In this issue we are going to look at polymetric basslines and drum patterns that have been recorded by two bands described online as ‘progressive’ or ‘extreme’ ...MORE
In this issue we are going to look at polymetric basslines and drum patterns that have been recorded by two bands described online as ‘progressive’ or ‘extreme’ ...MORE
15/03/2017
In this issue I am looking at a tune from a musical I saw when I was 15 years old. It was one of the reasons I became a professional ...
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As it’s the Christmas period, I thought I would do some shameless marketing. There is a new album, ‘Dunedin Spleen’ ...
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This Deep Thinking bass lesson concerns how two sources of bass in a band can sound big and grunty (is that a word?). I did ...
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Latin Grooves: In this issue we are going to look at some Afro–Cuban bass lines two of which are contemporary, and one, ...
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In this issue we are going to take some of the techniques from last issue’s Deep Thinking column and turn them into a country ...
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In the last NZM issue, we looked at some iconic Afro-American funk bass lines that used a less is more approach. We'll ...
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As promised in the last issue, we are going to look at some of the aspects of James Jamerson's bass playing that made him ...
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Many readers of the Deep Thinking column will be familiar with British trio Cream, one of the bands of the late 1960s that ...
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