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...

Until recently, due to limited budget, I’ve been using the free software looping solution, Mobius. A couple of weeks ago I came across the Boss RC-20XL Phrase Recorder in my local music store… Read my full review on NoTreble.com...

One exciting way of use a looping device with your bass is to enhance a composition. http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/04/05/lesson-building-an-improvised-composition-for-solo-bass-with-a-looping-device/

At the moment I’m working on producing several pieces of solo bass music for a collection I’m calling ‘Blue’. It’s an attempt to set to music my current emotional and spiritual state; to ‘get out’ what is going on inside. These pieces, I feel, are some of the most creative and personal I have produced. I’m amazed at the way negative personal circumstances can stir such creative output. These...

Live looping may have become a little typecast in the minds of many musicians, but it can take on an altogether more creative, exciting and ‘edgy’ nature. Big thanks goes to NoTreble.com for using this as a featured story in March 2010. http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/03/22/live-looping-thinking-outside-the-box/