This is a guest post from Young Pandas bass player, Kyle Nagel. For those who don’t know James Dewitt Yancey, better known as Jay Dee or J Dilla, he was a hip hop and R&B producer and rapper who had a tremendous impact on hip hop beat making and sampling culture from 1995 until his death in 2006. Yancey’s music has continued to influence and inspire long after his … [Read more...] about Unsung Bass Heroes: J Dilla
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I’m Kyle Nagel and This is How I Play
Kyle Nagel is a bass player’s bass player. The bass player held down the bass chair for the neo-soul band Young Pandas, for forthcoming band Foggy Goggles and serves as the musical director of Mannequin the Band. It’s a lot of bass playing, but Nagel is the man for the job. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nagel graduated from Mcnally/Smith College of Music in St. Paul, … [Read more...] about I’m Kyle Nagel and This is How I Play