Dr SoloBassSteve
@solobasssteve.bsky.social
'Britain's most innovative bassist, no contest': Bass Guitar Mag. 🎯
Bass person. Bike person. Lymphoma-remission person. PhD in artist-audience communities and their impact on the music.
www.stevelawson.net
he/him/doctor
Bass person. Bike person. Lymphoma-remission person. PhD in artist-audience communities and their impact on the music.
www.stevelawson.net
he/him/doctor
Pinned
So in Steve-news, I handed in my corrected PhD at the weekend, and on Monday got the news that the corrections had been accepted and I'm Dr Steve. So that's nice.
Ten f'king years. Been napping a lot this week.
🙏🏼
Ten f'king years. Been napping a lot this week.
🙏🏼
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We’re getting 2026 off to the best of starts with our very own New Year’s Honours list - a sprinkling of the very first, early names for this year’s festival. We’re so excited to welcome all these folks, with many more to come… Find out more here: www.greenbelt.org.uk/meet-the-fir...
Meet the first names for this year's lineup - Greenbelt
We thought we’d get 2026 off to the best of starts with our very own New Year’s Honours list, and share with you a sprinkling of our first, early names for this year’s festival, Let It All Go. With ju...
www.greenbelt.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
We’re getting 2026 off to the best of starts with our very own New Year’s Honours list - a sprinkling of the very first, early names for this year’s festival. We’re so excited to welcome all these folks, with many more to come… Find out more here: www.greenbelt.org.uk/meet-the-fir...
While looking for something else entirely, I stumbled across this blog post, "Why DIY is a Methodology not an Idealogy". Perhaps useful for those of you contemplating career moves as an artist :) x
www.stevelawson.net/2020/05/why-...
www.stevelawson.net/2020/05/why-...
Why DIY is a Methodology not an Ideology
Two things have recently inspired me to get this concept out in the world. One is the number of artists who have jumped headlong into doing things on their own in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, an...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
While looking for something else entirely, I stumbled across this blog post, "Why DIY is a Methodology not an Idealogy". Perhaps useful for those of you contemplating career moves as an artist :) x
www.stevelawson.net/2020/05/why-...
www.stevelawson.net/2020/05/why-...
A New Year essay, "On Deliberateness" - worth a read if you're pondering resolutions :
www.stevelawson.net/2026/01/on-d...
www.stevelawson.net/2026/01/on-d...
On Deliberateness (Happy New Year!)
I wrote this essay on Facebook on Jan 1st 2020. It's weird to read things from the before-times, but this one stands up as pretty solid spiritual and practical advice.
www.stevelawson.net
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A New Year essay, "On Deliberateness" - worth a read if you're pondering resolutions :
www.stevelawson.net/2026/01/on-d...
www.stevelawson.net/2026/01/on-d...
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#NowPlaying: Cockatoo: Saviour In The Dark: 2025. A @solobasssteve.bsky.social project with vocalist Mille Turner. My first new album of 2026, although technically it was released in 2025.
Saviour in the Dark, by Cooktaroo
2 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
#NowPlaying: Cockatoo: Saviour In The Dark: 2025. A @solobasssteve.bsky.social project with vocalist Mille Turner. My first new album of 2026, although technically it was released in 2025.
HNY, friends. 2025 has been a complex year of a few highs coupled with a whole lot of soul searching & uncertainty. Here's hoping that some of those things find their joyful resolution in 2026, alongside a whole lot of music, teaching, writing & PhD related shenanigans 🧑🎓
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
HNY, friends. 2025 has been a complex year of a few highs coupled with a whole lot of soul searching & uncertainty. Here's hoping that some of those things find their joyful resolution in 2026, alongside a whole lot of music, teaching, writing & PhD related shenanigans 🧑🎓
After yesterday's post about playing fretless bass, here's one about why I still teach one on one in the age of online courses...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/04/why-...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/04/why-...
Why In The Age Of Online Courses I Still Teach One-on-One.
Weird thing I just remembered. I once did a voice-over job for Microsoft - about 20 years ago. I can't remember what the product was, but I remember that the opening line of the script was Why do we t...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
After yesterday's post about playing fretless bass, here's one about why I still teach one on one in the age of online courses...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/04/why-...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/04/why-...
New blog post, a few thoughts on playing fretless bass, that for the most part apply to all music making. And maybe even some lessons for all creative practice
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/advi...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/advi...
Advice for Playing Fretless Bass
Earlier this year I answered a question on Talkbass about playing fretless bass. It works pretty well as a stand alone essay so I'm reposting it here. Enjoy! A few thoughts on fretless, that for the m...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New blog post, a few thoughts on playing fretless bass, that for the most part apply to all music making. And maybe even some lessons for all creative practice
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/advi...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/advi...
Seeing white people eulogising Bardot's animal rights activism while overlooking her literal convictions for racist hate speech and support for fascists is not remotely shocking but deeply deeply disappointing.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Brigitte Bardot, French film icon turned far-right provocateur, dies at 91
Actor reshaped French cinema before retreating from global fame into animal rights activism and far-right politics.
www.aljazeera.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Seeing white people eulogising Bardot's animal rights activism while overlooking her literal convictions for racist hate speech and support for fascists is not remotely shocking but deeply deeply disappointing.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Posted late last night, Worth a read ;) x
new blog thing, "how to make great music and be normal". Linking my PhD to my Year Of Living Cancerly...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/how-...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/how-...
How to make great music and be normal?
The journey post-remission for a cancer survivor is a really odd one. Firstly, it can take a long, long time to realise just how big the impact on your mental health might be.
www.stevelawson.net
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Posted late last night, Worth a read ;) x
new blog thing, "how to make great music and be normal". Linking my PhD to my Year Of Living Cancerly...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/how-...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/how-...
How to make great music and be normal?
The journey post-remission for a cancer survivor is a really odd one. Firstly, it can take a long, long time to realise just how big the impact on your mental health might be.
www.stevelawson.net
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
new blog thing, "how to make great music and be normal". Linking my PhD to my Year Of Living Cancerly...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/how-...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/12/how-...
found this from 10 years ago on Facebook. Fascinated by the phrase, "Authenticity is a luxury of the unknown" - that's some pretty heavy cultural theory there, 10-years-ago-me. Will have to unpack that...
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
found this from 10 years ago on Facebook. Fascinated by the phrase, "Authenticity is a luxury of the unknown" - that's some pretty heavy cultural theory there, 10-years-ago-me. Will have to unpack that...
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Since Lockdown @solobasssteve.bsky.social has released an annual Christmas album.
Sometimes he releases non Christmassy music in the same week.
Sometimes he releases non Christmassy music in the same week.
December 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Since Lockdown @solobasssteve.bsky.social has released an annual Christmas album.
Sometimes he releases non Christmassy music in the same week.
Sometimes he releases non Christmassy music in the same week.
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about this moment in the history of King Crimson and it's transformative implications for our understanding of authorship. There's a straight line from here to me seeing my audience as co-creators of my work.
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"Bruford spent the entirety of "Trio" with his drumsticks crossed over his chest, waiting for the right moment to join in, but eventually realized that the piece was progressing better without him. His decision not to add any percussion was seen by the rest of the band as a crucial choice, and so he received co-writing credit.[8] "Trio" was later included on the 1975 compilation album A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, the performance credits of which cite Bruford's contribution to the piece as "admirable restraint."[9]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7z2wmq7xoqez7ltguk7tcfzk/bafkreicnjlblxrbdkgee4lif5k2rkaqp5fg5rp3wx2knkqwh3qxzdtlxoi@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about this moment in the history of King Crimson and it's transformative implications for our understanding of authorship. There's a straight line from here to me seeing my audience as co-creators of my work.
We'll have a party when it reaches 200 😂💜
My catalogue tells me I now have 159 "albums" from @solobasssteve.bsky.social . Oh well, here's to the next 20 years
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We'll have a party when it reaches 200 😂💜
I love those conversations with people who don't get how you can make music up on the spot 🥰
"People don’t believe that improvisers really improvise. So I think you can get some of the spirit of that into comedy. If something happens in the room, try to go with it. I’ve got more from people like EarthBall than I have from Seinfeld.”
#StewartLee & EarthBall get Free
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#StewartLee & EarthBall get Free
buff.ly/aW3HP17
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I love those conversations with people who don't get how you can make music up on the spot 🥰
Axioms I have zero interest in debating after 52 years on the planet:
"no-one is more interesting drunk or high than they are sober"
Just in case you wonder why I bailed on your Christmas gathering early 🤷
"no-one is more interesting drunk or high than they are sober"
Just in case you wonder why I bailed on your Christmas gathering early 🤷
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Axioms I have zero interest in debating after 52 years on the planet:
"no-one is more interesting drunk or high than they are sober"
Just in case you wonder why I bailed on your Christmas gathering early 🤷
"no-one is more interesting drunk or high than they are sober"
Just in case you wonder why I bailed on your Christmas gathering early 🤷
I put out a new album last night :) It's a christmas album with absolutely zero reference to any festival musical tropes whatsoever. But if you're a Bandcamp subscriber, it's my gift to you ;) x
December 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I put out a new album last night :) It's a christmas album with absolutely zero reference to any festival musical tropes whatsoever. But if you're a Bandcamp subscriber, it's my gift to you ;) x
Though I also have a slowly building thesis that Rite Of Spring is the most influential piece in the history of European/American music, given just how many entire genres of music are based on its rhythmic and harmonic innovations.
Listening to On The Corner for the first time in a while and remembering just how much of my music is shaped by Miles' work, from Miles In The Sky to Dark Magus. Possibly the most radically transformative body of recorded music ever produced.
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Though I also have a slowly building thesis that Rite Of Spring is the most influential piece in the history of European/American music, given just how many entire genres of music are based on its rhythmic and harmonic innovations.
Listening to On The Corner for the first time in a while and remembering just how much of my music is shaped by Miles' work, from Miles In The Sky to Dark Magus. Possibly the most radically transformative body of recorded music ever produced.
December 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Listening to On The Corner for the first time in a while and remembering just how much of my music is shaped by Miles' work, from Miles In The Sky to Dark Magus. Possibly the most radically transformative body of recorded music ever produced.
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#NowPlaying 🎄
Fairytale (Christmas 2021) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/fairyt...
Fairytale (Christmas 2021) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/fairyt...
Fairytale (Christmas 2021), by Steve Lawson
1 track album
music.stevelawson.net
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#NowPlaying 🎄
Fairytale (Christmas 2021) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/fairyt...
Fairytale (Christmas 2021) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/fairyt...
Closing in on 50 years since the start of my media career. I was a mascot for Wimbledon a whole load of times in the late 70s. This is from a picture book called "Let's Go To The Soccer Match" which came out in 77/78. #silkyskills
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Closing in on 50 years since the start of my media career. I was a mascot for Wimbledon a whole load of times in the late 70s. This is from a picture book called "Let's Go To The Soccer Match" which came out in 77/78. #silkyskills
Some amazing records here 🙏
Jane Cornwell in Jazzwise 2025 Best albums 🔥
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some amazing records here 🙏
So here's the thing, my listening age is identical to my actual age, regardless of what I'm listening to. Because I'm 52 years old and I can just choose whatever the fuck I want to listening to, whether it was made last week or before I was born 🤷
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
So here's the thing, my listening age is identical to my actual age, regardless of what I'm listening to. Because I'm 52 years old and I can just choose whatever the fuck I want to listening to, whether it was made last week or before I was born 🤷
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While it's #BandcampFriday, check out @solobasssteve.bsky.social for some of the coolest bass guitar stuff out there. Amsterdam is absolutely gorgeous.
Amsterdam, by Steve Lawson
6 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
While it's #BandcampFriday, check out @solobasssteve.bsky.social for some of the coolest bass guitar stuff out there. Amsterdam is absolutely gorgeous.