Groove of The Week #36: Vulfpeck – ‘The Birdwatcher’
Time Mismanagement – Joe Dart’s ‘Birdwatcher’ bass part – How I Spent My Summer This post features the bass-wrangling of Vulpeck’s Joe Dart. If you’re not familiar with Vulfpeck (or Joe), I suggest…
Groove Of The Week #35: Tribal Tech – ‘Face First’
More New Gear, No New Ideas – Confessions Of A String Tickler – R.I.P Rod Here’s where we left off last time. Meet the latest family member: Oops. So much for the self-imposed…
Groove Of The Week #34: Jaco Pastorius – ‘Come On, Come Over’
The Man Who Changed Everything – Melody, Not Chops – Confessions of a Gearaholic, Part 2 On September 21st 1987 John Francis Anthony Pastorius III left this world, dying as result of…
Groove Of The Week #33: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Downtown’
Simplicity is Complicated – Historical Perspective in The Age of Information – New Stuff Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. The bass line that underpins Macklemore’s non-threatening mainstream hip hop hit ‘Downtown’…
Groove Of The Week #32: Narada Michael Waldon – ‘I Shoulda Loved Ya’
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…
Groove Of The Week #31: Patrice Rushen – ‘Forget Me Nots’
‘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…
Groove Of The Week #30: Pleasure – ‘Glide’
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.…
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 a synth part.…
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 Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) Here…
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 he’s often remembered…