High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Neil Stubenhaus (born July 18, 1953) is an American bass guitarist. He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was recommended by Steve Swallow and started teaching while playing in a band with another Berklee student Steve Smith (Vital Information, Journey). While at Berklee, Neil met Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Frank Zappa, session) and John JR Robinson (Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, renowned session musician).