The SoundBard’s Top 25 Albums of 2013

BY MIKE METTLER

Damn the naysayers — I say the album format lives! With that vital declaration out of the way, it’s high time to cite the records that caught hold of my expert ear over the past 12 months — the full-length discs and/or LPs I consider most worthy of purchase, hi-res download, and/or […]

By |December 31st, 2013|Odds & Sods|6 Comments

King of Hertz: The Continuing Saga of Tony Levin’s Low-End Progressions in the High-End World

Above, an exclusive YouTube clip of Levin Minnemann Rudess jamming on “Marcopolis”

BY MIKE METTLER — OCTOBER 25, 2013

“I work hard on the music end of things, and record my bass parts as high quality as I can.” That, in a nutshell, is the mission statement for Tony Levin, noted bassmaster and Chapman Stick innovator […]

By |October 25th, 2013|The SoundBard Interview|Comments Off on King of Hertz: The Continuing Saga of Tony Levin’s Low-End Progressions in the High-End World