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Best of 2021: The Top 10 Bass Lessons & Transcriptions
Our bass lessons and transcriptions have always been super popular with readers. This year, we added two new and exciting ones, with Rich Brown’s “The Brown’stone” and Ryan Madora’s “Keep It Groovy“. Here are the top 10 we published in 2021.
Mark Lettieri Group: Red Dwarf
It is always exciting to see a video by the Mark Lettieri Group drop. GroundUP Music just shared this live cut of “Red Dwarf” with Wes Stephenson handling both the bass and a Fisher-Price Laugh n’ Learn. What a smokin’ tune!
Celebrate Ron Carter’s 85th Birthday at Carnegie Hall
Jazz legend Ron Carter will be turning 85 on May 4th, 2022, but he’ll be celebrating with the public six days later. The master bassist will be performing with three of his bands at Carnegie Hall.
Best of 2021: Top 10 Reader Favorite Bass of the Week Features
Kevin Johnson kicked off the Bass of the Week series in August 2011 with the goal of “featuring low-end instruments ranging from beautiful to bizarre.” Every Monday, he features one. Here are the top 10 reader favorite BoTW’s for 2021.
Fusion Biscuit: 6/5
No Treble reader Juraj Kysel sent us this video of his band Fusion Biscuit, and we were hooked. Here they are performing “6/5”.
Rush Releases Unseen “Moving Pictures” Photo Collection for Charity
Rush’s iconic eighth studio album “Moving Pictures” turned forty this year and the celebrations are continuing. Rush is working with photographer Deborah Samuel to release rare photo outtakes for charity.
EBG Instruments Introduces Vicious Bass Model
EBG Instruments has unveiled a new model to their lineup called the EBG-5 Vicious, which features a new body shape. The company launched the model with the EBG-5 Vicious Orion, which is a limited one-off piece to showcase the new design.
The Main Squeeze: Jealous Guy
I’ve always loved the John Lennon tune, “Jealous Guy” (especially Donny Hathaway’s version). Now I get to add another, thanks to The Main Squeeze. (And check out Grace Kelly’s sax solo!)
Best of 2021: The Top 10 Reader Favorite Bass Pedals & Effects
Over the course of 2021, we covered many new pedals and effects. Here are the top 10 No Treble reader favorites for the year.
Ariane Cap: Silent Night
Ariane Cap sent me this video this morning for the holidays. Enjoy her beautiful solo bass rendition of her favorite Christmas song, “Silent Night”.
Berklee Bass Department 2021: A Retrospective
This has been a holiday tradition for many years, thanks to our friend Steve Bailey. Check out this year’s video by Steve and the Berklee Bass Department (with Victor Wooten and Bakithi Kumalo) with an impressive performance with some holiday cheer.
Behringer Revives the Octave Divider Pedal
Behringer has been making waves over the last few years by reissuing vintage synths and drum machines. Now, they’ve brought back a classic octave pedal with the Octave Divider.