What is your skill level?

[loinmute]

What do you consider your skill level to be?
This is for fun and some skill attributes do cross over.

[AcidFripp]

Very low.
Actually, I have some cool ideas for experimentation and stuff, but... all I need is speed and accuracy now!

[bolophonic]

Every aspect? I am a skilled landscaper and gardener.

[ErikW]

Master Auto/Truck technician. Mediocre bassist.

[Darkstrike]

I'm level 17, but I have a Leather Strap of +1 Charisma, and a Pick of +2 Tone & Speed.

[xed]

My wife says i'm great in bed but she's probably lying.

[bluesdogblues]

ouch I lose my skill level meter LOL

[shawshank72]

I am very average, I am better than alot of bassist Ive seen and worse than alot of bassist Ive seen.

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by shawshank72

I am very average, I am better than alot of bassist Ive seen and worse than alot of bassist Ive seen.

Me too. I play in an original band so I can craft a bassline that will fit the song. I can also play along to a cover if I know the song already. If not, I can learn it in good time. I know some music theory, yet I functionally cannot read music. I can play in the pocket, I play with a sense of dynamics, yet my improvisional skills leave much to be desired. In short, I am - the most average bassist in the world. And no, I don't drink Dos Equiis!

[Lawkeeper]

I'm only playing for a year now, and not very intensively either. That would make me a Bedroom Warrior.. Although I'm in the process of forming a band of other beginning musicians, so my skill level is expected to rise.

[RobJ]

my skills as a bass player are high enough to keep me very busy playing, recording and producing, but not high enough to lose my day job.

[-Roman-]

Poor, Very, very poor...

[totallyfrozen]

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

I'm level 17, but I have a Leather Strap of +1 Charisma, and a Pick of +2 Tone & Speed.

ROFLMAO!! I love this post!
Give that man a cookie!

[MOTORHEADBANGER]

I'm inbetween. I am a fast learner, but improv is wear I more often then not tend to excel.

[JonahTheAmazing]

Beginner. In theory, I could record stuff with some of my buddies and write music, but I don't. I know how to read music, but playing it is a whole different story.

[SactoBass]

I'm 54 years old, and I started playing bass in 1972 when I was 16. I only play 4-string basses.

Last week I finally learned that the big string is called the E string. And three metal bars up the neck from the end is the G note.

My instructor said that two or three years from now, we will take a look at the next string which is called the A string.

[Dr. Cheese]

The more I play out and the more I see YouTube, the worse I think I am.

[the general]

I'm pretty bad. I need to practice more

[Rockmusician]

The good: I have been playing for over 30 years and can learn anything by ear in a very short period of time. Several years ago, I was auditioning for an original blues band. The leader gave me cds containing about 30 songs. He asked me to learn 3 or 4 songs and show up for the audition 2 days later. When I arrived at the audition, he asked me what songs I had learned. I said all of them. He didn't believe me and started randomly picking out songs to test me. He was shocked that I could play all of them. I got the gig. The keyboard player in that same band has degrees from 3 different music colleges including Berklee. He told me that I was one of the best bassists he had ever played with.

Now the BAD: I cannot read music. I do not understand theory at all and am terrible at improvising. I usually need time to work things out. I have tried to learn to read music and just don't get it. I graduated from UMASS, Suma Cum Laude and am a member of the international honor society. I am also in the process of pursuing an Executive MBA and a Master's in Finance at Boston University so my inability to read music has nothing to do with a lack of intelligence. Maybe it's the fact that I have always been able to get the gig because of my ability to play by ear and leanr quickly so I never really applied myself when it comes to learning to read. The keyboard player from the blues band and I do a lot of recording together and we started a music production company. We are in the process of starting a record label. He once said to me "If you could read music, you would be deadly and could play with anybody". He always says that he cannot understand how I can play as well as I do and learn as quickly as I do without understanding theory. He has tried to teach me and I just don't get it. I wish I could.

[Luckie]

I make gold records.