Here is a video tutorial showing live looping, running clips in Ableton Live and syncing with the Mobius looping software from Circular...
Read MoreAll in the Fingers?
I started playing bass when I was 14. My dad bought me a used ‘no-name’ bass from the local thrift shop; a Fender Precision copy made from plywood with a big, shiny, and very noisy, single-coil pickup. Once I was experienced enough to know good tone from bad, it became apparent that this bass sounded pretty awful. Yet I successfully auditioned for a band with it when I was 16… Read the full article here:...
Read MoreSeeing Through Hearing
I’m an ear player… By that I mean I’m good at hearing something and responding intuitively to it on my bass, without necessarily knowing exactly what I’m doing. This has been both advantageous AND a disability to me. Below I’ve listed some of the pros and cons of being this kind of a player. See if you identify with any of them. Hopefully I’m being open enough for you to do so. Read the full article here:...
Read MoreBecause it’s there…
Some thoughts about innovation on the bass and how we are perceived as players. http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/05/03/because-it%E2%80%99s-there/ There is a great discussion on Facebook regarding this article...
Read MoreI’m a city boy!
I can quite often be accused of being a loner. I do my own company very well… as illustrated right now by me taking myself off to Birmingham for a coffee and a wander in the sunshine. But if I weren’t around people and the buzz of the city, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself. Sure, give me a holiday away from everything and everyone, where I can appreciate the beauty of rolling hills or a blue ocean… but by the...
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