19/08/2024
Deep Thinking: Stevie Wonder’s Masterblaster (Jammin’)
I always used to say to bass students in the UK and here that two of Stevie Wonder's most challenging bass lines are from ...
READ MORE >21/05/2024
Deep Thinking: Come Together Over A Classic
Come together over a classic. After a few Deep Thinking articles, in which I've talked about the theoretical issues of bassline ...
READ MORE >23/08/2023
Deep Thinking: An Exercise For Both Hands
An exercise for both hands with some sight reading thrown in! Over the last few NZM issues, we’ve been looking at building ...
READ MORE >01/02/2023
Deep Thinking: Building Basslines – Part 2
Following on from the last two Deep Thinking online columns here we continue the quest to build a unique bassline, whether ...
READ MORE >16/11/2022
Songwriting Hacks: Relative Major & Minor Diatonic Chord Substitution
Hi songwriters. The title might sound a bit complex but this a relatively simple and cool idea to have in your songwriting ...
READ MORE >27/07/2022
Deep Thinking: Building Basslines
In this instalment of Deep Thinking we are looking at a way you can use different scales when confronted (or even challenged!) ...
READ MORE >06/04/2022
Deep Thinking: Using The Pentatonic Scales
The last couple of Deep Thinking columns that featured one of Jaco Pastorius’ best pieces (IMHO) have maybe made the learning ...
READ MORE >02/02/2022
Deep Thinking: Weather Report’s Teen Town (Part 2)
Admittedly it's been a while now, but in the last NZM issue we tackled one of Jaco Pastorius’ compositions for Weather ...
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