Here’s more video from NAMM 2012. I like to call this “Four Handed Bass”. Oliver McEwan was showing us his new Mike Lull bass and demonstrating some pedals and amp gear from TC electronics when Uriah Duffy wanted in on the action. Watch this hilarious video to see what happened!
I just got back from the electrical atmosphere that is NAMM! Words just cannot explain how incredible the experience really is! A whole convention center full of the world’s brightest and best musicians and manufacturers all there to hang! I already plan to go back next year! New friends were made, a couple of musicians lost respect (more on that in a later post), and I learned about a side of this music business that I really didn’t pay much attention to – the merchant side of it all. At NAMM everyone displays the best that they have to offer in hopes to woo new customers and raise the bar on instrument manufacturing. All of the craftsmen present their take on age old instruments and the attendees have the opportunity to try everything out! Great Experience!!
It’s nothing to walk down any isle and hear incredible musicianship. Here’s a video of my bro’s Jermaine Hall and Oliver McEwan in an impromptu jam session at the TC Electronics booth. They’re jamming to MJ’s Human Nature. Enjoy!
NAMM & EBS Logos
Guys I’m headed to NAMM in Anaheim, CA!!! This is my first year and I am so very excited to be attending. For those of you that may have never heard of it (from namm.org):
NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), commonly called NAMM in reference to the organization’s popular NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profit association that unifies, leads and strengthens the $17 billion global music products industry. Our association—and our trade shows—serve as a hub for people wanting to seek out the newest innovations in musical products, recording technology, sound and lighting. NAMM’s activities and programs are designed to promote music making to people of all ages.
Hey guys! I wrote an article lately speaking about my desire to find a great backup bass and in it I mentioned that I bought a few inexpensive basses and modified them for better sonic quality. Well here’s a clip of one of the basses, a Squier Affinity V. It was modified in the following way:
Earlier this year I did the Stockholm Jazz festival and had an opportunity to meet and hang out with the guys that I really look up to… Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge, Chris Dave and Casey Benjamin – better known as The Robert Glasper Experiment, or more recently RCDC. Incredible group of guys and musicians on and off stage. We all went to a jam session hosted by the Jazz Festival and these guys went on stage and shut the place down! Here’s a little clip of their impromptu performance:
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a fanatic for Roger Sadowsky bass guitars. I’ve been playing the same M5-24 since 2006. I call her Brownie because of her Sunburst color and she gets virtually NO downtime and has had one vaction in 5 years (when I played a Sadowsky MV-5 for a tour in South America)!! We’ve toured 5 continents together and prayerfully we’ll be able to do more. With all of that being said, I think it’s time to get her a little relief!!
I’ve been searching for another bass to try that could be a great backup to Brownie. I know that the obvious solution would be to get another Sadowsky, which I will one day, but for now that price tag puts this idea a little out of reach. The prices of those wonderful instruments have increased over the last five years and I have to admit that I faced a bit of sticker shock when I went back to start pricing basses. I totally understand it though.
In the interim, I’ve researched almost EVERY bass manufacturer that exists. I’ve even bought inexpensive basses and have modified them in search of a great backup/alternate bass. The new Fenders are inconsistent in sound/feel, the older Fenders cost just as much as the new ones, the Squier’s feel/sound great passive but do not have any realistically usable preamps (if any at all), G&L’s are great but just don’t suit my taste or work load, Warwick necks are too small for my hands, and I’m not a fan of the Shecters, ESP’s, Epiphone’s etc. So that leaves a few options that could work in my world… Ibanez Premiums, the new Lakland AJ’s and the Carvin SB5000 / B50.
We were in London and thought it we be fun and kinda silly to hustle up some English pounds for our lunch. The crew put on an impromptu street performance in the middle of the Camden Town shopping district. Hilarity ensues as expected!! I think you’ll definitely enjoy this!!
My homie Jahah is a Hip Hop / R&B artist based in Atlanta, GA. A little while back I had the opportunity to organize some of my musical buddies and put together a band for a show supporting the release of his new project entitled “Nostalgia”. The band featured Carlos Simon on keys, Larry Newson on drums, Rod Harris on guitar and yours truly on bass. Check out the footage from the live show!
I also had the opportunity to play bass on and co-produce a few tracks on the album! In Jahah’s own words:
“For those of you who miss the “golden era ” of hip hop (Biggie, 2 Pac, Nasty Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, Gang Starr, Black Moon, Wu-Tang etc) my project Nostalgia RED is for you!”
The album is available on iTunes and Amazon or you can download it for free!
I had a really cool gig a couple of weeks ago! I traveled to Warsaw, Poland to perform with Angie Stone in a concert series celebrating Poland’s new Presidency of the European Union. This is an incredible honor that rotates throughout members of the EU every six months. An estimated 20,000 people were in attendance and the concert was broadcast live throughout the country!
For more info and videos click here: » Read more: Angie Stone Performance Celebrating Poland’s EU Presidency
I had a really great show this past weekend! Angie Stone was the headliner at an event called Soul Fest at the House of Blues in Atlanta City, NJ!
The show featured Jaguar Wright, Ledisi, and Angie Stone. All three artists put on incredibly great shows and there was an impromptu performance from all three artists in the end paying homage to Soul music and it’s roots. Our fingers are crossed… the response was so great that we are hoping that this turns into a tour! Wouldn’t you like to see that?!?!?!
We were all a little afraid of that the weather had in store for us this weekend. When we left Atlanta, everyone was predicting a huge blizzard to attack New Jersey and New York. Luckily it only snowed for an hour or so and the conditions weren’t bad at all. Then our concerns shifted towards the incoming inclement weather back in Atlanta, but we heard things would hold off for us until we arrived. Great ending right? NOPE!!!… because we make it to the plane to find out the the navigational computer in the plane would not boot up!! So I was still stuck in Jersey until they could get another one in from Baltimore.
We finally made it back to Atlanta and we did so before the snow started here! Thank God! It was cool though, because I was able to be on the beach in the snow for the first time in my life!!
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