They’re bringing the funk to Brooklyn during your lunch hour. Legendary Sly and the Family Stone musician Larry Graham — the grand-daddy of the slap-bass technique who gave rise to a whole genre of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of Danish musician Ida Nielsen. Mark King, lead singer and bassist of the band Level 42. Photo of Victor WOOTEN. American ...

Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

It’s always fun to footage of artists when they were young and embarrassing, before they became the performers we all know and love. It’s a nice reminder that once upon a time, most, if not all, of us ...

The Vulfpeck virtuoso walks through his Flea-inspired technique, talks dead notes, the importance of “thinking of yourself like a drummer” in this taster of his new Bass 301 lecture series When you ...

BASS EXPO 2013: You'd be amazed how many different tones you coax from a standard amp just by manipulating the bass, mid and treble controls. In the final installment ...

Muse have told NME.COM that their new album ‘The Resistance’ will feature slap bass. Once a staple of ’80s funk rock, slap bass has since been frowned upon by many, save for its prominence in the TV ...

4 Extra Debut. Mitch Benn investigates the slap bass technique which became the engine of funk – gearing up for a live performance. From 2011. Show more The low, rootsy twang prevalent in funk music ...

For some music critics the word "slap" paints a picture of indulgent bass guitar solos and dodgy disco clothing. A Radio 4 documentary, Spank the Plank looks to rehabilitate a technique, which can ...