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The Creative Choices blogging job is producing some really excellent articles. Christian Payne and Lloyd Davis both posted things today about the more spiritual/metaphysical side of creativity -

Christian’s post is here and Lloyd’s is here

My own latest couple of posts have been fairly disparate in their inspiration – last week I wrote about Creative Copying – the way that channeling influences creatively can be a vital part in us learning the craft of what we do, and circumventing the ruts we get stuck in.

Then today I added a post about The Joy Of Fragmentation – contrasting old media broadcast models for the arts and media (whether that’s releasing records, writing newspapers or telling a story) and the new model that involves breaking things up into chunks that can be discussed and shared. So for me, whether it’s comments on the blog (every one of which I treasure – it’s always so good to hear from you lovely readers) or people sharing links to my tunes on last.fm or reverbnation, I benefit greatly and cherish the discussion around what I put out.

There’s a whole load of great stuff on the Creative Choices blog. Read it all here and if you want to find the archive of my posts on there, click here

More coming soon. (and yes, I still owe y’all a proper round-up of Greenbelt – it’s on the way)

My latest post over on the recently re-named Creative Choices Creative Thinking blog was inspired by the kind of skill swapping and idea sharing that goes on at the Tuttle Club on Friday mornings.

I’m so inspired every week by the wealth of freely-shared ideas, information, skills and support. It’s a model that I see repeated in so many of my friendships with Creative types, so I wrote about it…. Enjoy – just click the link below:

Creative Sharing – click here to read it.

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.

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.
bryanbeller.com – Bryan Beller: fabulous rock/jazz/awesomeness bassist.
victorwooten.com – Victor Wooten: solo bass superstar.
johnlestermusic.com – John Lester: singer/songwriter/bassist – should be bigger than Sting.
renaud-garcia-fons.com – Renaud Garcia Fons: just listen, you won’t believe it’s all upright bass.
groove4dayz.com – Yolanda Charles: arguably the funkiest, grooviest bassist in the UK.
claudiozanghieri.com – Claudio Zanghieri: Italian fusionist and great improvisor.
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
jamesyuill.com – dancey singer/songwriter.
davidtorn.net – loops ‘n’ guitar sonic artisan
krisdelmhorst.com – brilliant singer/songwriter
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/songwriter. I’m on her new EP.
emilybaker.co.uk – Insane music and funnyness genius.
kirasmall.com – GREAT soul singer.
clevelandwatkiss.com – oustanding singer, and regular Recyclist.
orphyrobinson.com – tuned percussionist, looper and sonic mischief-maker.
juliemckee.com – jazz singer/songwriter, 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. Percussion looper. Toured a lot together in the early 2000s.
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 – all my looping happens here.
markaudio.it – makers of remarkable powers PA cabinets.
modulusguitars.com – Modulus Basses – basses don’t get better than this.
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!
Reaper.fm – my favourite bit of recording software, by miles.
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.
thebassgallery.com – The Gallery, the bass shop where the Sei basses are made.
musicalbox.com – Europe’s largest music shop – great people!

Bass related sites

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