Members Emprov Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Thinnest issue yet. Looks like its days are numbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t3ch Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Did they take out content or ad space? I bet I can guess which, and that will be why their days are numbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Thinnest issue yet. Looks like its days are numbered. And are most of the few pages ads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayer7770 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Lately, I've been enjoying Bass Gear Mag (best gear reviews EVAR!!!) and Bass Musician Magazine online for interviews and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dDigitalPimp Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 i was going to pick up a bass player mag at GC last month. i used to get modern drummer when i was a drummer and then a few different of the guitard mags when i was playing guitar but it was like maybe 40 pages of magazine. no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted November 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Lately, I've been enjoying Bass Gear Mag (best gear reviews EVAR!!!) Isn't that the one with which Tombowlus at TB is involved? And, as far as BP, both content and ads seem to have been paired down -- soon to join the ranks of the written publications that have been killed by the internet. I hate people on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayer7770 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Isn't that the one with which Tombowlus at TB is involved? And, as far as BP, both content and ads seem to have been paired down. Soon to join the ranks of the written publications that have been killed by the internet. I hate people on the internet. Yup, that's the one. After Issue #4 is released, I've heard the subsequent issues will be released in a much more timely manner. Yeah, I've subscribed to BP for years, but my latest subscription just ran out (with the Scott LaFaro issue). The issues are definitly thinner now, and the reviews and lessons aren't what they used to be IMO. Maybe it will pick up again when the economy bounces back, but that remains to be seen... I recently discovered Bass Musician Magazine online and think it's purdy decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Maybe they should add OT articles like we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Maybe they should add OT articles like we do. No. Then the whole magazine will be articles about how there's no bass articles in the magazine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 No. Then the whole magazine will be articles about how there's no bass articles in the magazine!Come on, not even a Blinkley Report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Come on, not even a Blinkley Report? Well...occasionally, and once a week, an article about new music will turn into an insult-slinging fest, but other than that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ender_rpm Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I let my subscription lapse, so I had to go buy a copy. It has been steadily trending downward for the last year or so, since the parent co had a big shake up and got rid of the last editor, or maybe the last editor ran it unsustainably, but either way, it's kinda sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I was thinking the same thing , almost a news paper , thought it was The Nation Hope they hang in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted November 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I let my subscription lapse, so I had to go buy a copy. It has been steadily trending downward for the last year or so, since the parent co had a big shake up and got rid of the last editor, or maybe the last editor ran it unsustainably, but either way, it's kinda sad.A buddy of mine used to be technical editor for Keyboard, which has the same parent company. When he left, the magazine was being run by 3 people, that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted November 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yup, that's the one. After Issue #4 is released, I've heard the subsequent issues will be released in a much more timely manner. Yeah, I've subscribed to BP for years, but my latest subscription just ran out (with the Scott LaFaro issue). The issues are definitly thinner now, and the reviews and lessons aren't what they used to be IMO. Maybe it will pick up again when the economy bounces back, but that remains to be seen... I recently discovered Bass Musician Magazine online and think it's purdy decent. I'll have to check those two out. One thing that I dig about BP is the transcriptions, how do Bass Gear and Bass Musician compare with the sight reading stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I've taken to buying Bass Guitar (UK) which has some great lessons in it and the feel and quality of the magazine is awesome. It feels like a magazine rather than a flimsy newspaper type thing. The reviews are very well written also. If anyone wants a copy and can't get one let me know. I can get one for you and mail it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 i almost threw it away....thought it was a junk-mailer at first :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Oh but it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayer7770 Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'll have to check those two out. One thing that I dig about BP is the transcriptions, how do Bass Gear and Bass Musician compare with the sight reading stuff? Bass Gear is strictly gear. Bass Musician appears to have transcriptions as well as lessons. In the current issue, they transcribed a couple Marcus Miller pieces. http://www.bass-musician-magazine.com/General/bass-musician-magazine.asp?year=2009&month=10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Just the new Bass Player? Did you accidentally the whole thing?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Shame. Bass Player was my bible back when I 1st took bass guitar seriously in the early 90's. They were changing tho...being run more and more by their advertisers. I stopped getting it by the early 00's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 I just started going to GC and picking up issues here and there. I just get Guitar World to keep up on current acts and trends, b/c I'm in a current and trendy cover band... GW's BG Mag was 100x better IMO. I think they just started it too late and print media was/is already in such sharp decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WillPlay4food Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Just the new Bass Player? Did you accidentally the whole thing?!?!?! Oh god Noooooooooo hohohohohohohoooo! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LouSpaceMonkey Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 GW's BG Mag was 100x better IMO. I think they just started it too late and print media was/is already in such sharp decline. Cocncur, I used to have subscriptions to both. BG folded, and I juts got tired of reading about Jaco every 3rd BP installment. IMO they needed to have more articles about players people care about. Not that the ones they cover aren't good, but it seemed they were writing like fanbois of a band/bass player they were into, not as bass jounalists. I got tired of reading about Jazz and Indie bass players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Shame. Bass Player was my bible back when I 1st took bass guitar seriously in the early 90's. They were changing tho...being run more and more by their advertisers. I stopped getting it by the early 00's. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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