This week’s laid back swung 16th groove comes courtesy of one of my teenage bass heroes, Dirk Lance. Incubus first caught my attention when I heard Make Yourself and totally freaked out – at the age of 15 I’d never heard anything quite like it before. The follow-up album, Morning View, remains one of my…
Apologies that this post is somewhat late, things have been rather manic lately. Anyway, here’s last week’s Groove Of The Week video, which features Chris Wolstenholme’s amazing pedal point riff on Muse’s ‘Hysteria’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) This line is tricky for a number of reasons, particularly…
Whilst I’m trying my best to provide transcriptions from a variety of players over the course of this year’s Groove Of The Week series there are some bassists that I just can’t stop listening to. Pino Palladino is one of them. We’ve already heard from Pino on D’Angelo’s The Charade, and this week’s groove sees…
For our 10th week of groove we’re investigating Jonathan Maron’s amazing bass line on Groove Collective’s ‘Everything Is Changing’. If you’re not familiar with Jonathan’s playing then this is a great introduction to his propulsive playing style (you can check out his extensive discography here). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom…
Melvin Dunlap’s part on Charles Wright’s classic funk hit ‘Express Yourself’ is a bass line that everyone should know: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) The syncopated groove sits squarely in Eb major and fits nicely in one position: Got A Groove Request? Let Me Know! If there’s a…
This week’s groove comes courtesy of Stuart Zender on Jamiroquai’s ‘Whatever It Is, I Just Can’t Stop’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) The verse hook sits in an E7 tonality and features a number of funk bass staples including semiquaver syncopation, chromatic approaches into chord tones, grace notes…
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