26/06/2016
A very happy and successful New Year to you. Following on from the last issues cross-handed tapping piece, I have written ...
READ MORE >As mentioned in the last issue of NZ Musician, we are going to look at a couple of bass parts from Frank Rocco Prestia, ...
READ MORE >Some funky fun this time from a bass player much admired in rock and funk circles – Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. ...
READ MORE >I have written (or arranged!) something extremely different from our recent rock and funk escapades for this first issue ...
READ MORE >This issue is the second part of the bass arrangement I have scored of Claude Debussy's Claire de Lune. What happens after ...
READ MORE >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 ...
READ MORE >26/10/2015
This issue's Deep Thinking bass column is the result of a conversation between some of the University of Otago Music Department ...
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After the tricky introduction that we looked at in the last issue of NZM, we are now in a relatively easier section of the ...
READ MORE >26/06/2015
The last few Deep Thinking columns have been funk-orientated, so I thought we might get into some prog rock in this issue ...
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