Béla Fleck & the Flecktones are set to perform 3 UK shows in January next year. They’ll kick off the tour in London and finish in the USA.

20/01/07 - London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire
24/01/07 - Glasgow, Celtic Connections Festival
26/01/07 - Dublin, Vicar Street

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The Slap Bass Program by Alexis Sklarevski has become known as the bass bible for slap technique. Since its release it has only been avaliable on VHS, but now it has been remastered and released on DVD.

The DVD includes chapter breakdowns and extra features. These include the ability to print the notation booklet from the disc and full online support. Streaming musical notation & tab is featured on an alternate video track.

Price: £29.95
Running Time: 83mins
Avaliable From: Musicroom.com
DVD Samples (Quicktime™ Format): Percussive Attacks, Percussive Triplets, Funk Patterns.
Features include: Complex damping and choking, Funk patterns and vamps, Machine-gun triplets, Percussive right-hand tapping, Flamenco-style strumming, Double-stop riffs, Scales and phrasing.

Megadeth bass player, David Ellefson has released two new DVDs on Metal playing:

Metal Bass Level 1
Metal Bass Level 2

The DVDs will teach you the fundamental skills you need to become a solid metal player. Including:

Level 1 - Pick vs. fingers, How to mute, Scale basics, Exercises, Alternate tunings, Chords, octaves and fifths, Creating a great bass sound.
Level 2 - The gallop, Half-step demonic tones, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Riff-oriented basslines.

Included with the DVD are free lesson books and full web support.

Rockschool has launched new syllabuses in Guitar, Drums and Bass. Because of these new syllabuses they have released completely new books, each grade includes all new pieces.

Rockschool’s grade exams are made up of the following elements: Performance pieces, Technical exercises, Sight reading or Improvisation And Interpretation, Quick Study Piece, Ear Tests, General Musicianship

Please note that if you are currently working from the old books:

• Candidates for the current RS2K syllabuses may be entered up to and including Period B 2007 (1st May – 31st July 2007) for which the application closing date is 1st April 2007.
• The first candidates for the new syllabus will be accepted from Period C 2006 (23rd October – 15th December 2006) for which the application closing date is 1st October 2006.

Sample pages: Debut Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

You can order them at Musicroom.com.