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Miki Santamaria never ceases to amaze us, and it would seem he raises the bar with each new video. Here he is performing his solo bass arrangement of Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed”, a song he calls one of his favorites. The bass is a Yamaha BB2024X, and he’s using reverb from Garage Band. Amazing.

Meet Zach Suter a musician with a very touching story on what music means to him. Early in his musical journey, Zach played cello before turning to the “cool” instrument – the bass. Zach is the No Treble reader in the spotlight for the week of February 17, 2014. Bio: I have been playing music since I was seven, first...

Zander Zon impresses as always with a performance of his tune, “Kinetic”, from his album, Saturn Return. As Zander explained in our Track by Track feature on the album, “The ideas behind this piece were energy, motion and dynamics, hence the title. I’m using [a] thumb percussive technique … as well as tapping and fingerstyle.” While we love the composition...

In 1992, the Pat Metheny Trio took the stage at the Brecon Jazz Festival, performing Milton Nascimento’s “Vera Cruz”, among other tunes. Bassist Dave Holland and drummer Roy Haynes make the trio really cook. Check out Dave’s solo around the 1:00 mark. Oh yeah.

I love it when a top 10 list has another top 10 list in it. So much bass goodness. Last week, No Treble readers enjoyed more gear news from the NAMM Show (we’re still working on stories from the show!), as well as some great videos, Damian Erskine’s lastest “Ask” column, our interview with Snark Puppy’s Michael League and more....

Meet Mike Dyer, a bassist who appears to be living the musical dream (i.e. he doesn’t have a day job.) A recent graduate of Berklee, he appears well on his way. Mike is No Treble’s reader in the spotlight for the week of February 10, 2014. Bio: I grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri and played in...

Hard to believe how fast 2014 is already moving. Maybe it is in part due to all the great bass videos we were able to watch in January. Of the 31 we featured, these 10 were tops with readers. 1. Chuks Okpu: Chuk for Chick There are plenty of musicians who call themselves multi-instrumentalists, but Chuks Okpu is the real...

Add some bass gear news from NAMM to a handful of epic videos, and then add a bass lesson, a message from Flea and a Bass of the Week and you get one terrific top 10 list worth checking out. Here are the most popular videos, stories and features on No Treble for the week of February 2-8, 2014. Thanks...

So this video was apparently the first time bassists Errick Lewis and Michael Manring performed together. And they just decided to improvise it all the way through. Sweet.

When Adam Stevens first heard the tune “Rude” by Reggae/pop group MAGIC!, he said he couldn’t get the song out of his head. A week later, he recorded this all bass cover of the tune. And that makes it just a little sweeter, to us at least.

What Richard Bona can do with a bass is pretty much supernatural. Here’s New Steps Ahead performing one of Mike Stern’s tunes, “Wishing Well,” which features Stern and Bona prominently before the rest of the band kicks in. That band also includes Mike Mainieri on vibes, Bill Evans on sax, and Steve Smith on drums. So so good.

Songwriter Simon Wood Harris has been busy working on a project with some awesome musicians and goals. Described as “the pursuit of dynamic energy, the hope of the edge of perfection and the promise of an insight into the minds of the great musicians,” SWH’s Unidentified Flying Project has put out their first video. “[I] started to consider the idea...