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Big New York may have six strings, but heā€™s leading from the low end.

Bandleading on bass offers a unique challenge. Hereā€™s how one player rises to the occasion.

Bassists are natural leaders, both rhythmically and harmonically, but filling the foundational function doesnā€™t always lend itself to becoming an actual bandleader or solo artist. For most of us, thatā€™s just fine. Weā€™re perfectly happy holding it down and creatively keeping things together. (Of course there are plenty of exceptions: Stanley Clarke, Les Claypool, Meshell Ndegeocello, Thundercat, and Victor Wooten, to name a few.)

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The bass wiz and author shares deep wisdom about bass, music, and more.

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