Hadrien Feraud: 2008 Bass Day U.K. performance
Today’s featured video comes from a member of our Youtube group. Bassist Hadrien Feraud shows off his skills and 5-string Ken Smith bass and Markbass amplifier during a 2008 performance at Bass Day U.K. Want to submit a video? Add it to our group.
Contest: Win a Mike Dirnt Signature Squire Bass
Green Day’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, is releasing next week. To help celebrate, College News and Green Day are holding a contest where one winner will get bassist Mike Dirnt’s signature Squier Precision Bass, and a limited special edition version of the new album. Enter here.
Rush’s 35th anniversary interview, with Redbeard
Radio broadcaster Redbeard has posted an interview of Rush bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson on his In the Studio web site. Geddy and Alex share stories about Rush’s origins and longevity in the 19 minute segment. I’m pretty sure a good part of that interview is from the 80’s, because it sounds like an interview I heard on...
Smithgroove: Final Matter bass cover
Check out smithgroove doing a cover of “Final Matter”, from Casiopea. This video was submitted to our Youtube video group. (You can submit videos too!)
Ben Harper: New release, new bass player (and band)
When we first heard Ben Harper was recording an album without Juan Nelson and the rest of the Innocent Criminals, we were pretty bummed out. But then we heard his new group, Relentless7 and bassist Jesse Ingalls, and decided we could wait a bit for the next I.C. album to come out. White Lies For Dark Times, the ninth album...
Best of Marcus Miller tab book released
Hal Leonard has released Best of Marcus Miller, an instructional book containing 23 transcriptions of Miller’s work. Transcriptions include: Big Time Blast Boomerang Bruce Lee Could It Be You Ethiopia Forevermore Funny La Villette Lonnie’s Lament Maputo Mountain Dance Nikki’s Groove Panther Power Rampage Rio Funk Run For Cover Scoop Strum 3 Deuces Tutu What Is Hip
Bass with bass: TIMBASSIX and his loop pedal
TIMBASSIX combines bass and beatboxing in today’s featured video, using his Boss RC-50 Loop Station.
The new notreble.com
After months of work, we released the new notreble.com this weekend. We’re pretty excited for all the great feedback we’ve received over the last couple of days. The visual changes should be easy to spot. We’ve also added a few new sections and features too: A new videos page is up, featuring videos from our Youtube group (you can add...
Sebi’s Video Song Jam
No this is what we’re talking about when we say “all bass, no treble”. Sebastiano Mereu, aka monsterbazz was one of the first to submit to the no treble Youtube group, and we sure were glad he did. Sebastiano shares, “I love to play the bass and I love to hear songs with only bass in it. This is my...
Join the no treble video community
Have a video you’d like to share with no treble readers? We just set up a no treble Youtube group so you can do just that. Add your favorites there and join in on the discussions on the group page. If you add a video, we’ll feature it here with credit and links to you. Just be sure they include...
Carla Bley & Steve Swallow: Major
Our friend Will wrote in asking, “What’s up with Steve Swallow?” So we started watching video after video of Steve on Youtube. This duet with Carla Bley, from a 2000 performance, caught our eye (and ears). Enjoy Major:
Five Peace Band Live
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin, who first played together with Miles Davis in the 60s and later went on to form their own groups in the 70s, came together in 2008 to form Five Peace Band. The band, along with the help of bassist Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett on sax, and Vinnie Colaiuta and Brian Blade on drums, toured Europe...