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Reunited Mr. Big to Release New Album in January

After reuniting last year for a Japanese tour, the shred kings in Mr. Big have announced that a new album will be released in January 2011. The band, which was originally formed by bassist Billy Sheehan in 1988, has not released a studio album since 2001’s Actual Size, and the new album will be the first to feature all original...

Scott Ambush Bass Solo: Wiggle Room (Spyro Gyra)

Here’s an incredible solo by bassist Scott Ambush, during a performance of “Wiggle Room” by Spyro Gyra at the Kaunas Jazz Festival in October, 2004.

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of October 17 – 23, 2010. Top 10: The Best Bass Gear (September 2010) Video: Filipe Moreno: 14 Year Old Bass Player Player News: Victor Wooten: The NPR Interview Lesson: Efficient 20 Minute Practice Ask Damian Erskine: Breathing New Release: Innerviews: Stanley Clarke, Victor...

Victor Wooten’s “The Music Lesson” Audio Book on Grammy Nominations Ballot

The audio book version of Victor Wooten’s The Music Lesson is in the running for a Grammy, according to a recent mailing from Vic himself. The unabridged 7 CD set, which has been listed in the ballots for Grammy nominations, contains the spoken version of his book as well as unique information and original music, including his song “The Lesson”...

Les Claypool Celebrates Two Decades of New Years’ Performances

Les Claypool will be pulling out all the stops this year at Primus’ 2010-2011 New Years celebration. Claypool and his trio will be playing the Fox Theatre in Oakland, California on December 30th and 31st as part of the special event, which is a milestone for the innovative bassist. It will mark his 20th anniversary of playing New Years performances,...

A few days ago, we covered the news about Squarepusher’s latest release, Shobaleader One: d’Demonstrator. Here’s a video of the song “Megazine”, from the album. Check out the bass solo starting at 2:40!

A Perfect Circle Tour Dates Announced

A Perfect Circle has announced the dates of their upcoming reunion tour we reported on last month. The tour will feature the band playing their entire discography, spread out over three nights per city, with the exception of Las Vegas, which only gets two. The five cities for the tour are all based out of the west coast, beginning in...

Bill “The Buddha” Dickens: Funk Bass (and Beyond)

Here’s a performance clip taken from Bill “The Buddha” Dickens‘ 2003 bass method, .

Phish Releases Coral Sky DVD

Phish, featuring the groovy Mike Gordon on bass, has released a new concert video, Coral Sky. The 2-DVD set contains over two and a half hours of footage taken from the masterful jam band’s November 2, 1996 performance at the Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida. The show was their only outdoor shed show of the Fall Tour,...

Motörhead Releases “Attack in Switzerland”

Rock bass legend Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead have just put out a new DVD, entitled Attack in Switzerland: Live in Concert. The release showcases a performance by the “world’s loudest band” made for Swiss TV at the Open Air Gampel Festival in Wallis, Switzerland in August 2002. Lemmy formed the Motörhead in 1975 after being kicked out of the band...

Randy Jackson: Mastering the Groove (1992)

Long before his gig on American Idol, Randy Jackson mastered the groove. Today’s video is taken from Jackson’s Mastering the Groove instructional DVD. That’s hot, dawg.

Jason Newsted Joins Charity Supergroup WhoCares

Former Metallica member Jason Newsted has contributed his bass talents to the supergroup charity project, WhoCares. The band also includes guitarist Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan and Jon Lord and drummer Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden. The group has come together for a single track, “Out of My Mind,” to raise money for an Armenian music...