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I finished up Brave New Bass earlier today. It's mostly a collection of interviews from the pages of Bass Player magazine, with the occasional odd "lesson" thrown in about some detail of the interviewee's playing style.
I found this to be a good book; the lessons weren't particularly insightful, but it was very interesting to learn about the influences and attitudes of some of the best bassists in the last twenty years or so. Of particular note (hah! no pun intended -- really) were the interview with Tony Levin, John Patitucci, Pino Palladino and Bakithi Kumalo. These four are some of the true unknown greats of bass playing; they tend to be both overlooked and somewhat private oriented, so it's not often that any insight can be gained into their methods.
If you are a bass guitarist looking around for some inspiration or just wanting to pick up some new ways to approach the instrument, I'd recommend picking up this book. In fact, I liked it enough that I added it to the essentials list.
Thanks to Rob for suggesting this book to me in the first place.
Posted by Casper at May 9, 2004 01:24 AM