Bassist’s Guide to Scales Over Chords: The Foundation of Effective Bass Lines… Bass players know scales. We practice them up and down, in different keys and...
Don’t Get Lemon, Hyper Hollow Heaven… Texas heatwave trio Don’t Get Lemon, with bassist Bryan Walters, creates a swirling tension around electronic-pop and fears and anxiety...
Natural/Harmonic Minor Diatonic Chords, Hybrid Minor Diatonic Chords (Borrowed), Melodic Minor In this episode of Music Mechanics, we delve deeper into the minor scales with a...
Mike Goodspeed, Oort Cloud… Sophomore release “Oort Cloud” expands on the musical ideas of debut EP “…Bass Fishing”. Mike Goodspeed’s new release “Oort Cloud” is due...
Sittin’ In with Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power (Play-It-Like-It-Is Bass) Sittin’ In with Rocco Prestia… A funk institution and Tower of Power founding member, Rocco...
By David C. Gross and Tom Semioli Interview with David Swift… A SWIFT KICK! TALKING BASS (AND LIFE) WITH THE UK’s REIGNING PLAYER: DAVID SWIFT! In...
Bassist Chris Agar… We recently had the opportunity to chat with Chris Agar, an NYC area bassist who is currently laying down the low end for...
AKG Ara Microphone review… I have been doing more mic reviews lately and am always interested in improving the sound quality of my video interviews. When...
PESTILENCE’s Joost van der Graaf Explores Medieval Dancing Plagues w/ Experimental Prog/Funk Project CHOREOMANIC… CHOREOMANIC saw the light when the world came to a halt in spring 2020...
Fruition Announces “Live, Vol. 1” with Bassist Jeff Leonard… Fruition is happy to announce their first-ever live release, “Live, Vol. 1” which is due out January...
Geddy Lee MP40 Limited Edition Signature SansAmp… Based on the original Geddy Lee YYZ Signature SansAmp pedal, the Geddy Lee MP40 Limited Edition Signature SansAmp celebrates...
Brian Gregory… I was very happy to get a chance to chat with Brian Gregory while he is back in the US after some time in...
In this issue, we take a closer look at the Fender Player Plus Jazz Bass… The Fender Player Plus Jazz Bass is available in: Olympic Pearl,...
Modes Part 3 – Major, Natural and Harmonic Minor Diatonic Chord Formulas, Academic Terms NOW it’s getting interesting!! Ever wonder where those numbers like I –...
Ghost Stories by The Whitmore Sisters, Featuring Bonnie Whitmore on Bass… In December of 2021, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Bonnie Whitmore and one...
