Thanks for 100,000 page views on Basso Ridiculoso

Well, sometime in the last week this blog crossed the 100,000 page views mark.

It took about 12 months to reach that level, which is kinda amazing. I never thought there would be enough of you mooks to ever get even close to that number, so I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has read, commented, downloaded, clicked, or forwarded any of the posts from up here. Thanks for reading!

I have learned so much, got a few books published, and added many bass player friends from around the world in the last year, so thank you!

This next year will bring more transcriptions, articles, and maybe even another book or two, who knows.

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.

1. 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!
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. 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/
   
   
4. 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!
   
   
5. 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!

One Month Old Today.

Well.

'Tis 30 short days ago Basso Ridiculoso was foisted upon the unsuspecting world. Here is what has happened so far:

1. A total of 41 Posts.
   
   
2. A grand total of 8,581 page views so far. That is about 284.7333333 per day.
   
   
3. Most of you use Windows (52%), Firefox, (35%) and are from North America, although it has become quite the international incident.
   
   United States: 5,250
   United Kingdom:922
   Canada: 405
   Netherlands: 151
   Spain: 130
   France: 122
   Australia: 111
   Belgium: 88
   Russia: 81
   New Zealand: 75
   
   
   
4. Talkbass supplies most of the traffic, followed by Facebook, surprisingly.
   
   
5. The most popular pages are the ones with music on them. Shocking. The Autumn Leaves transcription is the most popular, with double the hits as the next closest page. Then comes the ii-v's posting, and then just barely behind, the "What People Want In Their Bass Player" article by Jake Hertzog to round out the top 3 pages of all time. The rest are all pages with music on them, a transcription or something.
   

So to everyone who has stopped by and visted, I want to say: Thank You! Well done, lads! Thanks, eh! Dank u! Muchas Gracias! Merci! Thanks, mates! Spasibo!

I especially want to thank Jake, Damian, Nikita from Bopland, Mike, and everyone who left a comment or pointed out a clam in a transcription or played "Name That Tune".

There is lots more of what you have been getting loaded up and ready, so please keep coming back, comment freely, say what you like and don't like, and what you want to see more of.

And you can always email me directly at the address listed in my profile, or send me a message in all the usual places, twitter, facebook yadda yadda etc. etc.

Thanks for all the support, this has been a fun experience and has made me practice too!