Archive for June 2011 - Page 7

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of June 5 – 11, 2011. 1. Esperanza Spalding: I Know You Know / Smile Like That Live Here’s a great clip of Esperanza Spalding sporting a Fender fretless and performing live in San Sebastian on July 23, 2009. 2. Health & Fitness for...

Black Dub, formed by guitarist/composer Daniel Lanois with bassist Daryl Johnson, vocalist Trixie Whitley and drummer Brian Blade released their self titled album last November. Here, the group performs “I Believe In You.”

IK Multimedia has a new version of their iKlip that is compatible with the new iPad 2. The accessory is a universal mic stand mount that makes your iPad or iPad 2 more accessible for use on stage and in the studio. The update adds snap-in adapters to accommodate for the width difference between the two iPad generations. It’s structure...

Hold on to your hats. Grant Stinnett sent us this video of his smokin’ solo over the jazz standard, “All the Things You Are.” Starting with a solo on top before playing the head, he rips through the tune with a tempo around 330 BPM while playing intense bebop licks along the way. For the video, Stinnett uses a LeFay...

Just days before their appearance at the 2011 Download Festival, Biohazard frontman Evan Seinfeld has left the group. The bassist/vocalist helped found the Brooklyn-based hardcore band in 1987 and stuck with them through their 2006 breakup and eventual reunion. Seinfeld will still be featured on the band’s upcoming album, which is set for release this fall. Guitarist Bobby Hambel said,...

Avid has released their first foray into the iPad app world with Scorch, a sheet music application powered by their Sibelius music notation software engine. Scorch allows users to playback, adjust, and buy sheet music from publishers as well as community members via iTunes. The app allows you to play whole scores or individual parts one at a time. You...

This week, John Roblin shares the story behind his ultra-rare 1960’s Fender Coronado Bass II – Wildwood. Fender’s Coronado line included guitars and basses with a double-cutaway, thin-line hollow-body, designed by Roger Rossmeisl, who originally designed instruments for Rickenbacker. The Coronado line came two years after Leo Fender sold Fender Musical Instruments to CBS, and the company was looking to...

Black Sabbath brought heaviness to a new level, inspiring millions of fans and building up a new genre. This clip from the DVD has Geezer Butler playing through parts of “Iron Man,” “Hand of Doom,” and “Electric Funeral” while explaining some of his playing. “A lot of the riffs are so strong you can’t get off them, especially ‘Iron Man,’”...

We featured a video of the Tedeschi Trucks Band back in March featuring the tasty bass lines of Oteil Burbridge. Now the group has released their debut album, Revelator, with Burbridge anchoring the 12 tracks with his trademark lines. Formed by the husband/wife team of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, the 11-piece band presents a soulful mix of blues and...

Ibanez has released a new Peter Iwers Signature bass, the PIB2. Finished in Pearl White with an inlay, the In Flames bassist’s new axe is a 5-string that comes factory-tuned to the his preference: Eb, Bb, F, C, Bb. The body is a 3D contoured version of the company’s SR body made of Maple. The 5-piece neck is a combination...

“When I play music, I realize that it really filters emotions, I called this album Voice because I believe that people’s real voices are expressed in their emotions. It’s not something that you really say. It’s more something that you have in your heart… Instrumental music is very similar. We don’t have any words or any lyrics to go with...

Here’s a great clip of Esperanza Spalding sporting a Fender fretless and performing live in San Sebastian on July 23, 2009.