I did a little Holiday music poll on my Instagram and at the ukulele bass-focused Facebook group; Ubass Freaks and the song that got the most votes was ”Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” made famous by singer Brenda Lee. When I started researching the tune I found out that Mr Bob Moore was the bassFortsätt läsa ”Holiday Special: The Brenda Lee classic – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree”
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Celebrate Stevie Wonder’s Birthday with Ukulele Bass
Hi, It has been quite a long time since I posted here so it’s definitely time to start doing it again more frequently! Please let me know in the comments if there are any specific topics you want me to cover! Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder! I know Mr. Wonder had his birthday yesterday butFortsätt läsa ”Celebrate Stevie Wonder’s Birthday with Ukulele Bass”
String Review: Aquila Thunderbrown
IntroductionI started playing Kala UBasses back in 2010.The first two years I only used the original Road Toad Music Pahoehoe strings, there wasn’t really any other option. In 2012 the Italian string company Aquila released a string made for super short scale ukulele basses called Thundergut.This string was “white” and had a different “rubber” blend.Fortsätt läsa ”String Review: Aquila Thunderbrown”
Song Style Lesson: Skate by Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .paak)
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)”
Silent Night as a solo ubass arrangement!
It’s Christmas time and although it has been a crazy year with the ongoing pandemic I hope some Holiday music can help sooth and heal at least a little bit. I decided to arrange a (fairly) simple solo ubass arrangement of Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber composed in 1818. The arrangement is based onFortsätt läsa ”Silent Night as a solo ubass arrangement!”
World Premiere! The Ubass Orchestra of the World goes U•Bach!
NEW Video Interview: Ubassists of the world – Håvard Mathisen Tanner
Håvard Mathisen and me jammin’ at Paddington Station, London back in September Hi, It’s time for a new interview in my Ubassists of the world – series! I started doing these back in 2014 (!) and did a few of them for a couple of years. Now I have a new one for youFortsätt läsa ”NEW Video Interview: Ubassists of the world – Håvard Mathisen Tanner”
Free October Lesson on Technique: The Ubass Fretboard Map
– ”Is there always a “sweet spot” on the fretboard where you should play a bass figure or part”? – ”The answer is yes” (in my opinion!) I have played ubasses since 2010 (and electric basses since the early 80s) but during my years as a ubassist it has been ~90% focus on fretless ubassFortsätt läsa ”Free October Lesson on Technique: The Ubass Fretboard Map”
Jammin’ with Bass Legend Bakithi Kumalo
In January I was fortunate to once again work with Kala at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. This time I managed to get a nice video from my little jam with Bakithi Kumalo on the classic Wayne Shorter tune ”Footprints”! In 2017 I had my first NAMM experience and met a lot ofFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with Bass Legend Bakithi Kumalo”
Summer Ubass Video from Jämtland, Sweden
From the video recording of Jämtlandssången Hi, Time for a new Summer Ubass Video! Making a outdoor Summer video is now almost like a little tradition! 🙂 For the second time it is filmed in Jämtland, Sweden. I really love this region and have spent quite a lot of time there. Last year I didFortsätt läsa ”Summer Ubass Video from Jämtland, Sweden”
Play UBass! 