If you are, in any way, a fan of funk music, you've probably noticed the obvious: the bass guitar is undeniably present. Legendary bass players like Flea, Jaco ...
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...
Funk music is a great place to start with playing bass. It sits very prominently in the mix, allowing bass players to experiment and use slap and pop techniques...
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...
Last week we offered a sneak peak from the floor at NAMM, the mammoth trade show of the musical-instrument business. (That’s when we revealed the inside word on...
Labor Day weekend has come and gone, but our tribute to the ever-hard-working TrueFire faculty continues. Here are the next 10 guitarists to whom we owe a great...