Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of Danish musician Ida Nielsen. Mark King, lead singer and bassist of the band Level 42. Photo of Victor WOOTEN. American ...

They’re bringing the funk to Brooklyn during your lunch hour. Legendary Sly and the Family Stone musician Larry Graham — the grand-daddy of the slap-bass technique who gave rise to a whole genre of ...

The Vulfpeck virtuoso walks through his Flea-inspired technique, talks dead notes, the importance of “thinking of yourself like a drummer” in this taster of his new Bass 301 lecture series When you ...

Videos by American Songwriter The track features alternative singer Kid Brunswick rapping over a funky, slap bass line, a style that Gray developed as a kid, paired with gothy, Deftones-sounding ...

It’s always fun to footage of artists when they were young and embarrassing, before they became the performers we all know and love. It’s a nice reminder that once upon a time, most, if not all, of us ...