Free. Bass. Lessons…

And here we have a tune from Larry Graham, THE inventor of the slap and pop technique. I love this. Especially near the end where everyone gets their groove-on in a boogie nights-esque funk down. 2:57 is where the funk lands. I was born in the wrong era.

…and How is this for a Bass line!?  Mr Rocco Prestia.  It’s a busy line, but still maintains the funkiness of the track.  A personal favourite of mine. I think that JK from jamiroquai has been heavily inspired by these guys.  I mean, if you didn’t know it, you could think that was him singing. [...]

Nothing better than Bass chords played on the Bass guitar…

Some ideas on how to get yourself out of that rut!

I love playing Bass. It’s always been the exciting instrument for me. For many people, it’s guitar, and that is the instrument that a lot of people head for, when picking one. It’s been that way for years… But these days, i’m noticing a lot of people heading towards the bass as their prefered instrument. [...]

Someone once said to me that “The greatest musicians don’t shout about their talent”. This is certainly true of Les Claypool. It is also true of his fellow members in the band Primus. Each of them are, in my opinion, the best in the industry on their particular instruments. Brian “Brain” valentino on drums, as [...]

Flea is THE number one reason I picked up the bass guitar. His intensity and energy pulled me from joining the Army one evening, and launched me into a life of music and creativity, instead. Whilst I still call myself a big fan of Flea, I do prefer his older stuff. When he was really [...]

Well, what can I say about Larry Graham that you old school pro’s don’t know? Not much! The reason for that is that any bass player that has been playing for a while will know who larry Graham is. If you don’t, let me educate you: Larry Graham was the first person to slap and [...]