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Ampeg announces “Your Ampeg is Showing” photo contest

Corey Brown — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:30:47 +0000

Ampeg is running an online photo contest in celebration of their 60th anniversary. This is the first year for the contest, offering Ampeg enthusiasts a chance to show off their rig and win one of...

Miles Davis and Marcus Miller: Mr. Pastorius live

Corey Brown — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:30:28 +0000

In the late 80’s, Marcus Miller and Miles Davis performed live on David Sanborn’s TV show. This video includes the conversation between Marcus and Miles before they jumped into a...

The Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx

Evan Kepner — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:30:50 +0000

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx will be taking to the airwaves in 2010. Premiere Radio Networks has announced the upcoming launch of “Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx” in January of 2010 to be...

Gear Watch: Aguilar’s TLC Compressor

Corey Brown — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:30:17 +0000

Aguilar Amplification has announced the TLC Compressor, the newest addition to their line of bass gear. The TLC Compressor is designed for both recording and live use and features a four-knob...

Basic Funk Formula, Bootsy style

Corey Brown — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:30:31 +0000

Bootsy Collins, one of the funkiest bassists ever, shares his formula for a basic funk line. Just keep it on the one, and you can do anything you want with it!

Player Watch: Ben Williams

Evan Kepner — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:29 +0000

Bassist Ben Williams was this year’s winner of the Thelonius Monk International Jazz Competition and has been making a splash in the music scene since. Williams took first prize in the competition...

Kompoz launches online music collaboration

Evan Kepner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:30:53 +0000

Kompoz is a music collaboration network innovating the way we work on music. They’ve recently launched a new online publishing feature allowing musicians to self-publish completed collaboration...

Ray’s raving about… Gary Willis

Ray Riendeau — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:11 +0000

I would be remiss to get to do a column where the great people at No Treble let me “rave” about anything I want to not write about one of my all time favorite bass players, Gary Willis....

Jeff Schmidt: Little Sunflower solo bass

Corey Brown — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:23 +0000

Check out Jeff Schmidt performing Freddie Hubbard’s “Little Sunflower”: For more, check out Jeff’s CD, Outre.

RIP Mark Smith

Kevin Johnson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:54 +0000

British bassist and record producer Mark Smith, who has performed and recorded with The Waterboys, Roxy Music, Robbie Williams, George Michael, and many others was found dead at his home in the...