Hi, everyone! My name is Mike and I've been playing bass since '94-ish. I'm from Johnstown PA, which is about 50 minutes east of Pittsburgh. I'm currently playing in a traditional Irish/bluegrass band but love playing pretty much any genre of music. In addition to bass I play guitar, piano, and much to the chagrin of my cats, tin whistle (I'm still learning that). Outside of music I design and build (and ride) downhill mountain bike trails, I'm an avid gravel cyclist, and a Whitewater kayaker. My main bass is my G&L Kiloton but I also have a Chevelle by Jackson and an ESP LTD that's strung like the bottom of a 5 string. Here's a shot of all of my guitars in my home studio. Share a little about yourself and a pic of your practice space. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone!

It's good to understand this. As a bass player, we're supporting the chords that are being played. Do you know what chords are? Or how they are made?

Yo everybody — quick reminder for anyone who hasn’t spent much time exploring the Classroom yet.. There are now 50+ free lessons, trainings, beats and play-alongs waiting for you in there. You’ll find: - Bass Training lessons on timing, chord tones, scales, groove, rhythm and more - 20+ beats in the Beat Lab - 12 chord progression jams - 4 Ear Training lessons - The complete Bass 101 beginner course - My Shred the E Minor Pentatonic training (one of my favorites and a scale I still use everyday!!) - And more coming Some of these are lessons and concepts I also teach inside my private Mastermind, so there’s some seriously good stuff in there. Jump into the Classroom and explore. And as you work through things, we’d love to hear if anything is clicking for you, what you’re enjoying, (or even what you don’t like- nothing sacred here we’re all just trying to improve) and any wins you’re having… we’d love to hear from you 🤟🏼 Looking forward to seeing what you guys do with all of it. Murphy ⚡️

Hey everyone! I have been playing bass since 2020. I tracked my progress by making cover videos on YouTube. I found Murphy's YouTube page a few years ago when I was trying to learn the Sugar Ray song "Falls Apart" and I really dug his teaching style. Not spoon feeding every note to play, but he emphasized using your ears to hear what's going on. I finally got into a band this spring. I live in a very small town and finding bandmates my age who like similar music was a bit of a challenge. We had our first gig at the beginning of this summer. I learned a lot from that gig. I have put it upon myself to be our band leader. We had feedback issues at this gig and I have since learned to ring out a system and I have also prioritized having a clean, less cluttered stage. I'm going to try to post a video of our band playing "Falls Apart" it's still one of my favorite songs to play. This gig was at our local high school. It was the end of year yearbook signing party. Our lead singer and lead guitarist both work at the school. My wife played keyboards and sang backup vocals, and her brother is our drummer. We all have kids in high school too. It was a really fun first gig and the students were an amazing crowd.

I have a couple places where I practice. I have an Ampeg micro-VR and Zoom B6 set up in my office. This is where I'll learn songs usually. I can put sections of songs to loop and slow them down with Moises through my computer. Then in my basement I currently have a Boss Katana 500 running through a couple Seismic Audio 410's. I also have an Ampeg Venture V7, I switch between the two amps depending on how I'm feeling. Anyway, this is where we have band practice. My wife is very cool and doesn't mind the noise, she also plays keyboards and sings backup vocals in the band.