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Rob Ferrett is the co-host of “Central Time” on Wisconsin Public Radio, and he has a cool idea for a show that’s all about bass. Rob reached out to us to ask us to get involved in the show. Of course we said yes, and of course we want you to be involved too. “The interview will start with a...

Today is Geddy Lee’s birthday, which means we’re celebrating all day with plenty of Rush tunes in rotation. Since we pick one video to spotlight each day, we decided on a tune that brings the band full circle, in a way – the classic Rush tune, “Working Man.” The tune of course was part of the band’s debut album in...

Our friend Ian Pettersson sent me this note: “Royal Blood. A two piece band. Bass & drums. Sure what more do you need?” That should do it, Ian! Royal Blood might be a two man band, but they have a huge sound thanks to Mike Kerr, who handles the vocals and plays bass while simultaneously creating the guitar sound. Ben...

The end of another week and two things seem to be true: time is flying, and the world of bass is doing just fine. Here are the top 10 most read stories and most watched videos on No Treble for the week of July 20-26, 2014. Thanks as always for reading, commenting and sharing the good stuff. 1. Meshell Ndegeocello:...

Riffstation has launched a beta app with some lofty goals. Play is designed to present chords for any Youtube music video, in real time. The software has a super clean and simple interface, which shows promise. And while bass isn’t listed in the app, following the guitar chords should be suitable for most songs. (The app supports guitar, ukulele (!)...

This is only the second time we’ve featured ?ukasz Adamczyk, and we can already tell his music is quite diverse. ?ukasz sent me this video of his band performing his original tune, “Disco of Thoughts”. The song grabbed me right away with that gnarly growl of his bass. ?ukasz also plays keys on the tune and is joined by drummer...

Today we remember the great bassist Mick Karn, who was born on this day in 1958. The fretless bass legend passed away on January 4th, 2011. Following the break up of Japan, Karn continued working with keyboardist Richard Barbieri and drummer Steve Jansen on new music. Here they are performing the Barbieri tune, “Sleepers Awake”. Karn’s fretless work is quite...

Bassist Jamie Mills hooked us with his very first sentence in his Reader Spotlight profile. Jamie has seen a lot of styles in the 14 years he’s played bass, and he’s as humble as he is talented from everything we can see. Jamie is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Bio: I’m a 28 year old Northern Irish...

Our good friend Sylvain Gros-Desormeaux keeps us in the loop on some excellent videos I’m afraid we would have otherwise missed. This time around, Sylvain shared this performance by keyboardist Meddy Gerville at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, along with bassist Michel Alibo and drummer Emmanuel Félicité. Sylvain said Gerville’s group plays “some traditional music from la Reunion Island (it’s a...

Our friend Cory O’Brien shared this terrific video, setting it up perfectly by saying it “exemplifies the fact that we are limited only by our imagination”. The artist in this video goes by the name That 1 Guy, who averages “150-200 shows a year all over North America and Canada.” The instrument is something That 1 Guy pioneered, aptly named...

There’s so much bass goodness in this week’s top 10, I can hardly contain myself. MarloweDK’s cool lesson on covering all the keys, a handful crazy good bass videos, Damian Erskine’s ask column on how to decide to take the gig, some new gear and one glitzy bass of the week. Here is your top 10 stories and videos on...

Earlier this year, Meshell Ndegeocello went into The Boombox’s studio for Off the Record. One of the performances of that session was her cover of Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” – the title track from Drake’s last album. In 1974, Drake committed suicide at the age of 26. During his short career, he wasn’t able to achieve much of an audience...