New Book by Roland Founder, Ikutaro Kakehashi In the world of digital music making, sampling refers to the act of digitally recording a portion or sample...
It is always fun to chat with Nik West! You may remember her from our cover interview of April 2012: As is the case with any...
In this issue of Bass Musician, I had the pleasure of interviewing bass industry icon Bakithi Kumalo…
Review – Cort Jeff Berlin Rithimic Series 4-String Bass Anyone that knows bass surely knows, or has heard of, Jeff Berlin. Jeff is one of the...
Review – Fender Deluxe Active Precision Bass Leo Fender started mass-producing the Fender Precision bass, also known as the “P bass” in 1951, and it’s still...
You’ve memorized the typical 12-bar blues chord changes, and may be wondering if that’s all there is to playing blues, especially as a bassist. Although there...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This is our first article for the New Year 2017, so grab your bass and let’s PLAY! Fernando...
Here is an arrangement for Van Morrison’s “Moon Dance”. Click to download the bass transcription, Moondance I developed this years ago for singing while playing the bass, but it...
3 Leaf Audio Octabvre, Wonderlove and Doom Pedal Reviews Back in the late 70’s and 80’s, synth/keyboard bass was in its heyday, appearing on all kinds...
Review – Cog Effects T-47 Analogue Octave Pedal Until now, I have not seen, nor even heard of an octave pedal that allows you to switch...
One of the most recent releases from Hal Leonard is the Bassist Guide to Scales Over Chords by Chad Johnson. This release starts out covering everything...
Closing out 2016, we wanted to share the bass stories you dug this year. As always, feel free to contact me with the type of bass stories you want to...
Leo Lyons was a founding member and bassist of the well-known British blues-rock band “Ten Years After.” They gained great importance, among other things, at the...
Nashville-based alt-rock trio PAPER ROUTE have released their third full-length album, titled Real Emotion on Kemosabe Records/RAL/Sony Music Ent. Blending digital-age pop/rock with ambient vocals, the 16-track album — produced and...
It has been over two years since their last release, and the wait has proven to be worth it, as ‘Eye in the Sky‘ is quintessential Killer...