Following up on yesterday’s story about taking a bass on a train, Joe Lewis related some of his own tales about annoying train travel on a recent post on his blog San Bei Ji. Some of the lines he has often heard include:Is that a body in there?Is that your...
Have you ever wondered if the upright bassist can effectively slap on their instrument like the electric bassist can? Well, check out this supremely funky solo by Charnett Moffett on “Return Expedition” with guitarist Stanley Jordan. Charnett’s bass...
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In the first part of this series I described the utter nastiness that results when you combine cabs and double basses. The horrible experiences from this first installment have given me an irrational hatred of cabs. I never take them, bass or no bass. To this day,...
This is the 100th bass video on the blog! Each one has some commentary and information about the player, hall, orchestra, piece, and the like, so have fun browsing through the bass video archives and checking out all the differences in playing styles. If you ever want...
