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Paul McCartney’s “Egypt Station” Now Available
Former Beatle Paul McCartney has returned with Egypt Station, which marks his 18th solo studio album. Recorded between Los Angeles, London, and Sussex, the album gets its name from one of the bassist’s paintings that also serves as the album artwork. It ties thematically ties the record together as the Fab Four did back in the day. “I liked the...
Superette: An Interview with Chris Lightcap
Chris Lightcap has an exquisite new album called Superette that takes his jazz-oriented music in a new direction. The album is named after his new all-electric ensemble featuring Jonathan Goldberger and Curtis Hasselbring on guitars and Dan Rieser on drums. An experiment in sounds, the group is described as exploring “the nexus of of harmolodics, surf, West African music, psychedelia...
The Oddysy: Alone
The Oddysy shared their latest with us, which once again features the music of DJ Johnny Juice (Public Enemy) and bassist/singer Kevin “KJ” Jacoby. Here’s the official video for “Alone,” which was filmed on location at the Clinton-Washington stop on the G Train, Brooklyn, NY.
Ronnie James Dio Bass Gear To Be Auctioned Sep 14-15
Most of us know the late Ronnie James Dio as the legendary lead vocalist for Dio, Rainbow, and Black Sabbath. Tracks like “Holy Diver” and “Rainbow In The Dark” are part of the fabric that makes heavy metal history. What many don’t realize is that he was also originally a bassist. Dio’s first bands, notably Elf, featured him on the...
EarthQuaker Devices Introduces the Aqueduct Vibrato Pedal
EarthQuaker Devices has introduced a new vibrato pedal called the Aqueduct that utilizes a short delay line with eight modulation modes for a wide palette of tones. The eight modes include sine, triangle, ramp, square, random, envelope-controlled depth, envelope-controlled rate, and envelope-controlled pitch. “Envelope-Controlled Pitch mode (Env P) is equipped with a wet/dry blend expanding the tonal possibilities beyond vibrato...
Modal Double Stops and Broken Intervals
This lesson is a bit of a continuation from last week. Again, we’ll be dealing with more ways to internalize the major scale and related modes across the fretboard. Specifically, we’ll be working through a nice double-stop exercise as well as using some brain twisting broken intervallic exercises.
Nate Wood’s fOUR: Mysterious One
The insanely talented Nate Wood has released a new video of his unbelievable one-man project, fOUR. “Mysterious One” is the final track from his new album, X.IT, and has Wood playing bass, drums, singing, and synthesizer. Talk about a multi-instrumentalist!
New Tord Gustavsen Trio Album Features Bassist Sigurd Hole
After working in different band formats for the past decade, jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen has gotten back to the piano trio format. The Other Side features his longtime drummer Jarle Vespestad as well Sigurd Hole, who joins the band for the first time. A bandleader himself, the Norwegian bassist fits right into the trio’s sound by drawing on folk influences...
Reader Spotlight: Michael Hamer
Michael Hamer grew up in a house full of music. That, plus the fact that his parents bought him a bass and amp for Christmas when he was 14 set him off on a life-long musical journey. Nearly five decades later, Michael is still at it, performing regularly with two groups. Michael is this week’s No Treble reader in the...
Meris Unveils the Enzo Multi-Voice Instrument Synthesizer Pedal
Meris has unveiled the Enzo, a multi-voice instrument synthesizer with four synth modes: mono for single lines, arp for arpeggiated sounds, poly for chords, and dry for disabling the synth. Each of these can be sculpted and dialed in with a deep set of knobs with alternate functions. Pitch changes the pitch of the Synth or Dry signal and has...
Simply Oldschool: Blackest Eyes
It is so cool what the web has done for music collaboration. Simply Oldschool, with bassist Vijay Bhambhwani, is another great example. “Simply Oldschool is a newly created platform for musicians to collaborate across distances and come out with oldschool music content through this YouTube channel,” they shared. “This one has 5 musicians collaborating across 5 different cities to bring...
Bass of the Week: Ibanez ATK810E
There’s something so raw yet refined about the Ibanez ATK that has always caught my attention. This week we’re checking out the four-string Premium version of the model. “With the ATK, we took the traditional concept of the bass and turned it up to ’11,'” Ibanez writes. “The result is one of the most straightforward, versatile basses on the market....