One Man, Two Careers – Pick Technique – Play it Like You Hear it This one definitely gets filed under ‘guilty pleasures’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) I originally knew Narada Michael Walden for his work behind the kit rather than his vocal efforts (his credits as a…
‘Functional’ slap bass – You’ll Never Be Ready – (No More) Longing To Be Loose ‘Ready’ Freddie Washington is certainly no slouch when it comes to the bass. He’s recorded with artists such as… toured with the notoriously demanding Steely Dan, and when it was time for him to contribute to the Standing In The…
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 this series. Whoops. The original intention was for Groove Of The Week was to be wrapped up at the end of 2015, but it’s already…
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 a synth part. Here’s a dancefloor favourite from The King of Pop that was originally played on a Moog synth by Greg Phillingaines (Greg is…
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 Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) Here are the dots: In order to emulate the original sound from the recording I used one of my favourite pedals, the Boss…
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 he’s often remembered for his pyrotechnics his sense of groove was unparalleled. Part of the reason that he was able to get away with being…
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