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.Ā 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 […]
Well, it turns out you can do this: Nice job Davie! He’s also quite good with no strings š
We were pointed to this via Twitter (you can follow me there if you like: @BassGuitarBlog). This video on YouTube, staring Michael Thurber,is a rather fantastic history of bass playing the Viola Da Gamba in the 1500’s, to the present day, via Wellman Braud, Nathan Watts, Larry Graham, Flea, and many others. Well worth the […]
This is a rather lovely and melodic solo bass piece (via Steve Lawson and the Solo Bassists Facebook page).Ā Matt BissonetteĀ (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 […]
Ah, this via Twitter from @FretZeroMusic and @martyschwartz – a great video review of the Hofner Bass. Made famous my Beatles Bassist, Paul McCartney, this hollow bodied bass has a sound all of it’s own! Not to all tastes, but definitely hightly distinctive and still produced today: