This is my long-time foe…. A song! I’ve been wanting to perform this song for the longest time, but had a very hard time learning it. Sting, the bassist, vocalist, and main songwriter for The Police, gets great respect within the bass playing community. He is deceptively good. Yes, his bass lines are often pretty repetitive…But […]
On-board ASIO 2 compliant mixer and software control panel provide total routing flexibility — including monitoring with external effects Ultra-low latency software monitoring and zero-latency hardware direct monitoring Two headphone outs with independent level controls Can be completely bus-powered for totally mobile operation 2-In / 8-Out 24-bit analog I/O The Firewire 410 is a great […]
One of my Facebook friends (one of the great drummers of my generation) was complaining about how kids today seem to get most of their music knowledge from Guitar Center… Musicians are required to HATE Guitar Center BTW. Guitar Center will destroy music and all thing good that could ever come from it! GC is […]
Well, we did it again!. We were on the Tee Vee! OK, the show we were on may be a stones throw away from Wayne’s Worlds… But it’s still Tee Vee! I left the intro by Pieter because… well… He’s a nut! Actually, he’s a great performer! Funnier than hell! Here is another vid. This […]
OK. Up front I admit I bagged the title of this post from the 1979 Genesis album of the same name. But this post has nothing whatsoever to do with Genesis, except that all the guys in that band did solo projects… And so am I! Yes, the U. S. S. Titanic has sailed once […]
On the Talk Bass forum, there is a post by a guitarist who has decided to learn to play bass. Here is my advice for those going from there to here. I’m in the process of going the other direction, expanding my skills to guitar. I’ve always been a finger-style bass player and never got […]