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09-05-2005, 04:48 PM
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O.K. Strange tip.
I don't know if it is just me or not, but I bought myself a cheap drumset to dink around on and record my stuff with. Well, I don't if it was just coincidence, but my bass playing seemed to improve 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000 times better, so maybe you want to buy yourself a cheap drumset just to see what happens.
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09-05-2005, 05:13 PM
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09-05-2005, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Marietta, GA | | | Well, here is what victor wooten himself told me (long story, but if you were at his atl concert at the variety playhouse on July 15,2005; i was that kid that got up on stage.)
He said that most good musicians could pick up any instrument and be able to make some kind of music out of it.
Give it a shot, you never know.
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09-05-2005, 05:19 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | I totally agree. I played drums before I came to bass and I think it helped me vastly. |
09-05-2005, 05:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England UK | | | with drums everything is about timing and rhythms etc so you pick those up when playing drums then when you go back to bass you can transfer those skills learnt from drums onto bass |
09-05-2005, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by slapnuts O.K. Strange tip.
I don't know if it is just me or not, but I bought myself a cheap drumset to dink around on and record my stuff with. Well, I don't if it was just coincidence, but my bass playing seemed to improve 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000 times better, so maybe you want to buy yourself a cheap drumset just to see what happens. | I just bought a set just for that! And I have found the same thing. 
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09-05-2005, 06:43 PM
| | ...Bluesin' and Funkin' | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | I borrowed a VERY CHEAP drumset from my friend since he doesn't use it. I haven't got drastically better at the bass, but I did get 20000000000000 times better at the drums since I couldn't even keep beats before having the kit. Now I could do lots of variations on a rock beat pretty good.
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09-06-2005, 04:18 PM
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I guess this means that I am not the only one out there like that. I am normal again!
Well, maybe not. Seriously, I stare at the wall for fun, does that mean i am sick or something  JK.
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09-06-2005, 05:05 PM
| | Life's like a movie, write your own ending | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York, NY | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by slapnuts Well, here is what victor wooten himself told me (long story, but if you were at his atl concert at the variety playhouse on July 15,2005; i was that kid that got up on stage.)
He said that most good musicians could pick up any instrument and be able to make some kind of music out of it. | I've always been able to pick up an instrument and play it to some extent. With the exception of brass and wind instruments, of course (you don't want to hear the results of my excursions into trumpet and clarinet).
In addition to bass, I play drums and percussion. I would say that the drumming helps my bass playing - certainly, a few of my favorite slap riffs come from drum rhythms. |
09-08-2005, 09:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New York (Brooklyn/Manhattan) | | | certainly. Drums help both in that you learn to play in an almost completely rhythmic context and you also get a feel for what the drummer is doing and you are better able to understand him/her and follow him where ever he goes.
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09-09-2005, 12:02 AM
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(Sorry, couldn't resist)
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09-16-2005, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by lmoh Hey, Jaco used to be a drummer...
(Sorry, couldn't resist) | Jaco only needed 4 tom-toms? |
09-16-2005, 01:17 PM
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