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Daniel Morris Professor Bass "The typical bass student at Berklee is very much a novice when it comes to understanding the role of the bassist in a group. Many of them have developed skills, flashy skills, what I like to refer to as 'music store chops.' These musicians sound great in a music store. They do some very fast playing, very exciting stuff that you can actually use at the end of a solo and the crowd will go nuts. But they're spending way too much time on that, and they're not spending enough time on the fundamental maxim of bass, which is: The bass player's role is to keep time and to address the tonality of the moment." Read more about Morris... More on the Faculty...

News, Events, and Music…

• Roots and Reason

  This year's Africana Studies music programming celebrates the richness of America's roots music traditions. Roots music grew out of the intermingling of influences across cultures. From this sharing of American cultures came spirituals, blues, gospel, folk, country, and bluegrass—the roots of all American popular music. More

• What's Happening at Berklee

  Every week publicist Mitzi Dorbu suggests choice concerts and events by students, faculty, alumni, and special guests on Berklee's campus and at locales around Boston and beyond. The sounds are exciting, many shows are free, and the music is as diverse as Berklee itself. More

• Sounds of Berklee Podcast

  Mississippi Delta blues guitarist Ben Payton will be the featured guest artist during the kickoff concert for Africana Studies' Roots and Reason series in February. The show will highlight gospel, bluegrass, and blues music. Get a jumpstart on the show by by listening to Payton's "Boogie Child." More