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Andy McKee’s performance of “Drifting” has been viewed millions of time on YouTube and elsewhere. Now bassist Dmitry Lisenko has shared his solo acoustic bass guitar version of McKee’s tune.

Over the years, Ian Pettersson has offered some great video suggestions to us. Now he’s shared one of his own: a solo bass tribute to Prince. Here’s Ian’s take on Prince’s hit, “Kiss”.

Bassist Ken Farrell shared this video of his band, Harbouring Oceans, performing their debut song “Enso”. “I think our sound is quite similar in parts to Maddie Jay and the PH Collective, who I discovered through your site,” Ken shared. “I’m playing a Musicman Bongo 6 on the track, which was recorded in Windmill Lane Studio 1, Dublin, Ireland.” We...

Meet Nick Thorpe, a young bassist with an already impressive history. Nick is currently a high school student who is pursuing his music in a big way – and has goals to continue his studies at Berklee following high school. Nick is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: I’ve been playing for almost 5...

One of our favorite top 10 lists is here – the monthly reader favorite bass videos. Here are the most watched videos on No Treble in April. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Jeff Healey with Marcus Miller: See The Light Ian Pettersson has sent us a handful of great videos, and he just sent us another. “An old...

Jesús Rico Pérez is back with another beautiful solo bass video. “[This is an] old tune for my lil´ daughter, Paloma,” he shared. Stunning, as always.

The week always ends on a positive note around here, because we get to celebrate the best of the best from the world of bass. Here are the top 10 reader favorite stories, columns, videos and more. Thanks as always for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Prince with Larry Graham: Motherless Child Like countless others, we were devastated to...

David Piggott teaches music at his studio, Piggott Music. One of his students is Kayla Malik. They recently recorded their own bass and vocals arrangement of Coldplay’s “Fix You”. David said this was the first time he heard Kayla sing. “Because everyone has lost something in their life… I hope you enjoy this [arrangement],” David shared.

Dishwalla bassist Scot Alexander sent me this video saying, “With all the David Bowie stuff still going on, just thought I’d send this your way… It’s SO good. Mark Plati takes over bass and Gail Ann [Dorsey switches to] guitar. The bass is really hot in the mix and his little melodic licks are on point!” While we always love...

Stevie Wonder’s “Boogie on Reggae Woman” is a staple of Phish’s live performances. In this fan shot clip of a 2009 appearance at Madison Square Garden, Mike Gordon nails Stevie’s Moog bass line. The camera work is a little shaky, but the sound comes through loud and clear on this funky cover.

Time to celebrate the No Treble reader favorite gear stories for the month. In this edition, we’re talking about the top 10 bass gear stories in April. As always, this comes with a warning: may cause GAS. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Sire Guitars Marcus Miller M7 Series Basses Sire Guitars has teamed up with Marcus Miller once...

Franklin Peredo sent us his latest video, and once again, his remarkable right-hand technique and musicianship is on full display here. Check out “The Romantic Hippo”.