I recently dug out my (now prehistoric) dictaphone that I used when I was a student at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford between 2005 and 2008 and set…
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Groove Of The Week #44: Squarepusher – ‘Iambic 9 Poetry’
Like many bass players, I became infatuated with the sound of harmonics on hearing Jaco’s iconic ‘Portrait of Tracy’ for the first time; somehow JP had managed to transform the…
Groove Of The Week #43 – Marvin Gaye’s ‘Inner City Blues’
Berry Gordy’s Other Bass Player Although The Funk Brothers’ catalogue of classic bass lines is normally associated with James Jamerson, there was another guy on the scene whose lines…
The Gear Paradox (feat. Fight Club)
Uh-oh, it’s another post about gear. The main questions that you might have are: Why are you trying to use a Whammy pedal as a pillow? What the hell does…
Groove of the Week #42: Herbie Hancock – ‘Palm Grease’
Everyone knows Herbie’s classic synth bass line on ‘Chameleon’, and plenty of guys can tear through ‘Actual Proof’ without breaking a sweat but for me, the real gem in the…
On egos and octave pedals: putting the 'fun' back into functions
The reality of attempting to eke out a living as a professional musician in London (or anywhere else, for that matter) is that you have to let go of many…