Tucson's Favorite Son, Brian Bromberg, Brings us Bass on the Broadband

Welcome to Brian Bromberg’s BASS ON THE BROADBAND This is the world’s first radio station devoted to the art of the acoustic and electric bass. Brian's goal is to feature music that showcases the bass and the bass player. We want to provide an outlet for bass players throughout the world to have their music and playing heard by an audience that appreciates the bass. The World’s First Radio Station Devoted to the Art of the Electric and Acoustic Bass. Thank you for listening, we hope to be back on the air in 2017 and beyond! Thank you again for listening and being a part of the world’s first bass station! It has been so rewarding to help give bassists from all over the world a broadcast outlet for their music. Our listening numbers go up every month as the word about BOTBB is spreading, but unfortunately, we are just not getting enough sponsors, advertisers, and revenue coming into the station to be able to continue our broadcast into 2017. We want to be able to pay our friends at Sound Exchange, BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC, as they collect the money that pays the song writers and publishers their royalties. Please check back with us either here or on our Bass On The Broadband Facebook page for updates, if we can raise enough funds to get the broadcast back on the air. Thank you again for listening to the world’s first bass station!   Just Click Here and you'll be listening to the ONLY radio station just for bass players!

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Can a Cord Make That Big a Difference?

Check out the New Victor Wooten signature power cord. It's "just" a power cord, but it's attracting a lot of heavy hitters who say it makes a major difference to their sound.

Are There Really Any Wrong Notes on The Bass?

Lately I have been getting writers block. No, not when writing here in my blog but when soloing.Now my current job with Tucson's premier variety band GRIND does not require much soloing of me [and maybe that is part of my problem] but I do have one spot that I play almost every night. And it seems that I have begun to over think every note, position and theme that I play.

And I know better....there really is no wrong notes, I should not fear any note on the bass. And I was reminded of that this morning when I was watching this video of my good friend Anthony Wellington. Anthony has a great attitude and approach to teaching bass as well as thoughts on life in general. Watch the video and when you get a chance make sure to check out Anthony's website Bassology.Net.

Ready to Take Your Bass Playing to Another Level?

I rarely find myself making shameless promotions of bass instructional books these days. But I can't resist when it comes to Gary Willis and his 101 Bass Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know and Use.

Gary presents valuable how to insight that bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying 64 track CD provide a terrific, easy to use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques, improvising and soloing, equipment, practicing, ear training, performance, theory, and much more.

Here is link to buy 101 Bass Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know and Use on Amazon.Com today. I can't think of a better gift for that bass thumping loved one.




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Warning Against Trying to Play Like Victor Wooten

So if you are going to try and copy Victor Wooten's bass playing style, you better have his style of strap and strap locks.



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Own a Fodera? You Can Come to Victor Wooten's Nature/Bass camp

Fodera Guitars, founded in 1983, have quickly become the “Stradivarius” of bass guitars. Creators Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella are already legends in the elite world of luthiers. Fodera’s craftsmanship, beauty, sound, and playability, is now the model for which many other companies pattern their instruments. Fortunately, as fate would have it, Victor and Fodera’s love affair started in that first year back in 1983. The rest … is history (or the future.)

Fodera Camp is the opportunity for ALL Fodera owners to come together for the first time to celebrate as one. Join Vinnie, Joey, Victor, and other Fodera users from around the world to share, learn, play, (and brag about our instruments.)


Join us for:
· Fodera artist concerts everyday
· Lessons and classes with world class Fodera users
· Building and maintenance workshops with Joey, Vinnie, and the Fodera staff
· See some of the first Fodera instruments ever built
· Unique B/N Camp workshops and exercises
· Prizes, giveaways, great fun & food
· Join Joey and Victor for their birthday celebration
· And much, much, more!


Criteria: Must own and bring a Fodera instrument.
Dates: September 6 – 11, 2011
Age: All ages.
Place: Wooten Woods Retreat
Cost: $1,250. (price may change)

For more info visit Vic's Nature/Bass camp Link



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Just How Old is This Guy?

To my fellow "old guys", do you need any more encouragement then this to get back to the wood shed? Amazing young talent.




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Ray Riendeau with Martin Diamond at 2010 NAMM Bass Bash.

Not much I can say, Riendeau' playing speaks for itself. I especially love his alternating thumb right hand technique on the super fast picking sections. I have been trying to master this for years, not quite the same results I might say.



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Victor Wooten - Prasana Lay it Down in Mumbai, India

When four stalwart musicians gather, entertainment is guaranteed. But guitarist Prasanna, and bassist Victor Wooten were not touring just to entertain. Along with Bangalore Amrit (kanjira) and Dr. Karthick S (ghatam) their energetic ensemble toured Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai for a purpose. And, the purpose was to raise funds for the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (Chennai), a music school started by guitarist Prasanna.

Going back to the concert, the connection between Prasanna and Wooten was quite evident right from the start, be it through their performance, or some teasing each other through musical notes. One thing is for sure, Victor Wooten should be lauded for the way he adapted himself to carnatic scales and patterns.

Like their other concerts, their last leg in Mumbai was quite inspiring. While Prasanna, who is known for his carnatic chops, spell bounds you. Victor Wooten with his sturdy hands, slaps, picks, bends and churns notes after notes. The grammy winning bass player is certainly a music genius, both in technique and composition. In fact, there was a moments when Wooten was matching his bass to the intricate rhythms played by Dr. Karthick S on Ghatam, incredible stuff!

One of the biggest highlights of the concert was when Wooten treated listeners to an instrumental version of 'Yesterday' (Beatles) using a loop station.

A majority of the songs played through the concert were from Prasanna's album 'Be the Change'. He rocked, he rollicked, and he had listeners in awe with his ability to blend any genre into his trademark carnatic chops – be it blues, jazz, rock or Indian classical. Unassumingly, his technique and sound is so unique that you can probably notice it’s him on a record after hearing him just once. The other thing that makes Prasanna stand out from the rest is that at no moment one feels that his sound over powers other instruments in the band. However, he does go into those loud and dirty blues mode when he wants – but it's so well timed, it sends your heart racing.

There was one more unique thing about this ensemble, with Karthick S and Bangalore Amrit taking care of the percussion department, it literally drops the notion that 'one needs to have a drummer'. The duo is one of the best accompaniments a musician can ever have, they often threw bananna skins under the feet of Prasanna and Victor with their odd timed rhythms. With an interactive audience, woo-ting, and some jaw dropping moments this was one of the best concerts to have happened to Mumbai. I even saw the sound engineer's dancing in sync to Wooten’s groove!


Thanks to Chirag Sutar @ Radio and Music .Com



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Victor Wooten's "The Lesson" Bass Tab

It's time I actually sit down and make myself learn this so I thought I would suggest the same to my readers. It's obvious why Vic calls this The Lesson, but he could name any of his songs The Lesson and it would be fitting. Before you get started on the tab take a few minutes to watch the video of Victor playing this tune live at Stockholm Jazz Fest.






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David Dyson....Under Rated to Say the Least

When it comes to the subject of underrated bass players David Dyson is one of the first to come to mind. David is one of the great groove heroes and here is a chance to see him and his band play his song "Donovan James" this year at the NAMM show! and his band is KILLING!



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Have You Played Victor Wooten's Bass?

After seeing this posted on Saundra Williams Facebook page I had to ask myself, how many top rate musicians and entertainers have you ever seen hand over their instruments to the crowd? I can only come up with one, of course it's Victor Wooten.

Victor Wooten Band performs at the Variety Playhouse on 7/15/05



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"Best of Marcus Miller" Bass Recorded Versions - Book - Tab

23 transcriptions from Grammy winning bassist and session player extraordinaire Marcus Miller, including: Big Time * Blast * Boomerang * Bruce Lee * Could It Be You * Ethiopia * Forevermore * Funny * La Villette * Lonnie's Lament * Maputo * Mountain Dance * Nikki's Groove * Panther * Power * Rampage * Rio Funk * Run For Cover * Scoop * Strum * 3 Deuces * Tutu * What Is Hip.

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