Hello Facebook-ers, time for another music pick! Since I am hosting the LodoBassBash in just over a month i thought i shoudl start highlighting some of the artists that will be performing at this years events.. So today, in pure pokemon fashion..... "AL CALDWELL! I CHOOSE YOU!!" Ladies and gents... Mr Al Caldwell ... Stolen right from his Wikipedia page.. When Caldwell plays electric bass, he usually performs using Extended-range basses, (or "ERBs"), which are electric bass guitars with more range (usually meaning more strings, but sometimes additional frets are added for more range) than the "standard" 4-string bass guitar. The techniques used to play the extended-range bass are closely related to those used for basses, including finger plucking, slapping, popping, and tapping, though a plectrum is very rarely used. The upper strings of an extended-range bass allow bassists to adopt playing styles of the electric guitar. One such style is the practice of "comping", or playing a rhythmic chordal accompaniment to an improvised solo. Al Caldwell was the first MIDI 9 string bassist. Conklin Basses made the first Midi 9 string for Al Caldwell. Al Caldwell had Benavente Basses make the first 11 string MIDI bass. So check out Al Caldwell for some amazing bass playing, music, and personality!!! He will be performing Friday and Saturday at LodoBassBash July 26th and 27th in Denver Colorado! tbhillbilly/main.html https://myspace/bassbooty/music/songs youtube/watch?v=G2C4HIEPmaU Enjoy!!
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:47:23 +0000