Bass Guitar [UK] (September 2015)
Language: English
Pages: 92
ISBN: 2:00300322
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Bass Guitar Magazine is the UK's only title devoted to the bass in all its forms. Written and edited by a dedicated team of bass players, BGM features in-depth interviews, extensive gear reviews, transcriptions, great competitions and various columns covering everything from tuition to the latest news in the bass world.
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The Blues: A Very Short Introduction
us £7500 a year in rent. I said ‘How long have we had that, then?’ and they said 10 years! That’s 75 grand on a bit of room in London. You think to yourself, ‘Why did no one tell me about this?’ So I had a big shed made in the garden and put all the cases in there and it didn’t cost anything. Consequently I had to get rid of all this stuff when I sold the house. I had God knows how many basses, guitars and drum kits and pedals, so I got in touch with Barry Moorhouse at the Bass Centre and asked
known internationally for its reggae and soca hits, the majority of the Caribbean’s musical economy is based on tourism, with bands making a living from regular gigs in resorts and bars. Extreme versatility and high quality are mandatory: a band has to be able to play every style and genre in the book, and to pepper their two- or three-hour sets with dead-on recreations of current hits, if they want to keep the gig. “That’s exactly what Spirited does,” Ambrose says. “Even though we’re Antiguan we
exercise in this month’s torture programme expands the premises outlined in Example 3. You’ll identify some similar properties, and also some similar practice discrepancies that will need to be resolved. The second bar of the succeeding groove features a double stop (to be played by plucking both notes simultaneously with your index and middle fingers) as well as a number of octave patterns around the neck of the instrument. Once again, rigidity in your plucking hand technique really is the key
he’s a very underrated bassist. Although I was named after the incredible Jaco Pastorius, my all-time bass hero has to be Paul Simonon. A virtuoso in his own right, he came up with some of the most iconic bass-lines (who can ever forget the intro to London Calling?) and oozed cool from every direction. I am fascinated by what Mike Kerr has done on his debut album with Royal Blood. He has successfully managed to take on the roles of both guitarist and bassist without compromising any tone, and to
Some bands give the job to one person to write the set each night, other bands take it in turns, and still others do it by committee. Nothing is more infuriating than having spent time drawing up the setlist, for someone who has either shirked the responsibility or wanted no input until a minute before the start of the show deciding they want to change some of the songs or rearrange the running order. Most bands have these musicians – and truly, it can drive you nuts! MIKE BROOKS Choosing the
