Bassist Ashleigh Caudill Releases Fresh Take on Bluegrass with Looney Bird… Songwriter, bassist and banjo player Ashleigh Caudill’s take on traditional folklore is catching the ears of...
Hal Leonard Releases Teach Yourself to Play Bass… For those aspiring to learn how to play the bass guitar quickly, but don’t read music or have...
X JAPAN: Music Documentary ‘We Are X’, Featuring Bassist HEATH, Accepted To SXSW Film Festival… The new music documentary on the Japanese rock group X JAPAN...
Hiromi’s 10th album features the return of The Trio Project with contrabass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips… All great human passions – whether romantic,...
Review – “Rhythmus” by Ray Riendeau I never tire of hearing the music and rhythms from around the world. My Spanish heritage makes me particularly fond...
Review – Fourplay “Silver”… When I first started learning to play the bass, my teacher asked me if I had heard of Fourplay. I had not...
Reader Submission and Video – Gratitude for My Great Teacher, Jaco by Mike Frost Mike Shares… In 1982, I was studying with Jerry Jemmott, and he...
Beat Buddy Mini Review… In this video, I take a look at some of the many features of the Beat Buddy Mini, a mighty-mite of a drum machine. Beat Buddy Mini...
Bass Musician Magazine Interviews Stu Hamm… Check out my latest video interview… Stu Hamm, backstage at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR prior to his show...
Bass Player Derek Frank to Re-join Mindi Abair & the Boneshakers for 2016 Tour Dates… Los Angeles bassist Derek Frank will be re-claiming his spot with...
Jazz Bassist Jeff Denson Spearheads Ridgeway Arts, New Bay-Area Non-Profit… Renowned bassist/composer/educator/community activist Jeff Denson and a small group of colleagues have formed Ridgeway Arts, Inc....
Alberto Rigoni Releases FutureFunk Video Featuring Remco Hendrix… Italian bassist and composer Alberto Rigoni (solo artist, Vivaldi Metal Project, Kim Bingham, The Italians) has just released the...
Review – D’Addario NYXL Bass Strings… The D’Addario brand has been receiving a lot of high praise for their NYXL line of guitar strings. The company...
Chord Tone/Arpeggio Lesson 1… One of the most common ways that we initially learn to play the bass is to “head on down” to our local...
Review – VibraWood Basses {Video}… VibraWood Bakithi Kumalo Custom Artist V model: Active with the Aguilar OBP-3 preamp and Aguilar dual coil pickups. Alder with Black Walnut top over Maple...