Lady Bass Music

ENDORSING ARTIST FOR:

LightWave, CEntrance (AxePort Pro) and DR strings

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Brittany graduated Cum Laude from Bloomsburg University with a BA in applied double-bass and
audio recording. She is a highly regarded teacher who devotes a great deal of her free time to
student projects. Brittany performs with several area bands ranging from funk to Celtic and is the founder
and head of the Virginia Bass Forum, an organization that hosts events to build bass community and assist
bass players in improving their craft. She is also the founder of "Kids Jamming For Kids," a yearly benefit
concert raising donations for Guitars Not Guns and the Fredericksburg Food Bank. She is a productive
writer, blogging for the Music Teacher's Helper Blog site (a resource used by teachers internationally) and
her own blog site at ladybassmusic.net. As a performer, she is called to perform gigs on both double bass
and electric, covering a wide range of genres like orchestral music, Celtic rock, jazz, rock, and R&B. She has performed and given clinics recently at NAMM, Shenandoah University's/The Bass Coalition's Summer Bass Camp, The Rappahannock Music Summer Camp, The Virginia Bass Forum, house concerts, and other
private events.

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Brittany Frompovich is a well-respected bassist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and music educator
who has performed regularly in the Mid-Atlantic region for 20 years. In addition to doing free-lance ensemble
work as a bassist, she is actively exploring cutting edge bass concepts such as solo bass performance and looping.

“Brittany is a consummate musician and educator. Her commitment to the art and her students is
unparalleled! The dedication she shows to her students as well as the bass community has set an
example for many others to follow.”
- Mike Dimin, bassist, educator and author of The Art of Solo Bass and The Chordal Approach

Ms. Frompovich graduated Cum Laude from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of
Arts in applied double-bass and audio recording. During a brief break from double bass due to a repetitive
stress injury, she discovered and fell in love with the electric bass….the perfect fusion for her backgrounds as
a working guitarist and as a classically trained double bassist. She rapidly moved from fretted four string to
playing fretless (successfully defretting the instrument herself) and then to fretted 6 string. After a period of
healing, she was gradually able to return to performing on the double bass as well.

Brittany has a gift for community building. She combined that talent with her love for bass, leading her to create
the Virginia Bass Forum. The Forum is an organization that hosts events to build bass community and assist
bass players in improving their craft. Through the Forum, she has had the privilege of hosting major artists such
as Stu Hamm, Bryan Beller, Adam Nitti, Michael Dimin, Kevin Walker, Steve Lawson and Dr. Donovan Stokes. She hosts, promotes and organizes every Forum event and teaches at least two Bass Forum clinics per year.
Ms. Frompovich is also the founder of "Kids Jamming For Kids," a yearly benefit concert raising donations for Guitars Not Guns and the Fredericksburg Food Bank.

Ms. Frompovich is a exceptional and gifted teacher; her students wholeheartedly recommending her to potential students without reservation. She successfully teaches both recreational music makers and serious students who are now career musicians:

“She has the unique ability to facilitate learning for her students by taking difficult concepts and presenting them to her students in a practical-easy to understand fashion.” – Joseph Connell, former student at Gerald Veasley’s Bass BootCamp

“She has the rare quality of patience and a desire and ability to take musical concepts, break them down and interpret them into components understandable to expert and novice alike, without making them into platitudes. These qualities make her a rare commodity among professional musicians who might otherwise show little patience for the musically challenged, and is the basis for her being an extraordinary teacher. I would recommend Brittany to both novice and journeyman musician alike without reservations.”
– Blaise Corbett, adult guitar student

“I continue to be amazed at Brittany's talent, and her unending willingness to share her gifts and knowledge with anyone who expresses interest.” – Michael Hart, adult guitar student

“Brittany's drive to develop aspiring musicians extends far beyond straight musical instruction, and explores areas such as instrument repair, stage craft, best practices for gigging and more. Brittany is one of a kind, and anyone working with her ought to consider him or herself very fortunate, indeed!”
– Eric Hennessey, parent of a bassist now attending music school

She is also a productive writer, blogging for the Music Teacher's Helper Blog site (a resource used by teachers internationally) and her own blog site at ladybassmusic.net. She has been published in Songwriter’s Monthly, Bassics, and Bass Frontiers Magazine.

As a performer, she is called to perform gigs on guitar, vocals, double bass and electric bass, covering a wide range of genres including solo bass, classical, Celtic rock, funk, Latin, classic and modern rock, adult acoustic alternative, folk, traditional Celtic, big band jazz, Renaissance music, and pit work for musicals. In 2011, she was asked to perform an opening set for UK solo bassist Steve Lawson at his Virginia Bass Forum appearance. Her clients describe her as a consummate professional. Her band mates describe her playing as “highly creative”, “solid”, and “beautiful”. Jazz luminary Gerald Veasley introduced her to bassist Jimmy Haslip as “a beautiful player on both electric bass and double bass.”

She has performed and given clinics at NAMM, Gerald Veasley's Bass BootCamp, the Richmond “Girls Rock!” Camp, the Bass Coalition's Summer Bass Workshop at Shenandoah University, the Rappahannock Music Summer Camp, Alpha Music, the Virginia Bass Forum, house concerts and other events. She continues her own education by studying with bassist Anthony Wellington, who has toured nationwide with world-renowed bass player Victor Wooten as his Bass Tech, monitor engineer, and second bassist.

Ms. Frompovich is passionate about music, music education, and the bass, and she is always advancing
her creative journey as a musician and as an educator.