I’ve seen a couple of these hang drums on the street now–usually near the BART stations.  The sound it makes is a cross between a steel drum and gongs from the Philippines.  I had to …

This is the reason why I hand carry my bass.  Poor Dave Carroll.  I know how he feels.  Actually every musician knows how he feels.
In fact, when I accidentally bumped my bass into a mic …

Dan Wilson is one of my favorite writer/musicians out there.  I’ve followed him since his Semisonic days (I started off with waking up to Closing Time on MTV).  When I think of musicians, I think …

Maybe one day I’ll be this good. If I add a string every year, I’ll be there in 6 years or so. Jean Baudin is awesome! He’s one of my favorite over …

Bought a new toy. 

I’ve been using my BOSS TU-80 for a while now and I thought I was making a good deal to have a metronome and tuner in one.  However, I didn’t look too far into the …

I’ve been using this bass for 1 year now.
This is my first bass guitar.  I didn’t know what I was looking for and I knew about a couple of brands out there.  I ended up …

I was shopping for a bass the other day and I came across the Gary Grainger Private Stock Bass.   I’m still a novice bass player so I’m just looking at the aesthetics of its assembly …

After thinking about the madness of transposing music with a capo, I stepped back and decided to make the chart match the strings on a guitar. After doing that…well, it shows the notes on the …

I was busy trying to transpose some chords and I thought I’d make a handy sheet for guitarists out there.  There are other sheets like this out there but I thought to make it easier …