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The WoodShed-Carey Nordstrand
No Stranger to the bass world, Carey Nordstrand has caught attention around the world as a premiere luthier. Attracted to creating instruments and woodworking in general, Carey has been building beautiful basses full time since 2002. BPU:What motivated you to begin building such beautiful instruments? CN:Like a lot of guitar builders I mainly just wanted to have a nice... Read More »
Alana Rocklin
Playing upright, electric, fretless and midi bass, Alana Rocklin is known for her relentless groove. Alana will be touring with My Morning Jacket frontman, Jim James, for his solo album “Regions of Light and Sound of God”. She is also the official bassist for producers the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, appearing on Rick Ross’ Grammy nominated 2012 release “God Forgives I... Read More »
Play Your Bass In A Weird Place!
Bass Players United is proud to present Play Your Bass In A Weird Place. We opened this contest up so that everyone could enter and from around the world! We want to see you play your bass in a weird or strange bass, you will be judged based on how weird and how strange of place you pick, and... Read More »
Album Review: Colin Edwin and Jon Durant...
Released on the much prophesied doomsday date of December 21, 2012, Burnt Belief is a collaborative effort between Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin and guitarist Jon Durant. Intentionally designed to coincide with the much-hyped (and ultimately failed) prophecies of the Mayan apocalypse. The title refers to “what happens to people who try to reconcile delusional beliefs with reality.” The... Read More »
Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America,...
A few years ago I bought Andy Partridge’s ‘Fuzzy Warbles’ box set. Nestled among the nine CDs of demos and unreleased tunes was a faithful recreation of The Beatles ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, recorded by his fellow XTC guitarist, Dave Gregory, on a four track home recorder in his front room. Gregory, the sleeve notes explained, enjoys the challenge of... Read More »
BPU Lesson- Practicing With A Metronome
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‘Timeless Grooves’ –...
Jazz, as they say, is broad church, encompassing a variety of influences, styles and approaches. To be a critical success in this form in these modern times, it would sometimes seem that you have to be one of two things: distinctly odd, or oddly distinct. New York trumpeter Dennis Angel is neither of these. What he has delivered with... Read More »
