Before Robert "Sput" Searight counted in the band, he looked at us and said, "All right, buckle up!" On four, Ghost-Note ripped a hit so funky that every face in the room reflexively assumed and ...

A ghost note in music is known as a “muted note” or “dead note”: Dallas’ band Ghost-Note, however, is a very different proposition, creating music that bursts with vibrancy and life. The Snarky Puppy ...

“It’s gonna be unapologetic funk. And it’s gonna be energetic. And it’s gonna be a wild ride, lots of high-energy solos and cool ensemble work.” That’s how percussionist Nate Worth describes funk-jazz ...

Nate Werth and Robert “Sput” Searight have built their band Ghost-Note around their instrument of choice: percussion. But the duo’s mission is also, in Werth’s words, decidedly “anti-drum solo.” Werth ...

A ghost note only sort of gets played. Instead of a clear bell-like emission or shimmering glissando, the beat is choked out to the point that it’s percussive rather than pitched — it’s there, just ...

The Ghost Notes Gameday is a new piece for the 2022 season that brings notes and observations from the sideline point of view. Today the Gameday Ghost Notes caps the season with No. 8 USC's 46-45 ...

“It’s gonna be unapologetic funk. And it’s gonna be energetic. And it’s gonna be a wild ride, lots of high-energy solos and cool ensemble work.” That’s how percussionist Nate Worth describes funk-jazz ...

Festival season is coming, which means getting outside and enjoying live music in the sunshine — including the upcoming Jazzin’ at the Vanity fest. The free outdoor festival will take over Detroit’s ...

There have been a lot of words to describe good funk music. Dirty. Gritty. Grimy. When done right, funk should make your face scrunch up, your head nod and your body move in ways even you might not ...

Here is the Ghost Notes practice report from Day 6 of USC Fall Camp 2022, a morning practice in the Coliseum. Here is the Ghost Notes practice report from Day 5 of USC Fall Camp 2022, the first under ...