ISB 2025 Convention Presenter — John Hamil

John Hamil loves to teach and play music. He maintains a private studio of both Double & Electric bassists in the Kansas City area. His main focus is teaching young bassists (ages 3 and up) which was inspired and guided by the ground breaking pedagogue George Vance. Is the author of Jamming on the Bass vol. 1 which is a sequential method of teaching improvisation/composition in all styles of music that unlocks the creativity of the student. He also has published many bass orchestra pieces. Has performed and recorded his own Solo double bass album GAV7D Thanks for Everything Solobassvideogame along with a large catelog of original albums under Mr. Marco's V7 and GAV7D. He also performs and Tours with many orignal music artists. Johnnyhamil.com 

John graduated from Kansas University with a Bachelors of Music Education. He has studied Double Bass with Misha Krutz (K.C. Symphony), Lawrence Rice (Salt Lake Symphony) & François Rabbath (Paris, France). He also holds the teaching and Virtouso certificates from Institute Rabbath in Paris, France. He is also founder and administrator of the Kansas City Bass Workshop (kcbassworkshop.com), a week-long intensive double bass workhsop and KCBassfest The concert series.