Category: bass guitar

The reason why

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in arts and entertainment, bass guitar, bassist, Composition, Inspiration, james blennerhassett, Mike Oldfield, music

https://youtu.be/KXatvzWAzLU I can distinctly remember the first time I heard Tubular Bells, it was 1973 and everyone I knew had a copy of this iconic album which for me changed the way I thought about music and playing the Bass, it was so different to anything I had heard before. Now forty eight years later, … Continue reading The reason why →

It’s all about the Bass!

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Artist, arts and entertainment, bass, bass guitar, Bass session, bassist, celtic, Composition, Dingwall Bass, double bass, Elixir Strings, emerald guitars, entertainment, fun, happiness, Inspiration, Ireland, Irish, james blennerhassett, life, music, Music, performance, phil jones pure sound, recording session, rock, Rock and Roll, sandberg, Sandberg, Sandberg bass, Story, Talent, technique, Video, youtube

A short series where I talk about my favourite Basses that I use in my recording sessionĀ  and live work in Ireland, The UKĀ  and beyond and of course online. https://youtu.be/pZd7GFi7-Nw

Keep doing what you do and enjoy it…always!

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Artist, arts and entertainment, bass, bass guitar, bassist, cinister, Elixir Strings, emerald guitars, folk, happiness, Ireland, Irish, james blennerhassett, music, Story, Talent

The Balor acoustic Bass from Emerald guitars...made in Ireland. So proud to be playing an amazing instrument completely crafted in Ireland. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2RXC-iHO_b/?igshid=9xqm8wt22bni

The online Bass session

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Artist, arts and entertainment, bass, bass guitar, Bass session, bassist, blog, double bass, Elixir Strings, emerald guitars, entertainment, Ireland, Irish, james blennerhassett, Music, performance, recording session, Sandberg bass, Talent

JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO GO THERE https://www.fiverr.com/share/P9pdx photo courtesy of Ā©Niall Fennessy

Some great memories from a long (ongoing) career as an Irish session musician

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Elixir Bass Strings…..Class!

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Artist, bass, bass guitar, Bass session, bassist, Elixir Strings, emerald guitars, james blennerhassett, music, phil jones pure sound, Sandberg, Sandberg bass, Uncategorized

I'm very pleased that I will be endorsing Elixir Bass Strings this year. I started using them for my live work last year and was extremely impressed by how long they keep their tone and tuning stability and now use them in the studio as well so rock on Elixir. For the Bass anoraks among … Continue reading Elixir Bass Strings…..Class! →