Archive for 2009 - Page 69

This summer, Charlie Haden will be performing a great number of international venues, including the Vitoria Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival. June 2009 Dates to be announced July 5-6, 2009 Massey Hall, Toronto Charlie Haden & Ethan Iverson Duo July 8, 2009 Montreal Jazz Festival/ Charlie Haden Family & Friends July 11, 2009 North Sea Jazz Festival/ Special...

Today’s featured video comes from a member of our Youtube group. Bassist Hadrien Feraud shows off his skills and 5-string Ken Smith bass and Markbass amplifier during a 2008 performance at Bass Day U.K. Want to submit a video? Add it to our group.

Green Day’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, is releasing next week. To help celebrate, College News and Green Day are holding a contest where one winner will get bassist Mike Dirnt’s signature Squier Precision Bass, and a limited special edition version of the new album. Enter here.

Radio broadcaster Redbeard has posted an interview of Rush bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson on his In the Studio web site. Geddy and Alex share stories about Rush’s origins and longevity in the 19 minute segment. I’m pretty sure a good part of that interview is from the 80’s, because it sounds like an interview I heard on...

Victor Wooten will be doing a series of workshops to promote his instructional DVD, “Groove Workshop”. The tour is presented by Hartke, who Wooten endorses. All clinics are free. The dates are as follows: May 11, 2009 from 7-9pm Sam Ash 1647 Gallatin Pike North Madison, TN 615-860-7475 May 12, 2009 from 7-9pm Georgia Music Warehouse 5205-A Waters Ave. Savannah,...

Check out smithgroove doing a cover of “Final Matter”, from Casiopea. This video was submitted to our Youtube video group. (You can submit videos too!)

When we first heard Ben Harper was recording an album without Juan Nelson and the rest of the Innocent Criminals, we were pretty bummed out. But then we heard his new group, Relentless7 and bassist Jesse Ingalls, and decided we could wait a bit for the next I.C. album to come out. White Lies For Dark Times, the ninth album...

Hal Leonard has released Best of Marcus Miller, an instructional book containing 23 transcriptions of Miller’s work. Transcriptions include: Big Time Blast Boomerang Bruce Lee Could It Be You Ethiopia Forevermore Funny La Villette Lonnie’s Lament Maputo Mountain Dance Nikki’s Groove Panther Power Rampage Rio Funk Run For Cover Scoop Strum 3 Deuces Tutu What Is Hip

TIMBASSIX combines bass and beatboxing in today’s featured video, using his Boss RC-50 Loop Station.

After months of work, we released the new notreble.com this weekend. We’re pretty excited for all the great feedback we’ve received over the last couple of days. The visual changes should be easy to spot. We’ve also added a few new sections and features too: A new videos page is up, featuring videos from our Youtube group (you can add...

Dave Holland will be appearing with the Monterey Quartet this year at the Vancouver Jazz Festival. Other members of the quartet include pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Eric Harland. The Festival will take place from June 26th – July 5th in Vancouver BC, Canada. Dave and the Monterey Quartet will be performing on June 28th. Other artists...

No this is what we’re talking about when we say “all bass, no treble”. Sebastiano Mereu, aka monsterbazz was one of the first to submit to the no treble Youtube group, and we sure were glad he did. Sebastiano shares, “I love to play the bass and I love to hear songs with only bass in it. This is my...