This week’s groove is all about one of the essential tenets of bass playing: consistency Want a challenge? Try playing the syncopated,hypnotic bass line from Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Move On Up’ for 5 minutes straight whilst maintaining consistent articulation, note length and dynamic level. Harder than it sounds, right? View this post on Instagram A post…
Tim Drummond’s relentless, unwavering groove provides the rock-solid foundation for James Brown’s ‘Licking Stick’. The part neatly outlines all the chord tones of Eb7, making it a perfect example of how to actually make music using an arpeggio. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) Although it might seem like…
Each week in 2015 I’ll be transcribing a different bass groove, including classic lines and more obscure selections. I’ve tried to pick parts that contain little or no variation and emphasise the challenge of holding down a consistent, relentless groove for a whole song. The first Groove Of The Week is Joe Tex’s ‘I Gotcha’,…
Louis Bellson’s ‘Modern Reading in 4/4 Time’ is a classic educational text for drummers. I was introduced to it by one of my tutors during my first term of music college as an accompaniment to the sight reading classes I was taking; prior to starting my music degree I’d grown up almost exclusively on TAB…
In the 2nd post on unusual instructional books for electric bassists (part 1 can be found here) we’re examining the benefits of Franz Simandl’s ‘New Method For The Double Bass’. I discovered this book while studying with Austrian bass titan Stefan Redtenbacher and spent a long time working through it on electric bass years before…
I have a confession to make: I’m an addict. Over the last 15 years I’ve built a comprehensive library of instructional materials; books, DVDs, play-a-long CDs, online video lessons, VHS (yes, I’m that old). Here’s a glimpse of part of my bookshelf: The problem is that I’ve never really used half of them;…
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