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Welcome to our second issue of Global Bass Magazine
A lot has happened
since our first issue and we thought we would just take a moment to share some
of it with you. First with regards to that first issue, we want to thank all
those who graced our pages. Orin
Isaacs, our Cover Story, has
come on board as an occasional writer with his column FUNK 101. Orin will also
be interviewing his buddy Victor Wooten as our Cover Story in our next issue as
well. Speaking of Victor, I can’t recommend his Yin & Yang album highly
enough, it is a masterpiece. Orin will walk with Victor through the whole album
for you. With these two monster players exchanging notes, we should all learn a
thing or two!
In this issue we have as our Cover
Story an intriguing
interview with one of the most innovative and interesting individuals I have
every met. Dann
Glenn, a.k.a The
Mad Professor of Bass,
talks to us at length about his fascinating world, from Vietnam to the hectic
whirlwind of life in Hollywood, his dear friend Jaco Pastorius, his
recording career, his performance career (which comes up sounding like a who’s
who of the music industry), tales of his friends and those not so friendly
and the 9 truly incredible solo albums he has produced, including his newest ‘Little
Toy Horns’.
What we end up with is probably one of the most controversial interviews you
will ever read in Bassdom. I am already receiving tons of e-mails on this
one, saying it is the most refreshing and ‘real’ interview they have ever
seen. This from readers and those in the industry as well!
Next, we have Tony
Levin with
us again, as he sits in a crowded van with the likes of Larry
Fast on tour promoting his new Waters
of Eden solo project. Also, on board this month is our new correspondent
from Australia, Katie
Owen, talking to Marcus
Blake bassist for the Rollins
Band. Then we share a CAB
with progressive jazz/fusion
giant Bunny
Brunel, and move to taking in a
few ideas and thoughts on the State of Bass Playing with the legendary Carol
Kaye.
We also welcome relative newcomer recording artists Brent
Anthony Johnson & Steve Clarke and our web master (or webster as
he refers to himself), Marty
Straub chats it up with killer
acoustic player Mark
Peterson. We will also be going
into an in-depth series of articles over the next few months regarding
TouchStyle instruments, with reviews on various recording artists such as Mark
Cook from ‘99
names of god’,
Steve Hahn
and Ozone
Quartet, all users of either
the Chapman Stick or Warr guitars. Also exciting news from Bunker
Guitars regarding a soon to be released TouchStyle instrument set to shake up
the musical world.
So how would you like to be the bassist for Vic Fontaine on
Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine? Well Luther Hughes, our guest acoustic player
counts that gig one of the many he has held over the years. Find out what its
like being a ‘holodeck bassist’ in our chat with him.
So there you have it, a summary of things that have been and
things as they are. We have gone from 23,000 new readers in our first issue to
over 51,000 as this one comes into being. Not bad for a bunch of boneheads with
a dream.
As to the future? Well suffice it so say, it will be crowded!
We have artists lining up at the door for interviews. Victor Wooten as our front
cover for the next issue and Jeff Berlin for the one after that. You wouldn’t
believe us if we told you who we have lined up in the months to come! The
response to this venture has been phenomenal, much better than we imagined, and
infinitely more than we ever expected.
And finally for the big news…
Global Bass will soon be available in hard copy !
We have had countless requests for a ‘read it in the can’
version of this magazine. Laptops have proven to not be quite that portable!
This is just to let you know that we have been doing a lot of thinking regarding
the hardcopy version of this magazine. The fact of the matter is it costs like
crazy to print one of these suckers. You know that price you see on the right
hand corner of all those other mags? Well a large portion of that price is set
aside just to pay for shipping and handling.
We would like to try something slightly different however.
We would like to offer you a copy of Global Bass
Magazine in effect ‘for free’. In fact we would like to offer you EVERY copy
of Global Bass Magazine for free. The only cost
would be the mailing charges. Nothing
else! So if you would like
to receive a copy of the upcoming hard copy Global Bass, all you
have to do is e-mail us at editor
and we will send you all the info you need to receive as many issues of Global Bas as you would like. We offer a multitude of way to do this, but heck, once you ask, we’ll tell ya! Again the only cost
will be the mailing costs, which ain’t much! So think about it, and while you’re
at it, let us know what you think of this issue. Tell us who you’d like to see
interviewed, you’re thoughts on the interviews we’ve included this month and
features you’d like to see. We will be including more lessons and
transcriptions in the issues to come. Oh, and incidentally, your reward for
reading this far is your chance to win one of 4 copies of the new album by Tony
Levin ‘Waters of Eden’. The answer to the prize-winning question is…the
original title for ‘Waters’ was to be ‘The Passionate Bass’. All you
have to do is be one of the first four to e-mail us at contest @ globalbass . com, and you will be notified if you win. We will print the winners names in the next issue of Global Bass. As well, if you take the time and look through the many pages of this e-mag you will find another contest where you can win one of 25 copies available of our Cover Story Dann
Glenn’s ‘Little
Toy Horns’. A killer album
that will either make you quit playing or send you into 6 months of serious
woodshedding!
So enjoy, and let us know what you think!
Warren
Murchie Editor
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