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Reader Spotlight: Lane Baldwin
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Lane Baldwin

Meet Lane Baldwin, aka Lane on Bass, a bassist of 42 years and our player in the spotlight for October 18, 2011. Bio: Bassist for 42 years, pro for 29. Endorsements include Spector basses, DNA amplification, DR Strings, LM Products (straps), Peterson Tuners, Shubb Capos, Manhasset Stands. Musical Ambassador for Washington, DC. Current main gig: Ryan Pelton and the Difference...

Top Ten

Top 10: The Best Bass Videos (September 2011)

From a wacky snowboard bass, to the return of BassGirl and lots of solo bass performances, here are the top 10 bass videos in September 2011, based on views by No Treble readers. 1. BassGirl: Amerika Annie sent us this new video of BassGirl, who we’ve featured before to rave reviews. Annie says, “[Here’s BassGirl’s cover of Jaco Pastorius’s] “Amerika”....

Question of the Week: What’s the most recent, most killer album in your collection?
Q&A

Question of the Week: What’s the most recent, most killer album in your collection?

Our question of the week: What’s the most recent, most killer album in your collection? Give us the details. Answer below in the comments, or on our Facebook page.

Esperanza Spalding and Gretchen Parlato: Useless Landscape (Inutil Paisagem)
Bass Videos

Esperanza Spalding and Gretchen Parlato: Useless Landscape (Inutil Paisagem)

Today is Esperanza Spalding‘s birthday. What better way to help celebrate than with another awesome video by the bassist? Here, Esperanza performs a beautiful duet with Gretchen Parlato on the Antonio Carlos Jobim tune, “Useless Landscape (Inutil Paisagem)” Happy birthday, Esperanza!

Disco Bass Play-Along
Sheet Music & Instruction

Disco Bass Play-Along

Hal Leonard’s Bass Play-Along Series has a new disco-era addition with the release of Disco – Bass Play-Along Volume 32. The 72-page book offers eight disco classics by A Taste of Honey, Chic, Rick James and more. Music is presented in tab notation, with an accompanying CD packaged with the book, providing the audio for the bass lines as well...

Megadeth Offers New Tune from Upcoming Album
News

Megadeth Offers New Tune from Upcoming Album

In advance of their November 1st release of Th1rt3en, Megadeth is giving away “Whose Life (Is This Anyway)”, a track from the album. Th1rt3en is the first album since 2001 to feature original bassist David Ellefson, and offers new versions of several previously released tracks. The track is being offered on Megadeth’s Facebook page.

iRiffPort: A Look at the Digital Instrument Interface for iOS
Apps

iRiffPort: A Look at the Digital Instrument Interface for iOS

So far, I’ve focused in on mostly iOS apps in this space, but this time around, I’m going to focus in on hardware that works with many of these apps. I recently tried out the new iRiffPort by PocketLabWorks, which is a digital instrument interface in conjunction with the PocketGK app. For starters, PocketLabWorks got things right by making it...

ZZ Top: Cheap Sunglasses, Live (1980)
Bass Videos

ZZ Top: Cheap Sunglasses, Live (1980)

Dusty Hill keeps the bottom end simple, tight and in the pocket on this 1980 performance of “Cheap Sunglasses” from the DVD Double Down Live. His performance exudes pure attitude, and though the fuzzy guitars are missing, the beards are in full swing.

Top 10: Bass of the Week, Edmond Gilmore’s Take on Jaco, Isolated John Entwistle, Intentional Practice and New Gear
Weekly Top 10

Top 10: Bass of the Week, Edmond Gilmore’s Take on Jaco, Isolated John Entwistle, Intentional Practice and New Gear

No Treble readers couldn’t get enough of the top bass videos of the week, from an isolated bass video of John Entwistle, a solo bass piece by Matt Kniffen, Edmond Gilmore‘s take on Jaco Pastorius’ arrangement of “Donna Lee” and Nathan Watts laying it down with Stevie Wonder. Dr. D made his return with a new column, Intentional Practice, and...

Rex Brown Plans Pantera-Era Memoir
Player News

Rex Brown Plans Pantera-Era Memoir

Rex Brown has a book deal, and is working on his memoir. The former Pantera bassist follows former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo, who is working on his own autobiography. Brown’s autobiography, Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera, described as “starkly honest and revealing”, will offer a look into the bassist’s time with Pantera, from their rise to...

Bass Aerobics
Sheet Music & Instruction

Bass Aerobics

Hal Leonard has released Bass Aerobics, a new book in their Bass Builders series, offering a 52-week, one excercise per week workout program for bassists. Authored by bassist Jon Liebman, Bass Aerobics focuses on developing, improving and maintaining technique on the bass guitar, for beginner through advanced players. The 112 page book is designed to increase speed and improve dexterity,...

Scott Ambush’s Solo at Richmond Jazz Festival
Bass Videos

Scott Ambush’s Solo at Richmond Jazz Festival

Spyro Gyra’s Scott Ambush balances between funky and soulful on this solo from the Richmond Jazz Festival earlier this year. The band grooves hard while playing around their tune “On the Road.”