Archive for 2013 - Page 52

Guitarist/vocalist Jenna Jackley and bassist Ryan Haines have teamed up again to present some creative music. Haines offers up a cool and complimentary bass line to Jackley’s beautiful vocals on this performance of “Lean Into Faith”.

Here are the top ten most read, commented and shared bass gear stories on No Treble for the month of June, 2013. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing! 1. Expanding Hands Music Now Offering Funk Fingers Funk Fingers are available once again thanks to a licensing agreement between Tony Levin and Expanding Hands Music. Levin invented the Funk Fingers after...

So many of us play with unneeded tension and spend a great deal of time trying to remedy this. We spend untold hours searching for the freedom of motion that will allow us to transcend our instrument. One aspect of tension that is sometimes overlooked is a player’s breathing. If you have never paid attention to how you breathe when...

Bassist Marco Desgagné sent us this video of his duet with drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., where the two lock in and get down, get funky, and tear things up.

After nearly ten years, Jack Bruce is getting back into the studio with plans to release a new album in 2014. The bass legend has signed to Esoteric Antenna, a label of the Cherry Red Recordings Group, and has announced that he is currently in the writing and recording stage of the project. “It is an absolute honour to be...

After a hugely successful EP, Newsted is previewing their first full-length album Heavy Metal Music with a free download of the first single, “Heroic Dose.” The band, fronted by bassist Jason Newsted, formed late last year and has quickly gained a strong following. “I’m doing this because I want to do this,” Newsted told us in an interview. “I only...

Close to thirty articles, videos and special features get published on No Treble every week. But only 10 can make this list, and you all decide based on what you read the most. Here is your Top 10 list of the most popular stories and videos on No Treble for the week of June 23, 2013. Thanks as always for...

In celebration of Stanley Clarke’s birthday, we thought we’d celebrate with a recent take of a Stanley classic. Here’s the Clarke Copeland Band performing “School Days” last year at the Jazz Festival in Sète. Happy birthday, Mr. Clarke!

Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd is preparing to step out on his own with his solo debut album later this summer. His new project, which will be under the moniker HBS, started as a only voice and acoustic guitar, but collaborations with drummers Matt Cameron and Matt Chamberlain quickly expanded the effort’s sonic palette. The album will be titled In Deep...

Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian’s Live in Tokyo is set for a September 3rd release. Live in Tokyo features footage from the band’s November 14, 2012 performance at Zepp Tokyo, and includes 16 songs. This is the first release by the super group comprised of bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist Tony MacAlpine and keyboardist...

Rickenbacker basses are getting a good detailing in the new book The Rickenbacker Electric Bass: 50 Years as Rock’s Bottom, a 144-page documentation of the company’s 4-string endeavors since the mid-1950s. It offers up info on the company’s nearly forty bass models, including the iconic 4001, with hundreds of color photos and descriptions to help identify each instrument. “I took...

Our friend Marsha sent us this awesome video of Trampled Under Foot performing “Love My Baby,” live on the show Kansas City After Hours. The blues trio includes bassist Danielle Schnebelen and her siblings Kris and Nick. Danielle delivers some great lead vocals while laying down the low end.