Bass Player Magazine April 2009

 

(All musical examples in this issue are in music notation and bass tab)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature Interviews and Lesson Articles

Interview with Tommy Stinson - Interview with Tommy Stinson (bass player with Guns 'N' Roses)

Interview with Bakithi Kumalo - Interview with Bakithi Kumalo with musical examples.

Profiles

John Clayton

Jacob Sproul with Rose Hill Drive

Todd Coolman

Doug Johns

Peter Trewavas with Marillion

Full Transcriptions

Frank Zappa's "Alien Orifice." Bassist is Scott Thunes.

Partial Transcriptions and Lessons

Learn to Play Bob Marley's "Is This Love"

Odd Meters Demystified - by Tim Emmons

Big Band Bass by John Goldsby

Kids These Days by guest columnist Scott Thunes

CD Reviews

Jimmy Herring - Lifeboar

The Power Triplets - Ta-Da

Brian Buracker - Within This Brief Time

John Montagna - Senza

Funk Filharmonik - Everyody Get Down

Rewiring Genesis - A Tribue to the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

 

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