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“When James got his first offer to play at the Troubadour, I thought it would be one gig. It turned into 20 years”: Lee Sklar looks back on his early sessions with James Taylor and Jackson Browne – and the beginnings of a legendary studio career
South Carolina 10 hours ago WTC 2 postandcourier.com • 10h James Taylor, FCI Williamsburg Warden and Dr. Patty Lee, WTC President Pop Culture 1 day ago Elvis Presley Turned a 1970 James Taylor ‘Joke’ Song Into a Massive Top 20 Hit Parade Magazine - By Lucille Barilla • 1d The King of Rock and Roll transformed the sarcastic track into a live powerhouse performance When Elvis Presley took the stage for his legendary 1973 … FBI 2 days ago Trading Westminster for Brussels?
“I remember trying to sound like Chris Squire. Ozzy’s reaction was, ‘What the hell is that?’” How Geezer Butler helped define the sound of heavy metal on this eight-minute Black Sabbath opus
“Ozzy and I were in a bathroom peeing together, and he said to me, ‘You still got that guy George in your band? That guy’s crazier than I am!’”: ’80s rocker Don Dokken looks back on his turbulent relationship with guitar hero George Lynch For one of the best hard rock bands to come out of Los Angeles in the ’80s, there was always a problem. No matter how high they flew, selling millions …
Walking the Walk on Package Registry Sustainability
Public package registries are not free extensions of corporate infrastructure. They sit directly in the path of modern software development. Every dependency resolution, automated build, security scan, and release depends on infrastructure that someone has to operate, secure, support, and improve. The post Walking the Walk on Package Registry Sustainability appeared first on 2024 Sonatype Blog. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox.
A produtividade da IA pode criar um novo tipo de burnout
A liderança em tecnologia se sente muito à vontade para falar sobre produtividade. Discutimos com confiança taxas de automação, velocidade de desenvolvimento, curvas de custo e índices de defeitos. Mas nos sentimos menos confortáveis para falar sobre desgaste mental, especialmente quando a fonte dessa tensão é justamente a tecnologia que estamos entusiasmados em adotar. A chegada dos agentes de IA vai tornar esse desconforto ainda mais difícil de ignorar.
Request for Comments: CARE and Maven Central
For most of Maven Central’s history, publishing has followed a simple model: maintainers publish releases, users consume them, and when something goes wrong, the fix comes through the same channel. The post Request for Comments: CARE and Maven Central appeared first on 2024 Sonatype Blog. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/request-for-comments-care-and-maven-central
“I got a hold of a little psychedelic substance and tripped out all night. By morning, I said, ‘I’m a bass player!’” How a psychedelic-fueled studio session set Ron Blair on the path to becoming a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“I got a hold of a little psychedelic substance and tripped out all night. By morning, I said, ‘I’m a bass player!’” How a psychedelic-fueled studio session set Ron Blair on the path to becoming a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers As an original member of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, bassist Ron Blair supplied distinctive basslines for the band’s classic first four albums – Tom …
“I got a hold of a little psychedelic substance and tripped out all night. By morning, I said, ‘I’m a bass player!’” How a psychedelic-fueled studio session set Ron Blair on the path to becoming a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Burnt out from the grind of an unrelenting schedule and disillusioned by the record business, Blair split from the group in 1982 and was replaced by Howie Epstein. Two decades later, he came full circle and rejoined, as Epstein’s long battles with substance abuse tragically claimed his life.
The Rise of Collective Defense for Open Source
For most of my career, software security has been treated as an individual responsibility. The post The Rise of Collective Defense for Open Source appeared first on 2024 Sonatype Blog. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/the-rise-of-collective-defense-for-open-source
Open Publishing, Commercial Scale
This is not just a Maven Central story. The post Open Publishing, Commercial Scale appeared first on 2024 Sonatype Blog. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/open-publishing-commercial-scale
The AI Race Is Becoming a Remediation Race
If AI is going to change how we find vulnerabilities, then policy has to address the full cycle of repair. The post The AI Race Is Becoming a Remediation Race appeared first on 2024 Sonatype Blog. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox.
Open is Not Costless: Reclaiming Sustainable Infrastructure
The post Open is Not Costless: Reclaiming Sustainable Infrastructure appeared first on 2024 Sonatype Blog. For years, the software industry treated public package registries like a law of nature. They were simply there. Immutable, invisible, and somehow outside the normal rules of cost, capacity, and responsibility. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox.
“My tech said, ‘This bass looks tiny on you.’ I lowered the strap so it would look cooler. You have to throw your whole body into it”: Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass
Soundgarden: Ben Shepherd, Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip),Rotterdam, Netherlands, 23rd June 1992. Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd first appeared in the pages of Bass Player for a 1993 feature on alternative-rock. He was even on the cover, but that doesn't mean he was happy about it.
Todos los desarrolladores ahora son un riesgo: la IA, la responsabilidad y el futuro del software Original
Cuando hablo con desarrolladores sobre sus planes para 2026, las respuestas varían según cómo piensan integrar la inteligencia artificial de forma más eficaz en sus flujos de trabajo. No es la primera vez que una herramienta nueva impacta de forma tan radical en la industria, pero esta vez la diferencia es clave: la propia IA empieza a actuar como un desarrollador. Los agentes y copilotos ya escriben código, detectan errores y los corrigen junto con los humanos.
Trust At Scale: The Commons, Threats, and AI in the Loop | Sonatype
Dependency management used to be a private embarrassment: an Ant script, a /lib folder, and classpath roulette. You could ship anyway, and the consequences mostly stayed inside your org. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/trust-at-scale-the-commons-threats-and-ai-in-the-loop
The First Mile of Trusted AI Development
We’ve Been Building Toward This Moment For months, I’ve been writing about a growing tension at the center of AI-powered development: AI can now generate code at extraordinary speed, yet our ability to govern that code hasn’t evolved to match it. In a series of articles, I explored the emerging failure modes and the deeper structural gaps they reveal: *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox.
The Last Mile Problem: AI Can Write Code, But Only Policy Can Ship It
Artificial intelligence (AI) can already write code that compiles, runs, and sometimes even surprises us by passing tests. In many ways, it’s crossed the threshold that once separated “assisted coding” from “autonomous creation.” *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/the-last-mile-problem-ai-can-write-code-but-only-policy-can-ship-it
From Generic Code to Specialist AI: How MCP Will Reshape the Developer Experience
Executives have often handled the most sensitive data—often on the fly—and have access to a company’s most valuable assets from their homes and personal devices My organization doesn’t have a firm understanding of the risk from AI social engineering attacks Protecting executives—and their families—should be a critical risk management priority AI social engineering attacks raise my organization’s risk exposure AI social engineering attacks against executives and their families are on the rise,...
The LLM Dependency Trap
Large language models are reshaping how we write software. With a few prompts, developers can generate boilerplate, integrate dependencies, write tests, and scaffold entire systems in a fraction of the time it used to take. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/the-llm-dependency-trap
From Abuse to Alignment: Why We Need Sustainable Open Source Infrastructure
Open source doesn’t run on any individual project, foundation, or company — it runs on shared infrastructure. That’s why we’ve come together with other stewards to issue a Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/from-abuse-to-alignment-why-we-need-sustainable-open-source-infrastructure
The End of Tribal Knowledge: Why Contextual Policy Is the Foundation for Agentic AI Development
For years, the challenge in software security and governance hasn’t been knowing what to do, but instead scaling that knowledge across fast-moving teams. At Sonatype, we invested heavily in solving that through contextual policy. Not just rules, but rules that understood intent. Rules that prioritized based on usage, risk, and relevance, and turned raw security data into actionable, in-context decisions.
The Laws of Software Haven't Changed. We're Just Choosing to Forget Them
We’re in the middle of something that feels like a renaissance — a golden age of software creation that’s less about syntax and more about prompting. At Black Hat 2025 last week, every conversation revolved around AI. As GPT-5 rolls out, the AI arms race intensifies between the U.S. and China, and regulators struggle to write legislation fast enough, AI is now helping people ship applications before they’ve even had their coffee. Code is being written, tested, and deployed by machines.
“If it felt like punk speed freaks, so much the better. Elvis never came up to us saying, ‘Suspicious Minds was too fast tonight’”: At the suggestion of guitar picker James Burton, Elvis set up an audition with an unlikely bass candidate - Jerry Scheff |
"A very capable package that will give beginners the tools they need to make good quality recordings": M-Audio M-Track Duo HD Producer Pack review What is it? If you’re looking to get started with home recording and are unsure of how to go about it, the M-Audio M-Track Duo HD Producer Pack is …
“I used a Gibson EB-3 through my time with David, trying to get the same bass sound Andy Fraser got with Free”: How the late, great Trevor Bolder applied melodic flair to anchor this irresistible 12/8 rocker from David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane
LOS ANGELES - 1973: Musician David Bowie performs onstage with bass player Trevor Bolder (1950-2013) during his "Ziggy Stardust" era in 1973 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images). On May 21, 2013, the bass world lost one if its unsung stylists in Trevor Bolder, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 62.
Beyond IPs: Addressing organizational overconsumption in Maven Central
When we published Maven Central and the Tragedy of the Commons, we highlighted a disturbing pattern: just 1% of IP addresses accounted for 83% of Maven Central‘s total bandwidth, often traced back to some of the world’s largest organizations. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 2024 Sonatype Blog authored by Brian Fox. Read the original post at: https://www.sonatype.com/blog/beyond-ips-addressing-organizational-overconsumption-in-maven-central
What's happening with MITRE and the CVE program uncertainty
Yesterday’s headlines have sent ripples through the cybersecurity and software supply chain communities: MITRE announced that U.S. government funding for the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) database was set to expire today. Overnight, the CVE Foundation emerged with a plan to maintain the program before the Critical Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) announced it has extended support for the program this morning.
“I got a call from Glenn Frey. I just said. ‘Where do I sign?’ Here they were asking me to join The Eagles without playing one lick of music with them”: Timothy B. Schmidt joined The Eagles at the height of Hotel California - and didn't even audition | Fl
Recently, Karan Johar spoke about selling a 50% stake in Dharma Productions to Serum Institute’s Adar Poonawalla, saying that he was lost in the meetings they had to iron out the details of the deal. Johar said that Dharma CEO Apurva Mehta was the one who handled the business side of things, while …
“It turned out so well there was some campaigning from John Lennon for it to serve as the A-side instead of Lady Madonna”: Paul McCartney was in bass peak form on this lesser-known Beatles gem | Flipboard
50 Most Iconic Duos Of All Time They say that two forces form an unbeatable team when they come together. We have many such examples in entertainment, history, and pop culture — …
How Beck’s longtime bassist scored his spot in Nine Inch Nails
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. As musical director for Beck, one of alternative rock's most progressive acts, Justin Meldal-Johnsen was driven to master his voice as a low-end interlocutor, free to cast his wildly inventive basslines in fresh, funky tones.
“Joe and I had been hanging out, secretively making music, knowing that one day we'd do something. Four sessions later, we had an album”: How Glenn Hughes brought his low-end expertise into the spotlight with Joe Bonamassa and Black Country Communion | Fl
“I walked through the ‘Nothing To Declare’ lane, though it was in an embarrassment of a guitar case at that point”: The remarkable story behind Rory Gallagher’s 1968 Coral 3S19 Electric Sitar It’s well known that Rory used an electric Coral Sitar for tracks such as Philby, but less well known is how much his devotion to its atmospheric …
The diverse career - and gear - of bassist Hutch Hutchinson
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. You have to stay focused as a bass player. Just ask longtime Bonnie Raitt sideman Hutch Hutchinson, whose concentration got severely tested while he was laying down tracks for Hank Williams Jr.'s Almeria Club Recordings. The session took place in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the home of the legendary country-music radio show Louisiana Hayride.
“I was doing overdubs, and by that point we had Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and players standing around, all drinking beer with Hank”: From Hank Williams Jr. to B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt, Hutch Hutchinson has led a diverse career in the low-end | Flipboar
“I was doing overdubs, and by that point we had Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and players standing around, all drinking beer with Hank”: From Hank Williams Jr. to B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt, Hutch Hutchinson has led a diverse career in the low-end You have to stay focused as a bass player. Just ask longtime Bonnie Raitt sideman Hutch Hutchinson, whose concentration got severely tested while he …
“I’d cover the strings in cheeseburger grease, barbecue sauce - even blood”: Stephen Stills on his unlikely bass tone journey
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nicknamed ‘Captain Manyhands’ by longtime bandmates David Crosby and Graham Nash for his ability to play just about anything, Stephen Stills ranks among pop music's finest unsung bass talents. Though he's best known as one of three namesake singer/guitarists in Crosby Stills & Nash, Stills played bass guitar on all of the band's records.
“I’d cover the strings in cheeseburger grease, barbecue sauce - even blood. I didn’t want the bass to sound like a friggin’ guitar!” Crosby, Stills & Nash’s 1969 debut took bassist Stephen Stills on an unlikely tone journey | Flipboard
“I freaked out like everyone else”: Glenn Frey names the ‘Great American Supergroup’ Towards the end of the 1960s, the California rock scene had started to turn a corner. It wasn’t that far removed from the Woodstock generation at …
“If you heard the first demo of that song you wouldn’t believe it!” How Led Zeppelin’s legendary multi-instrumentalist took flight with Them Crooked Vultures | Flipboard
Why wait for Prime Day? Here are 5 huge pedal deals available on Amazon right now Prime Day is nearly upon us, and with it, a deluge of deals on guitar gear will be landing. You don’t have to wait for the event to start on the 16th …
“I get more volume and power when I play with a pick. I’d never be able to play Highway Star with my fingers”: Roger Glover’s isolated bassline on Deep Purple’s Highway Star is a masterclass in high-velocity picking
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“I get more volume and power when I play with a pick. I’d never be able to play Highway Star with my fingers”: Roger Glover’s isolated bassline on Deep Purple’s Highway Star is a masterclass in high-velocity picking | Flipboard
4 of the Most Underrated Rock Bands From the 1960s Genres will come and go, as will bands, singers, musicians, and trends in the world of music. But nothing will ever be quite like the 1960s’ unique …
Listen to Roger Glover’s isolated bassline on Deep Purple’s Highway Star
If heavy metal is the bastard son of rock ’n' roll, Deep Purple is due a paternity test. Like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, their peers in the trifecta of hard rock, Purple reacted against the bubblegum pop and hippy-dippy fare of the 1960s with a high-octane sound that was powered by the blues and borrowed as freely from classical music as it did from psychedelia and folk.
Closing the door on open source supply chain attacks
While the OSS community has made waves in the past with vulnerability news, the wide usage of the open source Java logging library, Log4j, meant that when that vulnerability was uncovered the floodgates opened. Almost overnight, open source went from a conversation reserved for the depths of Discord channels to being something your mom might ask you about at the breakfast table.
Why Squarepusher (aka Tom Jenkinson) is an artist in a vast left-field league of his own
It's nothing personal – the uncompromising bassist/programmer known by a select few as Tom Jenkinson is just cautious. After all, your particular musical notions might unduly alter his current creative trajectory. That an artist with such a clear vision is wary of outside influence is just one of many paradoxes surrounding Squarepusher. His mish-mash of bebop, electronica, and avant-garde is some of the most challenging music out there.
“Bono always wanted me to play that part with a pick, but I get a different reaction from playing bass with my fingers. There’s nothing quite like that contact of pulling the wires”: Adam Clayton on the U2 sound
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“Bono always wanted me to play that part with a pick, but I get a different reaction from playing bass with my fingers. There’s nothing quite like that contact of pulling the wires”: Adam Clayton on the U2 sound
With an engaging frontman, one of the world's most innovative guitarists, and a solid drummer, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to play bass guitar in U2: play eighth-notes and hold on for the ride. But there is a deeper story behind the exacting precision in Adam Clayton's style. When Edge departs mid-song to explore new ethereal melodic worlds, it's Clayton who takes the helm and steers the songs through their changes.
“Bono always wanted me to play that part with a pick, but I get a different reaction from playing bass with my fingers. There’s nothing quite like that contact of pulling the wires”: Adam Clayton on the U2 sound | Flipboard
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and these are my five key tips that will make it a lot easier for you When you start out on your journey as a guitar player, there are a number of roadblocks that you are guaranteed to come up against. These are things …
“I've always played with a pick, but up until the fifth Foo Fighters record, I never played downstrokes”: How Nate Mendel changed the way he played bass to “support Dave’s songs as best as possible”
If you’re familiar with the Foo Fighters’ big hits – Everlong, The Pretender, Times Like These, Waiting On A War and so on – you’ll know that they specialise in Rock with a capital R, designed for stadiums and beloved of crowds worldwide. It’s all a long way from bassist Nate Mendel’s youth as a punk kid from Washington. “I just wanted to be in a band,” he told BP.
“You bassists who think your bass isn’t loud enough, you’re right! I always want my bass louder in the mix”: How Geddy Lee found his sound with Rush
Bass guitar heroes don’t get much bigger than Geddy Lee. Although he ‘crossed the floor’ to Fender more years ago than even he cares to remember, the metallic clang of his Rickenbacker 4001 has pierced the minds of millions. For Lee, laying down the basslines for Rush has certainly had its ups and downs. “I’m a fairly obnoxious bass player,” he told BP in 2007. “I don’t think my bass playing style is very typical. I always want my bass louder in the mix.
Emotionally Cathartic Indie Rock Rules Cartalk's Debut Album " Renaissance People's Media
Emotionally Cathartic Indie Rock Rules Cartalk’s Debut Album Cartalk’s debut album Pass Like Pollen is full of emotional honest indie rock with a splash of grunge and Americana. Cartalk has been releasing singles since 2017, and they’ve just released their debut album Pass Like Pollen. The Los Angeles-based band had their first tour back in January on the Pacific Coast and were playing live shows up until the pandemic put a stop to them. Now their first album is here to tide us over.
How pharma companies can better understand patients
Consumers have access to more healthcare information than ever. Here’s how pharmaceutical companies can better understand the way people make decisions about their care. Consider the following: a 25-year-old, healthy male notices he is developing itchy, scaly patches of skin. He has not experienced anything similar before, so he goes online to do some research. Soon, he finds photos and descriptions that seem to match his symptoms and decides he has psoriasis.
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