Listen

For some completely unknown reason* I have been listening to the complete Rush catalog**. Scary. Instead of linking all over the WWW, check out the Wikipedia on Rush. Not bad. Enough information without totally geeking out.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Rush (re)Visited”, url: “http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2007/05/31/rush-revisited/” });

[Read more →]

New York Bass Emporium/AlterEGO demo
Originally uploaded by iosonomolto.
I have my AlterEGO Acoustic Figaro 4-string. I have a babyEGO 5-string (with Velvet strings). And I have a babyEGO 4-string (with Spirocore). And I’m heading to New York.
Come to the New York Bass Emporium in Rhinebeck, NY on 5/26 at 2pm to [...]

[Read more →]

My previous posts have evolved somewhat, which I suppose is the nature of these things. I think I’m starting to get a better sense for the shape of this. I think I’ll try to just list the tunes, and instead of writing something small about each one, I’ll go long on a few. See where [...]

[Read more →]

In November, I wrote about a day of iPod on shuffle. Here’s another one:
Wayne Shorter - Juju/Angola (from a concert at At Göteborg Concert Hall, Sweden, May 2003) - This is easily the best band out there. I wrote about them a few days ago. Danilo Perez, John Patitucci & Brian Blade back Wayne, but [...]

[Read more →]

The other day, a student of mine asked me about traveling with a bass. It’s a huge conversation, really, but here’s a stab at a decent answer:
Traveling as a musician is one of the curses of choosing this profession. Simply put, there is nothing good about it. Ok, well seeing different places and experiencing different [...]

[Read more →]