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Ongoing History Daily: The lowest note in the universe

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Astronomers, Bass, Lowest Note, Perseus

If you know where to look, music can be found just about everywhere, even in space.  That’s right, space.  Astronomers

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Recommended Music 

Watch this 9-year-old girl KILL Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” on bass

July 21, 2022July 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Cover, Ellen Alaverdyan, Geddy Lee, Rush, Tom Sawyer

Are you watching, Geddy Lee? Damn, the kid’s got some chops. Read more about Ellen Alaverdyan here.

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WTF? 

How many strings do you really need on a bass guitar?

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Davie504, Guitars

How many strings does a bass have? Four is usually good enough, although you can get models with five and

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Recommended Music 

Watch this nine-year-old girl play Geddy Lee’s bits from “Tom Sawyer”

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Bass Cover, Ellen Alaverdyan, Geddy Lee, Rush, Tom Sawyer

Geddy Lee is widely recognized as one of the best bass players who ever lived, a guy who spent decades

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Cool! 

Fun with isolated tracks: Paul McCartney’s bass lines on “Come Together”

March 2, 2020March 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Abbey Road, Bass, Beatles, Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is one of the most melodic bass players in the history of music. Before he came along, no

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, October 21, 2019

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment AC-DC, Bass, Bon Scott, Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Universal Music, Video Games, Zoe Kravitz

Election day. As soon as you’re done with reading music news for October 21, 2019, go vote. Apologies for the

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Recommended Music 

Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass book signing

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bass, Geddy Lee, Guitars, Rush

Anyone who knows anything about Rush’s Geddy Lee is familiar with his fascination with collecting things. It started with stamps

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Gadgets 

This is a different approach to the bass guitar

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass

The bass provides that crucial link between rhythm and melody and while four strings seem to be enough for most

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Cool! 

Who bass player John Entwhistle died 16 years ago this week. Let’s remember him with some isolated tracks.

June 29, 2018June 28, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bass, Isolated Tracks, The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again

I remember a gang of us all going to see The Who doc The Kids Are Alright when it first

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WTF? 

Because we needed a four-neck bass guitar…

March 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Cheap Trick, Davie504, Rick Nielsen

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is famous for his five-necked guitar. Davie504 loves his bass. He’s turned into the Rick

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Gadgets 

What sounds better: A bass that costs $20 or one that costs $5,000? Let’s find out

March 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Dave504

Here’s an interesting experiment in musical instrument quality. About 18 months ago, Dave504 compared the sounds he could get from

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