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Columns & Lessons
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Keep It Groovy
Make Your Walking Bass Lines Flow with Triplets (Blues Bass Lesson)
Bass Gym
A Faster Way to Play Octaves: The Thumb and Index String Crossing Technique
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Bass Gym: A Minor Riff Workout With Harmonic Minor, Blues Notes, and Speed
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Displacing Walking Bass Lines
Creative Bass Lines
Bass Transcription Analysis: Getting Inside Cannonball Adderley’s C7 Lick
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Groove Podcast: Garry Gary Beers (INXS) on Bass, Groove, and Building the Sound of INXS
Groove Podcast: Riccardo Oliva Interview: Bass, Fusion, and Touring with Matteo Mancuso
Groove Podcast: Billy Sheehan Returns to Talk Philosophy, Technique, and Reinvention
Groove Podcast: Billy Sherwood on Carrying Chris Squire’s Torch and Finding His Own Voice in YES
Groove Podcast: Alex Frank on Jazz Bass, Film Composition, and Working with Jeff Goldblum
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From Viral to Vinyl: Angine de Poitrine Announces Global Physical Release
Yes Unleashes “Aurora”: Hear the Cinematic New Single Featuring Billy Sherwood
Contacting the Mothership: Pops Magellan’s DAMAGE Live at EastWest Studios
Carmine Appice’s Cactus Recruits Billy Sheehan, Dug Pinnick, Tony Franklin, and More for
Temple of Blues II
Angine de Poitrine Follow Viral KEXP Session With New Album, “Vol. II”
