Here is a video of Marcus Miller and Miles Davis busting each others chops on the David Sanborn TV show. A rare public display of The Prince Of Darkness' (as Miles was called) sense of humor.
26.5.11
25.5.11
Free Track From Chick And The New Return To Forever
Chick and the new gang are giving away a free track they did and all you have to do is give them your email address.
The new line up of Return To Forever 2011 is Stanley Clarke on bass, Lenny White on drums, Chick Corea (duh), Frank Gambale on guitar, and believe it or not, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin and who knows what else.
If you are into crazy fusion check it out:
The sign up is on the right hand side.
The new line up of Return To Forever 2011 is Stanley Clarke on bass, Lenny White on drums, Chick Corea (duh), Frank Gambale on guitar, and believe it or not, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin and who knows what else.
If you are into crazy fusion check it out:
http://return2forever.com/
The sign up is on the right hand side.
24.5.11
Announcing "The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier" - A Basso Web App
Boy, are you gonna be glad you were not Raptured.
Behold.
Presented for your approval and edification, the first web app from Casa De Ridiculoso, The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier. Perhaps the first of many, who knows.
By way of the following uncharacteristically informative summary you can learn what this thing is and what it is for.
Behold.
Presented for your approval and edification, the first web app from Casa De Ridiculoso, The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier. Perhaps the first of many, who knows.
By way of the following uncharacteristically informative summary you can learn what this thing is and what it is for.
Some Gratzi de Ridiculoso is in order
I am not going to go all Sally-Feilds-at-the-Oscars on you, (go google it, youngsters, or ask your mom) but some definite thanks are in order for some folks who have posted links to the humble musings of your narrator here at Basso Ridiculoso.
Grande Basso Gratzi, my fellow bass travelers.
And for everyone who reads the site, no matter where you are, THANKS!
Grande Basso Gratzi, my fellow bass travelers.
- Bopland.org - Nikita from Bopland has linked back here, all the way from sunny tropical Moscow. Bopland is the service used to generate the playable transcriptions on the site, and there is a much more extensive database of licks and musical examples on Bopland itself including licks for piano, guitar and other non-bass instruments. if you haven't checked it out, be prepared to spend a couple hours exploring. Nikita even was willing to write some custom code to make some things work, so Bol'shoe spasibo!
- Adam Neely - All the way from sunny, tropical Washington, D.C. Adam linked to Basso from his great bass/composition blog. Check out Adam's site from the list of links over there on the right, or look for him on YouTube as Havic5 for some very informative bass lessons from a Berklee alum.
- Joe Hubbard - all the way from sunny, tropical England, Joe added Basso on the Twitters, so molto gratzi , Joe. Joe played bass with Gary Numan for many years and published one of the first transcription books that had Jaco and Marcus Miller transcriptions in it called "Bass Lines". I think it is out of print now, but it is a classic. If you can find one, snatch it up. He also has a great bass site with transcriptions and lessons at - www.joehubbardbass.com/
- Stephen Marshal - All the way from sunny, tropical Nashville, (I think) that's DOCTOR Marshall to you, as in a Ph.d. of Bassology. Basso is now medically approved (this claim not authorized by the FDA)! Stephen added his own blog posting about Basso Ridiculoso and sent some linkage our way. Gratzi! Check out his blog at - http://stephenmarshall.org/. Who cares about that fancy university degree, where is that ever gonna get you? Your site is now on the Link's Deemed Worthy list, now that is something to frame and put on your wall!
- Tom Kenrick - Also from that sunny tropical paradise that is England. Looks like Tom is another bass player from "over there" and clearly is a man of good taste and fine breeding since he has linked to Basso Ridiculoso over here in the colonies. Pip Pip, my good man! http://tomkenrick.wordpress.com/
And for everyone who reads the site, no matter where you are, THANKS!
19.5.11
Janek & Bob Reynolds Live Tonight on the Internets
Bob Reynolds, a piasian de Basso as our regular readers may know, is in Charlotte, N.C. tonight doing a gig which includes Janek Gwizdala on bass, a bassist that some bloggers up in here have a man-crush on, er, musically speaking, of course. Anyway, the show is going to be live streamed so check it out:
The show goes live at 10:30 PM EST, that is 3:30 PM GMT. You can convert the time to wherever you are here - http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/eastern-time/convert/.
Listen to Bob and Janek throw down in your jammies. I mean, listen to them play while you are wearing your pajamas.
Scott LaFaro on Witchcraft
I dig me some Bill Evans as we all know, and here he is along with one of his baddest trio's ever in the history of ever. Evans, Lafaro and Motian. Here is the transcription of Lafaro's line on "Witchcraft". Talk about ahead of his time.
17.5.11
Random Notes For Reading Practice.
Today on Bass Story Time, we read a very sad story.
Don't be a Joe. Prevent this tragedy. And get your reading on!
Yea, I know you keep meaning to get around to it, but those Xbox achievement points don't earn themselves do they? Maybe you are a great ear player, maybe you "used to" read a lot but...it has been a while, or maybe you just never sat down and did it.
It is just like regular reading. We all had to start slow and repeatedly practice regular old word reading when we attended St. Ignatius Reform School or the nuns came with their rulers and the screaming and the...I mean, we didn't just have the words pop into our heads and suddenly we were able to read words like "Stearoyl Lactylate" or any of the other ingredients on the back of our Twinkie bag.
We had to start with the little words like "ow" and "stop" and "yes, Sister Agnes" before we were able to read the more difficult, longer, and complex words like "arraignment" and "supervised probation".
So, to help get your reading kickstarted, and to make sure there are no big scary long words to worry about, I give you the following PDF. It just has quarter notes (4 to a measure) of random pitches on the good ol' bass clef for about, ohhh, 750 measures or so. This is so you can finally sit down and get at least the pitch part of your reading more fluid. You don't have to worry about rhythms on this, it is just to get the note names and to be able to recognize their friendly smiling blobbyness on the staff.
Remember the notes fore each line, starting from the lowest one are:
Take that Sister Agnes.
If you have to, print it out, and write the note names in on say, just first page. Then try the second page on your own.
This PDF is not full of musical phrases, it is just to get the notes recognized as second nature by looking at a bunch of them. Having them not be in some of the usual patterns we play will help.
Remember there is no secret to this, it just takes repetition, it just takes doing it.
Until next time, Ciao.
See Joe.
See Joe's bass!
See Joe play his bass.
See Joe playing all alone.
Joe can't get a gig because Joe can't read.
Don't be a Joe. Prevent this tragedy. And get your reading on!
Yea, I know you keep meaning to get around to it, but those Xbox achievement points don't earn themselves do they? Maybe you are a great ear player, maybe you "used to" read a lot but...it has been a while, or maybe you just never sat down and did it.
It is just like regular reading. We all had to start slow and repeatedly practice regular old word reading when we attended St. Ignatius Reform School or the nuns came with their rulers and the screaming and the...I mean, we didn't just have the words pop into our heads and suddenly we were able to read words like "Stearoyl Lactylate" or any of the other ingredients on the back of our Twinkie bag.
We had to start with the little words like "ow" and "stop" and "yes, Sister Agnes" before we were able to read the more difficult, longer, and complex words like "arraignment" and "supervised probation".
So, to help get your reading kickstarted, and to make sure there are no big scary long words to worry about, I give you the following PDF. It just has quarter notes (4 to a measure) of random pitches on the good ol' bass clef for about, ohhh, 750 measures or so. This is so you can finally sit down and get at least the pitch part of your reading more fluid. You don't have to worry about rhythms on this, it is just to get the note names and to be able to recognize their friendly smiling blobbyness on the staff.
Remember the notes fore each line, starting from the lowest one are:
Generally (lowest line on the staff)And the notes for the spaces are: (also from the bottom up)
Black
Dudes
Frighten
Anglos
Atheists
Can't
Enjoy
God
Take that Sister Agnes.
If you have to, print it out, and write the note names in on say, just first page. Then try the second page on your own.
This PDF is not full of musical phrases, it is just to get the notes recognized as second nature by looking at a bunch of them. Having them not be in some of the usual patterns we play will help.
Remember there is no secret to this, it just takes repetition, it just takes doing it.
Until next time, Ciao.
10.5.11
Adam Neely - Practicing Major 7 Arpeggios
Berklee Dude Adam Neely shows you all kinds of ways to finger your basic major arpeggios. Good stuff, check out all his lessons for some mucho ridiculoso.
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