Product Details

• Actors: Nathan East
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hal Leonard
• DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
• Run Time: 135 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002IQAQ8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,605 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In the Hal Leonard Nathan East The Business of Bass DVD East takes you into the studio and behind the scenes for a first-hand look at what it takes to be a professional musician. Bassist East has collaborated and toured with some of the most famous stars in the industry, including Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Babyface, Billy Preston and David Foster. The Business of Bass covers the demands and rewards of making music for a living, both in live performance and studio sessions. Bonus tracks include interactive Q&A, professionals' workshop with Harvey Mason and Nathan East, rare concert performances by Fourplay featuring Nathan East, Bob James, Harvey Mason and Larry Carlton. Running Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a Rip Off!, January 9, 2010

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R. A. Smith (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nathan East: The Business of Bass (DVD)

Nathan East is an amazing bass player but I'm sorry to say this DVD is just one big commercial for his products.
The interviews are really basic and hardly go into detail and the exercises he shows you are basic at best.
It just doesn't live up to the professional level of video that it's cracked up to be.
I honestly laughed during the interview he does with this blonde woman.
She obviously knows close to nothing
about music and the questions she asks are pretty lame.
The advertisement (oopse I mean interview) for his signature brand pre amp or whatever was also another comical highlight.
"So basically it's like having your fingers in a box right?"


don't buy this DVD

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Video, January 14, 2011

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Joe Lee (Mississippi, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nathan East: The Business of Bass (DVD)

I've been playing bass for most of my life and have toured professionally for over ten years. I have researched and bought dvd after dvd, tons of books and every other instruction material I could find. I stumbled upon this video and I must say I've watched it several times. It's great instruction on how to be a good musician. If it were up to me this video would come with every new musical instrument sold. You won't find hours of licks and slapping exercises. That's over done anyway. You WILL find valuable useful information on how to be a MUSICIAN and how to interact with other musicians in a band. You will learn what it takes to contribute to a band situation. Who better to show these things than Nathan East.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect advice for any musician, March 28, 2006

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musicaddict - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nathan East: The Business of Bass (DVD)

Nathan East does a great job giving you an inside look on what it is to be in the business and shares his experiences over the years with some of the top recording artists in the business.