A thought provoking list from Scott Divine, of the amazing Scott’s Bass Lessons: Never Be Late (actually, be early!) Don’t turn up under prepared (always be prepared!) Be enthusiastic about the gig (never bring others down!) Do NOT noodle in between songs (btw that includes during sound check!) Rehearsals are not personal practice time (do […]

Great interview from Reverb.com with Tony Levin. He is the bass and Chapman Stick player for King Crimson, since 1981, and has played with Peter Gabriel for several decades on top of a massive list of session contributions that include everyone from Paul Simon to Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson and John Lennon. It is worth watching […]

This is a rather lovely and melodic solo bass piece (via Steve Lawson and the Solo Bassists Facebook page). Matt Bissonette (bassist for artists including Elton John, Joe Satriani, Steve Via and may others!) plays through his Markbass rig (and tells us why he loves it!) – Thank you Mark Bass for the video – check out […]

For those in the UK and near London, you might be interested to know that The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is hosting a master class by their faculty member Laurence Cottle on Thursday 15th April. Laurence has played with artists as diverse as Sting, Cher, Brian Eno, Eric Clapton and Black Sabbath, although he […]

This one via the ever wonderful Steve Lawson, who posted a link to the first solo performance he ever saw, from a legendary British music show called The Tube, back 1986. Here is Gail Ann Dorsey playing (and singing) stop on by:

Many thanks to @tucsonbass for bring this one to my attention in his post “Have You Played Victor Wooten’s Bass?” – he saw it on Saudra Williams Facebook page – aren’t the Interwebs a wonderful thing 🙂 The video shows what  Victor Wooten’s shows are all about – such energy and fun! Check out about 50 […]