Posted on April 23, 2009 »
tagged: Beyond Bass Camp, London, Steve Lawson »
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If you can get to London, this sounds very interesting! The acclaimed teacher and solo artist, Steve Lawson is putting on Beyond Bass Camp, a one day event looking at the bass as a vehicle for music, both within the tradition of the bass guitar, and beyond it as a tool for self-expression. Looking at technical, theoretical and mechanical aspects [...]
Posted on April 11, 2009 »
tagged: Jeff Beck, Ronnie Scott's, Tal Wilkenfeld »
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OK, he isn’t actually playing this week at Ronnie Scott’s, but Jeff Beck does have a new DVD coming out, and that’s its title: Jeff Beck Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s. The DVD features bassist, Tal Wilkenfeld - a Sadowsky Basses and EBS amplifiers and cabinets user who’s tour credits include Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, Joss Stone and on…
Jeff [...]
Posted on April 5, 2009 »
tagged: frankfurt, musicmesse, TC Eletronic »
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A week on the road, with almost no Internet access – Ah, how do we survive these things? Oh, I know… With bass goodness… A few highlights from musicmesse:
TC Electronic added the RS410 to their range of cabinets (the RS212 and RS210) for the RebelHead450, announced back at the NAMM show. As you can probably guess from the name, it [...]
Posted on March 23, 2009 »
tagged: gigging, live, setups, sxsw »
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Well, South by South West (or should I say “South By…”) was even more full on that I had imagined, and I had imagined it being very full on. Oddly, the thing stuck in my mind isn’t a gig, it was looking across at a rig. It got me thinking about having back ups and avoiding [...]
Posted on March 10, 2009 »
tagged: house concerts, sxsw09 »
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Having posted recently about house concerts, I’ll also point you to this great post by Steve himself on the matter: House Concert Hosting: a Beginner’s Guide. A number of recent posts have some great discussions in the comments, which are worth checking out if you haven’t seen them: