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Stevie Stuffs

BeyondBassCamp – Monthly Bass Masterclasses in London
SoloBassSteve.com – my other blog
Steve @ Twitter.com – what am I doing right now?
Steve @ Posterous.com – things I’ve found online.
Steve @ Last.fm – my last.fm artist page.
Steve @ YouTube.com – lots of videos!
Steve @ FaceBook.com – find me on facebook.
Steve @ ReverbNation.com – loads more music to listen to.
Steve @ iLike.com – click the ‘ilike’ button on there!
Recycle Collective – My monthly looping/improv gig in London

bass inspiration

manthing.com – Michael Manring: my favouritest solo bassist.
hootpage.com – Mike Watt: godfather of punk bass and Coltrane-obsessive.
papabear.com – Tony Levin: making singer/songwriters sound great since 1970.
garrisonjazz.com – Matt Garrison: fusion-y goodness.
toddjohnsonmusic.com – Todd Johnson: my favourite mainstream jazz elec. bassist.
jimmyhaslip.com – Jimmy Haslip: fusion pioneer.
mattbissonette.com – Matt Bissonette: bassist to rock’s finest.
tripwamsley.com – Trip Wamsley: solo bassist, musical genius and madman.
davepomeroy.com – Dave Pomeroy: session-man, solo artist and loopist.
victorwooten.com – Victor Wooten: solo bass superstar.
johnlestermusic.com – John Lester: singer/songwriter/bassist – should be bigger than Sting.
mofoster.com – Mo Foster: UK session legend and fretless maestro.
andyhamill.com – Andy Hamill: electric and upright bassist and musical chameleon.
renaud-garcia-fons.com – Renaud Garcia Fons: just listen, you won’t believe it’s all upright bass.
mamayo.co.uk – Yolanda Charles: arguably the funkiest, grooviest bassist in the UK.
claudiozanghieri.com – Claudio Zanghieri: Italian fusionist and great improvisor.
stefanredtenbacher.com – Stefan Redtenbacher: funk maestro, fab composer and bass educator.
janekbass.com – Janek Gwizdala: Londoner living in NYC, and playing with everyone
myspace.com/alexcannibal – Alex Webster: amazing bassist with Blotted Science & Cannibal Corpse.

Other Musicians

billfrisell.com – guitar genius
nelscline.com – another guitar genius
spearheadvibrations.com – soul inspiration
jonathabrooke.com – singer-songwriter – the new Joni
kristinhersh.com – all kinds of indie awesome
brucecockburn.com – God’s favourite singer
thecure.com – not goth, just great
martynjoseph.com – The Welsh Cockburn
davidtorn.net – loops ‘n’ guitar sonic artisan
julietturner.com – fabulous singer/songwriter
krisdelmhorst.com – ditto.
yvonnelyonmusic.com – er, ditto?
gobyfish.com – Don Ross: acoustic guitar orchestra
ericroche.com – another incredible fingerstyle guitarist
nikkershaw.net – songwriter extraordinaire
alexmachacek.com – scary guitar – bartok crossed w/ zappa and holdsworth.

people I’ve played with

lobelia.net – amazing singer/songwriter I’m lucky enough to play bass for and be married to, live album here.
mikeoutram.com – crazy-good guitarist. Duo album out ASAP…
calamateur.co.uk – Scottish ambient/low fi/sample-heavy atmospheric experimenter – duo album here.
blue-carpet.co.uk – Jez Carr, pianist on Conversations, also an excellent producer and bassist.
theotravis.com – Sax player on For The Love Of Open Spaces. His quartet Cds are also excellent.
ToddReynolds.com – solo looping violinist, plays on ‘Live So Far’
Neil Alexander – scary-great keyboard player, also guests on ‘Live So Far’.
bjcole.co.uk – arguably the world’s finest pedal steel guitarist, and one of my favourite musical collaborators.
worksmusic.net – Patrick Wood, Rhodes ‘n’ guitar playing genius. The Wood in Lawson/Dodds/Wood!
miriamjones.com – great singer/sonwriter. I’m on her new EP.
clevelandwatkiss.com – oustanding singer, and regular Recyclist.
orphyrobinson.com – tuned percussionist, looper and sonic mischief-maker.
juliemckee.com – great singer, with whom I played at the EdFringe in 2006.
leoabrahams.com – looping guitarist and amazing composer.
polarbearmusic.com – Seb Rochford’s ground breaking jazz group.
VickiGenfan.com – amazing guitarist, singer/songwriter and great friend.
unguitar.com – Luca Formentini, marvellous italian guitar soundscapist. I’m on his new record.
julielee.org – Fantastic country/bluegrass singer-songwriter from Nashville with whom I’ve frequently gigged.
susanenan.co.uk – destined for greatness. I played on her ‘Moonlight’ ep.
franckvigroux.fr.st – Franck Vigroux – french fretless guitar improv chap.
looppool.info – Rick Walker. Percussionist I’ve toured with loads. A great friend and exciting musical collaborator
saxontheroad.com – Andy Williamson, the uber-saxist, guested at Edinburgh, lovely man, lovely musician.
murielanderson.com – wonderful fingerstyle guitarist from nashville.
ground.bs.it – ultra-creative Italian musicians’ collective, run by the wonderful Andrea Nones.
nedevett.com – fretless guitarist, with a glass fingerboard.

Musical Toys

looperlative.com – the newest looping device in my arsenal, and definitely one of the finest bits of music technology I’ve ever had the good fortune to own. A remarkable box.
markaudio.it – makers of remarkable powers PA cabinets.
modulusguitars.com – Modulus Basses – basses don’t get better than this.
accugroove.com – Californian made ultra-hi-fi bass cabs.
elites-strings.com – I’ve been using Elites for over a decade – just great quality strings!
evidenceaudio.com – Evidence Audio Cables – high end instrument cables – sound great, well made, not too expensive!
east-uk.com – home of East UK, the finest bass preamps around!
seibass.com – Sei basses – the best bass builder in Europe, in my humble opinion…
lexicon.com – Lexicon, who made (and discontinued!!!) the MPX-G2.
ebow.com – The E-Bow, an electronic gizmo that gives infinite sustain and bow like effects on electric instruments – I use it all the time!
renaissanceguitars.com – Rick Turner, made my acoustic bass, knows more about basses than just about anyone I’ve ever met.
azola.com – Azola basses, beautifully made electric upright basses, made by great people!
thebassgallery.com – The Gallery, the bass shop where the Sei basses are made, and the UK stockist of Accugroove cabinets and Evidence Audio Cables.
musicalbox.com – Europe’s largest music shop – great people!

Bass related sites

solobassnetwork.org.uk – for people who play bass solo (REALLY needs updating.. sorry)
bassguitarmagazine.com – British bass mag, in which I had a monthly column
talkbass.com – chat site for bassists, where I co-host an ‘ask the pros’ forum with Michael Manring.
badassbassplayers.com – US online bass community.
basschat.co.uk – british bass discussion forum.
bassplayer.com – US bass mag, who seem to really like my albums, judging by the reviews I’ve had…
musicplayer.com – home of the Lowdown Lowdown, bass player magazine’s in-house forum.

other sites you really ought to visit

cashmusic.org – awesome non-profit making the internet better for musicians.
stevebrownphoto.co.uk – Steve Brown, amazing photographer who took all the new pics of me here on the site.
coupland.com – Douglas Coupland, my favourite author.
saintlukeschurch.org.uk – St Luke’s, West Holloway.
bbc.co.uk – the BBC, the world’s finest thing.
burningshed.com – Very fine indie record label
greenbelt.org.uk – Greenbelt – four days of heaven in August
rossnoble.co.uk – the perhaps even more wonderful Ross Noble, the world’s funniest comedian.
davegorman.com – writer and comic, often to be found travelling round the globe insearch of strange things.
newstatesman.com – New Statesman, my favourite magazine.
monbiot.com – George Monbiot, journalist, activist and ‘professional trouble maker’ – author of Captive State…
petertatchell.net – Peter Tatchell, one of the most tireless campaigners for human rights in the world. A national treasure.
guardian.co.uk – The Guardian Newspaper