Articles by Corey Brown - Page 350

There’s some buzz building on the web about another collaboration between Paul McCartney and Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, thanks to a news item from The Macca Report. The report suggests the musicians got together for one of the tracks from McCartney’s upcoming and yet-to-be-titled album. The Macca Report’s Jorie Gracen discovered a track-by-track sneak preview...

Joshua Pickenpaugh sent us this video of a tune he recorded back in 2011, while in his cabin aboard the largest cruise ship at sea, the Oasis of the Seas. Armed with his Vintage Modified Jazz bass, his Chapman Stick (1997 Purpleheart #1397) and GarageBand on the iPad, Joshua put together a pretty interesting tune. And at times, a very...

Last July, we shared Adam Ben Ezra‘s impressive solo performance of “Can’t Stop Running“. Adam created a new video from that one, thanks to a long distance collaboration with saxophonist Gianni Bardaro, who is based in Denmark. Once again, Adam blows us away with his playing, his creativity and his amazing video productions.

Alfred Music is getting the led out with two new titles in their Platinum Bass Guitar series. Led Zeppelin: I Platinum Bass Guitar and Led Zeppelin: II Platinum Bass Guitar combine to offer up transcriptions of John Paul Jones’ bass lines on 17 across both albums. Both books include both standard notation and tab for the bass lines, plus the...

When we first met Phil Smallwood, he mentioned to us something about his old gear. The next day, he showed up at No Treble HQ with a 1958 Fender Precision Bass. We tried to figure out a way to ask him if we could borrow it, but opted instead to get some photos and the story behind it so we...

When we first featured bassist Marta Altesa, she knocked us out with her Jamiroquai play-along. The video showcased her great playing, but what really blew us away was the fact she started playing bass less than three years ago. Marta stunned us again with a new a new video of her playing along to Paul Young’s “Everytime You Go Away”....

Like many we’ve featured in the spotlight here, bassist Steve Rosati comes from a strong musical family. Four generations strong. Our paths have crossed with Steve before – at NAMM and at Gerald Veasley’s Bass Bootcamp – and we even got to witness his quasi-Jazz ensemble at the Bass and the Beatles concert at this year’s Bass Bootcamp. Steve is...

Brace yourself… this is a lot of really really great bass you’re about to witness, all at once. Otherwise known as the top 10 list of most watched videos on No Treble for March, 2013. 1. Jan Urbanec: Acid Jazz Fingerstyle/Slap Bass Groove I’ve been following Czech bass player Jan Urbanec for many years now. As great as his videos...

The 2012 Jazz Week Burghausen featured six days of performances by a variety of groups, including Marcus Miller with his band. The band was on their spring tour in Europe. Here’s a clip from their performance of the tune “Blast”, from Marcus’ A Night in Monte Carlo. Marcus and drummer Louis Cato really lock it in on this one.

In advance of Rush’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this month, Geddy Lee has given one of his basses to the Hall. Photo by the Cleveland Plain Dealer The instrument – Lee’s Fender bass used in the recording of “Tom Sawyer” from the 1981 album Moving Pictures – was installed on Wednesday at the Hall’s...

We featured some really popular videos and how to’s last week, which combined to make up half of the weekly top ten list. There’s even a top ten list inside this list – with the most popular gear stories of the month. Top ten inside of top ten equals and extra dose of bass awesomeness for this week’s popular No...

During the 2012 Bonnaroo festival, the Superjam was set up by The Roots drummer Questlove. Questlove recruited Pino Palladino to play bass, setting the stage for some real magic. Questlove said Pino is “one of the greatest bass players I’ve had the pleasure of working with. He is the second coming of James Jamerson…” Pino added that with bass and...