Bass Rock

Yaak by Rick Bass I hate “The Book of Yaak”. This book should not have been written. The fault, however, does not lie with author Rick Bass. Bass’ style is clear and poetic, intermingling of his not-quite-stream-of-consciousness prose seamlessly with the scientific data and information that illustrates the dire situation for his place, the Yaak Valley of Northern Montana, and all of his fellow citizens, lynx, deer, wolves, wood thrush, owls, and grizzlies. “The Book of Yaak” is Rick Bass’…

All about that bass The horizontal bass has a vague history. Many bassists believe Leo Fender was the first creator of the horizontal bass; but, they’re not completely right. Though Fender made the “ Precision “ bass ( which was the first good sounding bass ) there were at least 4 prototypes before that. The modern bass was a grandchild to the seventeenth century double bass. The first notable change was in the nineteen-twenties by a man named Lloyd Loar, which at the time worked for a notable…

The narrative in 12 Years a Slave continues as Solomon discusses the treacherous effects of trying to escape. He recalls the story of Wiley, whom he works along at Epps plantation. Wiley sneaks out to go to another plantation and loses track of time and is late to return. On his way back he is caught by the organization of patrollers. They beat him severely and bring him back to Epps who then flogs him again. Unable to keep up with the torture, Wiley runs away for good. Without telling anybody…

Nicknamed the “Bull fiddle”, the bass is one of a handful of instruments that played a significant role in the development of music during the 20th century. The bass gained much of its momentum as the popularity of the New Orleans brass and jazz bands was spreading throughout the US, and it eventually took on such an essential role that it was forced to evolve. The new bass players were slowly transitioning the bass from accompaniment to a solo instrument. As it moved from the background to the…

If you’re a seasoned musician, then you probably relate the name Paul Reed Smith (PRS) with some of the highest quality guitars in the profession, but did you know that when amplifier designer Doug Sewell became part of the PRS team, the brand began to produce phenomenal amplifiers, too? That’s right—Dayton, Ohio’s music professionals at Centerville Music love the Paul Reed Smith Archon Twenty-Five amp, and here’s why. Versatility: This amp isn’t only for high-gain or metal musicians, even…

terrible bass and treble and the only controls allowed for treble boost and were usually under 15watts. When the Kinks guitarist plugged one amplifier into another in the 1960s, the discovered the first distortion effect and from then on, fuzz boxes were invented to allow guitarists to use the distorted effect with just…

Black music is always revolving and changing, creative musicians are always trying to add new elements to existing contents. In this research paper, we are going to look into the development of modern days neo-soul music in America, what makes this style of music fascinating to a lot of music lovers, artists that excels in this style of music and how it influenced musicians around the world. It is extremely difficult to separate R&B, hip-hop, jazz and neo-soul as these genres of music are…

in the band “Animals”. Chass took him to London and soon became his manager. Soon, in the year 1966, Chass has developed a band called the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with Jimi Hendrix himself, Joel Redding as the bass player and Mitch Mitchell who was on drums. Together they became a three man band, (www.biography.com, 2016). In London and the U.S., the Jimi Hendrix experience was a sensation to thousands of people. In just 4…

his life experimenting on the bass, working to perfect its capabilities. In his younger days he had sampled both the four string and the three string basses but preferred the three string which he would tune in various ways. He was one of the first to drop the tuning from A- D- G to G- D- G, giving him access to lower pitches. When he played Der Freischütz he would lower the A string down to F# for the first two movements. His hard work and experimentations with the bass yielded the Dragonetti…

depending on how far the end pin, or suspension pin, is pulled out. The end pin on a cello serves to adjust the height of the instrument to match the player. The cello is played sitting down, and is held between the knees of the player, with the aid of a rock stop to keep the cello from slipping. Cellos have the strings C, G, D, and A and cover lower registers of notes. These low string give cellos a rich, low tone. Cello bows are a little short, but have a heavy frog and thick hair. Cellists…