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Originally Posted by Jim Carr  What is your practice regime like? How many hours are you on each instrument a week?
Do you have a bass teacher? Piano Teacher? What do you actually play on piano (Blues in G, Scarlatti, Brahms, Joplin, Scriabin, Hayden, Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock...)? Any sports, basket ball, weight lifting, tennis, banjo? |
Ok, to answer the laundry list
I probably practice 1-2 hours a day on bass, negligible on piano (because my studio won't fit a Yamaha U3 at the moment and there's no digital piano in the ~$2k range worth its salt right now IMO...
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No bass teacher at the moment. I had a bass teacher many years ago for about two years on and off, and I had a piano teacher for 12 years while learning piano back in the day but I myself have teaching credentials for students up to Grade 6 in piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music (i.e. about the level of Fr Elise), played for most of that time except in the last four years where I haven't had access to a piano regularly.
Piano-wise, I'm mostly concentrating on Beethoven (Sonata in C minor is the one giving me trouble), some Brahms and Chopin, and a smattering of various modern tunes. On the bass, I play mostly rock, trying a lot of fast lines lately from Rush, Ozzy, RHCP but also like Floyd, Eagles, etc. if I'm tired and just want to play. Pretty eclectic, but that's what I like.
Otherwise, I drive a desk for a living and weight lift for about eight years doing some pretty serious weights. I thought about this last one, but I've been cutting back trying to narrow down what the heck is going on, but it doesn't seem to make a noticeable difference.
