Aram Bedrosian

Hello!

Aram Bredosian

Back from holidays, back to work... Well, work is not that bad when you do what you like and when you have free time to breakfast and lunch. This seems not important to you, but I actually do not spend this time eating. For example, yesterday I found Aram Bedrosian in the internet. I am absolutely astonished with this guy. He is a “One man band” with only an electric bass. He composes and plays very well. Actually I’m not afraid of saying that he is a virtuoso in bass technique and composing. Recently he published his debut album entitled “Aram Bedrosian”. I bought it yesterday and I’m currently listening to it. I will tell you my thoughts about it as soon as I had listened to it a few times.

In the meantime, stay with the album cover and with the track list  of Aram Bedrosian first album. 

Aram Bedrosian Album cover

1. Space Opera

2. Mezzanine

3. No Words

4. Thumpty Dumpty

5. Sand Castle

6. Hearing Voices

7. Terracotta

8. The Clearing

9. Fly

10. Code Red

11. Reprise

Take a look at his webite and youtube channel, you wont regret it

Website:  http://www.arambedrosian.com/news

Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/arambedrosian

Stay with this awesome video from him playing one of songs. 

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Larry Graham

Hi,

Larry Graham

So did you liked the last featured video? I hope so. I really enjoy Larry Graham and that's why I'm making a proper post about him. He was born in 1946 and became a legend in the world of bass. Why? Simple, inventor of the slap and pop technique that we all already saw in the previous posts that I did. We can see this technique in Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Flea. I'm just enumerating the ones I wrote about but you can find very easily bassists that master the slap and pop technique.

And this all begun with a negligent act from one member of his bad. One day, they had no drummer in the studio and Larry came out with this awesome technique trying to make a drum sound out of the bass... He reinvented all the funk music until it became what we know today. And for that we are very pleased and owe this guy all the appraise we can muster.

Stay with this awesome lesson from Larry Graham.

Stay tuned,
Eremita.

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Anthony Jackson

Hi,

This time one of my favorite bassists. One more time we see an awesome bassist starting his carrer in a completely different instrument than bass. Anthony Jackson started in piano, then guitar and ended in bass guitar. In the end he made the obvious choice, don't you think?

Anthony had the great James Jamerson as influence. This is one of the few times that we do not see the name "Pastorius" next to "influence". For me Anthony is one of Jaco's influences and not the other way around. Anthony won his space in the bass world in the Jazz, Fusion and Funk styles. Jackson is well know for is six string bass and the riffs and the powerful walking bass lines that he makes with it. Just listen to his great discography and find it for yourself. Check his Facebook website to know more about this talented bassist.

In the meantime stay with this great video. He's amazing and with this other musicians...

Stay tuned,
Eremita.

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Sid Vicious

Today bring you John Simon Ritchie a.k.a. Sid Vicious. For those who don´t know him, he was the bassist of the famous punk rock band Sex Pistols. In terms of skill and music ability Sid was pretty bad even Lenny from the band Motorhead said “he still couldn´t play bass when he died”. You may ask why have him in the band? Simple, charisma, he was without doubt charismatic and he somehow personified the punk spirit which made him extremely popular.

Sid Vicious

Sid had many demons and one of those demons was heroin. He met his end on February 2 1979 by overdose. Still some claim that he killed himself thanks to a suicide note that was found in one of his jackets.
Rest in Peace Sid Vicious 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979

DK_Vash

P.S. - Yes, I'm not writing this post. It's a friend of mine, that really likes music but not for the same reasons that I do. He tried to show me a good example of what is music for him - "Charisma". With all the respect, that's a very poor Pop Culture (I'm sorry True Pop Culture lovers). Eremita

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Richard Bona

Hi

As promised, the posts to come will be about the bassists that play in the last album form Mike Stern. Last week  was intense in terms of music. This album just overwhelms anyone that simply likes good musics. Cameroon and Light and good examples of such ones. This musics are played by Richard Bona.

Richard Bona - African bass player

Richard Bona born in October 28, 1967, in Cameroon. He is a jazz bass player. His roots are well expressed in his music. Listening to his solo albums and collaborations we can easily listen to some African musicality. Reggae is another type of music that you can find in his marvelous bass riffs.

His first solo album is Scenes from my life and it was released in 1999. It's a relatively recent discography but is  a very good one. Regarding his collaboration CD's we can only say "This guy is good!". He is... very good. He worked and keeps working with some of the most respected jazz musicians. Victor Wooten, Mike Stern, Bobby McFerrin are some examples.

Visit his official website, and his myspace to listen to some of his work. I will let you now with a very good music from him.

Stay tuned,

Eremita

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Best bass songs - Part 4

Hi,

Another best bass song for you. Today featuring Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers. The song is Soul to Squeeze and it's one of my favorites from them. Very simple with a very pleasant bass line.

As I said, the featured bassist is Flea. Born in 1962 he is already considered a master of bass guitar. He started playing trumpet and according to many sites and magazines he was quite good at it. In the end,  as many other bassists, he found that the bass guitar was the best instrument for him. Present in numerous charts and polls made by the most respected music institutions, today he is a very respected bass player.

Flea - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Read more about him at:

His official website: http://fleabass.com/

Follow his twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/flea333

And follow mine, in the top of the page!

Stay tuned,

Eremita

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Victor Wooten

Victor Wooten - Best bass player alive (think i said that to various artists already. No problem they probably are the best indeed... they all are... they are bassists!). I see Victor as a very humble person that does what he loves and makes money with it. I'm not saying he wants money, just saying that if people make profit with what they love, they achieved a important goal in life. Back to what really matters, Victor born in 1964 and started playing at the age of two. I ask myself, could i walk when i was two? Probably yes, but i certainly fell a few times at this age. Well Victor already played at this age and started performing at the age of six. Well i wont keep embarrassing us all... Visit his website and his myspace and listen to a few songs of this music genius.

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Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer.He is known for his innovative  work on double bass and electric bass. He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles. He also made numerous films and television scores. Check his official website.

Stanley Clarke playing an acoustic bass

Stanley Clarke playing a double bass

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Rhonda Smith

Rhonda Smith - Bass player, singer and songwriter we have here a beautiful girl that plays that thing that we all love. Performing now with Jeff Beck she is a extremely good bass player. She has in her career collaborations with musicians like Prince, Larry Graham and Justin Timberlake. Check her website and see what she's been doing.

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Renaud Garcia Fons

Renaud Garcia Fons - A French double bass player. In is music you can find fusion between Jazz, Classical and Flamenco. He has some live shows just with a classical guitar that you will certainly love. Check his official website.

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Pete Turner

Pete Turner - Bassist of the English band Elbow. He is responsible for the good sound that comes from this band! Check its website.

Pete Turner

Pete Turner - Elbow

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Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller - Born in 1959, known for the unmistakable slap technique and for the acts with Miles Davis, Marcus Miller is one of the best bassists still living. Support this musician, and don't just download his music.

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Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius - Born in 1951, for many people the greatest bass player that ever lived. No more argue about that. Known for his electric fretless bass grooves and for his band project "Weather Report". Died prematurely in 1987. Check his official website

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Colin Edwin

Colin Edwin - Australian bassist known for his work in the progressive rock area. You can find him playing very good bass lines at Porcupine Tree. Don't miss the chance to know him better. Check his myspace, his solo album official site and Porcupine Tree official site.

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Primus - Les Claypool

Hi

Do you know Les Claypool or Primus? If you don't you are about to know. In this video you'll see some power bass, and some peculiar sounds and lyrics. A failed audition for bass player of metallica made Hetfield and his crew a bit stupid. In the end they said that Les were too good for metallica.

Check bassist directory!

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