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Sharing Your Music on Social Media
Ask Damian Erskine

Sharing Your Music on Social Media

Q: I’m in a band and most of us are of the mind that we should have as much material out there on social media as possible. We’ve started posting snippets of rehearsals, live streaming gigs and encouraging people to post videos of our shows online, etc… One member of the band is very much against it all. He wants...

Vulfpeck: Dean Town
Bass Videos

Vulfpeck: Dean Town

It is always a good day at No Treble HQ when a new Vulfpeck video is released. This one has lots of extra bass goodness – and funkiness – thanks to Joe Dart and some killer beats. The tune is “Dean Town”, which is a track from Vulfpeck’s upcoming album, The Beautiful Game, due to be released on October 17th.

In Memoriam: Tim Cloonan
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Tim Cloonan

Sad news to report today: bass builder Tim Cloonan has passed away. The Philadelphia-based luthier owned and operated Callowhill Guitars, creating basses for some of the world’s top players including Tim Lefebvre, Dywane “Mononeon” Thomas, Owen Biddle, Derrick Hodge, Steve Jenkins, and more. Cloonan was a guitar player that saw the need for better bass care. “I’m a guitar player...

Reader Spotlight: Scott Jehlik
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Scott Jehlik

Meet Scott Jehlik, who got his start on bass after seeing Rush’s Exit Stage Left. He said once he experienced Geddy Lee’s “fire breathing Rickenbacker, there was no going back.” Scott is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: Scott is a long time veteran of the Los Angeles and Orange County music scene. Scott...

Advanced Bass: How to Use Melodic Quotes in Your Solos
Advanced Bass

Advanced Bass: How to Use Melodic Quotes in Your Solos

The use of melodic quotation is prolific within the genre of jazz and its related modern styles. In this lesson, we’ll cover how to use melodic quotes in your solos and breakdown some of the commonalities used by many great jazz masters. Applying this to two choruses of a B? blues progression, we’ll take a step-by-step analysis which includes taking...

The Rolling Stones: Miss You
Bass Videos

The Rolling Stones: Miss You

Ever since a new Darryl Jones documentary was announced, I’ve been listening to lots of the bassist’s work on YouTube. Here’s a great extended take of “Miss You” taken from 1995, just two years after he joined the Rolling Stones. Jones carries the groove throughout with rock solid time and feel while Mick Jagger gets into his stage antics.

Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Debut Available
New Albums

Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Debut Available

Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, featuring Alice in Chains frontman William DuVall and members of Mastodon and Dillinger Escape Plan, has released its debut album, Broken Lines. The band’s bassist is Grammy Award-winner Pete Griffin (Dethklok, Zappa Plays Zappa), a Los Angeles-based player who studied jazz and classical at Northwestern University, who also teaches bass in person and online. Check out the...

Bass of the Week: Versoul Swan 8
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Versoul Swan 8

It’s not often you see an 8-string fretless, but this one takes the cake. This week we’re checking out the Swan 8 by Finland’s Versoul, which the company describes as having traditional looks with an innovative body construction. “Solid Finnish Aspen flat top on solid Alder sides, a flat back and the long scale neck (34″) create an exceptionally mature...

Talking Technique: Drills for Fills – Applied
Talking Technique

Talking Technique: Drills for Fills – Applied

In episode 22, we introduced a way of practicing scales that uses intervals rather than going up and down the scales themselves. We went over thirds, which gives you great materials for runs, fills, and solos. Someone asked in the comments if I could give some examples of how to use the material in a chord progression, so that’s what...

Andrea Caggiari: James Brown Funk Bass Lines
Bass Videos

Andrea Caggiari: James Brown Funk Bass Lines

Bassist Andrea Caggiari emailed me this terrific video where he plays along to seven different James Brown tunes. Of course, this one gets funky, thanks to the original lines by Bernard Odum, Bootsy Collins, Fred Thomas, Gordon Edwards and Sweet Charles Sherrell. Here’s the track list: Cold Sweat Soul Power Super Bad Talkin Loud And Say Nothing Make it Funky...

Opeth Releases “Sorceress”
New Albums

Opeth Releases “Sorceress”

Swedish progressive metal band Opeth has returned with its 12th full-length studio album, Sorceress. Bassist Martín Méndez is the most stalwart band member, behind the band’s architect, Mikael Åkerfeldt. “I love this album, as does the whole band. I wrote the music during 5-6 months and we spent only 12 days recording it at Rockfield studios in Wales,” Åkerfeldt said....

Weekly Top 10: Memorizing the Fretboard, Bryan Beller Podcast, Top Bass Videos, Gear and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: Memorizing the Fretboard, Bryan Beller Podcast, Top Bass Videos, Gear and More

Thanks to you, we had another great week in the land of No Treble. We love celebrating with your favorites – so here’s the latest top 10. Thanks as always for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Memorizing the Fretboard: A Checklist for Bass Players This week, a reader asks Damian Erskine for advice on memorizing the fretboard. Damian delivers...