Reader Spotlight: Joseph Garcia
Meet Joseph Garcia, a bassist from Bakersfield, CA, and creator of the various “Bass Intros” playlists on Spotify. Joseph is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story...
Christian Houmann: To You
No Treble reader Christian Houmann sent us this beautiful video with us featuring him as bassist, producer, composer, cameraman, and filmmaker. Here’s his song, “To You”, with Lasse Bernt Sandkamm on lap steel.
Russ Sargeant: Santa Monica
It has been quite a while since we’ve shared a video by our good friend, Russ Sargeant. Way too long. Time to fix that with this stellar new solo bass performance he just released. Enjoy “Santa Monica”.
Shalyah Fearing: Empowerment (Berklee Two Track)
Berklee recently released a new video in their “Two Track” series, and this one is special. Singer-songwriter Shalyah Fearing, along with bassist Kyla Wright and guitarist Preston Kra perform two fantastic songs in this one.
The Main Squeeze: Readymade
The Main Squeeze is back with a new cover. Rob Walker kicks off their performance of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tune, “Readymade”.
The Fearless Flyers: Patrol Acrobatique
The Fearless Flyers have just announced they’re releasing a new album, “The Fearless Flyers III”. Here’s the first track, “Patrol Acrobatique”, with Joe Dart, Cory Wong, Nate Smith, and Mark Lettieri laying down the funk.
Bass Gear Roundup: The Top Gear Stories in January 2022
Usually, the bass gear news feed is full in January, thanks to the Winter NAMM Show. While we didn't see as much new gear coming through, we did cover a bunch. Here are the top 10 reader favorite bass gear stories for the month.
Bass Collab: Gabriel Severn, Federico Malaman, Noah Denton, Nick Campbell, Moto Fukushima
Gabriel Severn just sent us a video he created along with Federico Malaman, Nick Campbell, Moto Fukushima, and Noah Denton (with some help from Israel Strom on keys). It is short, but it is sweet.
Weekly Top 10: Wonder Woman – Ariane Cap, The Modes Made Simple on Bass, “Donna Lee” Stolen Bass Line, New Bass Gear, and More
Another week comes to a close, and so it is time to look back. Here are the top 10 reader-favorite stories we published for the week of January 22-28, 2022.
Fernando Molinari: Control (with Marco Minnemann, Brunno Henrique, and Daniel Félix)
Hold on to your hats, because this is one killer tune and lineup. Fernando Molinari released Reaching Inside recently, with the help of Marco Minnemann, Davi Filho, and Brunno Henrique. Here’s the group performing the tune, “Control”.
B2Men: Born to Be Blue
B2Men is a band formed by guitarist Peck László and bassist Viktor Lorincz. In this new video by the duo, Viktor plays a U-Bass and adds backing vocals on “Born to Be Blue”.
Pete O’Neill: Charles Berthoud’s “Cello Strings” Tab and Tapping Tutorial
Pete O’Neill recently covered “Cello Strings on a Bass Sound Unbelievable“, a song by Charles Berthoud. Pete sent us a new video tutorial for the song - based on a lot of requests - with the notation and tab.