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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Videos by American Songwriter The track features alternative singer Kid Brunswick rapping over a funky, slap bass line, a style that Gray developed as a kid, paired with gothy, Deftones-sounding ...

“We Want the Funk” starts just as a documentary about funk music should – with musician Marcus Miller slapping that bass. Miller’s bass solo sets the tone for the rest of “We Want the Funk,” which is ...

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 ...

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 ...

I used to hate Brian Eno for a number of reasons—his pretentiousness, his association with Bryan Ferry—but what provoked my wrath more than anything else was his overproduced, sterile, and amazingly ...

11. Gang of FourEntertainment! This one is also a favourite of Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, a real slap-bass hunk if ever there was one. There’s no actual slap bass on it though. That’s the ...

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 ...