The new Kala Flatwound by Gallistrings is one of the featured strings in this test Hi fellow ubassists, The main string types available for ubass players is featured and tested in this blog post But first some background info… When I started to play ubass the original Road Toad Pahoehoe (Black polyurethane) was used exclusivelyFortsätt läsa ”Playubass String Test July 2019”
Kategoriarkiv: Ubass goes jazz
Playubass goes Dixieland/Trad Jazz at the Classic Car Racing Track
Out of the blue my dear old friend from my music study days in Jönköping, Sweden called me up and asked me if I wanted to SUB for the SOUSAPHONE player in the Dixieland/trad jazz band ”Hejåhå med Peter”. He called last Thursday and the gig was that weekend! The regular tuba/sousaphone player wasn’t ableFortsätt läsa ”Playubass goes Dixieland/Trad Jazz at the Classic Car Racing Track”
Throwback: Jammin’ with Frank Vignola
Back in 2011 i attended a workshop with master jazz guitarist Frank Vignola. A couple of days after the workshop he was going to play a show not to far from where I live. At the workshop he invited the participants to come to the concert and offered the possibility to jam with him, VinnyFortsätt läsa ”Throwback: Jammin’ with Frank Vignola”
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”
Over the rainbow…new track from ”Speaking UBass” vol. 1
Hi, Its Christmas and time to release the third track from the first ”Speaking UBass” album! This time it’s a track that I started working on quite sometime back! I have always loved the classic song from The Wizard of Oz, ”Over The Rainbow”. I love to sing it and thought I should do somethingFortsätt läsa ”Over the rainbow…new track from ”Speaking UBass” vol. 1″
Playing Ubass with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Hi, One of my goals with this blog/site is to take my Ubasses to places you normally don’t see one! Here’s a new experience for me and the Ubass 🙂 Besides blogging I do other stuff too 🙂 I work as a music teacher and ICT-pedagogy in a Swedish secondary school with an arts programFortsätt läsa ”Playing Ubass with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra”
Merry Christmas from playubass.com
New Christmas edition newsletter has just been sent out! If you’re not yet a subscriber please click the link! Subscribe here! The newsletter includes a link to the first song from my upcoming digital EP – ”Speaking Ubass!? – vol. 1 Jazz and Brasil! A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Magnus
NEW INTERVIEW SERIES! Ubassists of the World – Gunnar Hjorth (Sweden)
Hi! I’m super exited to post the first (of hopefully many) interviews in my new series. This interview can be also be downloaded as a PDF if you want a nice reading experience 🙂 Ubassists of the world! In this series of interviews I will try to find out how and why Ubass has becomeFortsätt läsa ”NEW INTERVIEW SERIES! Ubassists of the World – Gunnar Hjorth (Sweden)”
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 33 Footprints (W. Shorter ‘cover’)
Hi! Back in March I recorded some music at a friends house. This jam on the classic Wayne Shorter tune Footprints was some of the music that was captured. Hope you like it! Daniel Björnmo, guitar and Mats Nyström, drums has been featured on this blog before. Please check these posts out if you want.Fortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 33 Footprints (W. Shorter ‘cover’)”
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 25! ”Fly me to the moon” w. Frank Vignola Trio
Welcome to the 25th ”Jammin with my Kala UBass” video! In April 2011 I got to play with the amazing guitarist Frank Vignola and his trio. I have shared one video from that day in a previous post. [Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 7] This is the first song we played together. I hadFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 25! ”Fly me to the moon” w. Frank Vignola Trio”
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