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Bass Gear

Gear Watch: NXT Double Bass

NS Design has announced that the NXT Double bass will be available on November 1st 2009. The NXT series is created in the Czech Republic by the same makers of the well known CR Series bass. The NXT will also make use of the NS standard dual-mode polar pickup, designed for lateral sensitivity to get the most out of the...

Bass Videos

Space Opera: solo bass by Aram Bedrosian

Flemming recommended this video, featuring Aram Bedrosian performing his original solo bass piece, Space Opera. Space Opera is one of the tunes on Aram’s album: Amazon.com Widgets And be sure to check out more at arambedrosian.com.

Player News

Player Watch: Santi Debriano

Santi Debriano is a bassist that should be on everyone’s list to check out. The 54-year-old native of Colon, Panama currently lives on Staten Island and can be seen at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York for his upcoming gig on Monday October 19th. The performance is for the album release party for guitarist Roni Ben-Hur’s new release, Fortuna, and...

Concerts & Tours

Les Claypool: Australian & European tour dates announced

Bassist Les Claypool has just updated his tour information through the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. In December, Claypool will be touring Australia, with six stops in six days: 12/01 Tivoli Theatre in Brisbane 12/02 Enmore Theatre in Sydney 12/04 Forum Theatre in Melbourne 12/05 Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide 12/06 Capitol in Perth Claypool is in the...

Bass Videos

Charnett Moffett bass solo

Bassist Charnett Moffett shows off his versatility as a player in this video from a 2002 Vienna performance. He solos using the bow as a percussive stick against the strings and runs his upright bass through different effects. This combined with his finger plucking give one unique solo! In this video he’s playing with the Mccoy Tyner 4tet. Moffett has...

News

Jared Followill on Kings of Leon royalties and fame

There has been increased tension in The Kings of Leon, and the controversy is over royalties. The problem, in part, centers around the song writing credits for their upcoming fifth album. The band has taken to serious composition after their return from touring, but when bassist Jared Followill got the call from his brother Caleb that “I’m sitting here writing...

Concerts & Tours

Flecktones announce end-of-the-year tour

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, featuring bassist Victor Wooten, are kicking off their end-of-the-year tour. Part of the tour will feature original Flecktone member, Howard Levy, through Europe and five dates in the US. Following that, the band will go on the road for their Holiday Tour with Jeff Coffin, with several dates including Alash. A new CD, Jingle All...

Ray’s Raving About… Kenny Werner’s “Effortless Mastery”
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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. Kenny Werner is a...

Bass Videos

Frans Vollink, Gary Husband & Sebastiaan Cornelissen: England Green

Bassist Frans Vollink lays down the low end for this Gary Husband tune, “England Green”. Husband is on keyboards, with Sebastiaan Cornelissen on drums. The band was recording this for Cornelissen’s solo album, Uturn.

Events

Bryan Beller, on the value of being versatile…

Fredericksburg Virginia is now hosting a monthly Bass Forum for bassists in the region. The Forum began in May 2009, and it has met four times now. Though the meetings started small, initially averaging about 15 people, participants are now commuting from both DC and Richmond to attend. In August, the Bass Forum was fortunate to host a clinic with...

Player News

Chuck Garric donates bass to home town Hard Rock Cafe

Chuck Garric, best know as the bassist for Alice Cooper, will be donating his bass to the Hard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe, California tomorrow, October 16th, 2009. The donation will coincide with a concert by Alice Cooper. Garric commented, “It makes me proud to be from Lake Tahoe. I want to bring something to the city of South Lake Tahoe....

Bass Lessons

Lesson: Fingering strategies for the upright bass

The upright bass is a physically challenging instrument. I’m not trying to say we’re tougher than our treble-ended friends, but when was the last time you saw a violinist shift three feet at a time? The size of the upright bass means we have to be very efficient in how we approach playing music, especially if you are going to...