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Meet Eric Messihi, a bassist and Berklee grad who keeps busy playing and teaching music. Originally trained on piano, Eric heard Primus and that was that. Eric is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: Eric graduated from Berklee College of Music where he earned his BM in Bass studies and Professional Music. While at...

Clear your calendar, because it is time for the top 10 bass videos for the month. Here are the No Treble reader favorite videos for the month of May, 2016. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Rush: Working Man (Live, 1974) In April 1974, Rush took the stage at the Laura Secord Secondary School in St. Catharines. Here’s a...

Stuart Clayton is working on a major update of his book, Giants of Bass. One of the bass giants he’s featuring is Billy Sheehan, who has done a lot in his career since the first version of the book. In this video, Stuart explains the update and the story behind this new track for the book.

Many of you will remember bassist Tim Carey from his videos with vocalist Amanda Taylor. Tim sent us this video saying “It’s different than what I’ve shared before but I think the community will really dig it. It’s an arrangement for septet with the extremely talented Isabella Du Graf on vocals which features sections of chordal tapping in the bass...

This week, No Treble readers enjoyed a steady dose of goodness from the world of bass – from the latest gear to some great how-to’s to the top videos and more. Here are the top 10 most read/watched features for the week of June 4-10, 2016. Thanks for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Jeff Berlin, Scott Henderson and Billy...

Bassist Kinga Glyk stunned us all with this excellent cover of a cover of “Tears In Heaven.” The original is by Eric Clapton. Kinga’s all-bass performance is a cover of the one by Jeff Berlin.

Regular readers here know we’re big fans of Juan Nelson. So hearing him back with Ben Harper (& The Innocent Criminals) is a thrill. From the band’s latest release, Call It What It Is, here’s “Shine”. We hope they’re here to stay.

Kenny Brault sent this to me saying, “Chris Squire’s bass tone and style back in 1969… Amazing. Well established back then.” These videos were recorded for the German TV show “Beat-Club” in 1969. The two videos below include: No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed Looking Around And the lineup: Jon Anderson: lead vocals, percussion Peter Banks: guitars, vocals Chris Squire:...

Dmitry Lisenko shared his new project with us – an electric and acoustic bass duo he’s formed with Aram Bedrosian. Here’s their first video, entitled “Echoes”. We’re keeping our eye out for more from these two!

Zander Zon is back with another movie theme arranged for solo bass. And this time, he employs his new fretless and his traditional fretted with the help of an Ebow and some pedals. Enjoy.

Meet Selina Finsel, a relative newcomer on bass who has already enjoyed a nice start to her musical career and on social media. Selina is No Treble’s reader spotlight this week. Here’s her story… Bio: Former A&R Rep and Booking Agent in Los Angeles and former Journalist/Editorial Administrator for the Santa Monica Observer, Selina started playing the bass seriously in...

Berklee recently celebrated the music of trombonist Hal Crook (who graduated Berklee in 1971). The lineup for this was pretty impressive, with Berklee alum Esperanza Spalding on vocals and bass, saxophonist Chris Cheek, pianist Leo Genovese, Lionel Loueke and drummer Antonio Sanchez. Here’s the group performing Crook’s tune “Never Again”.