No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed

To celebrate Chris Squire’s 73rd Birthday, I have made one more bass cover video. This time it was Time and a Word’s “No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed”. Happy Birthday, Chris!

A Gift From My Patrons

Today I have purchased a license for Reaper, thanks to the kind contributions of my dear Patrons at https://patreon.com/miguelfalcao.This will not only allow me to make more and better music and videos, but also to support the Reaper developers themselves, who make such a great software for musicians.I feel happy, and more determined to keepContinue reading “A Gift From My Patrons”

The Ancient

Here is the last video for 2020. “The Ancient”, side 3 of Tales From Topographic Oceans. This is probably the first bass cover of this song, at least in YouTube! I also covered Chris’ beautiful vocal harmonies. I hope you enjoy it and wish you all the best for 2021! Thanks for being here.

Onward – A “Rickenbacker Kiss” Remaster

Here is the remaster of my 2010 arrangement of Onward. The picture quality hasn’t improved but hopefully the sound is much better and you will hear the effect of the resounding guitar harmonics. Below I have copied the commentary of the original post from 2010. Thanks for watching! I am playing my 4001 CS bassContinue reading “Onward – A “Rickenbacker Kiss” Remaster”

My Patreon page

Dear Friends For over 12 years I have been creating artistic bass cover/tutorial videos, especially Chris Squire bass covers, as well as other related stories, original music and different musical topics content. I am starting a Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/miguelfalcao for those of you who wish to support financially my musical activities. As you may know, sinceContinue reading “My Patreon page”

Roundabout HD Remaster

Here is an update and remaster of my 2008 cover of Roundabout, including new guitar overdubs and a some corrected notes on the secondary bassline, at the “Drifting Cloud” middle section.

And You And I

Here is the video I have made to celebrate the 72nd birthday of Chris Squire. It’s “And You and I” and I have tried to go through the various possible overdubs in the recording, while also adding some of the live features, such as the inclusion of bass pedals.

Duo Falcão/Reis

Last December I had the pleasure to perform a free improvisation session with Marcelo dos Reis, on the occasion of the anniversary of Marcelo’s own label Cipsela Records. Free improvisation is a completely musical ground for me, although I have been regularly participating in some improvised music events, but the challenge is always renewed, especiallyContinue reading “Duo Falcão/Reis”