Archive for October 2023 - Page 5

Time for your weekly roundup of the articles from the bass world that have resonated most with readers. Here’s the top 10 for the week.

Dunlop has expanded their range of bass strings with the Dual Dynamic Hybrid Nickel set. The company describes the new design as a “best of both worlds” between nickel and steel strings.

It’s been a while since we featured a video from REO Brothers, but they dropped a new one this morning that blew us away again. Here’s bassist Ralph Otic and his brothers performing Dire Straits’ smash hit, “Money For Nothing.”

The mighty Gov’t Mule formed in 1994, and they’re celebrating their three decades as a band next year with a tour. The first leg of the “30 Years Strong” tour will see Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Danny Louis, and Kevin Scott covering the West Coast and Southwest.

Paul Thompson just discovered the great Brazilian singer/musician/producer Ed Motta, and his library of incredible bass lines. In this episode of “From The Bottom,” Paul breaks down the bass line on “Marta” (aka “Smile”), performed by Robinho Tavares.

Classical guitarist Lau Noah and bassist Adam Neely got together to record at Dimension 70 Studios in NYC and shared this video from the session. “The Path” is a perfect blend of instruments.

Hot off of their performance at the Power Trip Festival, Tool has announced a new set of tour dates. While the group is still supporting 2019’s “Fear Inoculum,” bassist Justin Chancellor has revealed that the group is working on new music.

The use of the fretless bass in metal has been on the rise thanks to a few key players, and you can’t make a list of those players without Linus Klausenitzer. In this interview, we go deep on his new album, writing concept, new bass, and more.

Julia Przybysz (better known as Juliaplaysgroove) performed her Bachelor of Arts Recital at Academy of Music in June. She just shared a video of the performance, which includes a nice mix of tunes.

Welcome to your monthly roundup of the best bass videos. Dive into today’s playlist featuring the top 10 most-viewed bass videos on No Treble for September 2023.

In this new “Keep It Groovy” lesson, Ryan Madora takes a simple walking bass line that moves from E to B (or I to V) and adds dead notes. These dead notes add funk and groove to an otherwise simple walking line.

Derek Frank performed a Peter Gabriel tribute show on August 31st at Apogee Studios in Santa Monica, California. He sent us a video of the group’s performance of “Don’t Give Up.”