Archive for January 2022 - Page 7

The other night during a No Treble team meeting, Vuyani told me about a few Brazilian bassists to check out. Here’s one of the videos he sent me, with Giane Rangel playing along to Raiz Worship’s “Foi na Cruz”. Giane makes that Sire Marcus Miller V5 go!

After two decades on the shelf, David Bowie’s 2001 album “Toy” has gotten an official release. Bowie’s band at the time included Mark Plati, Sterling Campbell, Earl Slick, Mike Garson, Holly Palmer, Emm Gryner, and Gail Ann Dorsey.

MXR has unveiled the Poly Blue Octave, a pedal that offers four separate octave divisions and a “thick, unruly” fuzz. The octaves include one down, two down, one up, and two up.

Charles Berthoud has produced an incredible run of “When They Say…” videos. In this one, he responds to the “You Have Too Many Frets” comment by playing a fretless. It is pretty epic.

dUg Pinnick is not just an incredible bass player, but he is a unique singer and songwriter. He’s our guest for this month’s episode of Groove - The No Treble Podcast. Enjoy the conversation...

One of my favorite new albums has been Fernando Molinari’s “Reaching Inside”. He’s just released a few more videos from the making of the album including this one for “Mercurio”, featuring Marco Minnemann and Davi Filho.

Kenny James has added another title to his “Invisiblemann” albums, and it’s got some stank on it. Volume 15 of the series is entitled “Intergalactic Funk Coalition” and features fat, retro funk grooves with modern twists.

Here’s a fun lesson on improvising over an extremely common chord progression, the “I-V-vi-IV”! We’ll be working in the key of A and I’ll break down the process of moving from chord to chord, connecting notes within the arpeggio, and creating your own bass line.

Lake Street Dive posted a video yesterday in honor of Betty White, who passed away on December 31st. In this clip, the band performs “Thank You For Being A Friend” (the theme from “The Golden Girls”), with Bridget Kearney on the Hofner.

Italian bass great Lorenzo Feliciati has just released a retrospective album called “Early Years” that compiles some of his best work from his album “Upon My Head” and “Live at European Bass Day and More”.

Big Daddy Weave bassist Jay Weaver has passed away from COVID-19. He was 42 years old. His brother and bandmate Mike Weaver shared the sad news in an Instagram video.

Juliaplaysgroove is starting the new year off with a fresh, new video! In this clip, she takes on my favorite Thundercat tune, “Them Changes.” That Musicman Sterling sounds great, and all the basses are covered.