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
Birmingham! Come one, come all…Well, not all. Probably 20 at most. Sat Oct 18th, house concert in Stirchley. Feat me & the rather brilliant @bassdbler.bsky.social Tix at stevelawson.bandcamp.com/merch/birmin...
🏡
Tix are, obviously, v limited - early booking is advised.
Can't wait to play for you.
🏡
Tix are, obviously, v limited - early booking is advised.
Can't wait to play for you.
September 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Birmingham! Come one, come all…Well, not all. Probably 20 at most. Sat Oct 18th, house concert in Stirchley. Feat me & the rather brilliant @bassdbler.bsky.social Tix at stevelawson.bandcamp.com/merch/birmin...
🏡
Tix are, obviously, v limited - early booking is advised.
Can't wait to play for you.
🏡
Tix are, obviously, v limited - early booking is advised.
Can't wait to play for you.
Deeply, deeply sad about the death of Danny Thompson. I met him just as I was starting out playing solo and he was unbelievably encouraging. He gave me a press quote for my first album that I've used ever since, and got me the biggest tour of my life... (1/*)
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Deeply, deeply sad about the death of Danny Thompson. I met him just as I was starting out playing solo and he was unbelievably encouraging. He gave me a press quote for my first album that I've used ever since, and got me the biggest tour of my life... (1/*)
Today: bike ride followed by releasing my new album!
That's not all - I've scheduled a Bandcamp listening party for tomorrow night for the new album, AND put tickets on sale for the Birmingham House Concert on Oct 18th with @bassdbler.bsky.social.
stevelawson.bandcamp.com has everything...
That's not all - I've scheduled a Bandcamp listening party for tomorrow night for the new album, AND put tickets on sale for the Birmingham House Concert on Oct 18th with @bassdbler.bsky.social.
stevelawson.bandcamp.com has everything...
September 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today: bike ride followed by releasing my new album!
That's not all - I've scheduled a Bandcamp listening party for tomorrow night for the new album, AND put tickets on sale for the Birmingham House Concert on Oct 18th with @bassdbler.bsky.social.
stevelawson.bandcamp.com has everything...
That's not all - I've scheduled a Bandcamp listening party for tomorrow night for the new album, AND put tickets on sale for the Birmingham House Concert on Oct 18th with @bassdbler.bsky.social.
stevelawson.bandcamp.com has everything...
Hey Bluesky, October is the month of my 2025 World Tour of England, visiting (count 'em!) THREE cities! How exciting!
OK it exactly a tour but still would be lovely to see you at one of these. Deets at stevelawson.net/upcoming_gigs
OK it exactly a tour but still would be lovely to see you at one of these. Deets at stevelawson.net/upcoming_gigs
September 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hey Bluesky, October is the month of my 2025 World Tour of England, visiting (count 'em!) THREE cities! How exciting!
OK it exactly a tour but still would be lovely to see you at one of these. Deets at stevelawson.net/upcoming_gigs
OK it exactly a tour but still would be lovely to see you at one of these. Deets at stevelawson.net/upcoming_gigs
...and not to look like I've just crawled out of hibernation or anything but I've got a new album out tomorrow, called Amsterdam. Here's the artwork - and all but one of the tracks was recorded in Amsterdam over the summer. Out for subscribers tomorrow, and publicly later in the month... xx
September 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
...and not to look like I've just crawled out of hibernation or anything but I've got a new album out tomorrow, called Amsterdam. Here's the artwork - and all but one of the tracks was recorded in Amsterdam over the summer. Out for subscribers tomorrow, and publicly later in the month... xx
Talking of childhood musical heroes, I found an acapella vocal of Tasmin Archer's Sleeping Satellite and reharmonised it 😊
(this is the first video I've uploaded here, let's see if it works)
(this is the first video I've uploaded here, let's see if it works)
April 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Talking of childhood musical heroes, I found an acapella vocal of Tasmin Archer's Sleeping Satellite and reharmonised it 😊
(this is the first video I've uploaded here, let's see if it works)
(this is the first video I've uploaded here, let's see if it works)
oh hi Bluesky. Apologies for ignoring y'all. Just busy, 'tis all.
Anyway, what's been happening? I got to hang out with Joan Armatrading this week, so that's a massive win. #hero
Anyway, what's been happening? I got to hang out with Joan Armatrading this week, so that's a massive win. #hero
April 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
oh hi Bluesky. Apologies for ignoring y'all. Just busy, 'tis all.
Anyway, what's been happening? I got to hang out with Joan Armatrading this week, so that's a massive win. #hero
Anyway, what's been happening? I got to hang out with Joan Armatrading this week, so that's a massive win. #hero
Happy Bandcamp Friday to all who celebrate.
To mark the occasion, my Bandcamp sub drops from £30 to £25/year for the weekend. Will go back up on Sunday night. So get yourself over 100 albums of delicous goodness including these two released in the last week!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
To mark the occasion, my Bandcamp sub drops from £30 to £25/year for the weekend. Will go back up on Sunday night. So get yourself over 100 albums of delicous goodness including these two released in the last week!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Bandcamp Friday to all who celebrate.
To mark the occasion, my Bandcamp sub drops from £30 to £25/year for the weekend. Will go back up on Sunday night. So get yourself over 100 albums of delicous goodness including these two released in the last week!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
To mark the occasion, my Bandcamp sub drops from £30 to £25/year for the weekend. Will go back up on Sunday night. So get yourself over 100 albums of delicous goodness including these two released in the last week!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
New Bandcamp subscriber album just released - 'Great Expectations' recorded last Friday at Ron's Coffee Shop in Peckham :)
enjoy!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
enjoy!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
February 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New Bandcamp subscriber album just released - 'Great Expectations' recorded last Friday at Ron's Coffee Shop in Peckham :)
enjoy!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
enjoy!
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe
10 years ago today with the oh-so-lovely and brilliant @joannechocolat.bsky.social in London. 💜
February 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
10 years ago today with the oh-so-lovely and brilliant @joannechocolat.bsky.social in London. 💜
Kids, today is the 25th Anniversary of my first solo gig. Eff me, a quarter of a century sounds like a long ole time to be doing this. But the gig feels like yesterday, and I still feel like in so many ways I'm just getting started...
The whole gig is on Bandcamp for Subscribers...
The whole gig is on Bandcamp for Subscribers...
December 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Kids, today is the 25th Anniversary of my first solo gig. Eff me, a quarter of a century sounds like a long ole time to be doing this. But the gig feels like yesterday, and I still feel like in so many ways I'm just getting started...
The whole gig is on Bandcamp for Subscribers...
The whole gig is on Bandcamp for Subscribers...
This last couple of days was spent at Rouleur Live, the bike show in London. Was an amazing opportunity to hear interviews with some truly inspiring people and then to meet some of them too! Lachlan Morton has been an inspiration for many years so it was a absolute joy to get some time with him!
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
This last couple of days was spent at Rouleur Live, the bike show in London. Was an amazing opportunity to hear interviews with some truly inspiring people and then to meet some of them too! Lachlan Morton has been an inspiration for many years so it was a absolute joy to get some time with him!
Submitted my PhD this morning. After NINE YEARS. I mean, it was 5 years of study, but a 2 year suspension during COVID and another for cancer, turned it into quite the epic journey. But it's done and I'm very, very proud of this. Viva still to come, then Dr Steve 😁
October 11, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Submitted my PhD this morning. After NINE YEARS. I mean, it was 5 years of study, but a 2 year suspension during COVID and another for cancer, turned it into quite the epic journey. But it's done and I'm very, very proud of this. Viva still to come, then Dr Steve 😁
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,541,740! (pretty sure that's utterly meaningless, but hey 🤷🏽).
It's like when Strava tells me I'm in the top 40% for a given segment... whoopty-doo!! 😂
It's like when Strava tells me I'm in the top 40% for a given segment... whoopty-doo!! 😂
September 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,541,740! (pretty sure that's utterly meaningless, but hey 🤷🏽).
It's like when Strava tells me I'm in the top 40% for a given segment... whoopty-doo!! 😂
It's like when Strava tells me I'm in the top 40% for a given segment... whoopty-doo!! 😂
I wrote this 8 years ago. Still stands.
Do the work ❤️
Do the work ❤️
April 29, 2024 at 7:56 PM
I wrote this 8 years ago. Still stands.
Do the work ❤️
Do the work ❤️
everything I've released since Jan 2023. That's a lot of music. Most of it subscriber-only. All of it made possible by the Bandcamp subscription.
I just added a new track to the latest release, cos I can and it made musical sense. :)
head to stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe for more x
I just added a new track to the latest release, cos I can and it made musical sense. :)
head to stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe for more x
April 29, 2024 at 11:20 AM
everything I've released since Jan 2023. That's a lot of music. Most of it subscriber-only. All of it made possible by the Bandcamp subscription.
I just added a new track to the latest release, cos I can and it made musical sense. :)
head to stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe for more x
I just added a new track to the latest release, cos I can and it made musical sense. :)
head to stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe for more x
hey lovely people, I've got a new album out today. It's called In Need Of Friends, and was recorded live in Birmingham in Feb. It's lovely and you should hear it :)
Today is Bandcamp Friday, which means your money goes even further in supporting artists x
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/in-nee...
Today is Bandcamp Friday, which means your money goes even further in supporting artists x
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/in-nee...
April 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM
hey lovely people, I've got a new album out today. It's called In Need Of Friends, and was recorded live in Birmingham in Feb. It's lovely and you should hear it :)
Today is Bandcamp Friday, which means your money goes even further in supporting artists x
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/in-nee...
Today is Bandcamp Friday, which means your money goes even further in supporting artists x
stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/in-nee...
April the 1st isn't a good day for saying anything online cos, everyone's assumes you're joking, but Bluesky feels way more 2010 Twitter-like than Threads, which is the same overly curated BS as Insta and at least Insta is pretty. Maybe I should spend more time here...
April 1, 2024 at 9:11 AM
April the 1st isn't a good day for saying anything online cos, everyone's assumes you're joking, but Bluesky feels way more 2010 Twitter-like than Threads, which is the same overly curated BS as Insta and at least Insta is pretty. Maybe I should spend more time here...
just put one of the tracks from the new album up on YouTube - the cover of Anti Hero (which is actually half a track on the album, cos it starts 8 minutes or so into the first track :) ) but anyway, you can hear it here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=myh2...
March 20, 2024 at 11:30 AM
just put one of the tracks from the new album up on YouTube - the cover of Anti Hero (which is actually half a track on the album, cos it starts 8 minutes or so into the first track :) ) but anyway, you can hear it here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=myh2...
Currently on tour with Nili Brosh. Yesterday was rehearsal which went Sooooo well. Tofay is first gig in Hamburg. Let's do this!
March 4, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Currently on tour with Nili Brosh. Yesterday was rehearsal which went Sooooo well. Tofay is first gig in Hamburg. Let's do this!
After a solo gig last Friday and a function gig on Saturday, this week is now all focused on the European tour with Nili Brosh starting next week. Exciting times 😊
Full tour dates in the alt text of the photo, if the image is hard to read 🙂
Full tour dates in the alt text of the photo, if the image is hard to read 🙂
February 26, 2024 at 8:40 AM
After a solo gig last Friday and a function gig on Saturday, this week is now all focused on the European tour with Nili Brosh starting next week. Exciting times 😊
Full tour dates in the alt text of the photo, if the image is hard to read 🙂
Full tour dates in the alt text of the photo, if the image is hard to read 🙂
Spending a lot of time of late preparing for a March European Tour with the great Nili Brosh - it's a trio with Atma Anur on drums, and I'm really excited to be coming to play in Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway! It's been a LONG time since I toured with a band like this :)
February 13, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Spending a lot of time of late preparing for a March European Tour with the great Nili Brosh - it's a trio with Atma Anur on drums, and I'm really excited to be coming to play in Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway! It's been a LONG time since I toured with a band like this :)