The rebrand has begun! Earlier this month, I started the process of designing a new brand image for The Bass Diaries and have already started uploading the logo to social channels and will make it's way to the site soon. Here's a sneek peak! In other news, I still haven't got my PC up and … Continue reading June 2020 Update
May 2020 Update
So, here's the thing...I broke my computer...D'OH! Thankfully it wasn't damaged too badly, but it's still broken nonetheless. A new motherboard is on it's way and I should have normal business resuming by the end of the month. In the meantime, I have changed my bass strings, given the old girl a clean up and … Continue reading May 2020 Update
April 2020 Update
What a month March was! Apologies for the lack of updates over the last couple of weeks. I have been dealing with a very stressful house move, but thankfully things are getting back to normal(ish) now...well as normal as things can be with the current situation. It is a scary time we are living through … Continue reading April 2020 Update
March 2020 Update
Slowly getting there... I know I said last month I'd try to have all the tab posts from December/January up on the site, but they're not quite all there yet. I have however got the majority of tabs without tab links lined up to be posted over the course of this week! There is another … Continue reading March 2020 Update
February 2020 Update
The results of the Ultimate Guitar December tab contest are in... At the start of the contest, I thought it would be great if I could break the top 10 as I know previous years have been pretty hard to get into the top 10, but now they have split it out into separate Chords, … Continue reading February 2020 Update
January 2020 Update
I told you I had some more tabs up my sleeve! I've been busy at work, uploading all the tabs I've been working on over the last 6 months or so on Ultimate Guitar, taking part in their December Contest. 80 have been uploaded so far in December alone and the end of the contest … Continue reading January 2020 Update
The Story So Far…
4 years ago today, my first bass tab was accepted on to Ultimate Guitar. Since then, I've uploaded a total of 53 tabs and have become one of the top 100 highest rated contributors on the site. As I was growing up and learning guitar, Ultimate Guitar was my go to website for checking out … Continue reading The Story So Far…
RIP James Stewart “Jimmy” Bain
January has claimed the life of yet another musician. Today, Jimmy Bain has passed away, aged 68. Perhaps best known for his work with Ronnie James Dio's band Dio, he played bass and helped write several songs on Dio's early albums from Holy Diver up to Dream Evil. He departed the band in 1990, but … Continue reading RIP James Stewart “Jimmy” Bain
RIP Terence Dale Griffin
On January 17th, Dale Griffin, drummer and founding member of Mott the Hoople sadly passed aged 67 away after a struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Best known for their hit song All the Young Dudes, written by David Bowie after he learned that the band were thinking of splitting due to a lack of commercial success, … Continue reading RIP Terence Dale Griffin