Posted on November 15, 2008 »
Filed under: Events, Gigs, Players and tagged: Roscoe Beck »
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Last night I got an invite to see Leonard Cohen at the O2 arena in London. He might be in his mid 70’s, but he still gave a performance with more standing ovations than I could count. He had a great band behind him, but obviously I was watching the bassist carefully. [More...]
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Posted on November 12, 2008 »
Filed under: Reviews and tagged: Book Review, John Entwistle »
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Much as there is joy in playing bass, sometimes it is also nice to indulge in a bit of bass culture. With many thanks Steve Lawson, I am sitting down reading “Bass Culture - The John Entwistle Bass Collection” (on Amazon US
and UK
).
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Posted on November 10, 2008 »
Filed under: bass, bassguitar, video and tagged: Bass Solo, Mark King, Status Graphite »
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This made me smile on a cold, wet British morning. It looks like Mark is playing the original Status Graphite King Bass in this video (complete with rather nifty the bendwell that Rob Green put into the design). Check out this video on Killer Chops TV: [More...]
Posted on November 5, 2008 »
Filed under: bassguitar and tagged: practice »
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After watching the (US) elections last night, today was a little sleep deprived, but I was in the mood for getting things done. A big clear out of the office and the studio. And then, do you know what? [More...]
Posted on November 4, 2008 »
Filed under: bass, bassguitar, shows and tagged: Michael Manring, Steve Lawson, video »
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It’s been a little while since we’ve had a video on the blog, and I’ve not posted a Bass Duo before, so Steve Lawson sorting through his video collection and posting this live improv with Michael Manring turns out to be very timely! Enjoy! [More...]
Posted on November 3, 2008 »
Filed under: Events and tagged: Bass Day, Bass Player »
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Last weekend was Bass Player Live in LA, thanks to Carol for the heads up - sorry it was the other Carol that got the Lifetime Achievement award, there’s still next year ;). Check out Bass Player TV, some of the sessions will make their way there.
Don’t forget that the UK has Bass Day 2008 in Manchester this weekend.
Posted on November 1, 2008 »
Filed under: Gear, competition and tagged: competition, upright, Upright Bass, Upton Bass »
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I’m very pleased to announce that during the month of November we are running ran a competition, with a prize from the great folks at Upton Bass. You have the chance to win one of their patented Revolution SOLO II Double Bass Pickups. This is what some of the users of the Revolution SOLO II Pickup have to say about it on their site:
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