Blues music, an American tradition, is considered the basis for most styles of popular music today. Because of this, it is any bassist's duty to have the knowho...
Jazz is a style of music that was born right here in America. The metaphorical progeny of blues and soul, jazz is nuanced, sophisticated, and essentially its ow...
The modern funk bassist has an important job aside from playing with good time, tone, and technique. This bassist has to capture grooves spanning several genera...
As bass players, it is important for us to know many grooves that cover a wide spectrum of styles and feels. But, this goes beyond simply learning established b...
Whenever we as bass guitar players perform, we have a very important task at hand: to craft a bass line that best serves the song and solidifies a groove. I...
Tony Franklin is the "Fretless Monster" – he's played bass alongside Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, John Sykes, Carmine Appice, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake,...
Stu Hamm's Fretboard Fitness digs deep into bass guitar fretboard navigation, finger agility and the theoretical knowledge necessary to play all styles of music...
by Charlie Doom initially found fame at the age of 21 in the hard rock band, Poison. Kotzen's creative and technical command of almost every musical genre ...