Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten – each a powerful force of nature in his own right – have done more in recent decades to redefine the electric bass and push the limits of its potential than any other musician alive today. When these three titans – collectively known as S.M.V. – converge on the low frequencies, the results are no less than earth shaking. Thunder (HUCD 3163), their debut collaboration set for release on Heads Up International on August 12, 2008, is a high-energy phenomenon whose impact is guaranteed to resonate throughout every corner of the jazz world.

More than just a musical collaboration, Thunder was an opportunity for all three musicians to get to know and understand each other on a newer and much deeper level. “It’s not until you really work intimately with another musician that you really find out what’s going on with that person,” says Clarke.

Source: Heads Up International

Es por eso que la gente de Mad Catz ha creado un par de instrumentos a escala real para que nos sintamos en Kurt Cobain de la cuadra o el Lars Ulrich de nuestro edificio. Se tratan de la guitarra Stratocaster y el Precision Bass, diseñados a escala 1:1 y que, además de ser exactamente iguales a los originales, son inalámbricos.

Estos mandos, diseñados para el nuevo RockBand 2, serán el complemento ideal para la batería Drum Rocker, un Set Premium que emula perfectamente una batería electrónica. Sus pads son ajustables a cualquier posición que el jugador elija y son más sólidos que el modelo anterior. Trae 2 platillos y la opción de agregar un tercero para que termines tus canciones como todo un profesional.

El pedal está fabricado en metal, capaz de soportar todo el uso, y abuso, que quieras darle. También habrá un accesorio para canciones donde debas utilizar el doble bombo.

La guitarra y el bajo de Mad Catz tiene un costo de 199 dólares cada uno, mientras que el de la Drum Rocker será de 300.

Vía: Engadget en español y Drum Rocker

But I know ya’ll wanted that 808, can you feel that B-A-S-S bass.

Bill & Nadia Warm Up, originally uploaded by bill kralovec.

Sunday Nadia and I ran the 28th annual "Run Your Bass Off" 10 kilometer road race in Crystal Falls, Michigan. The race is part of the Bass Festival held at Runkle Lake. We were unsure of going when we got up Sunday morning as it was 50 degrees F and drizzling. We powered through however and got the kids up and packed and drove the 15 miles to the other side of Iron County. We dropped the boys off with our good friend's the Bonetti family and dropped Ocean of at my aunt Ione's home in Crystal Falls. It was great! We felt like we were on a date with no kids. As you can see, I was a bit more excited about running in the cool weather than Nadia.

Most of the 279 present were running the shorter "Half Bass" or 5 kilometer run/walk. Crystal Falls should be renamed Crystal Hills as there were killer hills throughout the race. There were some nice scenic spots as we ran by the Paint River. Nadia and I ran together as it was a rare opportunity for us to do something together sans offspring. Nadia started off slow but then got her second wind and we passed some runners. There was a large hill however at the 4 mile mark that took the wind out of her sails and she slowed a bit. In the last 2 miles she recovered and we finished strong together at 1 hour and 2 minutes. We didn't win but that wasn't the point. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly and got out and did some exercise.

Recently, a friend of mine was chasing the elusive rainbow trout on Davis L. working the inlet channel. His family was taking a nearby nature walk at the edges of the lake when they encountered a duckling that appeared to be in need of assistance back to the water. The family, in a moment of setting nature back into balance, placed the little duckling back into the water. All was right with the duckling as it kicked away...a pleasant moment, I am sure. 

The significance of this, to the flyfisher, is the consideration of a duckling pattern. A giant, largemouth bass came from the depths and rose up to engulf the duckling. The family helplessly watched as the duckling disappeared into the large bucket mouth. So dust off those rubber duckies or something similar.  Just kidding; well at least about the rubber duckie part. Ok, ok, forget the duckling pattern...but it is, to me, fascinating how predatory fish can be.        

Jannick Top

Soleil d'Ork (2001)

http://www.mediafire.com/?aymn2udnzjw

Solo compilation from the legendary bass player and co-composer of Magma collecting the material he recorded between 1974-80. Jannick was a member of Magma during their best years (from Mekanik through Üdü Wüdü) and his approach to the bass was arguably the defining characteristic of the band (and of Zeuhl in general), so if you've heard Magma you probably know what to expect here. There's even a cover of "De Futura" from Üdü Wüdü (with a drum machine instead of Christian Vander, hah), an excellent unreleased Magma song "Mekanik Machine", and a reworking of "Soleil d'Ork" also from Üdü Wüdü. Jannick's bass here is as nasty as it ever was, maybe even moreso than his days in Magma. Sound quality and production values vary a bit from song to song due to the nature of the compilation, but nothing too drastic. The album ends on a surprisingly dull note with the more subdued "Glas" but other than that it's solid Zeuhl all the way.

1º) Shaun Bailey 9.01 Lbs (4.09 Kg) 105 ptos $10,000.00

2º) Robert Cepek 8.21 Lbs (3.72 Kg) 104 ptos $950.00

3º) Jerry Ballesteros 7.52 Lbs (3.41 Kg) 103 ptos $570.00

En esta competición a un solo pez (pieza mayor), cada gramo vale su peso en oro. La experiencia muestra como la captura de los basses mas grandes necesita tiempo y un enfoque diferente al de la competición. No hay mas que ver a Butch Brown en el 10º puesto con un bass de 5.18 Lbs (2.35 Kg), al japonés Takeshi Matsumoto en el puesto 36º con un bass de 2.36 Lbs (1.07 Kg) o al pescador profesional Ishama Monroe al final de la tabla si haber logrado capturar un solo bass.

Tras este segundo evento y después de embolsarse 10.000 $, Shaun Bailey queda 1º en la clasificación general con un total de 14.19 Lbs que suman sus dos basses capturados respectivamente en los HBC-1 y HBC-2. El vencedor de la pasada edición Don Osborne pasa a ocupar la 4ª plaza con 12.66 Lbs que suman las dos piezas llevadas a control en los Heavyweight Bass Classic disputados.

Enlaces:

HBC-2: Heavyweight Bass Classic 2

Resultados Heavyweight Bass Classic HBC-2

Heavyweight Bass Classic Standings

Pink Floyd surfaced about during the psychedelic 60's. Although starting in the hippie scene they quickly began to mature in their music style. Such a style of rock that has caused the name Pink Floyd to become known unto every generation to date. Only a few bands have been able to stay in the minds of generations; such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2, Nirvana. The overall intoxicating sound of this killer band makes it one of my most favourite bands of all time.

Pink Floyd developed a sound of rock that goes beyond the genre. Rock is defined by guitar shedding, screaming vocalists, and giant most pits. Such a song as this is the complete opposite! Using instruments other than the basic guitars and drums is unheard of by the general public! "Us and Them" is the perfect example of the uniqueness Pink Floyd has brought to the table.

The usage of sounds in a song isn't seen very often today. Mostly due to the fact that many artist fail to pair up instruments and noises in an attractable format. The noises I am referring to are most anything. A cash register, water drops, and ticking clocks for example. Using it to the fullest extent is determined by how well it is melted with the song. "Time" does just that with clocks in the intro quickly developing into esquesite melody of this rock masterpiece.

In all honesty, this is barely even considered rock in my mind. The absence of a 6-string guitar rocking out at full blast alongside of a killer vocalist isn't rock in most minds. Instead of the played out rock song, this is completely different...a female soul singer who seems to be pouring out her soul into this truely beautiful symphony called "Great Gig in the Sky". The changing this song to seem more "rock" would be an injustice to Pink Floyd and music all together. This song doesn't need lyrics...the power of this song allows you to interpret anyway you want.

The epidemy of Pink Floyd is this very song called "One Slip". Undoubtfully, this is my favourite for my own reasons. The intro screams climatic build-up. Every part of this song is raveled together to bring out one of my favourite rock songs ever. The bass, guitar, drums, vocals, and electronics is a marvel of perfection...the lyrics illustrate what can be related to any person. Not much else to be said about perfection.

Gabor Szabo - Keep Smilin'. This song is crazy good. So soulful. More proof the 70s were the best era ever in music. Amazing blend of drums, percussion, analog synths, bass, horns, jazz guitar, etc. When people made music with full bands. Reminiscent to me of some Arthur Verocai like his song Bis.

Review from AMG via discomusic.com:

"Philadelphia soul meets European-born jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo, who plays with so much sensitivity it makes you cry. The break offers Szabo's surprise vocal of the chorus from William Devaughn's "Be Thankful for What You Got" — "rabbit in the back, sunroof top, digging the scene in (with?) a Philly lean." The tune is an unlikely collaboration of Szabo with Philly songwriter/producer "Bunny" Sigler and was written by Sigler and Alan Felder; the rhythm players are the regular Philly session guys. The LP that spawned this song is panned by critics but was the Hungarian-born guitarist's most significant album on soul radio and remains a favorite of many soul/ jazz fans. Instead of judging this song and the album from which it came to classic jazz pieces, both should be judged for what the producer and artist were trying to do, which was to make a European jazz guitarist palatable to urban/ soul audiences, which they succeeded in doing. "

Well, Mr. H has this technique that he has dubbed the "Wide-mouthed Frog".  Not only did he use this in the master-class, but he uses it in our private lessons with him as well.  My first lesson with him i was taken aback by this just plain weird idea.  Then, by lesson number two, I was slightly more convinced, and after tonight, I am a believer, for the most part.  Basically, the idea is that in order to sing so people understand you, you must actually open your mouth.  CONCEPT!!!  I mean, when you put it on paper like that, it makes perfect sense.  Now, something that you have to remember is, we don't all have freaky stretch mouth/face like the originator of the WMF, so I feel like many of us singers approached this with the idea that we had to imitate, or stretch our mouths as wide as he does.  Well, this is not the idea at all, as he stated tonight.  So many people are into imitating, and not actually feeling what is right for them.  Basically his point is...

OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SING!!!

Go figure.  His class tonight was riveting, and I thought of my friend Ubiquitous Hobbit, when the master of the WMF kept bringing up botox-face technique...hilarity!!!  I said, puhscuse me?  I giggled out loud!  This technique is when, singing in any language, you go to that neutral face that makes a generic vowel, and you sing no real shape...hahahaha!!!  SOOOOO TRUE!!!  I am guilty of this on many occasions.

Ok, so, the reason I am now a believer is the fact that he worked with 4 of our bass/baritones.  Talk about sausage fest...AMAZING!!!  This was just one amazing voice after another.  The thing that each of them had in common was the need for a more pronounced language.  My friend Boyscout Baribass sang the Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni.  It was fabulous. Now, Boyscout is a talent that is unique.  He is so intense and smart.  Well, when Mr. H was working with him and Boyscout was singing at Mr. H and kind of adjusting his vowels to what Mr. H was telling him, it was an amazing experience.  It was like watching resonance being created.  VoceLaVixen also got in on the action.  She marched herself up to the front and sat in a chair, with her fabulous, new patent-leather booties, I might add, and Boyscout sang to her.  It was literally a transformation.  He was relaxed and singing the words...simply ermerzerng!!  There were many other amazing performances tonight, and breakthroughs made and many more to come.  This is just one reason that I will continue to live for art!!  

i wrote this tune around the end of 2006 when i was big into soul glo ballads. i then more or less promptly handed it over to make:shift records for their bassbored vol. 1 free digital compilation release.  this tune is available along with several great lesser known tunes. the whole compilation is free and 320 kbps, so why WOULDN'T you even attempt to consider trying to download it right now?

but if you just want my tune, then follow the link below.

p.s. if you're looking for a banger to tease early on in a mix, double-drop at 3am, and then mix out of in 20 seconds, then please leave immediately.  don't let the reference to soul glo fool you.

krusada - 15 minutes late (ca. the birth of jesus 2006)

I'm not really a concert girl. I don't dig going to The Kyber and getting wasted to bands that just come off sounding like noise. Plus it really ruins the elastic in my skinny jeans when I start sweating too much. Really. Or knowing my luck, some 230 pound oaf kicks me in the ankle as he throws his arms above his head and staggers forward in a half-drunk leap screaming 'Yeahhhhhh!!!' Thus, permanently disabling me and my hawwt heeled look. Ugh.

My music exploration is typically an online experience, discovering new groups through music blogs. Minimizes my interaction with groupies. Honestly, I can't say that the Philly music scene promotes itself as much as it should.

This city has a penchant for undervaluing talent!
Which is why they all leave, right?

But then there is Philly Rising, an open mic night every Monday at World Cafe Live. I went a few months ago. O. My. Phucking. G!! Great music gives me that light-headed, heart-beating-out-of-my-chest sort of pleasure. Ah, Bojibian.

Pronounced bo-JIB-ee-an, these guys are brutal. Beautifully untamed. When I first saw them, they took the stage in sunglasses; like, 'Hey we don't take ourselves too seriously...' but then proceeded to seriously rock out. The band consists of Stephen Lorek, Niles Weiss, James Scullion and Dylan Mulcahy. They pull off style and talent. Phucking down-right panache.

I won't even mention how young they are because I'm sick of how every youthful music act has to be some surprise... I mean really, how many geezers do you know who still have passion? Life is draining, man. SO counteracting my extremely jaded nature, I listen to Bojibian songs that are light, fun, LOUD, upbeat. That's the best way I can say it, as I've never been one for categorizing music, and Bojibian won't cage themselves in either:

Stylistically, the group draws from many different influences, at times sounding like some sort of post-modern mash-up of pop, post-punk, classic rock, post-grunge, Southern rock, and arena rock…or something like that.

So.

This Saturday.

Go to World Cafe Live.

Bojibian will be on at 9 pm. They will also be selling their debut album which they have been working on furtively for the past 2 months. Commendable for a band that's only been together since the beginning of this year!

HEAR THEM on Myspace. My fav? Hallway. Although Upstroke and Call Me In The Morning have been stuck in my head lately

I'll be sad when they leave us for NYC.

I kid. I kid. Well, sorta.

We recently spent time in the beautiful outdoors camping and fishing in the amazing Algonquin Park. Its breathtaking lakes made for an incredible adventure. For those of you that are not familiar with Algonquin here is the official info on the park with some links.

http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/algo.html

We had a great time and found that it was everything and more that we had been told by others. Our goal on this trip was to Bass Fish. Our time and lures were dedicated to fishing bass. However, these lakes offer all forms of fish and hold many trophy fish for dedicated anglers. There are local fisherman ready to share their tales and brag about how fortunate they are that this fishery is in their backyard.

Algonquin has a reputation for some of the best trout fishing in Canada. More than 230 lakes have native Brook Trout and 149 have Lake Trout -- a fantastic concentration of trout waters that continue to yield good fishing because of the Park's tradition of wise conservation.
Along the highway, many of the lakes are stocked with Splake (a hybrid of Brook and Lake trout) and fishing is outstanding. Spring is the best season for trout and summer brings on more enjoyment with Smallmouth Bass. Spend a July day with the family at a prime bass location, enjoying the scenery and reeling in the night's dinner.

The park holds amazing scenery and the endless streams and tributaries offer wildlife at its best. You will find that it holds close and personal adventures to the great outdoors. A camera is a definite must.

We spent time camping and enjoying the stars as they fell from the sky. Sitting around the campfire and bragging about our days catch and the big one that should have been. Guaranteed Algonquin will make great stories to bring home to your fishing buddies.
Algonquin Provincial Park is located in Canada and is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in the province of Ontario. It is the first provincial park in Canada having been established in 1893. It covers about 7630 square kilometers. Its size, combined with its proximity to the major urban centres of Toronto and Ottawa make it one of the most popular Provincial parks in the province and moreover the entire country. Highway 60 runs through the south of the park, while the Trans-Canada Highway bypasses it to the north. Over 2400 lakes and 1200 kilometres of streams and rivers are located within the park, including Canoe Lake and the Petawawa, Nipissing, Amable du Fond, Madawaska, and Tim rivers.

....MI GIRO PER STRADA E GIOVANI INNEGGIANO ALLA PIU' GRANDE CARNEFICINA UMANA DI SEMPRE....

....MI GIRO PER STRADA E GIOVANI INNEGGIANO, FIERI, ORGOGLIOSI, BOIA CHI MOLLA, ALLA PIU' GRANDE CARNEFICINA UMANA DI SEMPRE....

....porca troia....

....condizionati da demoni telemediatici rifiutano ogni tipo di compromesso ideale e rispondono con "me ne frego"....naturalmente frase adattata ai giorni nostri....schiavi di un'immagine non di un'idea....e la cosa aumenta di pericolosità....attirati dal lato prospettico violento della questione trovano attenuanti all'intimidazioni....alla rissa....alla minaccia....allo spaccio di violenza verbale in imitazione del linguaggio mafioso....e divengono forti....

....MI GIRO PER STRADA E GIOVANI INNEGGIANO ALLA PIU' GRANDE CARNEFICINA UMANA DI SEMPRE....

....quattordicenni, tredicenni, dodicenni, si fanno portatori di una bandiera che ricorda con falsamente patriottica fierezza una festa di morte....in cui invitati obbligati furono torturati fino alla disumanizzazione più totale....l'infante oggi ricorda immagini di gente distrutta e le sogna felice....la parola razza, alla faccia dell'evoluzione, compare massiva nei vocabolari degli adolescenti....speranzosi che in un futuro la compravendita di uomini sarà paragonabile a quella di San Bernardi e Dalmata....

....questo mi fa semplicemente concludere che forse la malvagità è intrinseca all'uomo....è insita nell'anima umana....o forse la stupidità....la facile manipolazione....ma le cose in fin dei conti arrivano a coincidere....

....costretto e speranzoso in hacker antifascisti scrivo queste riflessioni....prego in partigiani cyberpunk che la follia mentalmente catatonica di queste persone....che purtroppo qui sono i più....si blocchi introducendo le suddette persone ad una realtà più pacifica....antifascista senza vergogna....

....chi vuole commentare, anche i lettori più immaginari, sappia che mi fa un piacere....[chi vuole pubblicare questo intervento prima me lo chieda per favore, con un commento o in qualche altro modo]....

BRUS THE BASS-MASTER

La nueva creacción del nipón Toshifumi Kikumoto, Mr Big Bite, tiene el nombre de Royal Flash o Flor Imperial (Escalera Real). Es la jugada de máximo valor posible en el póker: cinco cartas seguidas del mismo palo del 10 al As.

Características:

• Longitud: 16 cm
• Peso: 66,0 gramos
• Profundidad natación: 0 - 1 metro
• Disponible en 10 colores
• Precio de mercado Japonés: alrededor de 30 euros

Equipo recomendado:

• Caña potente acción regular-moderada
• Línea de nylon/fluorocarbono de 20-30 Lbs

¿Cómo utilizar el RoyalFlash?

• Slowrolling: recuperación muy lenta, exprimiendo al máximo la atracción del movimiento sinuoso de este plug multiarticulado. Las diferentes velocidades de recogida emiten diferentes frecuencias de vibración.
• Deadsticking: dejar parado el swimbait cuando el viento riza la superficie del agua o a la deriva sometivo a una leve corriente, puede ser letal si se efectua sobre el territorio de caza de un gran bass.
• Flash & Twitch: recuperar a velocidad intercalando tirones y movimientos bruscos, permitiendo ladearse a este señuelo, puede ser muy efectivo para desencadenar la picada de basses perseguidores.

If you're looking for music you can sit back and just play... and by "just play", I mean music you can do your daily routines to and not get annoyed by. This type of music is good on that aspect. It reminds me of some videogame music you'd here in a Tobal, Spyro, Megaman X, or a Capcom game. Check it out!

Tracklisting:

CD1 | Unmixed :

01 - ASC - Alphane Moons
02 - Stunna & Pipeline - Faith’s Leap
03 - Survival - Inside Vibes
04 - ICR - Heartbroken
05 - Cord - Venation
06 - Anorganick - Endlessly
07 - Rob Sparks - Wildlife
08 - Subject 13 & Dr. Know - Soul Planets
09 - Amaning & FX 909 - Everyday Biz
10 - Requiem feat. Lowbss - Make A Move

CD2 | Mixed by Subject 13, with MC System

01 - Pete Rann - Kinetik
02 - Seba feat. Robert Manos - Make Peace
03 - Future Engineers - Eden
04 - Survival - Inside Vibez
05 - Smote - Soulfish
06 - Qumulus - Bounce
07 - Method One - Yesterday’s Dust
08 - Concept & Skenk - True To The Game
09 - Nebula - Blue Skies
10 - Orion - Crime Of Passion
11 - Edison Gem - Hold It Down
12 - Turtled - Amnesia
13 - Edison Gem - Creation
14 - Dymond & T-Sound - Don’t You Want Me?
15 - Seba feat. Robert Manos - Gold & Diamonds

Catalogue No: VIBEZCD003
Release Date: 18/02/08
Distributed by SRD

When I heard that Warren Buffett was in favor of the deal, I knew in my heart that the American cause was lost. The last vestige of our empire in the new world would fall victim to the Euronauts - Budweiser would be bested by the Belgians.

But before we all get overly jingoistic about the affair, let us remember those other great American brewers whose market shares were diminished or crushed by the juggernaut from St. Louis: Schaefer, Stroh's, Schmiidt's, Piels, Falstaff, Genesee, Narragansett, Rheingold, Knickerbocker, Hamm's, Olympia, National Bohemian and of course the venerable - Olde Frothingslosh. Who amongst us has shed a tear or raised the flag on their behalf.

I believe that ridding ourselves of one company that has dominated better than fifty percent of the marketplace for such a long time is good for America. Just because InBev took Budweiser doesn't mean that we can't still kick some Bass.

Like our forefathers we must shed monarchy. We shall not be ruled by the king of beers.

I say, "Pabst for president and Schlitz for VP!"

Posted by: Chris Poh, Publisher

The Who - Substitute

i'm posting this mix because it may take the cake as my favourite mix that i've ever done. i think someone on a certain jungle forum, somewhere in the world, at some point in time may have made claim to the fact that even their mum grooved to it in the car.

i take that as a compliment.

krusada - daylight savings (april 2004)
Nu:Tone - GMAS (Matrix Rmx)
*Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway (Matrix Rmx)
Digital - Untitled on DSLTD
Calibre - Riverside
Phuturistix - Beautiful f. Jenna G (Nu:Tone Rmx)
4 Hero - 9 by 9 (M.I.S.T. Rmx)
*Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway (Matrix Rmx)
London Elektricity - Billion Dollar Gravy
High Contrast - Music is Everything (Matrix Rmx)
London Elektricity - Fast Soul Music
D.Kay - It's On the Way
*Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway (Matrix Rmx)
Thick Dick - Insatiable (Matrix Rmx)
Die - Slide Away
Jaheim - Put a Woman First (Calibre Rmx)
M.I.S.T. - Outerspace
Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway (Matrix Rmx)
Kalm & Citizen - Mirage
Allied Forces - Love is...
London Elektricity - Harlesden
Kirsty Hawkshaw - Leafy Lane (Matrix Rmx)
D.Kay - Spacquest
Krust - Jazz Note (Total Science Rmx)