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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Headed by SNARKY PUPPY's multi-grammy-winning percussion duo of Robert "sput" Searight and Nate Werth, GHOST-NOTE is an explosion of sound. With an expansive roster of next-level ...

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 ...