The bass is the backbone of most songs. It may not be as flashy as an electric guitar solo or command the same attention attention as a big vocal run, but it's always there, plugging away in the ...

We often give glory to the soaring guitar solos or the powerhouse vocals, but the true heartbeat of any great track lives in the low end. The bass line bridges rhythm and melody, grounding the song ...

This week’s new music Friday also features Johnny Gill, French Montana & Max B, Ro James, K Camp and Adrian Younge. 3 days ago Hubbard's bass playing wasn't bound by genre: he could do jazz, hip-hop, ...

Sometimes, the best compliment you can get as a bass player is not being noticed. These bass lines are the exception. A bass player’s job is to lock in with the drummer and provide the bottom end.

Part of the fun of Twitter is the questions posed asking for "favorites" in specific categories. One Twitter poster recently asked for other Twitter users' "favorite 3 bass lines," and they ended up ...

A Metallica favorite is ranked among top metal bass lines ever created for its heavy appeal. Revolver magazine readers placed it in the top five of all time for the heavy metal bass guitar and for ...

This nu-metal song has a bass guitar line that totally rocks. It’s loud and hard and has been coming at listeners since 2000. Nu-metal peaked around 2000, with bands like Linkin Park, Korn, and ...

So much of great bass playing is taken from what has come before. When hip-hop was born, much of its inspiration came from building loops from drums and bass. Classic bass lines from the ’70s were ...