Loading ...I had the pleasure recently of interviewing Berklee College of Music Bass professor Joe Santerre at his home in Massachusetts. Anytime I am in the presence of Joe and his bass, I immediately want to dust off my 6 string bass and hope that after much practice I could gain even a small percentage of his mastery. Whether it be [...]
“Runs like a Swiss clock” a phrase commonly used to describe a well-built, time tested machine. That is what Vovox set out to do when building the Vovox Sonorus cables and well, like the Swiss clock all Voxvox Sonorus cables are built in Switzerland. Why a high end cable? All cables sound the same, right? That is the exact question [...]
Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to MusicianYou Magazine again – this month I’d like to examine Afro-Cuban drumming for drum-set. It’s fairly new for set players, as Afro-Cuban drumming used to be relegated to hand percussion, but it’s becoming far more commonplace in today’s music. Therefore, it behooves every drum-set player to spend some time checking out this style [...]
My times have changed…no I’m not going to tell you a war story, how I used to walk uphill both ways to school or how a candy bar used to be a nickel; I’m talking about back when musicians had to prove how strong their calves and backs where by bringing a fleet of speaker cabs and rack gear to [...]
Using 6th intervals is a staple of classic R&B/Soul music, as well as in Blues music. An example might be a Robben Ford-type lick that could use the open 6th interval or the major 6th chord voicing: Steve Cropper, most famous for being a member of Booker T. & The MGs, played on a myriad of R&B hits behind Wilson [...]
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