26/06/2016
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 >Many readers of the Deep Thinking column will be familiar with British trio Cream, one of the bands of the late 1960s that ...
READ MORE >Welcome to NZ Musician's new bass column we've badged Deep Thinking! Over the next few issues, we are going to look at aspects ...
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As promised in the last NZM issue, we are going to do some slap exercises. These have a very slight difference from exercises ...
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Deep Thinking is making a brief return to the world of progressive rock in this issue to make a tribute to the great Yes ...
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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 ...
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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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In this issue, we are going to try a piece that, in a way, utilises what guitarists call the chord/melody technique. ...
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