Finding music you like can be a bit of a hit and miss thing. Us low-end bassist types generally have an unusual and eclectic taste in music – and I mean that in a good way, honest!

Check out Last.fm. There are a few different elements to the system. First, the website itself – lots of interesting music, videos, pointers for events and the like… But before you knock yourself out, two other bits: The scrobbler, which runs on your music machine of choice (Mac or PC) and keeps track of what you listen to. Then the social network part of Last.Fm: [More…]

Premier UK solobassist Steve Lawson pulled together an excellent evening at Darbucka in London. First up, hello to all of you who were at the gig – it turned out to be a bit of a social media fest, with a major part of the on-line UK Bass and social media community there. Sharing the gig with lots of friends made it even more enjoyable! [More…]

For anyone who went along to London Solo Bass Night or who missed it and wished they were there, you’ll want to that Steve and Lobelia will be performing as a duo (congratulations Mr and Mrs Lawson!) – you can get a taster of the material in Steve and Lobelia’s YouTube videos.

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Wow… The week rattles by! Last weeked was the Deep to Deep meet up in the UK. Lots of church-playing bassists hanging out together. Wulf has a write up and took some great photos.

People put up with me rambling about things you can do with your right hand…
… And I got to play a double bass for the first time too (thank you Andrew)! Boy are those things monsters – very very physical!

image courtesy of Marissa Cap.

A bass guitar on the BBC news site? Oh yes, right here: Why don’t girls play guitar?

Interesting that it is either a lefty bass (yeah!) or they have mirrored the picture (looks like the later, from the headstock – doh! Slaps forehead). Anyway, that niggle aside. The article talks about the influence of gender stereotypes on musical choice. [More…]

Wow… The Lakland boys have been busy. They have a new owners group (“LOG”), which you can sign up to on the Lakland owners site: Laklandowners.com. Find the “Create an account” option and sign up – it does the whole funky ‘sending you an e-mail’ thing – and you’ll have access to news, a forum and the mysterious “stable”. News, Events, the Forum, the Stable, and other information. It is a subscription site – $26/year – but Lakland are promising to throw in goodies and the like. Know of any other owner’s groups?

The group is planning a meet up on May 10th in Wisconsin, details here on the Lakland Blog: Inaugural LOG meeting. A good chance to meet fellow bassists and keep up with the Lakland crew!