How to Make ANYTHING Funky (feat. @NikWestBass )

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What are the ingredients of a funky bass line? The simple, syncopated bass lines of funk have influenced modern music from hip-hop to K-pop but what makes them so funky? Arthur L.A. Buckner gets a lesson from bassist Nik West and talks to funk scholar Rickey Vincent to find out how to add funk to any song – even Hot Cross Buns. One a penny, two a penny…

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