The Oscar Hansson Trio - Lost Bottles - Preview

The Shapes of Sound

We don't see these shapes and objects what makes the different frequencies in real life, but a little sand and water in this wonderful video by Nigel Stanford (directed by Shahir Daud) was a help to show these features in action.

Weird Bass #10

The Norton Wraith 5 String Tube Frame

Designed and crafted by Hugh M. Norton

Norton Mainframe®: Tube frame with radial wound carbon fiber tubes and machined anodized T 6061 aircraft grade aluminium for extraordinary tone and sustain.

Features: Neck / Mainframe assembly locking tilt (±27*) for individual preference. Movable and replaceable pickup modules.
Finish: Dark Red
Neck : Bi-laminate Maple w/Rosewood Finger Board
Nut: Aluminium 125/32"
Scale: 32˝
Radius: 12"
Pickups: Seymour Duncan® Basslines

More info: Norton Guitars

" You look like you're the best" The Duran Duran - Rio Isolated Bass

Last year the MusicRadar online music magazine asked their readers to submit nominations for the greatest bassist of all time, and John Taylor won the poll with a massive 30% of the vote. 

This result could two means:

1., The Duran Duran Fan Club mobilized the members to vote,

2., Everybody loves John.

Without a doubt Mr.Taylor is very talented  and one of the most underrated bassplayer. His groovy style bassline is one of the basic elements of the Duran Duran's music. 

You can listen that in the next track from the Duran Duran 1982's big hit:

It's a cool track, only little mistakes at 2:27 (seems like a cut) and another at 5:14.

Oscar Hansson Trio -The Raven's Day- preview

Another special preview from the forthcoming "Snowball Stores" album.

The Perspective Of The Pianist

GoPro Cam + Jason Pelsey = Insane view through the eyes of a virtuoso concert pianist.

Via Sploid

Weird Bass #09

Cordes EXP 1

Info: Krappy Guitars

How To Play The Music Of Andes - The Landscape Song

Just took a bunch of images from different peaks of Los Andes drew a five-line music sheet over them, and marked the peaks as notes. That's all.

The project is called The Landscape Song and was made by the ad agency FCB Argentina to promote Jeep's new high fidelity system.

via Sploid

Weird Bass #08

The Atlantasia Dualist 2 string

The Atlantasia Guitars and Basses Designed & Crafted by N. Hayashi (aka H.Noble) Nagano, Japan

Body: Canadian Hard Rock Maple

Neck: Canadian Hard Rock Maple

Fingerboard: Canadian Hard Rock Maple

Scale: ( 0f-b ) 864mm ( 34 Inch )

Winder: Atlansia Original Bottom Tuner　

Tensioner: None　

String nut: Adjustable Screw Nut

Fret: Fd Jumbo Sbb-215

Position marker: Side only 5mm dot

Pick-up: Atlansia original Arsx2

Tailpiece: Atlansia original (with Tuner )

Bridge: Screw type

Metal: Coating Gold

Control: 1v

More info: Atlantasia

I Like Noise - The Beatles "Helter Skelter" Isolated Bass

It's a very unique record because John Lennon is playing the bass on this track with a Fender Bass VI.
I know it's a legend but nobody knows exactly who and what and which instrument played on this song, because the song was recorded many times during sessions for The White Album in 1968.
I think it's Lennon (because McCartney's bassline has more melodic parts) but in a 1980 interview, Lennon said, "That's Paul completely... It has nothing to do with anything, and least of all to do with me."

On 20 November 1968, days before the album was released McCartney gave an exclusive interview for the Radio Luxembourg and he said about "Helter Skelter": "Umm, that came about just 'cause I'd read a review of a record which said, 'and this group really got us wild, there's echo on everything, they're screaming their heads off.' And I just remember thinking, 'Oh, it'd be great to do one. Pity they've done it. Must be great — really screaming record.' And then I heard their record and it was quite straight, and it was very sort of sophisticated. It wasn't rough and screaming and tape echo at all. So I thought, 'Oh well, we'll do one like that, then.' And I had this song called "Helter Skelter," which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."

Weird Bass # 07

The Real Heavy-Metal Bass.

Stash Stainless Bass

Specification:

Pickups  custom made split coils with Alnico 5 magnets 
Weight 4.5kg (10lb) 
Body Stainless steel brushed.
Scale 34” (24 frets)
Neck Stainless steel tube acoustic 38mm dia (1.5”)
Frets H=1mm (0.040) W=3mm (0.118”) flat with rounded edges
Bridge stainless steel adjustable
Potentiometers 250K volume and tone
Tuners Gotoh type
String space nut = 8.5mm (0.334”), bridge 15.5mm (0.610”)
Jack Switchcraft
Country of origin Canada, Patent Pending

About The "No Room For Tears"

I wrote this song years ago, when I wanted to make a band with the brilliant Hungarian violin player Luca Kezdy. But the band didn't worked and I wanted to save this groove, that's why we play it now.
We played this song live many times with my previous band (deBORT) but this new recorded version (with my trio) is better than I ever thought.
This new version is inspired by the poem of Anne Kerdijk Nicholson.

A short quote from the poem:

"Until then we were immortal --
we drove up over the Parkway
the lights of his city blurred.
He had been younger than me.

They hold each other
and kiss, reciting
their front-door litany --
“Last chance before we come back,
they don’t like poofters out there.”


Here is the whole poem:
No Room For Tears Here

And here is the song:

Steve Lukather about Mike Porcaro and the Toto new album

Great article with Steve Lukather about Mike Porcaro and the Toto next album:
Smashing Interviews Magazine