Stanley Nelson and Nicole London explain the soundtrack of freedom. We Want The Funk!, a documentary exploring the Funk genre that defined the 1970s, is now airing on PBS. Set against the backdrop of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Clinton is a mastermind of funk, an architect of psychedelic grooves, and an innovator whose ...

How do you make a bass line funky? Bassist Nik West gives Arthur L.A. Buckner a lesson. What are the ingredients of a funky bass line? Arthur L.A. Buckner gets a lesson from bassist Nik West and talks ...

Though not known so much as a bass player, Prince's basslines on such classics as Let's Work and the Time's 777-9311 proved that he was as accomplished on the bass guitar as he was on the myriad other ...

With a raggedly funky bassline, LA’s own Talk in Tongues has put forth one of my favorite tracks of the year. It’s from their debut album, Alone with a Friend, that is chockfull of tracks worth ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If you grew up on funk or ever fell down a rabbit hole of West Coast hip hop, then you’ve definitely felt the presence of Roger Troutman—even if you didn’t know it at the time. The ...

The post 50 Greatest Basslines of All Time appeared first on Consequence. A good bassline is more than just a tune’s low-end or a rhythm section’s backbone. It can be the whole song, the root of the ...

Music loop specialist, Big Fish Audio, released two new collections of music loops for Mac using musicians. Drumsound & Bassline Smith — Drum & Bass Studio was designed to give you the flexibility to ...

Additional reporting and research from John Kennedy. Sometimes serendipity looks just like an empty bank account. At least it did for Fela Kuti. Following a series of self-funded U.S. shows with his ...

“Money” is a really classic Pink Floyd song. It also has one of the psychedelic rock band’s finest basslines. This standout 1973 track features an addicting walking bassline a la Roger Waters, and it ...

Has any K-pop song has ever made you really, really want to dance? If so, that was probably because of the sound of this instrument: The beat (discussed here) is what you move your feet to, but if you ...