The long-awaited solo release from Andrew Gouché, our January 2013 cover interview, enjoys a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor with the title, “We Don’t Need No Bass”....
Bassist Mark Egan, in collaboration with drummer Karl Latham, trumpeter Ryan Carniaux, and special guest keyboardist Nick Rolfe, has released Constellations. On this album, the group’s...
JJ Grey & Mofro, Featuring Bassist Todd Smallie, Release Ol’ Glory… On JJ Grey & Mofro’s latest release, Ol’ Glory, bassist Todd Smallie expertly navigates a...
In our July cover interview with Mark Egan, mention was made of Mark’s impeccable ability to choose the instruments and gear that best serve his music....
Grammy award winning keyboardist and original Snarky Puppy member Bill Laurance has released his debut solo CD/DVD entitled “Flint”. The album showcases Laurance’s keyboard virtuosity and...
Fresh off of a 2014 Grammy win for the song “Sometimes” from their last album “Family Dinner, Vol. 1”, Snarky Puppy has released the CD/DVD “We...
“Amkeni”, a collaboration between Snarky Puppy and Burundian refugee Bukuru Celestin, has been released on GroundUp Records (groundup.ropeadope.com/). The album (the title of which means “wake...
Jupiter Fuzz Pedal by Walrus Audio… You could most certainly use the Jupiter fuzz pedal to add a tiny hint of fuzz to your signal; however,...
Fear: An Enemy of Excellence… At the beginning of 2012, I wrote a column in which I challenged worship bassists to strive for excellence. Rather than...
Start Your (Creative) Engines! by Steve Gregory… The worship bassist is an interesting animal. Insert a nature documentary voice-over here: “Here we see worship bassists in...
It seems obvious: if we want to truly become excellent worship bass musicians, we must practice our craft. However, how to practice (and how to do...
In my first article for Bass Musician Magazine, there was a sentence that bears repeating: “Have I mentioned that in our relationship, my wife is the smart...
Welcome to the latest installment of the Worship Bassist’s Toolkit series! We have been investigating the tools that worship bassists must have available, maintained, and ready...
Welcome to the next article in my “Worship Bassist’s Toolkit” series. In this series, we are thinking about tools that worship bassists must have available, maintained,...
In my last article, we started to look at the “worship bassist’s toolkit”. Rather than the cables, tuners, and other physical items we need to have,...