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Episode 035: All About That Bass
Welcome back to Why Make Music…—the podcast where groove meets storytelling. This week, we dive deep (and we mean DEEP) into the low end with our longest, most groove-packed episode yet: All About That Bass.
Hosted by ThinkTimm and narrated alongside DJ Warm Cookies (aka Willa May), this two-hour tribute explores the evolution, emotion, and innovation behind the electric bass guitar. From the pioneers who made it slap to the genre-defiers still pushing it forward, this is a journey through funk, fusion, rock, soul, pop, jazz, and everything in between.
We highlight legends like James Jamerson, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Verdine White, Marcus Miller, and John Paul Jones—al ...