joe, once told me the bass is the most important instrument in pop music. that made no sense to me, and at the same time amazed me. how could any musician think there was one instrument positioned as most important, like the eyes are the most important sense or the pancreas most important internal organ. nonetheless, moments after i was trying to see his point and found myself focussing on excellent bass moments and considering how true this theory was. it is like saying don’t think of a pink elephant. at least for a little bit you can’t help it. the triangle is the most important instrumenting pop music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"