A couple of apps turn your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad into a web radio. I’ve been using last.fm a lot, but the available music has recently become less exiting, in my opinion. I now have discovered the Jazz.FM91 app at the App Store, which immedieately became my new favourite! Jazz.FM91 is a Jazz radio station from Canada, which is available worldwide via the internet. With the new iPhone app, you not only can enjoy their radio shows via live stream, they also offer Podcasts, additional web radio streams (“singers” or “contemporary Jazz“), a feature to listen their shows while using other apps (“background”), direct links to their website, program schedule, twitter, webblog, etc …
Five stars from me!
Category Archives: Link Tip
iRealBook for Android + web application
Massimo Biolcati has started the iRealBook as iPhone App, but he recently launched an Android version, too. He also developped a web version of the Editor software. With the editor, you can easily change or edit existing songs and add new (or own) tunes to your iRealBook library on your Mac or Windows/Linux based PC.
Free streaming music at Wolfgang’s Vault
I recently discovered an interesting music website, Wolfgang’s Vault. “The World’s Greatest Collection of Vintage Concert Recordings” has just acquired recordings from the Newport Jazz and Folk Festival.
Wolfgang’s Vault now offers concert recordings by artists like Ahmad Jamal Trio, Dizzy Gillespie, The Four Freshman, Gene Krupa Quartet, George Shearing, Herbie Mann Sextet, Horace Silver Quintet, Jimmy Smith Trio, The Mastersounds, Oscar Peterson Trio, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton Orchestra, Thelonious Monk and others as a MP3 download, or free music stream.
YouTubeBass
Playing the bass by sliding the video’s timeline … a YouTubeBass is something that we don’t necessarily need, or what we have inpatiently been waiting for – but it’s a funny idea, anyhow.
But don’t miss to watch Adam Ben Ezra’s double bass version of the Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean!
The Art of Slap Bass
Bassist Djordje Stijepovic has recently launched a new double bass website: The Art of Slap Bass. This site features news, interviews, articles and a forum about slapping the bass. The interview #1 features French bassplayer Nicholas Dubouchet, who has published a instructional DVD for Slap Bass Playing.
NPR Podcast: Milt Hinton
The latest NPR Jazz Podcast features Double Bass giant Milt “The Judge” Hinton. iTunes-Link
New design at the T-Shirt Shop
I’ve uploaded a new design to my Spreadshirt T-Shirt Shop: a nice double bass scroll picture, suitable for white shirts. I’ve also added a couple of new products,like the baby bass bib and the BBQ/kitchen/workshop-apron with ƒƒ-design.
(European customers: please visit my European Spreadshirt shop!)
Spanish double bass forum
“Es un placer informarle de que hemos inaugurado dos nuevas secciones en los últimos días. Un sub-foro dedicado a las nuevas tecnologías musicales (Finale, Sibelius, mp3, etc) y una galería de fotos curiosas relacionadas con el tema del contrabajo.
Además de esto, hemos asociado recientemente el dominio www.contrabajo.es con el foro, lo que nos permitirá en un futuro ampliar las posibilidades de nuestra página.
Esperamos que estas novedades sean de su agrado y le invitamos una vez más a que participe en nuestro proyecto.”
www.forumcontrabajo.foroactivo.com
www.contrabajo.es
Podcast list
I’ve just added a list of interesting, mostly double bass related podcasts to my Link page. Check them out, they’re for free!
Bass Musician Magazine: new issue
The December/January issue of Bass Musician Magazine rolled off the virtual press with cover interview Nathan East. This issue also includes Rhonda Smith, Bunny Brunel, Gerald Veasley, Cheikh Ndoye and more.