Archive for 2021 - Page 15

We're super excited to share this month’s episode of Groove, with our guest Frank Bello. This is a great one. Enjoy the conversation...

Norm Stockton’s first season of “Grooves & Sushi” comes to a close with a truly impressive episode. This one includes Mark Lettieri, Chris Coleman, and Rob Rinderer performing Norm’s tune, “A Wristwatch On Mars”.

NFTs have been all the buzz lately, and now bass legend Lee Sklar has gotten in on the game. He’s teamed up with Cosmic Wire to release a collection of one-time-only digital NFTs that will be sold in packs similar to baseball cards.

This week in The Brown’stone, Rich Brown takes us through one of his favorite sequential patterns to play on major and minor scales. He loves this exercise because it’s so beautifully melodic and can easily be applied to any musical situation.

Last year, three members of Obscura left the band and formed a new group called Obsidious. The band is anchored by bassist Linus Klausenitzer, who wields a mighty six-string fretless. Here’s his bass playthrough of “Iconic”.

Like many musicians, multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton dreamed of recording with one of his heroes: Ron Carter. That dream came true and now we can all enjoy the reverie on the new album, “Smoke Sessions”.

G&L has added new models to the Tribute Series Kiloton Bass lineup. The series now includes a Candy Apple Red bass with a maple fingerboard and block inlays as well as a Black Frost bass with a rosewood fingerboard and pearloid block inlays.

It’s been a couple of months since we’ve seen a video by Zander Zon, but he’s back with another stunning one. Here’s Zander’s bass arrangement of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World”.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets is coming back to the United States for a 2022 trek entitled “The Echoes Tour”. The Pink Floyd drummer’s band will be performing music from the band’s early catalog, with Guy Pratt on bass.

October is in the books, so we’re taking a look back at the month of bass gear news. Last month was big on pedals. Here are the top 10 reader favorite stories we shared.

Alusonic Instruments specializes in building basses with aluminum. That includes the Django DC model, which was made for bassist David Caraccio.

Yes, Halloween was yesterday, but we’re going to extend it a bit. In this video, the band gets in full costume to perform an epic cover of the Hall and Oates tune, “You Make My Dreams Come True”.