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Take Lessons with Professor Roy

During his thirty-year career, Roy Vogt has played everything from punk to blues, jazz to bluegrass and everything in between. Now the head of Belmont University's Bass Department, Roy has toured the world with diverse artists, including Dickey Betts and Englebert Humperdinck. In addition, he's been heavily involved in the Nashville recording scene.

Roy began his career as a teenager in Dallas, TX. His first mentor, Ed Garcia, introduced him to the music of Ray Brown, Stanley Clarke and may other Jazz giants. Vogt quickly became enthralled with fusion and a stint with Aurora, a Texas-based fusion band, let to gigs opening for Larry Coryell and the LA Express, allowing him to meet and learn from Stanley Clarke, Miroslav Vitous and others.

A dedicated educator, Roy's own pursuit of excellence led him to the music program at the University of Miami. In 1980, he was awarded a Masters in Electric Bass Performance, the first ever bestowed in the US.

Following his studies, Vogt moved to Nashville to pursue his career, working with Country guitar legend Jerry Reed and a deep list of Rock, Country Contemporary Christian and Pop artists and bands. He was the staff bassist WSMV-NBC (Channel 4) from 1983-1987 and has taught at Belmont University since 1983, where he now heads the Bass department.

Roy has done several videos for Superchops 4 Bass (www.basscentral.com) and a new DVD for the Master Study series (www.masterstudyseries.com) He also transcribed and prepared the music for the Bass Extremes book (all of Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten's parts) and prepared Victor's music for his segment of Bass Lessons with the Greats.

Roy plays a wide variety of 4-, 6- and 7-string basses, as well as Upright Bass and Electric Upright. He uses our WT600 Highwayman and one or two D210XLT cabinets. Roy says he uses Eden because "Sound is so important to getting the job done. You can be an amazing player but if your sound doesn't translate, you're not going to get called back."