The new song from Silk Sonic was just released. I decided to transcribe it and record it with my Kala SUB.I use a magnetic mic and this is part of my testing for an upcoming blog post / YouTube-video on using magnetic mics on a solid body UBass. I think the sound is really greatFortsätt läsa ”Song Style Lesson: Skate by Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .paak)”
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New video: Bach on Ubass(es)
A screen shot from the video. Kala California Solid Body with prototype Kala Metal Round Wound strings and Kala California acoustic/electric fretless with Pahoehoe strings Time for some classical music! Playing classical music is very rewarding and it’s fun to do it on instruments that wasn’t even invented when the music was written. ThisFortsätt läsa ”New video: Bach on Ubass(es)”
New video! Eva Stenström Limited ”Allt under himmelens fäste”
This song is a traditional folk tune from Gotland, Sweden. Eva and I started playing it as a duo on our trip to Brazil back in 2015. We wanted to bring some examples of traditional Swedish folk music on our trip. To make it work in a ubass and vocals setting I played the bassFortsätt läsa ”New video! Eva Stenström Limited ”Allt under himmelens fäste””
A tribute to one of my musical heroes: Steve Swallow
This is a little tribute to one of my musical heroes: Mr Steve Swallow. I have listened to his Music for quite some time and have always admired his unique approach to playing bass. In my version I play fingerstyle although Mr Swallow uses a pick. One of his most famous compositions are Falling Grace.Fortsätt läsa ”A tribute to one of my musical heroes: Steve Swallow”
Video lesson 10- now for everyone!
Hi, Last summer i released a video where I performed a version of a classic Swedish folk song, ”Visa från Utanmyra”. I also released a video lesson but it was only available for my newsletter subscribers. It’s now available for everyone! Have fun playing this great and beautiful melody and bass part! Link toFortsätt läsa ”Video lesson 10- now for everyone!”
Playubass featured on the weekly top 10 at notreble.com
Hi, My latest jammin’ videos was featured on notreble.com last Sunday, yay! Today it even got a place on the weekly top 10 list, yay yay! Check it out here! Related post here! Happy ubass playing to everyone, Magnus
Esperanza! Solid body Ubass in a soul setting
Hi, This is just a very short snippet from a rehearsal for a Summer concert I did with keyboardist Peter Burell and singer Josefin Larsson a couple of weeks ago. We covered a lot of different music on that concert including a great song by Kala UBass Artist, Esperanza Spalding. The song is called Precious,Fortsätt läsa ”Esperanza! Solid body Ubass in a soul setting”
Last ‘rockin’ post of 2013 – Happy New UBass-Year 2014!
Happy New UBass-Year 2014! I recently got a question from Spain. ”How does a UBass sound with some distortion?” Well, I put together a little video to let him (and all of you) know 🙂 Happy New Year everyone! /Magnus
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 36 ”Take the A-train” (looped)
Hi! Time to feature some new stuff in this jammin’ video! I’m exploring my TC Electronic Ditto Looper and FretWraps from Gruv Gear. When I have looped stuff earlier I have always used a laptop with Ableton Live and a MIDI foot controller. Although this gives me a myriad of possibilities it is also ‘quite’Fortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 36 ”Take the A-train” (looped)”
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