Articles by Corey Brown - Page 257

Meet Franziska Plueckhan (aka Sissip), a bassist who has traveled the world, and covers the musical spectrum from solo bass and vocals to studio work, to top 40. Franziska says she got her start on bass due to the size of her hands and has been playing ever since. She’s this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s her...

Black Mamba is a trio consisting of bassist Cecilia Nappo, guitarist/vocalist Irma Mirtilla and drummer Federico Maragoni. They just shared their videos with us, including this one of their cover of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer.” I love how they decided to remake it in their own style.

As we mentioned in their “YYZ” video, YYNOT has a new drummer (Chris Moore). And so they’re recording lots of new versions of their epic Rush covers with this new lineup. As always, the bass (and more) is handled by Tim Starace, with Billy Alexander on guitar and Rocky Kuner on vocals. In this video, they tackle “Prelude,” the first...

Bassist Jonathon Burgess sent us the new video by his duo with vocalist Sophie Aked, known as Bravo Victor. This video is a milestone for Bravo Victor – their debut single for their upcoming EP. The band has the track available on Bandcamp.

Meet Dylan Caillouet, a bassist from New Orleans who has an impressive resume over his 13 years of playing. Dylan is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: I am a New Orleans musician who has played with the likes of Trombone Shorty, George Porter Jr., Henrik Linder, Tab Benoit, Terrence Higgins, Donald Harrison, Jody...

It has been a while since we’ve featured a video by the duo known as Royal Blood. Bassist Mike Kerr (who also handles keyboards and vocals) and drummer Ben Thatcher have released their video for “Lights Out,” which is appearing on their upcoming album, How Did We Get So Dark?, set to release on June 16th. The album is available...

Time for your monthly roundup of the best in bass videos – AKA the top 10 most watched videos on No Treble. Here the 10 most popular videos we featured in March. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Marcus Miller: How To Improvise a Solo After getting the ability to groove under their fingers, many bassists struggle to learn...

In 1985, my best friend shared Allan Holdsworth’s Metal Fatigue album with me. We both nearly wore out the vinyl, and I became an instant fan of his work – picking up his subsequent albums over the following years. I was devastated to learn of his passing yesterday and went back to many of those albums – and some videos....

I caught Theo Katzman last night at Jammin Java in Vienna, Virginia, who is on tour in support of his new album, . It was a nice surprise to see his Vulfpeck bandmate Joe Dart backing him up on bass. This tune was one of the big hits of the night.

The Who’s It’s Hard was one of the first albums I bought on vinyl, back in 1982. I always loved John Entwistle’s bass line on “Eminence Front.” I decided to check out the album again, which brought me to this live performance from their tour stop in Toronto that year. The Ox throws in some seriously tasty lines after the...

Time for a new episode of Anthony Vitti’s exciting “Forgotten Groove Yard” series. In this video, Anthony is joined by Oscar Stagnaro. “Oscar is from Peru. He has won four Grammy awards to date and is one of the top Latin bass players in the world. He plays with Paquito D’Rivera and has recorded with Dave Valentin, Dave Samules, Diane...

Meet Bill Bodily, a bassist and software developer who manages to balance both to allow him to tour. For 26 years, Bill has been pursuing the bass – starting with a reluctant teacher before venturing out on his own. Bill is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: Bill Bodily is a Central New York...