By Jon Liebman
September 29, 2014
It’s been a few weeks, but I’m still on a high (er… a low?)
from attending the third annual Warwick Bass Camp and Open Day,
September 1-6. The week-long event is the brainchild of longtime bass
buddies Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey, hosted by Warwick’s founder and
owner, Hans-Peter Wilfer, and flawlessly administered by Ove Bosch, Head
of Bass Camp, along with Warwick’s incredible staff.
Warwick Artist Stuart Hamm is on tour with Carl Verheyen. Come to see this great band!
September 25 – Nov 15 Carl Verheyen Band European Tour – Click Here Sep 25 – Borderline, London Sep 26 – Band On The Wall, Manchester Sep 27 – The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal Sep 28 – The Globe, Wales Sep 29 – Leamington Assembly, Leamington Spa Sep 30 – Realtime Live, Chesterfield Oct 2 – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Oct 3 – Broadcast, Glasgow Oct 4 – Dreadnought Rock Club, Bathgate Oct 5 – Ullapool, Scotland Oct 9 – Meisenfrei, Bremen Oct 10 – Heimathaus Twist, Germany Oct 11 – Downtown, Hamburg Oct 12 – Quasimodo, Berlin Oct 14 – Lucerna Music Bar, Prague Oct 15 – Klub Parnik , Ostrava Oct 16 – Music at Cafe Club, Slovakia Oct 17 – Blue Note Club, Slovakia Oct 18 – Wengerwirt, Weng, Austria Oct 19 – Reigen, Wien Oct 21 – Feierwerk, Munich, Germany Oct 22 – Begkeller, Reichenbach Oct 23 – CD-Kaserne, Celle Oct 24 – Gast Garage, Osnabruck Oct 25 – Lucerna Music Bar, Essen Oct 28 – Harmonie, Bonn Oct 29 – Franzis, Wetzlar Oct 30 – P60, Amstelveen Oct 31 – Grend, Pforzheim Nov 1 – Kammgarn, Hard, Austria
Warwick Signature Artist T.M. Stevens and the “Shocka Zooloo” band with Steven Bello and Anthony Tolliver visit Germany from September 25th to September 27th.
Don´t
miss the energetic T.M. Stevens with his unique band. He brings a James
Brown, P-Funk and Led Zeppelin mix with a massive dose of rock on
stage.
Warwick Signature Artist Steve Bailey, known for his three-fingered bass technique and innovative work with the six-string fretless bass will join five-time Grammy winner and founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, bassist Victor Wooten this October 3 & 4 at the legendary Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. During October the Iridium will pay tribute to a series of legends that have furthered the evolution of the bass from backing rhythm to front-and-center lead. For more information, visit theiridium.com.
Here is the September issue of the Framus & Warwick Magazine.
Topics include:
John Cowan signs Warwick / LIVE Robert Trujillo / Larry Coryell on Joe
Sample / Kai Eckhardt / LWA 1000 reviews / Music Hall / Bass Camp Open
Day / Custom Shop Beauties
U2 with Warwick Signature Artist Adam Clayton,
released a brand new album, Songs of Innocence. Adam is playing a
Warwick Streamer CV at Apple`s iPhone 6 release party. Check it out!
Be
there on September 6th, 2014 when superstars from all over the world
gather at the Framus & Warwick Campus in Markneukirchen, Germany to
celebrate with you an unforgettable day of concerts, Meet and Greets,
Factory Tours and much, much more!
Gitarre & Bass magazine
will open the day at 10:00. You can register for Factory Tours by
sending an email to openday@warwick.de. The spots will be full soon! So
don´t wait for too long! You can shop at the flea market for blemished
items or the Custom Shop for perfection and then have a BBQ and get a
drink at the Jägermeister Truck!
Meet & Greets:
11:30
Günther Gebauer, Igor Saavedra, Colin Edwin, Steve Bailey, Scott Reeder, Phil X
Nick Schendzielos, Laurent Fournier, Pascal Mulot, Bill Banwell
Stuart Hamm, Bobby Vega, Adam Nitti, Regi Wooten, Stevie Salas
Antonella Mazza, Udo Pannekeet, Philippe Gonnand, John B. Williams
13:00
Robert Trujillo, Armand Sabal - Lecco, Gary Willis, Gwenael Damman
Nik West, Jack Stevens, Divinity Roxx, Josh Paul, Chela Harper, Just Wody
Brandino, Wolfgang Schmid, Neil Taylor, Hervé Jeanne, Teresa Morini
Chuck Rainey, Guy Pratt, Dave Roe, Neil Murray
14:30
Wojtek Pilichowsk, Jeroen Thesseling, Jonas Hellborg, Mats „Mappe“ Björkman, Dick Lövgren, T.M. Stevens, Lorenzo Feliciati, Jasmine Cain, Jerry Jemmott, Scott Devine, Oliver Schmidt, Frank Itt, Chester Thompson, Ralf Gauck, Phil Chen, Marco Mendoza, Lars Lehmann, Robin Zielhorst, Whit Crane
16:00
Hellmut Hattler, David Ellefson, Ryan Martinie, Evan Brewer, Norwood Fisher
Victor Wooten, Bakithi Kumalo, Richard Boucher, Andy Levy, Johny Chow
Alphonso Johnson, Kai Eckhardt, Emma Anzai, Ralphe Armstrong
Mark Mitchell, Andy Irvine, Steve Lawson, Peter Sonntag
The
day concludes with the resurrection of Mass Mental. What do mega groups
Metallica and Skindred have in common? Mass Mental! The all star, all
monster group was founded by Metallica’s Robert Trujillo formerly of
Suicidal Tendencies and Skindred singer Clive “Benji” Webbe, formerly of
Dub War. Also in the band since the beginning is Warwick Artist Armand
Sabal-Lecco whose list of credits includes Stanley Clarke and Sting. In
1999 the band released “How to Write Love Songs”, along with the live
album “Live in Tokyo”. Both albums were released exclusively in Japan.
Shortly thereafter the band broke up, allowing the band members to
return to their main projects. In 2002, Mass Mental reunited briefly
with Roy Mayorga playing drums, although no new material resulted.
Still, Robert Trujillo never really lost sight of his “baby”. Now Mass
Mental has found its way back together and will be performing an
exclusive reunion concert at Warwick HQ in Markneukirchen, Germany.
Open-air shows:
11:45 - 12:45 Andy Irvine Group
Andy
Irvine, Warwick Artist and clinician, brings it with bass grooves and
“greasy” blues along with the phenomenal guitar player Johnny O. and
Maciej Kudla on drums.
13:00 - 14:00 Siyou‘n‘Hell
Bass legend
Hellmut Hattler (Kraan, Tab Two, Hattler), renowned for his
distinctive, powerful bass playing joins Singer Siyou (Siyou Gospel
Project) in a duo of almost telepathic intimacy: Siyou'n'Hell.
14:15 - 14:45 The Wootens: Victor, Regi & Adam
Experience
iconic bass legend Victor Wooten in a live family jam with brother and
Framus Artist Regi Wooten and Victor’s son Adam on drums!
15:00 - 16:00 Dave Roe
Dave
Roe (Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Faith Hill) Warwick Artist and famous
Nashville session bassist mixes rock, country, soul and prog surf, all
blended together into a big steamy mess!
16:20 - 17:20 Neil Taylor
Guitarist
Neil Taylor (Tears For Fears, Robbie Williams, Rod Stewart) delivers a
musical feast - relying on his glorious past as axe-man for rock’s
greatest. On bass is Warwick Artist Gwenael Damman (Christina Stürmer).
17:45 - 19:15 Mass Mental
Warwick
presents a once in a lifetime experience! Mass Mental, a monster of a
band reunites some major superstars for a very special concert! (Rob
Trujillo - Bass Guitar (Metallica), Benji Webbe - Lead Vocals
(Skindred), Armand Sabal-Lecco - Bass Guitar (Stanley Clarke), Ken
Schalk - Drums (Candiria) with special guest: Whit Crane - Lead Vocals
(Ugly Kid Joe)
19:45 - 21:00 Nik West Band
Bassist, singer and
songwriter Nik West (Dave Stewart, Prince, John Mayer) is bringing her
funk groovement to the Open Day stage.
This will be a burning
show and the evening will stay hot as the Open Day VIP Party rocks on
into the wee hours! VIP customers, Bass Camp students, Framus &
Warwick Artists and 50 guests (via Facebook Ticket drawing) will
experience more music and fireworks which will be the crowning
conclusion of the 2014 Bass Camp and Open Day!
Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG
Gewerbepark 46
D-08258 Markneukirchen
Phone. 49 (0) 37422 555 0
Fax. 49 (0) 37422 555 99
info@warwick.de
For the third time since 2010, ACCEPT’s latest album has cracked the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart – this time at #35. Blind Rage also holds the #4 position on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. In Canada, Blind Rage has debuted at #114 on the Top 200 & at #21 on the Hard Rock charts. Presciently, Blind Rage debuted at #1 on the German Media Control chart - the best possible chart entry in the career of any German music artist.
Norway´s masters of blackened sonic evil 1349, with Warwick Artist Tor Risdal Stavenes, release the second of 5 teaser videos for the upcoming full-length "Massive Cauldron of Chaos"! On part 2 of the teasers they get a glimpse of the bass-assault you can expect from the coming album.
Warwick Artist Ryan Martinie and Framus Artist Bon Lozaga with drummer Mitch Hull during their free performance and clinic at the Framus & Warwick Custom Shop in NYC on July 25th, 2014.
Warwick Signature Artist Robert Trujillo and Warwick Artist Stuart Hamm will be featured in the upcoming issue of Bass Guitar Magazine UK. Robert Trujillo will perform with Mass Mental on the Warwick Open Day 2014 at September 6th in Markneukirchen, Germany. Stuart Hamm will be a professor at the Warwick Bass Camp from August 31st to September 5th.
The masses will be “grilling” hard at the upcoming Warwick Open Day
outdoor concert on the Framus & Warwick Campus in Germany! Come get mental
with Robert Trujillo’s monster group on Sept. 6th, 2014
We are proud to announce that Claude Colmars joined the Warwick family. Claude plays in the French metal band Forsaken World, which just finished their seond album. Welcome Claude!
Warwick Artist Chris Clemence and his band RapScallions released their new single "Can You Feel It”. It is licensed to LA Kings, Colorado Avalanche, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Indiana Pacers, San Diego Padres for in game entertainment at their stadiums. “Can You Feel It” was produced by Wendy Starland, who discovered and developed Lady Gaga and has written songs for major artists such as Moby, Wu Tang Clan, Steve Aoki, Snoop Dogg, Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas, and was honored by the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.
Live performance of "Can You Feel It" on FOX Sports San Diego for the San Diego Padres "Opening Day" for their MLB season:
"Got Your Love Comin" was in rotation on 65 Clear Channel radio stations nationwide via iHeart Radio and was selected as iHeart Radio’s "Music You Should Know.”:
Our new Framus & Warwick Magazine August 2014 is out now!
Please have a look and read about Mass Mental, The Bass Camp Professors, Warwick Open Day and much more!
Victor Wooten will be a Professor at this years Bass Camp too.
Check this out!
Check out this great picture of Warwick artist Magnus Devo Andersson and his Warwick Corvette $$ of the band Marduk. This one is from the Swedish Getaway festival and the photo is taken by Katrin Unge.
The Swedish band Entombed A.D. with Warwick artist Victor Brandt have recently announced a European headlining tour supporting their new album called "Back to the Front". This is the first leg of their tour and they have also announced tours in Japan and more tours throughout Europe.
Jon Liebman from For Bass Players Only will visit the Warwick Open Day on September 6th in Markneukirchen, Germany. Check this out! We hope to see YOU too!!
Be there on September 6th, 2014 when superstars from all over the
world gather at the Framus & Warwick Campus in Markneukirchen,
Germany to celebrate with you an unforgettable day of concerts, Meet and
Greets, Factory Tours and much, much more!
Gitarre & Bass
magazine will open the day at 10:00. You can register for Factory Tours
by sending an email to openday@warwick.de. The spots will be full soon!
So don´t wait for too long! You can shop at the flea market for
blemished items or the Custom Shop for perfection and then have a BBQ
and get a drink at the Jägermeister Truck!
Meet & Greets:
14:00 – 17:00 with some of the biggest players in the world!
Chuck
Rainey, Robert Trujillo, Chris Hargreaves, Yolanda Charles, Teresa
Morini, Bill Banwill, Jack Stevens, Simon Little, Scott Devine, Steve
Lawson, Mike Flynn, David Guest, Richard Boucher, Andrew Levy, Kern
Brantley, Colin Edwin Balch, Neil Murray, Guy Pratt, Kai Eckhardt, Scott
Reeder, Nick Schendzielos, Divinity Roxx, Josh Paul, T.M. Stevens, Andy
Calder, Stevie Salas, Ralphe Armstrong, Mark Michell, Regi Wooten, Dave
Roe, Johny Cow, Ryan Martinie, William Duval, John Cowan, Jonas
Hellborg, Evan Brewer, Norwood Fisher, Bakithi Kumalo, Jasmine Cain,
Chela Harper, Pascal Mulot, Laurent Fournier, Just Wody, Antonella
Mazza, Phillipe Gonnand, Jeroen Paul Thesseling, Robin Zielhorst, Udo
Pannekeet, Mats "Mappe" Björkman, Felix Pastorius, Nico Elgstrand, Dick
Lövgren, Lorenzo Feliciati, Wojtek Pilichowski, Günther Gebauer, Ralf
Gauck, Igor Saavedra, Benjamin Jud, Oliver Schmidt,
Frank Itt, Peter Sonntag, Phillip Humburg, Dean Mark, Neil Taylor,
Charles Sabo, Phil Chen, Emma Anzai, Zhang Ling, Lars Lehmann, Andy
Irvine, Stuart Hamm, Victor Wooten, John B. Williams, Bobby Vega, Steve
Bailey, Hellmut Hattler, Wolfgang Schmid, Alphonso Johnson, Adam Nitti,
Gary Willis, Armand Sabal-Lecco, Kevin Brandino, Chester Thompson, David
Ellefson, Nik West and Phil X
The day concludes with the
resurrection of Mass Mental. What do mega groups Metallica and Skindred
have in common? Mass Mental! The all star, all monster group was founded
by Metallica’s Robert Trujillo formerly of Suicidal Tendencies and
Skindred singer Clive “Benji” Webbe, formerly of Dub War. Also in the
band since the beginning is Warwick Artist Armand Sabal-Lecco whose list
of credits includes Paul Simon and Sting. In 1999 the band released
“How to Write Love Songs”, along with the live album “Live in Tokyo”.
Both albums were released exclusively in Japan. Shortly thereafter the
band broke up, allowing the band members to return to their main
projects. In 2002, Mass Mental reunited briefly with Roy Mayorga playing
drums, although no new material resulted. Still, Robert Trujillo never
really lost sight of his “baby”. Now Mass Mental has found its way back
together and will be performing an exclusive reunion concert at Warwick
HQ in Markneukirchen, Germany.
Open-air shows:
11:45 - 12:45 Andy Irvine Group
Andy
Irvine, Warwick Artist and clinician, brings it with bass grooves and
“greasy” blues along with the phenomenal guitar player Johnny O. and
Maciej Kudla on drums.
13:00 - 14:00 Siyou‘n‘Hell
Bass legend
Hellmut Hattler (Kraan, Tab Two, Hattler), renowned for his
distinctive, powerful bass playing joins Singer Siyou (Siyou Gospel
Project) in a duo of almost telepathic intimacy: Siyou'n'Hell.
14:15 - 14:45 The Wootens: Victor, Regi & Adam
Experience
iconic bass legend Victor Wooten in a live family jam with brother and
Framus Artist Regi Wooten and Victor’s son Adam on drums!
15:00 - 16:00 Dave Roe
Dave
Roe (Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Faith Hill) Warwick Artist and famous
Nashville session bassist mixes rock, country, soul and prog surf, all
blended together into a big steamy mess!
16:20 - 17:20 Neil Taylor
Guitarist
Neil Taylor (Tears For Fears, Robbie Williams, Rod Stewart) delivers a
musical feast - relying on his glorious past as axe-man for rock’s
greatest. On bass is Warwick Artist Gwenael Damman (Christina Stürmer).
17:45 - 19:15 Mass Mental
Warwick
presents a once in a lifetime experience! Mass Mental, a monster of a
band reunites some major superstars for a very special concert! (Rob
Trujillo - Bass Guitar (Metallica), Benji Webbe - Lead Vocals
(Skindred), Armand Sabal-Lecco - Bass Guitar (Stanley Clarke), Ken
Schalk - Drums (Candiria) with special guest: Whit Crane - Lead Vocals
(Ugly Kid Joe)
19:45 - 21:00 Nik West Band
Bassist, singer and
songwriter Nik West (Dave Stewart, Prince, John Mayer) is bringing her
funk groovement to the Open Day stage.
This will be a burning
show and the evening will stay hot as the Open Day VIP Party rocks on
into the wee hours! VIP customers, Bass Camp students, Framus &
Warwick Artists and 50 guests (via Facebook Ticket drawing) will
experience more music and fireworks which will be the crowning
conclusion of the 2014 Bass Camp and Open Day!
Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG
Gewerbepark 46
D-08258 Markneukirchen
Phone. 49 (0) 37422 555 0
Fax. 49 (0) 37422 555 99
info@warwick.de
What
do mega groups Metallica and Skindred have in common? Mass Mental! The all
star, all monster group was founded by Metallica’s Robert Trujillo formerly of
Suicidal Tendencies and Skindred singer Clive “Benji” Webbe, formerly of Dub
War. Also in the band since the beginning is Warwick Artist Armand Sabal-Lecco
whose list of credits includes Stanley Clarke and Sting. In 1999 the band
released “How to Write Love Songs”, along with the live album “Live in Tokyo”.
Both albums were released exclusively in Japan. Shortly thereafter the band
broke up, allowing the band members to return to their main projects. In 2002,
Mass Mental reunited briefly with Roy Mayorga playing drums, although no new
material resulted. Still, Robert Trujillo never really lost sight of his “baby”.
Now Mass Mental has found its way back together and will be performing an
exclusive reunion concert on on the Framus & Warwick Campus in
Markneukirchen, Germany.
Robert Trujillo - Bass Guitar (Metallica)
Benji Webbe - Lead Vocals (Skindred)
Armand Sabal-Lecco - Bass Guitar (Stanley Clarke)
Ken Schalk - Drums (Candiria)
special
guest: Whit Crane - Lead Vocals (Ugly Kid Joe)
We are pleased to welcome renowned
producer Rob Cass to the Warwick family.
Rob Cass, who is based at
London's Abbey Road Studios, has worked with some of the biggest names in the
music world and recently produced and mixed the solo studio album 'Silver
Rails', forWarwick Signature Artist,
Jack Bruce."Producing Jack was a dream come
true," said Rob. "When I was a kid Jack Bruce was like some kind of
mythical character, so working with him was a little surreal at first, but we
soon became great friends. He is not only one of the greatest musicians ever,
but also a wonderful and caring human being who I look up to. He loves Warwick
basses so, of course, they were used nearly exclusively on the album."
Having recentlyfinished producing and mixing Bernie Marsden's new
album, 'Shine',Rob has also just taken delivery of a Warwick LWA 1000
lightweight amp."The DI output is
great when putting down bass in the control room," he tells us. "It's
just got this incredibly clear bass sound that I love.I've used it on every album that I've worked on since
I got it. It's now an essential part of the studio."
Check out the new promo videos with Framus Artist Devin Townsend. This new project is called Casualties of Cool and the songs in the videos are 'Mountaintop' and 'Flight'. Enjoy!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sir Paul
McCartney and his new video "Early Days". Enjoy this great video! He
is playing a Framus guitar, can you tell us which model it is?
"As well as being a killer show, our gig at this years' Sonisphere Festival was the first time I'd used one of the Warwick WA600 heads and what a difference to my tone it made. Even on the big Bohemia stage the bass cut through brilliantly with plenty of the mid-range growl that I love. It's a brilliant addition to my Warwick rig." (pics courtesy of http://www.markwilliamsphotography.com)
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