Bass Players and Bass Guitar Fans, Bass Musician Magazine Online
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Bass Players and Bass Guitar Fans, Bass Musician Magazine Online
As a musician (aka full time music critic), it can be hard to hear something that surprises you and really takes you “there”. I put this record on thinking that I knew exactly what I was going to think and exactly what my opinion was going to be…and then I was wrong. Scott Tarulli is… [Continue Reading]
One great way to help find your own voice is to develop it through the people around you. If you’re in a band, sitting in at jams, or just playing along w/ jam tracks, how you interact with these can be a great source of discovering your individuality. And it’s pretty easy, since no one… [Continue Reading]
Bass players love fuzz pedals. Unfortunately, many fuzz pedals don’t love basses, or more specifically, active basses. However, any pedal that comes with a blend or mix knob allows some bit of hope. However, with the Frazz Dazzler pedal from Dr. Scientist Sounds, you have the best of both worlds; a fuzz pedal that works… [Continue Reading]
Orange Amplification, Dark Terror Facebook Competition… Orange Amplification held a “Golden Ticket” promotion at this year’s Frankfurt Musikmesse, Germany. Each day – for four days – one lucky winner would find a ticket in their merch bag entitling them to a Dark Terror Guitar Amp Head. Only two of the four tickets were claimed so… [Continue Reading]
Thoughts on Facebook as a Tool for Artist’s Promotion. Is it Over? by Alberto Rigoni… I started using the Internet at the beginning of the ’90s when just a few guys here in Italy were using it (the speed of my first modem was 9.6 kbps!). I immediately felt it was going to change our lives,… [Continue Reading]
Open Call for Chance to Open for Pat Benatar… Bank of the West will again host its Facebook Opening Band Contest, looking for an up-and-coming band to open an outdoor concert featuring Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo plus Loverboy, and perform before thousands of people at the annual Bank of the West Celebrates America concert and… [Continue Reading]
When I was young, my Science teacher at school taught me that there’s no difference between a Star and a Person, that both are made exactly the same, that both share the same particles with no exception. Well, obviously he didn’t know anything about the music business, and mostly he didn’t know that in the… [Continue Reading]
Hello Adventurous Bass Players! Last month we studied and played the bass like a guitar. Now we’re going to play the bass like a piano. It is very interesting, because you have to tap with both hands at the same time. If you are a big fan of the tapping technique, you will love this… [Continue Reading]
Jazz Improvisation with Andrea Fascetti: Chromatic Approaches Part 3… HI MY “BASS FRIENDS”! I’M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN. BASS MUSICIAN MAGAZINE IS UNBELIEVABLE! GREAT WORK HERE, MY FRIENDS! OK… HOW ARE YOU? HOPE ALL IS OK FOR YOU. AND FOR YOUR BASS! THIS TIME WE ARE STUDYING LESSON 3, WHERE WE WILL LEARN… [Continue Reading]
Alberto Rigoni – “One Moment Before” from Something Different… Published on Apr 21, 2013 – available via iTunes
After hearing of the recent loss of Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, I combed the internet to find something positive to remember him by. I came across the article he wrote in early 2000 about his love for the instrument and a mutual analogy of sex, as he both admitted a love for the two; while… [Continue Reading]
For this month’s installment of The Chicago Low Down, we visit with bassist Patrick Mulcahy. Originally hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Patrick Mulcahy has been professionally based in Chicago for 10 years. During this time he has had the opportunity to play at many of the top venues in the city including The Green Mill, Auditorium… [Continue Reading]
Empty streets. Light traffic. Strange. Something was afoot this year in Austin for South By Southwest 2013, it seemed. The music part of the event ran March 13-17. Usually bands and musicians start pouring into town on Monday, the music showcases start on Wednesday. This year, starting on Monday I noticed that traffic all over… [Continue Reading]
In music, as in all the art forms, there is a specific, personal creative process that is as unique to each individual as their fingerprints. We are moved to produce our art by our circumstances, our surroundings, the people that influence us and support our efforts and numerous other factors. When it is all said… [Continue Reading]
Billy Sheehan, Hard Work and All Play by Steve Gregory: Bass Musician Magazine May 2013… It is inevitable that some musicians will be tempted to search for a secret path to instant success. In an on-demand world that offers a plethora of resources that provide instant information, many musicians may feel that there is a… [Continue Reading]
CARLOS WEBER MUSIC CENTER & PAISTE CYMBALS PRESENT: “THE WEST DRUMMER FEST 2013″ Clinics, Exhibitions, Gifts, etc. With the participation of Jaime Vazquez (bass) & Emanuel Lozada (drums). Special Guest: Fidel Morales (Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz) Date: April, 27 2013 Place: Café Teatro La Tertulia Free Entrance!
Tower of Power Set To Headline Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Benefit… Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will host the 10th annual “It’s Only Rock and Roll” Spring Benefit on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 8 p.m. The much anticipated event will take place at the historic Public Hall at the… [Continue Reading]
Acclaimed Italian guitarist Marco Iacobini debuts his latest release The Sky There’ll Always Be (Muso Entertainment) on April 23rd. The third release from the prolific Italian guitarist features an all-star line up of legendary performers including bassists Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel/King Crimson), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big/Steve Vai) and Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani); as well as… [Continue Reading]
Institute awards 2013 Bass Scholarship Winner… The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance is delighted to award Rares Diaconu as the winner of the 2013 Higher Diploma Bass Scholarship award in association with Eddie Ball Music Man. Each of the five finalists had an interview with a panel of judges including Institute tutor Ben Jones, Head… [Continue Reading]
3 Doors Down Bassist Charged With Vehicular Homicide… Todd Harrell, bassist and founding member of the multi-platinum selling band 3 Doors Down, has been charged by Nashville police with vehicular homicide. Police say Harrell’s speeding car clipped a pickup truck on Interstate 40, sending it down an embankment and killing the truck’s driver, 47-year old… [Continue Reading]
Andrew Ford’s Bass Groove Survival Guide Produced by Truefire.com… Composer, arranger, producer, educator and monster bass player, Andrew Ford’s groove pedigree features recordings, tours and performances with the likes of Al Jarreau, Whitney Houston, Robben Ford, Chaka Khan, George Duke, Gladys Knight, James Ingram, Patti Austin, David Crosby, Lynne Fiddmont, David Pack, Israel Houghton, Kirk Whalum,… [Continue Reading]
HAL LEONARD, BASS TAB METHOD, BASS TAB… This is the bass method students and teachers have been waiting for! Learn the notes of the bass with riffs like Day Tripper and Stand by Me, reading rhythms and tab with classics by the Who and Red Hot Chili Peppers, fingerstyle and pick technique with songs like… [Continue Reading]
MARK MICHELL’S GUIDE TO RIGHT-HAND TECHNIQUE FOR BASS… Excerpt from Mark’s book My vision for this instructional book is to simply shed light and share my knowledge regarding plucking-hand technique, which is sometimes an afterthought to many players. I find many players focus so much on what the left hand is doing as it determines… [Continue Reading]
New from Jake Kot, former Editor of Bass Musician Magazine… Jake Kot, the man who brought you killer interviews with some of today’s top bassists, has put together a program for musicians that literally covers every aspect of your playing and your career. The program includes: How to enhance your musicianship Discovering the creative process… [Continue Reading]
Devour the Day – Handshakes To Fist Fights Featuring Bassist Joey “Chicago” Walser… DEVOUR THE DAY (featuring former Egypt Central bassist Joey “Chicago” Walser and drummer Blake Allison) just released a new lyric video on their YouTube and Facebook pages, “Handshakes To Fist Fights, from their debut TIME & PRESSURE album, which is due out May 7 on… [Continue Reading]
