The blog has been alarmingly quiet over the last 6 months. Sorry. Must try harder in future. Here’s something to tide you over until the next post. I made a…
Tag: bass
Fret less, Say More
Last year I got a call to play some bass on some tracks for Records On Ribs artist Talk Less Say More. The plan was to make a record with…
Rhythmic Displacement Part 2: Snarky Puppy – ‘What About Me?’
One of the most popular posts on this blog is a transcription of a Meshuggah tune that features some interesting rhythmic displacement ideas. Here’s a transcription in a similar vein…
7 Steps To Better Practice
We’re already a month into 2014 and I’m willing to bet that many of us who made New Year’s resolutions along the lines of ‘I’m going to do more practice’…
Geldof
I got this as gift from a student a few years ago (how did he know that an insulting autograph from Sir Bob was top of my wish list?) Is…
Rhythmic Displacement: Meshuggah’s ‘Do Not Look Down’
I have a confession to make: Although I have a deep appreciation of all things musical there’s one genre that I always come back to… metal. Proper metal. Played by…