Fun with isolated tracks: Paul McCartney’s bass lines on “Come Together”
Paul McCartney is one of the most melodic bass players in the history of music. Before he came along, no
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Random music news for Monday, October 21, 2019
Election day. As soon as you’re done with reading music news for October 21, 2019, go vote. Apologies for the
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Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass book signing
Anyone who knows anything about Rush’s Geddy Lee is familiar with his fascination with collecting things. It started with stamps
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This is a different approach to the bass guitar
The bass provides that crucial link between rhythm and melody and while four strings seem to be enough for most
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Who bass player John Entwhistle died 16 years ago this week. Let’s remember him with some isolated tracks.
I remember a gang of us all going to see The Who doc The Kids Are Alright when it first
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Because we needed a four-neck bass guitar…
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is famous for his five-necked guitar. Davie504 loves his bass. He’s turned into the Rick
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What sounds better: A bass that costs $20 or one that costs $5,000? Let’s find out
Here’s an interesting experiment in musical instrument quality. About 18 months ago, Dave504 compared the sounds he could get from
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Are You a Bass Player? Hear What Rage Against the Machine’s Tim Commerford Has to Say
Bass player Tim Commerford has provided the bottom end for Rage Against the Machine, Audislave, Wakrat, Future User and now
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Who’s the Most Important Part of a Band? Science Says It’s the Bass Player
Many years ago, I read an interview with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton. When asked why he chose that instrument, he
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This is Fun: The Story of the Bass Guitar (“500 Years of Music History in 8 Minutes”)
I’ve posted material from The Instrumentals before–love the Fact Man–and everything they do is both interesting and informative. Open Culture
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Koko the Gorilla Plays Flea’s Bass
And she’s already better than I’ll ever be. An explanation at Holy Kaw. And doesn’t the image above scream for
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