The post The Consequence Bassist Survey: 34 Bass Players on Their Favorite Bassists of All Time appeared first on Consequence. Consequence’s Bass Week couldn’t have come to fruition without the help ...

After James Jamerson laid down all those funky bass lines in Detroit, helping to create 56 No. 1 R&B hits and 23 No. 1 pop hits, making Motown into a cultural juggernaut, popular music never has been ...

Perhaps nothing was more crucial to the Motown sound than the bass guitar — and it’ll be out in full force Saturday at Hitsville, U.S.A. The 11th annual Bass Day will take over the grounds of the ...

When James Jamerson was laid to rest in Detroit in 1983, his gravesite was marked by a simple faceplate — as dictated by rules governing that section of Woodlawn Cemetery at the time. Nearly four ...

A lot of what we write gets filtered through what we think would be compelling live. We wrote “The Skeleton Dance” very purposefully to be the set opener, so it’s quick and has a lot of dynamics – the ...

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy's journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael ...

Bootsy Collins' larger-than-life persona and driving funk basslines have graced many a record, including most of the early Funkadelic and Parliament albums, a plethora of James Brown hits – including ...

Sometimes bass guitar can be an overlooked instrument. Sometimes it gets relegated to the background. But today, it's a 62-song playlist that's all about that bass. We asked our social followers "What ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Few rock bands carry the mystique of Led Zeppelin. Aside from the sheer ...

Drums on Demand on Tuesday expanded its offerings with the release of Bass on Demand, a collection of more than 1,800 bass loops and riffs that are available in eight keys over two octaves, with 70, ...

Having authored some of the finest and sleaziest riffs in rock history, Joe Perry knows a thing or two about what it takes to make those riffs stick. Be it "Walk This Way," "Combination," "Fever" or ...