Playing Bass For The Song – Lessons From Sting (& The Police)

Fills, fancy techniques, and bass pyrotechnics are all well and good but, really, a great bassline does nothing more than enhance a song. There's no better teacher than Sting...

Listen to the following tracks and marvel at Sting's part playing. No notes are wasted and every note is designed to enhance the music and not show off.

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