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This came up the yesterday in a couple of discussions on solobasssteve.com, the idea that random things can often provide the impetus to think about what we do in a more focused way. Particularly in this post by Mike, which this post is basically a very long response to…
One example of [...]

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Trying to pin down just what it is that Steve Lawson does can be tricky - he’s a solo bassist who spends a lot of his time making very unbasslike noises. He’s an ambient experimenter who likes pop tunes too much to go strictly soundscape, but is way too atmospheric to sit comfortably in the [...]

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people I’ve played with/for - Airstar, Alex Douglas, Alex Legg, Amy Kohn, Andre LaFosse, Andrea Hazell, Andrew Buckton, Andrew Gouche, Andrew Pask, Andy Hamill, Andy Thornton, Andy Williamson, Ben Castle, Ben Okafor, Boo Hewerdine, Calamateur, Carrie Melbourne, Charlie Moreno, Chris Bowater, Claudio Zanghieri, Cleveland Watkiss, Cole Moreton, Commonwealth, Corey Mwamba, Davey Spillane, David and Carrie [...]

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Musical Equipment Used
- Modulus Graphite Basses (6 string fretted and fretless and 4 string fretted), A Rick Turner 5 String Renaissance ‘Amplicoustic’ fretless bass, Mark Audio powered speakers,  Accugroove bass cabinets, the Looperlative LP1 for looping, Lexicon MPX-G2 for processing, an E-Bow+, Bass Centre Elites strings, East-UK preamps, Evidence Audio cables. And I carry my [...]

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The titles of the albums link to where to listen to and then buy them, or there are the iTunes buttons…
“Official” solo albums:

Behind Every Word
Grace And Gratitude
Not Dancing For Chicken
And Nothing But The Bass

Collaborations:

Numbers (Lawson/Dodds/Wood)
Live In Nebraska (Steve Lawson and Lobelia)
For The Love Of Open Spaces
Conversations

Lessons Learned From An Aged Feline: [...]

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I’ve had loads of great press for my solo albums and gigs - have a read of some of it below!
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Behind Every Word CD Reviews -

Jyoti Mishra (#23 in his 2006 albums of the year round-up).
Seth Horan (in his round up of the best of 2006)
From no Warning (in italian)
From PureMusic.com
From Sid Smith
From [...]

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I’ve just seen that all four of my ‘proper’ release solo albums are now up on Amazon.com download store - here they are -
And Nothing But The Bass - $7.92
Not Dancing For Chicken - $8.99
Grace And Gratitude - $8.99
Behind Every Word - $8.99
that’s a pretty damn cheap way to get hold of them - and [...]

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Here’s a video for a live version of Behind Every Word, most notable because it shows what I’m up to with using a slide on bass pretty well… Enjoy!

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I’ve just seen that Behind Every Word is now available on the Amazon.com download store - all DRM free pretty high-res downloads, apparently available to anywhere in the world. So at $8.99 US, it works out a pretty good deal!
click here to go there - I think my other solo records should be up there [...]

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Thanks to the lovelies at cdbaby.com, my music is on something like 42 digital download stores. The majority of my download sales still come from itunes, my own store and emusic, with some paid plays on napster and rhapsody.
But every now and again, a new one starts up that has some interesting ideas. So it [...]

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