Playing bass was love at first pluck for Marty Isenberg. His career as a jazz musician began at the age of 12, after losing his father to cancer the year prior. A skilled amateur musician, Marty’s father kept many instruments around the house that he would play for the family. After his death, Marty would pull one of these instruments off the wall and begin teaching himself how to play by reading tablature in Bass Player Magazine. The first song he ever learned was My Own Summer by The Deftones. Playing bass was love at first pluck for Mr. Isenberg. It was a cathartic healing experience, a way to stay connected to his father, and a way to creatively express himself. He went on to study at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he majored in Jazz Performance and minored in Jazz Composition, and received his Master of Music degree from New York University. He is now a doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University where he is the teaching assistant to the jazz department chair Ray Anderson.

Roberto Vally’s accomplishments within music date back to his formidable years in New York where he was awarded his Junior High School’s Music Honor Award. It was clear that Roberto was destined to pursue an education in music. From 1974-1978 he attended New York City’s legendary High School of Music and Art-depicted in Fame (1980 film). Continuing his education in music theory and classical bass he attended the highly acclaimed Julliard School from 1976-1978. There, most notably, he was mentored by the prominent professor and classical bassist, Homer Mensch.

San Diego Symphony / San Diego Bass Fest

Steve Miller Band, Session Player

Kenny Lee Lewis has been a member of The Steve Miller Band for over 41 years and is now their current touring bass player. The Steve Miller Band was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2016. Kenny speaks about how he landed the gig with Miller and attributes of his artistry that have sustained him in the music industry.

Kenny, also an amateur luthier, took it upon himself to create his first custom signature series model bass while integrating the historic content and integrity of one of our most beloved founding fathers. Kenny speaks about his signature bass ..the Franklin Founding Father Five. Kenny's signature bass is formed with a piece of 200 year old Spruce which was once a used in Benjamin Franklin's House in Boston, MA.

(NY Chamber Music Composer / Bassist)

(Birds of Play)

The Runaway Grooms

(Doyle Bramhall II, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Amy Helm)

(Bluegrass & Folk Bassist / Mile 12)

NY Bassist / Bandleader

UK Metal Bassist

Shakira, Michael Buble, Composer, Producer

(Bob Dylan. Paul Simon, Asleep at the Wheel, Tom Waits)

The Bass Shed Podcast Highlights

NY/LA Session Player, Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, Gil Evans, Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin

NY Electric Bassist (Suzanne Vega, Jackson Browne, Avril Lavigne, Phoebe Snow, Cyndi Lauper, and Bette Midler, Broadway Bassist, Author)

Principal Bassist/Educator/Author

Bass Magazine - Jon D’Auria (Editor in Cheif) Chris Jisi (Senior Editor)

Boutique Bass Builder / L.E.H. Guitars

Composer / Double Bassist