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I'm new to the forums, just found you the other day while trying to look useful at work.
My name's Mommy....no, wait, that's my other life :-)!
I'm both a bass player, and a guitard (as you so lovingly seem to call us). I took up guitar at the age of 39 when my husband was in Iraq. I'd always wanted to play but had no musical talent (barely passed band in 6th grade) whatsoever. I was on the internet with a bottle of wine one night and bought a guitar. Learning has been slow for me because i have no background, i cant sing, cant read music (but TAB makes sense because it's a mathematical grid to me). I took some private lessons, and some group rock band lessons and ended up in the group lesson band. When the economy tanked several people quit and a few moved and it came down to just four of us. We needed a bass player more than we needed a second guitar and i had a bass already (another bottle of wine story, this one involving eBay). So i got drafted.... bass has been easier for me to get the hang of (as long as my part gets to stay pretty basic) so i play bass on most of the songs we do. i like it, but i also still like guitar. I've also taken a class on d'jembe hand drums with my son (which i found to be very helpful with my bass playing too).
We probably suck on a scale of 1-10 but we're having fun, and like my lead guitarist said on the way to our first open mic "If at the end of the night we haven't had fun, then we're doing it wrong". We're all in it for fun, we get along well and we enjoy each other and the noise we make.
Anyway, so that's me....beyond that I'm 43, have two kids (17 and 10) and i work full time in radio.
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-Just another bass & guitar playing SuperMommy wannabe.
Mediocre Bassist Club #703 :-) WA Bassist #74 LGBT bass player #38
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