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 ...

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Kyle Schwarber hosted Schwarber’s Block Party on Wednesday night and slapped a little bass. I guarantee the video makes you ...

What starts as a breakdown of Flea’s bass playing quickly becomes a deeper exploration of how one musician completely redefined the role of bass in rock music. Emerging from the Los Angeles punk scene ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The distinctive sound of slap bass is one that divides opinion, but love it or hate it, what ...

When it comes to the most heralded leading-man roles from 2009, movie fans will likely first point to Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), George Clooney (Up in the Air), or eventual Oscar winner Jeff ...

BASS EXPO 2014: The basics of this much-discussed technique come down to two motions: the slap and the pop. For this lesson, we look at how you can follow in the footsteps of players like Flea and ...

Lauded as one of the modern-day heroes of the electric bass, Toby Peterson-Stewart has enjoyed burning sessions with fellow bass guitarists Jacob Umansky and Clay Gober, and a string of bass-intensive ...

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 ...