History
Russ Rodgers has been playing and teaching bass guitar professionally for over 30 years and has studied with Kevin Bales, Jimi Haslip of the Yellow Jackets, Oteil Burbridge, Anthony Wellington, John Patitucci, Trip Wamsley, Corey Christiansen and Ted Howe. Russ founded the Bass Program at The Atlanta Institute of Music (AIM) in 1985 and served as Bass Director for its 1st eight years. After leaving AIM in 1993 because of a busy performance schedule, Russ returned to AIM and taught classes and private lessons from 2001 to 2013. During this time Russ taught private lessons at Ken Stanton Music from 2000 to 2014, the East Cobb Music Academy from 1998 to 2005, and The Atlanta Bass Gallery from 2009 to 2014. From 2006 to 2013, Russ was the house bass player at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Atlanta, GA with jazz vocalist, Theresa Hightower. In 2014 Russ relocated to Washington DC and now teaches live online private instruction using Skype with students from all over the world.
Specialties
The very best in live online or in-person bass guitar instruction. I have three ways to offer bass lessons for you. The first is for you to come to my studio in Rockville, the lesson price will be $50.00 per hour. The second is for me to come to your place, the lesson price for this will be $75.00 to $100.00 per hour depending on the distance I need to travel. The third option is to do live online lessons using Skype, the lesson price will be $55.00 per hour. Many of my students prefer Online Skype bass lessons because it saves travel time and/or expense plus I can video record the lessons and send them to you. Most Students do a 1 hour lesson every 2 weeks, however you can do one hour every week if you want to. I can definitely help you get better with whatever it is you want to do on the bass guitar and I will design a lesson program that will fit your schedule and personal goals for playing the bass. Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon! Russ Rodgers