Nothing Will Take Your Bass Skills To The Next Level Like Personalized Lessons With a Music Instructor!

Choosing the right Instructor is very important. You will want to meet with an instructor before you spend a dime on music lessons.  Unlike many instructors I will not waste your time and money, and each lesson will be packed with information and tools that will improve your playing every time. I want you to come see why I am the best choice for your private music lessons. Schedule your free lesson at the bottom of this page.

I provide customized lessons for adults and children of any ability. If you are looking to learn how to play Upright Bass, Beginner Electric Bass, also: Lyric writing/songwriting and Jazz Theory

My name is Sam Rodriguez, I have been teaching people the beautiful art of bass playing and lyric writing for over five years.  I have been a bassist for over ten years and a lyricist since I was a young child. I attended Columbia College in Chicago and was a jazz studies major under the tutilage of Dr. William Russo, who was an apprentice of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn in the '60s. I studied with Chicago Symphony Orchestra bassist Greg Sarchet (a graduate from the famed Juliard School of Music). I also have studied with the premiere jazz bassist of Chicago, Larry Gray, and have had the pleasure of watching performances by the most elite bassists in the world, including Ray Brown, Percy Heath, Mark Johnson, Christian McBride, Lonnie Plaxico, Eddie Gomez, John Patitucci, and my favorite, Dave Holland, whom I have studied and scrutinized for the last several years, exploring the mysteries of odd-metric groove playing. I am also savvy with other bass playing styles such as: salsa, hip-hop, funk, Brazillian styles, etc.