Playing Catchup – Can’t Slap, Won’t Slap – Trade Show Fatigue Checking the Instagram post date of this video tells me that I’m a woeful 9 months behind on…
Category: Groove of the Week
Groove Of The Week #29: Michael Jackson – ‘Billie Jean’
Sounding Like a Synth, Part 2 The previous edition of Groove of the Week dealt with one of the many scenarios in which bass players might be called to emulate…
Groove Of The Week #28: The Weeknd – 'Can't Feel My Face'
Following a request to include something more contemporary in the series, I scoured mainstream radio for something bass-heavy to transcribe: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom…
Groove Of The Week #27: Weather Report – ‘River People’
27 posts into Groove Of The Week and we haven’t yet heard from Jaco Pastorius – let’s change that. There are plenty of Jaco lines to choose from, and while…
Groove Of The Week #26: Jackie Wilson – ‘Higher and Higher’
This installment of Groove Of The Week features possibly the shortest, most repetitive and least varied bass groove to date – it’s also one of the most important. One bar.…
Groove Of The Week #25: Jocelyn Brown – ‘Somebody Else’s Guy’
The site has overgone a major (and long overdue) facelift over the past few weeks – thank you for being patient during the downtime. The goal is to roll out…