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“I’m a heavy hitter, so I had to calm down my attack. In the studio we nicknamed it ‘self-compressing’”: How fretless bass master Steve DiGiorgio embraced frets on Testament’s 2016 metal masterstroke

For Brotherhood of the Snake, DiGiorgio wielded little more than a stock 1978 Rickenbacker 4001

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“I never thought I’d get hired by a pop band. Opening for Coldplay with Willow Smith was never a career goal”: Few bassists can match the technical ability of Mohini Dey, thanks to her work with Steve Vai, Willow Smith and just about everyone else

The very definition of ‘prodigy’, Mumbai-born bassist Mohini Dey has enjoyed a rapid ascent to worldwide renown. And she’s only just getting started

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“I asked Marcus to sing on it. As amazing as he is on bass, I think he’s underrated as a vocalist”: Having earned lofty status in bass-hero circles,Marcus Miller lent his vocal chops to Hadrien Feraud’s solo album

Hadrien Feraud offers a track-by-track guide to his 2015 solo album, Born in the ’80s

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“When I got into Miles Davis' band, playing like my idols – Jaco, Stanley and Larry Graham – wasn't going to work. I had to dig and find something else”: How Marcus Miller found his voice – and became one of the most-imitated bassists in the biz

The bass icon breaks down his formative influences, and how he gave everyone from Prince to Beethoven a low-end makeover via his '77 Fender Jazz

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“They’re both amazing guitarists, but Jeff Beck let you take liberties”: Rhonda Smith had been on call with Prince for more than a decade when she told the Purple One she was busy with Jeff Beck

Session ace Rhonda Smith on how her 10-year stint with Prince came to a close

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“Zoom discontinued that pedal because nobody bought it – but bass players are always coming up to me wanting to know how I got those sounds”: Remembering jazz great Victor Bailey, who used an unsung multi-FX pedal for his cover of Prince’s biggest hit

From his ’80s heyday with Weather Report through to his mid-’90s stint with Madonna, Victor Bailey earned his stripes as one of the world’s greatest bass players

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“The word on the street was, ‘No-one could be playing that without overdubs.’ Well, the secret’s out. I’ve come clean”: Still copping Victor Wooten’s 20-year-old bass licks? You’d better take another look

Victor Wooten reveals the musical formula behind his 2005 solo album, Soul Circus

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“I'm a completely different bass player now… When I was in Jeff Beck's band, I hadn't even been playing for four years!” Tal Wilkenfeld on her evolution from bass phenomenon to solo artist

The bass player for Prince, Ryan Adams and Jeff Beck on going it alone as a singer-songwriter

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“Don’t sell your first bass. Even if you never play it again, in later life you’ll wish you still had it”: With a stage name coined by Bootsy Collins, Freekbass names the one bass that “like an idiot” he ended up selling

Chris ‘Freekbass’ Sherman on how a Rickenbacker and a BC Rich (via Tiran Porter from the Doobie Brothers) set him on a lifelong low-end path

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“Am I a good bassist? I’m a f**king good bassist!” Sting on bass playing, Cream and his “battered looking” P-Bass

From the Bass Player Archive: An interview with Sting

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“40 minutes of bass solos just ain’t going to work for me”: Meshell Ndgeocello on why she could never be as solo-orientated as Jaco Pastorius

Yes, she’s an A-list bass player, but for Meshell Ndgeocello the groove comes first

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Marcus Miller's The Sun Don't Lie: the moment Miller proved he was more than just a slap monster

Glass-like fretless tone. Thumb-thumping passages. Tributes to Jaco: 1993's The Sun Don't Lie served notice that Marcus MIller was more than a sideman

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Richard Mylan talks new play inspired by 20 year battle with heroin addiction

The Swansea-born former Waterloo Road actor first opened up about his addiction battle last year

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ITV Coronation Street's Jack James Ryan addresses 'cancel culture' as he faces soap exit

The actor, who stars as Jacob Hay, made his debut in the ITV soap in 2020

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Richard Mylan recently admitted to a 20-year heroin addiction

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