Scale Colour System method will be soon available also in Spanish. Sold in over 30 countries worldwide this inovative system is to be translated in multi languages. Preorder copies are available at discounted 15% off.
The Spanish edition will be available in December 2019. The preordered copies at discounted price will be the first ones to be shipped worldwide. Check the Shop to find more and book your copy.
Musika Expo 2019 on October 20th. The biggest music event in Central and Southern Italy will take place in Rome at the Palazzo Dei Congressi. A unique day with over 200 brands exhibiting in over 3000 square meters and dozens of leve performances, demos and workshops dedicated to musicians and music lovers.
Alex will be hosting a clinic in collaboration with Dogal Strings at 3:30pm at Spazio Demo 14.
A Power Bass Duo Clinic held by two of the most active bass players in the European scene to inspire and develop music creativity on the electric bass. Touring Swizterland, Italy, The Netherlands.
REMCO HENDRIKS and ALEX LOFOCO present a Masterclass open to all levels displaying their techniques applied on a Bass Duo and Solo Bass line-up context. Their personal styles complement each other and create rhythmical wall of sound to build arrangements and improvisations.
Analising all aspects of music applied to the electric bass, from the technique to the interplay and the use of the gear, the clinic creates a bridge between the primary role of the bass as part of the rhythm section and the advanced concepts of solo bass arrangements.
All the elements presented in the lesson are the results of Alex and Remco’s personal techniques and their experience as session player, soloist and educators.
The mastercalss will include aspects of:
√ Technique and Mechanics
Slap &Double Thumbing
Lobster Claw Technique
√ Groove and Feel
Dynamic, Ghost Notes & Muting
√ Harmony & Theory√ Solo Bass Composition
Free-flow Improvisation
Practical Music Philosophy
√ Sound and Gear
Tour Dates
June 14 – Zurich, (CH)
June 15 – Neuchatel, (CH)
June 19 – TBC, Bologna (IT)
June 21 – TBC, Rome (IT)
June 22 – Bassline Music Shop, Milan (IT)
June 26 – Zinder Podium, Tiel (NL)
Very excited to take the SCALE COLOUR SYSTEM to the Lizard Accademia musicale – Pagina ufficiale this coming Sunday 26 May.
Info and bookings: info@lizardcollege.net
Read more about the SCS at www.alexlofoco.com/scalecoloursystem
With great pride The Music Alliance organizes a workshop of no one less than Marcus Miller!! Supported by virtuosos Alex Lofoco, Remco Hendriks and Cyril Directie. The 26th of June will be a great evening for an intimate group of musicians, kc550, and fans.
In collaboration with Sire USA, Markbass, GRBass and De Bassist
Order tickets now at https://www.zinder.nl/podium/!!
It is with great pleasure to announce that SCALE COLOUR SYSTEM has teamed up with GRUV GEAR for a COLOURGRUV bundle.
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The adjustable strap lets you fine-tune the pressure and dampening of the strings. Quickly slides over the headstock when not in use. No special guitar modification, installation, or tools required – Yet amazingly effective!
JOIN US THIS WEEKEND for a series of FREE tuition slots and introduction to Scale Colour System at the Musicroom in Denmark Street, London.
The lessons are open to everyone, any level, students and teachers who wish to have an insight into this innovative system of learning music.
Book your FREE slot at the Musicroom London
london@musicroom.com
T : 01722 322278
Thank you so much to the Music Room staff, Hal Leonard Europe, and to Music for All for this fantastic series of events.
Check more venues and events all over the UK https://musicforall.org.uk/learntoplayday/
Alex will be holding two in-store clinics in Italy on Saturday 6th and Friday 12th of April 2019. The first in Milan at the Bassline Music Shop and the latter in Rome at Your Music megastore.
The clinics will be focussed on technique and theory as well and gear demo for Duvoisin Guitar instruments (www.duvoisinguitars.com).
The translated version of Alex’s SCALE COLOUR SYSTEM book will be also presented on Apr 6th in conjunction with its release – you can preorder now your copy at www.alexlofoco.com/Shop
Apr 6th – 17:00 at Bassline Music Shop, Milan (info@bassline.it)
Apr 12th – 17:30 at Your Music, Rome (info@yourmusiconline.it)
Follow up the events on www.facebook/alexlofoco/pg/events
Alex will be holding a 2h clinic introducing his newly released SCALE COLOUR SYSTEM method – Saturday December the 1st in Rome at the music mega store Your Music.
17:00 – Free admission
Join the event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/721521698220019/
You can hear jazz, metal, funk and Latin mixed up wildly, brute electric guitar riffs for melodic solos on the fretless bass, fat sounds from the synthesizer over polyrhythmic grooves from the drums and above all a saxophone floats in its forms as soprano, alto and tenor…
Get the magazine at https://www.bassquarterly.de/
Below the full article
We have the one in London two issues ago live Italian bassist Alex Lofoco with an interview about his new CD posed. In it he tells extensively about the development process and the significance of this debut for him personally. Alex Lofoco uses the slogan “Explicit Pro- gressive Fusion Content”, and it’s hard to describe the sound of the record better. His line-up is impressive: stars like Marco Minnemann on drums, known for his work with the Aristrocrats and the Steve Wilson Band, Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater on the keyboard, and Eric Marienthal on the saxophone, which has countless records with Chick Corea recorded. In his role as a composer and producer, Alex Lofoco has managed to give his band every opportunity to perform. Together with his friend Roby Meola on the guitar as co-producer, a compilation of seven songs was created, which reflects the great stylistic range of the musicians. You can hear jazz, metal, funk or Latin mixed up wildly, brute electric guitar riffs for melodic solos on the fretless bass, fat sounds from the synthesizer over polyrhythmic grooves from the drums and above all a saxophone floats in its forms as soprano, alto and tenor. It is not so easy to point out a specific song from the album, as none of the seven titles lasts less than eight minutes and all seem interwoven while listening. The opener “Rolling The Stone” begins with an epic intro of atonal unison lines, which immediately evokes associations with the legendary Return to Forever. After this introduction, it gets straight to the point right away, a colorful mix of styles from metal to smooth jazz with a thick sound sets the tone.
It mixes string sounds from the keyboard with distorted guitars to a funk bass in the style of Jaco over odd time signatures. Themes and motifs are presented, musically processed by the various instruments, resumed and linked with other phrases. Actually, the first title already contains the nucleus for the entire album, because despite all stylistic range Alex Lofoco remains true to his concept of progressive fusion. Of course, he did not miss the opportunity to demonstrate his outstanding bass skills. “Resurrection” includes some great solos on Fretless (by the German bass maker Oliver Lang) in a duo with the saxophone and extremely tight grooves in double thumping. In “Grace” you can hear a great slap solo in Miller style as well as some very virtuoso finger funk riffs. Of course, the other musicians also get their money’s worth, the drum-intro by Marco Minnemann in “Faith”, which leads to a genius groove on a 3-point basis, has it all and is not a bit boring even after repeated listening. Anyway, the purely instrumental record is definitely not for the light music enjoyment with a glass of red wine in the evening after work. Here it is all the time fully to the point, the listener is granted no rest, a technical-musical highlight chasing the next. If you want to search for a point of criticism, he would probably be found at this point. Lofoco wants to show everything in his debut album and may have meant it a bit too well in some places. I personally lack the common thread, as a listener one wants to be taken by the hand and guided through the world of the composer. This takes place less, Alex converts his sonic visions one-to-one and demands the undivided attention and cooperation of the listener while listening. In the end, this is just consistent and appropriate to the style of the music, and those who make the effort will be rewarded with extremely interesting and sophisticated music. As a bassist and musician you can enjoy this album for a long time, because it is full of content and details and screams for repeated listening. If you are looking for fusion and / or are looking for inspiration for your bass playing, then this is the place for you!
by Von Sebastian Stolz
