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09-22-2008, 06:38 PM
| | | | "Besides knowing when to play...knowing when NOT to play"
my band director |
09-29-2008, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Michigan | | | "Stop playing so ****ing loud" - Singer in band
Years ago, I didn't notice but, I played WAY harder on songs I liked, as opposed to ones I didn't like as much.
It forced me to really listen to
1. My own tone and volume.
2. The other instruments in the band
3. How the bass fit in with the other instruments.
A priceless bit of advice, given in a very blunt way. |
09-29-2008, 11:14 AM
| | | | Dance like no one is watching...but only when no one actually is watching, otherwise dance well. |
09-29-2008, 11:16 AM
|  | ThundrClaw | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Venice, CA | | | "While you are up there soloing all the time, who is playing bass???"
Changed everything for me...
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P Bass club member 180
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09-29-2008, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paris | | Quote:
Originally Posted by emagdnim  "There are no wrong notes, just better choices."
T Monk | +1.
LISTEN
When in doubt, use silence. |
10-10-2008, 09:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Miami Gardens, Fl | | | Hold ur Bass as if you are Holding ur Wife.... (to those who Love there wives) |
10-12-2008, 12:25 PM
| | | | Keep your decks clean. It took me a lil time to fig that out i thought it met to keep my neck clean, but what it met was to keep my playing clean, make each note count and heard clear.
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10-12-2008, 01:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | stop wanking around!
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10-12-2008, 01:27 PM
| | | | "dont quit your day job" - my music teacher.
=\ i dont have a job but hes prolly right.
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10-18-2008, 01:07 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | Learning to play jazz bass (not a Jazz Bass).
Last edited by Stumbo : 10-26-2008 at 12:25 AM.
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10-19-2008, 04:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntington, WV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyon` Bass wise "Remember the more you groove, the more the pretty girl in the front can FEEL YOU... so maybe you can feel her later"
General music wise "Always start the note with a good clean sound, always cut if off with a good clean sound, no one will really notice the stuff in the middle"
And "have fun"
Oh and "never eat the diablo monster burrito before any gig" | godly advice
heres one by me:
Picks can be used too, you just have to feel whether you should play a part with a pick or not. |
10-19-2008, 07:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: France | | | "Listen" |
10-19-2008, 11:34 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | So you want to be a music major in college
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10-19-2008, 09:34 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | Learn to read music
Last edited by Stumbo : 11-02-2008 at 01:37 PM.
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10-19-2008, 09:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | "make love to the notes, dont F*** them."
a bit of advice from the guy who taught me how to play. he was amazing with teaching proper technique and approach, but knew little to nothing about teaching theory.
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You know the motto.
I stay fluid, even in staccato. |
10-19-2008, 09:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | "I think sometimes you should be pleased but not satisfied."
-Eugene Rousseau, after I gave a masterclass performance that I was less than pleased with.
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10-19-2008, 09:44 PM
| | | | Play bass, you got big hands.
My friend Nate in 9th grade. |
10-19-2008, 09:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | My father told me this,
dont copy what other people do or play, be your own player and find what works for you. |
10-20-2008, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ballaarat, Australia | | | Here's a few....they're not really advice, but maxims i live by....
'Leave space for (insert deity) to walk through the room'
'Every day you miss practice is one you don't get'
'Show up on time with good gear, kick arse and leave'
'You don't need thumbs to be funky'
'Breathe' (cos i used to hold my breath on tricky passages) |
10-20-2008, 07:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida | | | I've gotten lots of great advice over the years some of it was:
Less is more
Music is not a competition
Record your practices
Make everything you play sound musical.
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