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Dear readers… As an engineer, I have been very fortunate to have worked with many of the world’s top musicians. They have many different ideas when it comes to getting their particular sound and how they go about recording or getting ready for a gig. For many years I have been working with the legendary [...]
Victor Wooten “Palmystery”www.victorwooten.comI have been a fan of Victor Wooten (like many of us) for years. Ever since a fellow bass player at Berklee turned me onto him in college in about 93′. I also own every thing he’s put out. He’s one of those guys for me that, even if I’m not into EVERYTHING [...]
Hadrien Feraud “Hadrien Feraud” www.hadrien-feraud.comIf you haven’t heard of this guy (kid, really! mid-twenties… yikes!), get out from under the boulder and look him up. He is single handedly raising the bar on technical ability on the electric bass. This kid is FAST! The refreshing thing is that he is also, quite obviously, harmonically deep. [...]
Gerald Veasley “Your Move”www.geraldveasley.com“Your Move” is Gerald Veasley’s perfectly produced new album. Although hailed as one of the more in-demand “contemporary” bassists on the scene today, we know that Gerald is much more. Seven years playing with Joe Zawinul should be quite enough to show anyone that this dude can not only play but SPEAK [...]
Etienne Mbappe “Misiya” www.etiennembappe.comI’ll use this reference only so those of you who haven’t heard Etienne Mbappe yet have a head start on this guy. Many of us are already familiar with Richard Bona… Well, Etienne Mbappe has a similar story. Both hail from Cameroon and both moved to Paris to make their mark (and [...]
Dave Holland “Herbie Hancock – River: The Joni Letters” www. daveholland.com There is a reason that the Album of the Year went to Herbie for this album. It is lush and masterful. Joni’s songs are well represented and given some beautiful treatment by Herbie, Vinnie, Lionel and… Dave Holland.Oh man, every time I hear Dave [...]
In my interview with Victor in our February-March issue, Victor and I spent a great deal of time talking about the “instructional process.” His views are unique and decisive, and his book “The Music Lesson” perfectly outlines his agenda on this particular subject. As the title clearly indicates, this is not a traditional method book [...]
Damian’s book proves to be another well thought out text on presenting the fundamentals for any player to consider. A commendable array of scales, modes, chords, and their inversions are covered in depth, and presented in a well thought out manner. A nice touch to an instructional aid such as this is presenting personal insight [...]
After conducting many interviews for the magazine, I admittedly have more or less a recurring question I try to get to with all of these very accomplished players I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with. I’ve asked it in many ways, and it basically comes down to inquiring what avenues of study they have [...]
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