Ray Riendeau Articles
Ray Riendeau: Liquid live
Our turn to rave about Ray Riendeau… check out this live performance of “Liquid”, at Mojo’s Music Academy in Longmont, Colorado.
Ray is joined by drummer Martin Diamond.
Hold on to your hat!
Ray’s raving about… Gary Willis
I would be remiss to get to do a column where the great people at No Treble let me “rave” about anything I want to not write about one of my all time favorite bass players, Gary Willis.
Since first hearing Gary with Tribal Tech years ago I was an instant fan. He is a [...]
Ray’s raving about… Evan Marien’s “Between Worlds”
One of my current favorite bass players to hit the scene is Evan Marien. Voted one of 2009’s “Most Exciting Players” in July issue of Bass Player magazine, Evan has already accomplished a lot at age 23. A recent graduate of the Berklee College Of Music, Evan has already worked with some amazing musicians such [...]
Ray’s raving about… Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Secret Society is an all-star 18-piece big band led by composer Darcy James Argue. This is not the usual music you think of when you hear the words “big band”. Darcy mixes minimalism, contemporary classical, indie rock and jazz styles. The music has great complexity and beauty and I really enjoy all the musical styles [...]
Rewind: our top features of the week
In case you missed them, here are the top headlines from No Treble, for the week of October 12th.
Lessons
Jon Burr’s Pivots in Chord Inversions
Evan Kepner’s Fingering Strategies for the Upright Bass
Columns & Features
Ask Damian Erskine: Reading Scenarios
Ray’s Raving About… Kenny Werner’s “Effortless Mastery”
Our Player Spotlight is on Mantis Evar
We’re thrilled to welcome Phil Wain, and [...]
Ray’s Raving About… Kenny Werner’s “Effortless Mastery”
Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner is a book I never keep far from my reach and I recommend to EVERYONE.
The subtitle to this book is “Liberating The Master Musician Within”. Although the applications of this book could benefit to any profession it is so refreshing to have something like this written by a musicians perspective. [...]
Rewind: Bass Lessons, Columns, Gear Watch, New Releases & Favorite Videos
In case you missed them, here are the top features from the week of October 4th, 2009.
Jon Burr offers some sound advice in his latest lesson, To click or not to click? Or, what’s in a metronome?.
Damian Erskine answers a reader’s question on playing with and around the beat
Evan Kepner’s latest lesson covers Melodic 2-5-1 [...]
Ray’s raving about… Konnakol
Konnakol is the comprehensive language of rhythm which allows the composition, performance or communication of rhythms in any style. Konnakol uses syllables that are aimed at optimizing vocal performance and allow you to create seemingly endless amounts rhythms.
Konnakol is something I’ve studied for many years now. Whereas Western music puts more emphasis on harmony, [...]
Rewind: top bass lessons and videos, Ray Riendeau’s Rave, Ask Damian Erskine, new releases and more
In case you missed them, here are some of the most popular features from last week (September 21st through 26th).
Jon Burr shows us how to make transposition much easier in his latest lesson: “By the Numbers“.
Meet Phil Wain, our player in the spotlight.
Damian Erskine discusses the topic of learning new styles. in his weekly Ask [...]
Ray’s raving about… Eldar Djangirov and his newest CD
Eldar Djangirov’s CD, Virtue, has been spinning in my car for weeks now.
I unfortunately had never heard of Eldar until reading a review about this new CD and when I checked it out I was instantly a fan. At first I was drawn by his amazing technique and angular lines but the deeper I [...]
