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Bassists Who Travel With Musical Instruments

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A call out to all bassists who travel with musical instruments… Congress is currently considering legislation that will make it easier for us to take our instruments onboard airplane cabins instead of risking loss or damage from sending them as checked baggage. The Musicians’ Union has made a simple and quick way to register your [...]

Coming This Fall at Bass Musician Magazine: Archives Being Added

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Great news! All of the archives from previous issues of Bass Musician Magazine (dating back to the first issue with Willis from Aug/Sep 2007) are going to be added to our new format this fall… and with this, you will receive an email (if signed up for the mailing list) listing each issue in its’ [...]

Dig Your Gear? Review it for Bass Musician Magazine!

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Coming Fall 2010, a new segment at Bass Musician Magazine called, Show Us Your Gear! Bass Musician Magazine has always been about an open dialogue with our readership. We now open a new door in that construct. We’d like “you”, the reader, to send in an article for “Show Us Your Gear”. This is about [...]

JanSport® Sets the Stage for Its Third Online Battle of the Bands Competition in Conjunction with Sonicbids

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JanSport, the original outdoor gear Brand that equips people globally with quality backpacks, travel gear and collegiate apparel, today announced its third annual Battle of the Bands competition in conjunction with Sonicbids, the website that helps bands get gigs and promoters book the right bands. Now through Nov. 1, 2010, amateur, unsigned bands who have [...]

Hal Leonard Launches LyricStore.com

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www.LyricStore.com – Music Publishing Innovator Rolls Out the Only Legal Site to Offer Individualized Products Customized with Official, Licensed Song Lyrics – Apparel, Mugs, Mouse Pads and More Now Available That catchy song lyric that’s always in your head can now be on your t-shirt. Or your coffee mug. Or your mouse pad. The world’s [...]

ICMP in London Announces Innovative New Degree for Guitar, Bass, Drums and Vocals

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The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is delighted to announce the launch of an innovative new full-time Degree programme, the ICMP 2-year Foundation Degree in Creative Musicianship for guitar, bass, drums and vocals. This announcement also heralds the beginning of a new working relationship between the ICMP and Middlesex University, who are validating this [...]

GITC Speaks With Industry Veteran Paul Damiano about Music Education and Market Development

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Music Products Industry Veteran Paul Damiano Advocates Greater Support For Market Development, Music Education and Guitars In The Classroom. In addition to his prolific career with the KAMAN Corporation, Paul Damiano was one of the principal architects of the game-changing merger between KAMAN and Fender that created KMC Music and he is currently KMC’s Senior [...]

Bassists Landers, Browne Join Los Angeles Music Academy

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Bass Department Chair Jerry Watts announced Tim Landers and Mark Browne have joined the school’s teaching faculty. On the heels of recent Master Classes by fellow bassists Andrew Gouche, Ric Fierrabraci, Rufus Philpot, Justin Huth and Janek Gwizdala, the school expanded its faculty while also facilitating new fifth and sixth quarter classes including fretless bass [...]

10 GREAT Reasons to Join the Bass Musician Magazine Community

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(In no particular order) —-Knowledge is power. With our unrivaled staff that continues to grow on an international level, there’s no better place to plug in and be informed on multiple subjects at multiple levels than this magazine and community. Supporting the “Bass” community through this “social” community is a win for all involved. —-Expand [...]

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