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PBS to Broadcast Goat Rodeo Sessions Live Special… PBS invites viewers to experience a groundbreaking collaboration when it airs The Goat Rodeo Sessions‘ first live performance on Friday, May 25, 2012 at 9:00PM (check local listings). The Goat Rodeo Sessions combines the talents of four different solo artists, cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma, mandolin master Chris Thile, bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar [...]
DJ Rig FREE App for iPhone… IK Multimedia is proud to announce that DJ Rig™ FREE, a free version of IK’s pro-quality DJ mixing app for iPhone, is now available from iTunes, in the App Store. DJ Rig FREE is the perfect companion for the soon to be released iRig™ MIX portable DJ mixer for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad [...]
Avishai Cohen to Release New CD Duende… Exciting news – Avishai will be releasing a new album with EMI / Blue Note on 21st May, worldwide. It’s a duet album with another incredible young musician, Nitai Hershkovits on piano. ‘The first time I heard Nitai was in a little coffee place in Tel Aviv. Right [...]
Brick + Mortar to Release Second Making Moves 7″ Vinyl… Drexel University’s MAD Dragon Records (MDR) and Motion City Soundtrack are pleased to announce the second release of the Making Moves series, Brick + Mortar. Making Moves features a series of 7 inch releases by emerging artists, produced and curated by members of Motion City Soundtrack. The Making Moves Series will be released jointly on MAD [...]
Thumb Muting – Making an Electric Sound Like an Upright by Jonathan Moody… As a response to the ever-popular “How do I make my electric bass sound like an upright?” thread in forums, I’m going over the thumb muting technique that I use regularly in theatre pits to approximate an upright, in those times when [...]
Brandino’s Melodies and Songbook… A collection of songs written for Musicians looking for harmonic and melodic development. Brandino shared with Bass Musician Magazine readers a sample of Swamp Dog Blues! Download Swamp Dog Blues Listen to the Bass Melody on Swamp Dog Blues Special BMM Bonus… a track from his upcoming electric CD featuring his Warwick 5 string single [...]
Sounds Like This by ALO Featuring Bassist Steve Adams… I liked “Sounds Like This” by ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) pretty much from start to finish. As I listened, I found myself trying to identify who they sounded like (I did think of Steely Dan a little). The wide variety of tunes they play makes it hard [...]
The Vinyl District, a Record Store Locator APP… a free app for both iPhone & Android called The Vinyl District. Its the first app specifically for fans of vinyl, and for folks who would like to support that fast vanishing breed, the brick & mortar independent record store. And, with less than a week before Record Store Day 2012, [...]
The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road… Alfred Music Publishing, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, distributes The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road (2nd Edition), the musicians definitive guide to gigging and touring, from Course Technology PTR, a division of Cengage Learning. The Tour [...]
PK To Release The Lost Boy Sessions EP with Bassist Mikel Van Kranenburg… High-energy, scrappy indie-pop quintet, PK, have announced that their sophomore studio project, The Lost Boy Sessions EP will be released on May 29th. Sonically described as “The Killers meet Vampire Weekend,” PK has been compared to such acts The Cure, U2 and The Gaslight Anthem. After the band’s debut [...]
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