bass
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Shout out to future “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who joined Journey for “Raised on Radio” and proceeded to lay down the slinkiest, sultriest, funkiest bass line the band had ever known.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
State Historic Park into sites of flashing lights, booming bass and countless sweaty bodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Image: Punks with Dolly and Harriet, featuring Ian Anderson who became the singer with Crazyhead, and Robber Byker who went on to be the bass player with Gaye Bykers on Acid.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"I can't read instruction manuals, but I've watched YouTube tutorials," he says, generating a growling bass line that sounds like the dawning of the apocalypse.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Ragtime47 , for example, would hardly be ragtime without the jaunty syncopations in the melody set against the steady unsyncopated bass.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Sharpe says that during his time in the Royal Navy, they conducted war games simulating an Iranian attack on military basses in the Middle East.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
She has created both a three-day “Jazz String Summit” in Chicago and a 15-piece Stringtet, of mostly violins, violas, cellos and basses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The very, very quiet violas, cellos and basses opening Dvorák’s “New World” Symphony had a soul-filling robustness that even the best headphones couldn’t match.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
The three-story store in Harajuku is filled with Fender guitars, basses and amplifiers, including some exclusive products.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
We all turn on our amps and set to tuning our basses like Ty showed us the first day.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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