Archive for June, 2008

Bass Player Magazine got ahold of Victor Wooten’s latest album “Palmystery,” his 5th solo album, and had him dissect it track by track for them.

For those not on the ball, Wooten is an electric bass player and composer. He has worked with Bela Fleck, Stanley Clarke, and Marcus Miller, to name a few. I firsts [...]

World Music Supply is a music instrument retail website from Indiana. Their YouTube channel has something like 270 video demonstations of the products they sell, almost all shot in-house.
Here’s one of their best, a demo of the Boss DS-1 distortion pedal:

Their archive is one of the first places I search through [...]

One of my all-time favorite musicians is Elvis Costello. It was recently announced that Fender will be releasing a signature Jazzmaster (his model of choice) with his likings to the public.
According to Fender, the guitar was directly modeled after the instrument with which Costello recorded My Aim is True, his 1977 debut album. It features [...]

“What is the best way to do this? PayPal? Are there other options than PayPal? Other options that don’t cost money (like receiving Credit Cards)?”
There’s an interesting discussion over in the Harmony Central forums about the best ways to sell singles on your site. If you’re a musician, it may be worth a gander.
Link: [...]

Let’s get this blog started right.

Recently, Premier Guitar paid a visit to the Martin guitar factory over in Nazareth, PA, and wrote a great article about it, including some videos.
Link: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2008/Jul/Inside_the_Martin_Factory_and_Museum.aspx