Articles by Joshua Sailor - Page 8

Today’s clip is brought to you by the legend, BrownMark. He gives us some secret sauce and other techniques that create that classic “Grease” that Prince is known for amongst musicians.

Prepare for instant stank face, as No Treble favorite Federico Malaman and shining star Áron Hodek give us some “Killer Kid Funk.” Joined with Áron’s brother David on drums, this trio is super funky!

Today, I’m coming at you with an isolated bass video featuring the great Louis Johnson! In this clip, we hear LJ’s bass from “Off The Wall”, and the two basses for the recording: the trusty Stingray, and the classic Alembic Series I bass.

I discovered this instructional video done by Verdine White in the ’90s. If you remember the old “Starlicks” instructional videos, get ready for some serious nostalgia!

I have a special treat today! Louis Johnson is one of my favorite bassists, but criminally underrated. Here he is with the Fifth Beatle, Billy Preston. Can you believe he was only 17? Armed with a P Bass, Louis is in full force.

There is no denying that Brian Bromberg is an absolute monster. Definitely one of my biggest influences! In this clip, Brian is at Bass Player Live in ’08, talking about his triplet technique and performing his classic tune “Bass Face.”

Yesterday was definitely a special day. I ran across this classic clip of the masterful Melvin Lee Davis with Chaka Khan covering “My Funny Valentine” last night. Melvin plays a beautiful solo on a Ken Smith 7 String!

My good friend Ben Jones posted this clip a few days ago and I couldn’t resist sharing it! In this clip, we hear Ben cover the great Brian Bromberg classic, “Minneapolis 1987“.

These days, bass players are doing way more than just playing bass. From time to time, we may have to take over synth bass for a few songs. In this video, Matt Johnson of Jamiroquai shows us how to design and play a synth bass patch on a Moog.

Áron Hodek (aka “Áron The Bassist”) is back with Part 2 of his Q&A videos. Áron answers more viewer questions and lets us in on his practice routine and other topics.

We have some serious funk for y’all today!! In this clip we have Chris Grey & The Bluespand with bassist Kasper Lauersen. Man, that is some serious thumping on that P Bass.

In addition to being a bass player, I’m also an engineer. I love old microphones and such. I thought this was a cool video detailing how Paul McCartney got his bass sound in his days at Abbey Road. Love that Hofner tone!