About John:

“Jawdropping” - Bob Boilen - NPR Music, Creator of Tiny Desk Concert
“When it comes to bass tapping, John Ferrara is an absolute beast of a player.” - Scott Devine, - Scotts Bass Lesssons
“The bassist seems to get every last ounce of music out of his instrument .... Although his extensive playing techniques are extremely impressive, it is obvious that they are merely tools for the compositions.” - No Treble
John Ferrara is a bassist and composer, best known for his work with the acclaimed world fusion band “Consider the Source.” He’s gained worldwide recognition for his unorthodox approach to writing and performing which he accomplishes largely by utilizing the “two handed tapping technique”. His unique approach alters the instrument's role into something more akin to a piano or classical guitar. Where Ferrara’s take on the bass guitar showcases his technical proficiency, his ethos as an artist is strictly to serve an emotional end, making his compositions both comprehensible, relatable, and palatable.
Ferrara's music is a mixture between classical, jazz, rock, folk, and minimalism and falls somewhere between the brooding moodiness of Phillip Glass, the improvisational exploration of Chick Corea, and the melancholic spirit of Radiohead. He is inspired by composers and jazz pianists equally. The music paints many different scenes with shifts in mood and dynamics often occurring multiple times within each song.
Ferrara has proven to capture the ears of seemingly disparate audiences. Having spent years gaining recognition straddling the progressive rock, jam-band, and metal scenes, he was recently featured as a finalist on NPR Music's “Tiny Desk Contest TOP SHELF”, among mostly pop-oriented singer songwriters. His unique submission was chosen out of thousands of entries

by NPR Tiny Desk Contest winner “iLe." Tiny Desk Concert founder, Bob Boilen called Ferrara’s playing “Jawdropping.”
John has also been featured several times over the last couple of years for his performances and lessons on the world renowned bass website “Scott's Bass Lessons.” Thousands of bass players have admired Ferrara’s method, and hundreds of them have taken private lessons with him online to learn his technique and apply it to their own playing.
Ferrara regularly tours all over the U.S. with both his band “Consider the Source” and with his solo project and has also performed worldwide in Germany, Turkey, Israel, and India among others.