It used to be in popular music that you’d feel the bass line more than hear it. Today’s bass players have to balance their crucial supporting role with increasing duties as a soloist. Bill Leigh of Bass Player magazine and Victor Wooten, a virtuoso of the bass guitar, talk about what its like for a bass player to shed the background camouflage. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
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