Archive for 2021 - Page 36

Since David Ellefson’s dismissal earlier this year, rumors have been flying about who Megadeth would be bringing on board to fill the bass seat. Now the band has revealed James LoMenzo will be joining them on the upcoming “Metal Tour of the Year”.

This week in The Brown'stone on No Treble, Rich Brown is focusing specifically on left-hand technique. He walks you through a couple of great exercises that will help to strengthen the individual fingers of the left hand.

I’ve really been enjoying Aaron Gibson’s “solo bass in the yard” video series. Here’s a great one of Aaron performing “Hurricane Sara”.

After several postponements, Primus is heading out on their epic “A Tribute To Kings” tour. Les Claypool has been very open about his eagerness for the outing as well, and apparently, he’s been practicing up – and learning the parts from Geddy Lee.

Meet Leandro Ferreira, who was originally a drummer but says that once he decided how difficult it would be to become a good musician, he decided to switch to his first love: the bass.

Schecter has unveiled their latest artist model with the Daniel Firth Hellraiser Extreme-5 Signature Bass. The Cradle of Filth bassist’s new axe features a mahogany body with a quilted maple top in a Cthulhu Burst Satin finish.

We’ve previously featured videos by Richie Castellano’s Bank Geek project, including these two covers of Yes’s “Roundabout” and “Close To The Edge”. In this one, they take on “Siberian Khatru”.

Adi Meyerson has released a new album called “I Want To Sing My Heart Out In Praise of Life”. The bassist/composer’s second album as a leader is a six-part suite inspired by the work of avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama.

Valenti Basses shared their latest V24-P5, which is a five-string p-style bass with a full 24 frets. This one, which is built with an alder body, has a rocking pink finish matched to a black pickguard.

Omar Harb shared this video on our Facebook Group of his original bass and vocals tune, “Lines”, which features vocalist Rasha Rizk. It is a spectacular piece of music and performance.

Back in June, Percy Jones announced his new supergroup, PAKT, which includes Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, and Tim Motzer. The band had a handful of performances, and now the first show has been released as their debut live recording.

Guns N’ Roses have dropped a new single with “Absurd”. The song is their first new music in over a decade, although some fans may recognize it as a reworked version of the unreleased song “Silkworms” from the “Chinese Democracy” period.