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The International Institute Of Bassists
The International Institute of Bassists (IIB) is a bass-centric web site located at InstituteOfBass.com and aimed specifically toward the art of contemporary bass playing and the study of the bass tradition. Since its founding in 1997 by bassist Cliff Engel, the IIB has established a long-time presence on the internet and grown into one of the largest and most popular interactive bass-related web sites found online. Today, the IIB is comprised of a think tank of bass-playing professionals and recognized as the premier online publication for bass players and the promotion of all things bass.
As a viewer of the IIB, you can read exclusive interviews with bass virtuosos including Michael Manring, Stuart Hamm, Jeff Berlin, Gary Willis, Alain Caron, Matt Garrison, Keith Horne, and Brian Bromberg to name just a few. Viewers of the IIB also have access to free, downloadable lessons which are published by a staff of highly-respected instructors such as Michael Manring, Todd Johnson, Ray Riendeau, and Berklee College of Music professor Jim Stinnett. In addition to these lessons and interviews with the bass greats, viewers have access to interviews with the founders of manufacturing companies, bass shops, and bass events along with the latest bass-related news, reviews, and streaming media. Plus, viewers can also watch selected instructional, concert performance videos, and live bass clinics on IIBtv as well as communicate with other bassists around the world through the IIB chat room.
Subscribers receive the IIB MP3 Bass Samplers Vol. 1 and 2 which are comprised of 22 tracks and 2 hours of music recorded by many of today's top bass artists including Michael Manring, Marcus Miller, Stuart Hamm, Gary Willis, Ray Riendeau, Adam Nitti, Norm Stockton, Todd Johnson, Jeff Schmidt, Yves Carbonne, Tom Kennedy, Gerald Veasley, and many more. Subscribers have the opportunity to win products such as basses, amplifiers, speaker cabinets, combo amps, effects, strings, instrument cables, pickups, gig bags, straps, gift certificates, DVD's, CD's, books, lessons, t-shirts, and more. Subscribers of the IIB also receive access to over 100 exclusive lessons.The IIB keeps both electric and acoustic upright bassists of all levels of playing experience, from novice to professionals alike, returning every day for the latest updates and information in the world of bass. The IIB also delivers a newsletter by e-mail to over 20,000 thousand bass aficionados worldwide each month. It is because of our unsurpassed content and quality that we have received such overwhelming viewer support and a phenomenal growth rate every month. Whether you wish to deliver your message on our information-driven web site or in our monthly newsletter, your product will always be placed directly in front of a serious bass-targeted audience. For more information on the IIB, please visit: InstituteOfBass.com. |
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