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 ...

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.

What are Tye Trujillo's five favorite bass lines of all time? That's what we're here to find out! The OTTTO and Suicidal Tendencies musician has been a serious student of the bass from a young age, ...

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 ...

In music there is a tendency to focus on what’s front and center. A ripping guitar solo, a soaring vocalist, a drummer going wild on the kit. Much rarer do we focus on ye olde bass guitar. Often ...

Growing up listening to rock music and being a bass players wasn’t always a super exciting proposition. Most of the great bassists of all time are jazz musicians. Being a rock bass player means ...

“What I tell myself when I’m going to play on a song is ‘Just don’t ruin it.’” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images, P. Floyd/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, Dave J ...