Archive for March 2024 - Page 5

YYNOT dropped another video from Bubba Bash 2024. Here’s their performance of “La Villa Strangiato,” with Tim Starace handling the bass and keys.

311 has announced the return of their Unity tour for 2024 with a summer itinerary that will take them across the U.S. from July 20th to August 31st.

Pete Griffin has an insane résumé that includes work with Zappa Plays Zappa, Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Dethklok, Dr. John, and many more. We caught up with him to get the scoop on his new EP, “Pete Griffin and His Lab Rats,” and more.

Samuel Haynes is busy visiting his back catalog and remastering videos from the past. He shared this one for “Tempest 2.0,” which is a technical two-handed tapping piece.

Multi-instrumentalist and musical genius Jacob Collier has completed his Djesse album series with the newly-released “Djesse Vol. 4.” The star-studded record covers an enormous amount of musical ground with jazz, pop, latin, and even some heavy metal.

In this lesson, we take a look at octave slides and how they can intensify our rock and roll bass playing! We’ll practice playing a root note in the lower register of the bass and then slide up to play the octave on the adjacent string.

In this video, Miki Santamaria performs “Tears” at Sol de Sants Studio in Barcelona. It’s a beautifully moving piece.

Sting made his name as the bassist and vocalist for a power trio called The Police, and now he’s getting back to the format. He’s announced a new tour called “STING 3.0” featuring a new trio with longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas of Mumford & Sons fame.

February was a great month for bass videos on No Treble. Of the 29 we shared, here are the top 10 reader favorites.

Kevin Reginald Cooke sent us a new video by his project, Mery’s Key. Here’s their acoustic version of “Step By Step,” with just bass and vocals. The official track also includes “drums and 80s-flavored synths.”

Five years after her solo debut, former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon has returned with her sophomore album, “The Collective.”

This week we’re checking out a killer Progress Series IV Standard 5-string bass by Overwater Basses. Its swamp ash body has a gorgeous walnut top that’s matched with a walnut headstock cap, walnut fingerboard binding, and walnut block inlays.