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05-14-2008, 11:09 AM
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Owner; Cody Electric Basses | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: bartlett illinois | | | Best musical advice you ever got
What is the best musical advice that you have ever got?, and who gave it to you?
"for me it was record your practice" from a teacher.
come to think of it I don't do that as often as I should
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure
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05-14-2008, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe | | | "Keep your ears open and listen to both the sound and your soul"
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Life not understood (apprehended) is life not truly lived.
First you need to feel what you want to be, and then you need to be what you want to feel
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05-14-2008, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Coatesville, PA | | | My friend Ray is a phenomenol bassist. He told me to relax my right arm and hand. I didn't realize how tense I was. Now I play better and with more endurance. I hope more people add to this thread, I never got much instruction. |
05-14-2008, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SF Bay Area North CA | | | There are many. I heard a good one two nights' ago: Play each note as you would spend a dollar on each. Think it originated from BB King.
--Kent |
05-14-2008, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | practice...everyone I spoke to when I started |
05-14-2008, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Whiting, Indiana | | | music is not a competition, slow down-my high school band director
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SX Bass Club MEMBER in good Standing
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05-14-2008, 11:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bay Area, California | | | "When you're performing, don't ever, under any circumstance, stop playing if you mess up."
--my theory teacher |
05-14-2008, 11:25 AM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | "Play fewer notes and put more soul into each one you play." - Willie Dixon, when he sat in with our band
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Minnesota Bassists Club #13
Blues Bass Players Club #28
Official fEARful Club #17
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05-14-2008, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | "Serve the music."
- Don Bates, Community Band Director
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05-14-2008, 11:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Newark, NJ | | | "Try playing with drum tracks"
-My old roomate
Changed the way I thought about bass, got me interested again. |
05-14-2008, 11:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Largo, Florida, USA | | | "Less is more."
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"Just roll the damn thing!" |
05-14-2008, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northern Ontario | | | "Don't play the song...let the song play you." |
05-14-2008, 11:51 AM
| | | | This is kind of equing advise but "Mids are your friends. Just because you play "bass" doesn't mean you have to crank the bass." Also I'm a fan of "Don't stop if you mess up." and "Less is more."
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05-14-2008, 11:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sarajevo | | | Practice, Practice, Practice!
By : everyone
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- Rajvosa
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05-14-2008, 12:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: madison, wi | | | when you play bass, no matter what else you do, make sure you hit that one [downbeat]. if you don't, you'd better have a good reason. - paraphrased bootsy quote
made me appreciate the one (especially in funk), and later it also helped me realize how cool it felt to not play the one.
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"master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that &%$# and just play" charlie parker
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05-14-2008, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany | | | Play with a live drummer whenever possible.
When practicing, use a metronome. |
05-14-2008, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle, WA | | | isn't not about the notes you play, it's about the notes you DON'T PLAY! |
05-14-2008, 12:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Neb. | | | NO STAIRWAY!!! |
05-14-2008, 12:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northern Ontario | | | "TURN THAT SH$T DOWN!" - my Dad. |
05-14-2008, 12:42 PM
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