it shouldn't feel like work.
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2008 - 2013
BM, Education
Berklee College of Music
Boston, United States
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20 years professional experience playing Jazz bands of various instrumentations
Q&A with Tim S.
I try to think slowly and logically when practicing. I love to take an exercise that I know and create 3 new ways to play through it. I'll play it backwards, descending, with different rhythms or anything to get new perspective on something that I already understand.
