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
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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.
🙏🏼
oof, the Nova Twins Tiny Desk gig is properly amazing - some seriously top-drawer pedal abuse going on in Georgia's bass playing. For the nerds, her use of the Source Audio Hot Hand is just brlliant :) I've got a new bass hero.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
oof, the Nova Twins Tiny Desk gig is properly amazing - some seriously top-drawer pedal abuse going on in Georgia's bass playing. For the nerds, her use of the Source Audio Hot Hand is just brlliant :) I've got a new bass hero.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
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Some dude brought his pet owl on the train and I feel like I'm in an episode of Nathan Barley.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Some dude brought his pet owl on the train and I feel like I'm in an episode of Nathan Barley.
Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars by Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians is still perfect in every way.
And the late great Brad Houser's bass playing on it is all time top 5 favourite bass things for me 🙏
And the late great Brad Houser's bass playing on it is all time top 5 favourite bass things for me 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars by Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians is still perfect in every way.
And the late great Brad Houser's bass playing on it is all time top 5 favourite bass things for me 🙏
And the late great Brad Houser's bass playing on it is all time top 5 favourite bass things for me 🙏
I spent some time today/yesterday rummaging through bass forums and Reddit threads looking for mentions of me... It's instructive to know how one is being spoken about, as much as a small business best practice thing as as a human being... It's nice to find you have advocates in unlikely places.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I spent some time today/yesterday rummaging through bass forums and Reddit threads looking for mentions of me... It's instructive to know how one is being spoken about, as much as a small business best practice thing as as a human being... It's nice to find you have advocates in unlikely places.
anyone else struggling to remember what their jobs were before COVID? I've always had a portfolio career, but it feels like a whole bunch of shit just got left behind in 2019/2020 and I never remembered what it was to start doing it again 🤷🏽
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
anyone else struggling to remember what their jobs were before COVID? I've always had a portfolio career, but it feels like a whole bunch of shit just got left behind in 2019/2020 and I never remembered what it was to start doing it again 🤷🏽
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the new translation of my last book is a good reminder to boycott watkins media
open.substack.com/pub/thehaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thehaunt...
On the new translation of Capitalism: A Horror Story
On my "monstrous progeny"
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the new translation of my last book is a good reminder to boycott watkins media
open.substack.com/pub/thehaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thehaunt...
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#NowPlaying
LEYlines V - @solobasssteve.bsky.social, Andy Edwards & Phi Yaan-Zek
This is definitely Prog
pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ley-li...
LEYlines V - @solobasssteve.bsky.social, Andy Edwards & Phi Yaan-Zek
This is definitely Prog
pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ley-li...
Ley Lines V: Mighty Morphin Tower Rangers, by Steve Lawson, Andy Edwards & Phi Yaan-Zek
3 track album
pyzmusic.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#NowPlaying
LEYlines V - @solobasssteve.bsky.social, Andy Edwards & Phi Yaan-Zek
This is definitely Prog
pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ley-li...
LEYlines V - @solobasssteve.bsky.social, Andy Edwards & Phi Yaan-Zek
This is definitely Prog
pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ley-li...
today I remembered a thing in a lesson about looping that I hadn't watched in a while - Bernhoft, "Sunday". Absolutely incredible 💜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEa...
Bernhoft "Sunday" 1: Man Live fra Kampen Bistro
YouTube video by johansf
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
today I remembered a thing in a lesson about looping that I hadn't watched in a while - Bernhoft, "Sunday". Absolutely incredible 💜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEa...
Properly brilliant speech. First sign of real hope in US politics in a while 🙏
The full speech by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is well worth watching for UK politicians and Americans alike www.youtube.com/live/y7ysB8K...
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Properly brilliant speech. First sign of real hope in US politics in a while 🙏
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#NowPlaying: @solobasssteve.bsky.social and @basspope.bsky.social: On The Town: Live In Newcastle 2025: I've not heard John play before and it's nice to attach some notes to a Bluesky friend's name. You'll need a bandcamp subscription for this one, so... get one 😀
On The Town (feat. John Pope), by Steve Lawson
4 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#NowPlaying: @solobasssteve.bsky.social and @basspope.bsky.social: On The Town: Live In Newcastle 2025: I've not heard John play before and it's nice to attach some notes to a Bluesky friend's name. You'll need a bandcamp subscription for this one, so... get one 😀
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I’m on a @solobasssteve.bsky.social release! Recorded live in Newcastle earlier this month. What a joy to play with Steve!
hey, all y'all Bandcamp subscribers, I just released a new thing, the live recording from my show in Newcastle last month - it's called On The Town, & it's here: stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/on-the...
if you're not currently a subscriber, you can get this and 100+ other albums via the same link.
if you're not currently a subscriber, you can get this and 100+ other albums via the same link.
On The Town (feat. John Pope), by Steve Lawson
4 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I’m on a @solobasssteve.bsky.social release! Recorded live in Newcastle earlier this month. What a joy to play with Steve!
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#NowPlaying
On the Town (feat. John Pope) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/on-the...
On the Town (feat. John Pope) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/on-the...
On The Town (feat. John Pope), by Steve Lawson
4 track album
music.stevelawson.net
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#NowPlaying
On the Town (feat. John Pope) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/on-the...
On the Town (feat. John Pope) - @solobasssteve.bsky.social
music.stevelawson.net/album/on-the...
hey, all y'all Bandcamp subscribers, I just released a new thing, the live recording from my show in Newcastle last month - it's called On The Town, & it's here: stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/on-the...
if you're not currently a subscriber, you can get this and 100+ other albums via the same link.
if you're not currently a subscriber, you can get this and 100+ other albums via the same link.
On The Town (feat. John Pope), by Steve Lawson
4 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
hey, all y'all Bandcamp subscribers, I just released a new thing, the live recording from my show in Newcastle last month - it's called On The Town, & it's here: stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/on-the...
if you're not currently a subscriber, you can get this and 100+ other albums via the same link.
if you're not currently a subscriber, you can get this and 100+ other albums via the same link.
it's just over a month since my new album came out. I keep listening to it, and feel like it's one of the best things I've done in quite a while. Listen here:
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/amster... :) x
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/amster... :) x
Amsterdam, by Steve Lawson
6 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
it's just over a month since my new album came out. I keep listening to it, and feel like it's one of the best things I've done in quite a while. Listen here:
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/amster... :) x
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/amster... :) x
Music producer friends, Baby Audio have a sale on at the moment - their TAIP tape emulator is unbelievable value at $10 (it was good value at $100!) and Smooth Operator Pro is possibly the single most vital component of my mix/mastering process. Go check 'em out here.
babyaud.io/all-products
babyaud.io/all-products
All Products by Baby Audio - Plugins, Presets and More (VST/AU/AAX)
See the full VST plugin lineup from Baby Audio, including Transit 2, Tekno, Humanoid and Smooth Operator Pro. From inspiring virtual instruments to creative effects plugins and curated synth presets, ...
babyaud.io
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Music producer friends, Baby Audio have a sale on at the moment - their TAIP tape emulator is unbelievable value at $10 (it was good value at $100!) and Smooth Operator Pro is possibly the single most vital component of my mix/mastering process. Go check 'em out here.
babyaud.io/all-products
babyaud.io/all-products
I miss Google Reader.
And people blogging on their own websites.
And people blogging on their own websites.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I miss Google Reader.
And people blogging on their own websites.
And people blogging on their own websites.
also, today is 23 years since my second solo album, Not Dancing For Chicken was released, in the middle of my tour opening for Level 42. So that's fun :)
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/not-da...
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/not-da...
Not Dancing For Chicken (2012 Remaster), by Steve Lawson
17 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
also, today is 23 years since my second solo album, Not Dancing For Chicken was released, in the middle of my tour opening for Level 42. So that's fun :)
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/not-da...
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/not-da...
awful though FB undoubtedly is, the reminders of things I wrote in the past can be useful - this blog post from 2017, along with others like like it suggest I need to write a book about the relationship between nostalgia and the music economy...
www.stevelawson.net/2017/10/new-...
www.stevelawson.net/2017/10/new-...
New Music, Nostalgia And The Music Economy – Some Thoughts
Some questions When did you last pay for music by someone you know? Do you pay for a streaming service? Does that feel like it's 'enough' because they say that a large percentage of the money they ta...
www.stevelawson.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
awful though FB undoubtedly is, the reminders of things I wrote in the past can be useful - this blog post from 2017, along with others like like it suggest I need to write a book about the relationship between nostalgia and the music economy...
www.stevelawson.net/2017/10/new-...
www.stevelawson.net/2017/10/new-...
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Right, where do we start?
If you like @lynksmusicofficial.bsky.social #JohnGrant @solobasssteve.bsky.social #TheGlobe the amazing @boilershop.bsky.social #Casio, nomnom #Cake #Nikon cameras #Photography, #Writing, #metaldetecting or Polytunnels, this one's for you. open.substack.com/pub/document...
If you like @lynksmusicofficial.bsky.social #JohnGrant @solobasssteve.bsky.social #TheGlobe the amazing @boilershop.bsky.social #Casio, nomnom #Cake #Nikon cameras #Photography, #Writing, #metaldetecting or Polytunnels, this one's for you. open.substack.com/pub/document...
Outside the average [545]
Greetings from The Borders...
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Right, where do we start?
If you like @lynksmusicofficial.bsky.social #JohnGrant @solobasssteve.bsky.social #TheGlobe the amazing @boilershop.bsky.social #Casio, nomnom #Cake #Nikon cameras #Photography, #Writing, #metaldetecting or Polytunnels, this one's for you. open.substack.com/pub/document...
If you like @lynksmusicofficial.bsky.social #JohnGrant @solobasssteve.bsky.social #TheGlobe the amazing @boilershop.bsky.social #Casio, nomnom #Cake #Nikon cameras #Photography, #Writing, #metaldetecting or Polytunnels, this one's for you. open.substack.com/pub/document...
Red Bull Academy interview with D'Angelo - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1o... - when this came out it elevated my understanding of the level of genius he was operating at. A truly once in a lifetime musician 💜
D'Angelo on Questlove, Neo-soul and Voodoo | Red Bull Music Academy
YouTube video by Red Bull Music Academy
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Red Bull Academy interview with D'Angelo - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1o... - when this came out it elevated my understanding of the level of genius he was operating at. A truly once in a lifetime musician 💜
What an unexpected pleasure it was to see you sir! More soon 💜🙏
Had the pleasure of seeing/meeting @solobasssteve.bsky.social, @basspope.bsky.social and Ian Paterson #Outri this week at the Globe in #Newcastle.
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
What an unexpected pleasure it was to see you sir! More soon 💜🙏
beyond sad about the death of D'Angelo. Voodoo completely changed music for me. Ended up writing a thing about it this evening:
www.stevelawson.net/2025/10/dang...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/10/dang...
D’Angelo, Grief and the Screeching Halt to Anticipation
There are very few musicians whose future, unannounced, unheralded work fills me with excitement. I don’t sit wondering what my favourite bands' next album will be like.
www.stevelawson.net
October 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
beyond sad about the death of D'Angelo. Voodoo completely changed music for me. Ended up writing a thing about it this evening:
www.stevelawson.net/2025/10/dang...
www.stevelawson.net/2025/10/dang...
MuSky, I'm putting together a playlist for a class of rock and pop songs with straight eighth note bass lines. Got any favourites, any that stand out as particularly good/bad?
(Is MuSky a thing? Is there a hashtag to gather stuff from musicians together? No idea how this shit actually works 🤷🏽)
(Is MuSky a thing? Is there a hashtag to gather stuff from musicians together? No idea how this shit actually works 🤷🏽)
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
MuSky, I'm putting together a playlist for a class of rock and pop songs with straight eighth note bass lines. Got any favourites, any that stand out as particularly good/bad?
(Is MuSky a thing? Is there a hashtag to gather stuff from musicians together? No idea how this shit actually works 🤷🏽)
(Is MuSky a thing? Is there a hashtag to gather stuff from musicians together? No idea how this shit actually works 🤷🏽)
Jimi Hendrix: Johnny B Goode live
YouTube video by Korneff Audio
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Can't believe this is 15 years old now, but still one of the best things ever written about being a musician. "How To Make A Living Playing Music" by Danny Barnes:
dannybarnes.com/blog/how-mak...
I come back and read this a couple of times a year, just to check in and see how I'm doing :)
dannybarnes.com/blog/how-mak...
I come back and read this a couple of times a year, just to check in and see how I'm doing :)
how to make a living playing music | Danny Barnes
i hear so much complaining about this subject, i just wanted to lay my practical experience on you. free. first, three pre-conditions:
dannybarnes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Can't believe this is 15 years old now, but still one of the best things ever written about being a musician. "How To Make A Living Playing Music" by Danny Barnes:
dannybarnes.com/blog/how-mak...
I come back and read this a couple of times a year, just to check in and see how I'm doing :)
dannybarnes.com/blog/how-mak...
I come back and read this a couple of times a year, just to check in and see how I'm doing :)