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!

The Loss of An Amazing Mother.......Victor Wootens Mom Dorothy Passes Away

I am usually unaffected by death for the most part, it's all a part of life. But the passing of Victor Wootens beloved mother Dorothy has deeply touched us all today. I never had the privilege of meeting her but that doesn't change how I feel about "our" loss. When you meet any one of the Wooten boys you will know their is something special about them. And where did they get that?

"If the whole world decided today to follow you....where would you lead them"?..... Dorothy Wooten

Upon every friend or loved ones passing we ponder our own lives, and our own death. Have you even begun to write your song? If not you owe it to yourself to start today......

"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion, respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and bow to none. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and nothing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home." Tecumseh

Please take a minute to send a positive note to Vic here on his Facebook Page.

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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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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