This groove easily makes it into my top 10 bass lines of all time. If you’re a bassist who wants to groove and you haven’t checked out Me’shell’s records then…
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Unorthodox Instructionals Part 4: Change The Way You Hear Music
So far we’ve looked at unorthodox methods for bass players to sharpen their grasp of harmony, develop a more secure technique and master written rhythms. This post deals with an…
Groove Of The Week #5 – D’Angelo ‘The Charade’
Regular readers of this blog will have gathered that I’m something of a D’Angelo fanboy, so imagine my excitement when he suddenly reappeared with Black Messiah, his first studio album…
Groove Of The Week #4 – Beyoncé ‘Deja Vu’
This edition of Groove Of The Week is a double post because this pop gem contains not one but TWO great grooves to get your fingers around. The verse groove…
Groove Of The Week #3 – Curtis Mayfield ‘Move On Up’
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’…
Unorthodox Instructionals, Part 3: Getting Even With Drummers
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…