BASS PLAYER LIVE! 2014
NOVEMBER 8-9, 2014
IN LOS ANGELES
TWO FULL DAYS OF
CLINICS, EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & AWARDS
AT S.I.R. STUDIOS
WITH ABRAHAM LABORIEL, HENRIK LINDER,
GARY WILLIS, RICKEY MINOR, dUg PINNICK, STEVE BAILEY,
CHUCK RAINEY & MORE
Bass Player LIVE! returns
to Los Angeles for a seventh year November 8-9, 2014 with two full days
of clinics and exhibitions at S.I.R. Studios, plus a special Saturday
evening session featuring the presentation of Bass Player’s Young Gun
Award to Henrik Linder of Dirty Loops and the Lifetime
Achievement Award to session legend Abraham Laboriel. The
wide-ranging clinics for bassists of all styles and skill levels include the Bass
Player LIVE! debuts of Gary Willis and Chuck Rainey, TV’s
“Face of Bass” Rickey Minor, prog/metal hero dUg Pinnick, a bass
education roundtable led by Steve Bailey, a bass set-up panel clinic that
includes master luthiers Roger Sadowsky and Mike Tobias, and more.
Tickets
are on sale now at http://bassplayerlive2014.eventbrite.com/. Both single day and weekend packages for the Bass
Player LIVE! clinics and exhibits are available and priced as follows:
- S.I.R. Studios day pass
for Saturday OR Sunday – $37.50 plus fees
- S.I.R. Studios weekend
pass – $52.50 plus fees
Note:
Each day pass purchase includes a complimentary subscription to Bass Player
magazine. All Saturday and weekend passes include access to all award
presentations and performances during the special Saturday evening session.
The Bass Player LIVE! clinics
and exhibitors will be located at S.I.R. Studios on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood,
CA on Saturday, November 8 from 10:00 AM-8:30 PM and
Sunday, November 9 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. Bass players of all ages,
levels and styles are invited to attend.
The special Saturday evening
session at S.I.R. runs from 6:00 PM-8:30PM on November 8, featuring
performances and award presentations including:
• The presentation
of Henrik Linder’s Bass Player Young Gun Award, followed by a trio
performance with Henrik, Gary Willis and drummer Kirk
Covington
• The
presentation of Abraham Laboriel’s Bass Player Lifetime Achievement
Award, followed by a performance by Open Hands, with Abraham,
keyboardist Greg Mathieson, saxophonist Justo Almario and drummer
Bill Maxwell
• An All-Star
Jam in Clinic Room B featuring artists from the event
• Additional special
performances to be announced
Bass Player LIVE! daytime
clinics on Saturday and Sunday include:
• A live
clinic interview with super-hot Swedish fuze/pop trio Dirty Loops’ bass
sensation Henrik Linder
• A VSOP
clinic performance by Abraham Laboriel, Bakitihi Kumalo (Paul Simon)
and Hutch Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt), presented by Kala
• The Bass
Player LIVE! clinic debut of iconic fretless bassist, solo artist and
Tribal Tech co-founder Gary Willis
• Bass
Education, led by Berklee College of Music Bass Department Chairman and
renowned solo artist Steve Bailey, and featuring BP Lifetime
Award Recipient and Cal Arts bass instructor Alphonso Johnson, LAMA Bass
Dept. Chair and low-end specialist Jerry Watts, Nashville session
bassist and Belmont University instructor Roy Vogt, and noted web
teachers Janek Gwizdala (solo artist, Mike Stern) and Norm Stockton (solo
artist, Bobby Kimball)
• TV Bass
Roundtable with Mike Merritt of Conan, Jimmy Earl of Jimmy
Kimmel Live, and John B. Williams of Doc Severinsen’s Tonight
Show band and the Arsenio Hall Show’s Posse
• A clinic
performance and discussion with TV’s “Face of Bass,” award-winning producer
and American Idol and Tonight Show with Jay Leno bandleader Rickey
Minor
• A solo
clinic by master rock bassist/vocalist dUg Pinnick of King’s X and
Pinnick/Gales/Pridgen
• Legends of
New York Bass: A historic clinic featuring past BP Lifetime Achievement
Award Winners Chuck Rainey and Jerry Jemmott, who collectively
have played on seminal Gotham recordings by Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, B.B.
King, Roberta Flack, the Rascals, and more
• Latin Bass
Roundtable clinic led by Oskar Cartaya (Spyro Gyra, Herb Alpert,
J-Lo), with Carlitos Del Puerto (Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Chick Corea),
Jon Pena (Larry Cartlon, Tania Maria, Steve Vai) and others
• A
multi-string metal mashup clinic featuring Jeff Hughell (Six Feet
Under, Reciprocal) and Nick Schendzielos (Cephalic Carnage, Job for a
Cowboy)
• Our annual
International Bassist clinic with Wojtek Pilichowski (Polish solo
artist and vituoso web sensation)
Also slated to appear are: Lee
Sklar (BP Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, session legend, Phil
Collins), Brian Bromberg (solo artist, Bass on the Broadband), Hadrien
Feraud (Chick Corea, Zawinul Legacy Band, John McLaughlin), “Ready”
Freddie Washington (session legend, Steely Dan), Tal Wilkenfeld
(2014 BP Young Gun recipient, solo artist, Jeff Beck), Sean Hurley (L.A.
session star, John Mayer), Bob Glaub (session legend, Jackson Browne), Miles
Mosley (solo artist, Chris Cornell), Nik West (solo artist,
Dave Stewart), Bobby Vega (Sly & the Family Stone, Mickey Hart), Robert
“Bubby” Lewis (solo artist, Lupe Fisaco, Snoop Dog) and Phil Chen
(Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck)
Among the participating
manufacturers at Bass Player LIVE! 2014 are Warwick, Aguilar,
Sadowsky Guitars, Tech 21, Kala, Ashdown, D’Addario,
Ampeg, Paul Reed Smith, Dunlop, Eden, GHS, Ibanez,
Lakin Basses, N.S Design, Spector, TC Electronic, EBS,
Carvin, and Mayones Basses.
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Bass Player LIVE! honorees and attendees include Chris Squire, Larry
Graham, Geezer Butler, Verdine White, Bootsy Collins, Jack Casady, Aston
“Family Man” Barrett, Charlie Haden, Rocco Prestia, Mike Watt, Billy Sheehan,
Victor Wooten, Robert Trujillo, Marcus Miller, Lee Rocker, Darryl Jones, Don
Was, Tal Wilkenfeld, Nathan East, and more.
Visit www.bassplayerlive.com
for the latest information on tickets and participating artists and
manufacturers.
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