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Hi everyone in the bass community, Let me introduce myself…. My name is Harvey Citron, I started playing guitar at age 11, and was always passionate about guitar and music. I played my first gig at age 12, and was playing a weekly dance with a band at a local school. I began my career [...]
In 1974 Emmett Chapman introduced his revolutionary musical instrument to the world through his manufacturing company, Stick Enterprises. His newly developed tapping technique, demanded a new musical tool to foster creative growth. The Chapman Stick was born, turning a guitar approach upside down (literally by way of tuning) and set the music world abuzz. History [...]
If you don’t know who Evan Brewer is, you should. While he is best known for his works in Reflux (Washington DC) featuring Tosin Abasi of Animals of Leaders and Ash Avildsen-founder of Sumerian Records and Animosity (San Francisco) featuring Navene Koperweis of Animals of Leaders, Evan is much more than a bassist with a [...]
A Voice To Be Heard - An Interview with Arran McSporran At first glance, the name Arran Mcsporran may not seem familiar, but once this man’s Electric bass works hit your ear you will never forget what you have heard. His beautifully soulful approach, and inventive musicianship are what make Mcsporran stand out amongst your average [...]
When you think of heavy metal bassists, a few names should come to mind. Steve Di Giorgio is definitely one of those names. Spanning his twenty plus year career thus far, Steve has worked with some of the greats in metal history from the likes of Death, Testament and Control Denied to Vintersorg, Iced Earth, [...]
Ashley Kelly is one of those bassists that has been around for a long time and has lots of information to share with others. I spoke to Ashley earlier this year about an interview and we finally got something happening during September. Here’s what Ashley told me. How did you get started Ashley? I was [...]
I interviewed Leon Bosch for the pages of this magazine in October last year but we really only briefly covered his professional playing life. In this ‘chat’, we’ll talk about his incredible recording project which he embarked on a few years ago which, to date, encompasses seven recordings. This is what Leo told me in [...]
By the age of four, Sugarland’s Annie Clements started playing the piano. Nine years later when her father needed a bass player. He bought her a bass and encouraged her to join his band. From then on she’s been doing what we know her best for, playing bass! Growing up in a musical family, and [...]
Best known for his work as the bassist for progressive metal sensation, Between the Buried and Me, Dan Briggs is probably the most sought after bassist in the metal scene. Before gaining his reputation as an electric bassist, he was a guitarist, and an upright bass player. He started his studies at Edinboro University in [...]
For this month’s interview, we’ll stay in JHB just a little while longer so we can speak to extremely talented, bassist extraordinaire, Cesare Cassarino. Cesare is the bass instructor at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg. He’s another one of South Africa’s rising bass talents. This is what he told me in June [...]
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