How bout some Led Zeppelin from Me? how'm I doing?

IAmTheDood · #1 02-23-2007, 07:15 AM

Well now .. I've been playing since the beginning of December .. almost 3 months ...

Moby Dick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwoYJ4lR8s

Hey hey what can you do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iQEBkHaykI

howm I doing?

rkejeepin · #2 02-23-2007, 07:35 AM

The 1st one says private. The second... why the hell do youtube links not work for me? It just comes up as code. Im using firefox.

IAmTheDood · #3 02-23-2007, 07:40 AM

somethin funky going on .. they previewed the first time i played them .. now they timeout after 2 seconds ...

rockwarnick · #4 02-23-2007, 07:48 AM

tune please.

IAmTheDood · #5 02-23-2007, 08:11 AM

ok... vids back up .. dunno why utube does that .. right when people start watching them they freeze for an hr or so. maybe to review the content.

trasser · #6 02-23-2007, 10:23 AM

You are doing pretty good. Watch your right hand though - you should consequently use 2 fingers instead of one.

Wolfman200 · #7 02-23-2007, 10:31 AM

In Moby Dick you've got a wrong note in there. Hard to explain - it's the "second set" of notes - when you first change strings. It's a whole step, but it seems that you are playing a half step. Just give a careful listen to the song again without your bass and you'll know what I mean.

IAmTheDood · #8 02-23-2007, 10:54 AM

already figured out the wrong note .. someobdy had mentioned i was out of tune .. and realized it was that whole step instead of half

vindy500 · #9 02-23-2007, 10:57 AM

youre doing great mate

Matt Till · #10 02-23-2007, 11:16 AM

Other than the tuning, sounds good. On "Hey Hey" your tuning makes it pretty unlistenable. But the playing sounds good. Timing/note consistancy seems good, and that's the hardest thing getting started.

IAmTheDood · #11 02-23-2007, 11:53 AM

now what's wrong with the tuning on hey hey what can you do?

I tuned this thing standard right before I played .. the song is tuned e flat, a flat .. etc ... but that's still the key i'm playing although the bass is tuned standard.

HMZ · #12 02-23-2007, 02:25 PM

It helps to play the right notes. Its a miner 3rd your playing a major 3rd on Moby Dick.

Matt Till · #13 02-23-2007, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAmTheDood

now what's wrong with the tuning on hey hey what can you do?

I tuned this thing standard right before I played .. the song is tuned e flat, a flat .. etc ... but that's still the key i'm playing although the bass is tuned standard.

I don't know what to tell you... it sounds really out of tune.

Lalabadie · #14 02-23-2007, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMZ

It helps to play the right notes. Its a miner 3rd your playing a major 3rd on Moby Dick.

That's a good reason to sound out of tune.

Kruton · #15 02-23-2007, 10:33 PM

Sure there are a couple of things, but on the whole your doing excellent! Keep on playin!

jsbass · #16 02-23-2007, 10:45 PM

Sounds real good, I wasn't that good in my first couple of months. Keep at it!

TeeMartin · #17 02-23-2007, 11:16 PM

Pretty good. Do you play any other instruments?

oh and don't worry TOO much about the alternating finger thing. One finger works fine for Geddy.

morf · #18 02-24-2007, 06:36 AM

Yea, hey hey what can i do is definitely out of tune. Or you're not playing the right notes. Need a little work on timing too, you're in time but not in the pocket. Other than that it sounds good man, keep at it!

daveyfunk · #19 02-24-2007, 08:12 AM

yeah, all sounds pretty good, but id agree with the tuning comments...anyway, im sure you've heard that more than enough for now

. id suggest maybe a few easier tunes though if you've been playing for 3 months. i know your probably excited and want to post something cool for you tube, but technique doesn't come over night and you need to work on your right hand maybe a few tunes with some walking ideas on the right hand

...but, hey!!! enthusiasms not a crime...keep up the good work

btw, do you play in a band or with other guys? playing with a group or just jamming will bring your playing forward leaps and bounds

IAmTheDood · #20 02-26-2007, 07:47 AM

i played live with a band about a month ago .. they're back around this upcoming weekend and am gonna sit in for a few tunes.

I wonder if the intonation is screwed up? Because I tuned the thing right before I played those.. i know i was off on moby dick playing the major instead of the minor .. i realized that ..

don't play any other instruments anymore .. but I grew up playing piano from 6-12 .. and horns from 12 - 18 (trombone, baritone, bass trombone, and tuba) ..