Journalism

Interviewing Marcus miller in 2026

I feel extremely lucky that I’ve been able to combine my loves for writing and music by working on copy desks at Rolling Stone and Vibe and writing features, album reviews, and gear reviews for Premier Guitar, Drum!, Keyboard, Electronic Musician, and Guitar World Acoustic. More recently, I’ve co-hosted podcasts and written features for Acoustic Guitar, contributed to Ukulele and the EarthQuaker Devices blog, and written a monthly column for Yamaha Music USA. Here are a few cover stories I particularly enjoyed writing.

Billy Strings
Terence Blanchard
Leo Kottke

As a senior editor at Bass Player, editor-in-chief of the Guitar World spin-off Bass Guitar, and editor-at-large over at bassmagazine.com, I’ve hung out with some of the greatest low-frequency manipulators ever. Here are some of my favorite stories.

Bass Magazine: Joni

Bass Magazine: Thundercat

Bass Player: Bakithi Kumalo
Bass Player: Thundercat
Bass Player: Doug Wimbish
Bass Player: Prince
Bass Player: Bobby Vega
Bass Player: Les Claypool
Bass Player: Flea
Bass Player: Bill Laswell
Bass Player: Esperanza Spalding
Bass Player: Thundercat
Bass Player: Louis Johnson
Bass Player: Tim Commerford
Bass Player: McKagan-cover
Bass Player: Hub
Bass Player: Randy Jackson
Bass Player: Darryl Jenifer
Bass Player: Bryan Beller
Bass Player: Norwood Fisher
Bass Player: Jaco
Bass Player: Acoustic 360
Bass Player: John Myung

I’ve also been honored to edit a couple books and be included in anthologies.

Brave New Bass
Fretless
Improviser's Path
Improviser's Path

Besides being a music journalist, I’ve been a copy editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Palm Beach Post, and The Miami Herald; I’ve also been an editor/proofreader for the City of New York and a copy chief for Computer Shopper. Looking for an editor? Reach out!