Richard Gabriel has kindly allowed us to republish this article – thetubestore.com. Richard P. Gabriel In 1999, Spencer Reiss, one of the senior editors for Wired magazine, asked me to write a short essay having…
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Here’s a great post from our friends over at www.thebassplace.com that we thought you might like. We all know that regular practice is the key to improvement on our axes, but I’ve noticed that very…
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Here’s a great post from our friends over at www.thebassplace.com that we thought you might like. How many musicians do you know who have had their gear stolen? Or maybe a better question would be;…
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Here’s a great post from our friends over at www.thebassplace.com that we thought you might like. Matching speaker impedance to an amplifier can be confusing, but it is important to make sure that your amp and…
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It’s happened to all of us. You’re going on stage in 15 minutes and scrambling to find something that seemed unnecessary when you were packing up, but now you realize you can’t perform without it.…
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I just finished two weeks touring Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. I play with a singer named Kevin Meisel who is on a very small Swiss label called Brambus records. We played fifteen shows in fifteen…
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As I am writing this I am halfway through a two week tour of Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. The shows are going great and the band is having a blast. We drive around the alps…
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I’ve been thinking lately about how we become fluent in a particular musical language. What are the things that we must understand in order to be convincing when we play rock, or jazz, or country,…
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The second part of our interview with George Merkel. Here’s Part 1 if you missed it. In the second part of my interview with Ben Daniels Band guitarist George Merkel we got into more detail about…
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Getting gigs can be a tough chore, and booking agents are not interested in bands that don’t already have a good following. I spent some time with George Merkel, full time musician and guitarist for…
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