| Expand what you listen to find new music other styles and players.
Your a songwriter then trying writing in different styles. Good songwriters can learn to write and record in other styles just the same as players have to. Writing in anther style is going to force you to think bass differently.
Sounds like you have focused on the fancy bits slapping and tapping well change your focus on playing a simple solid line. That will make you think more about the notes you choose.
Remember to practice creativity you limit what you have to use not increase it. Work on doing more with less. Write four chorus of a Walking Blues bass. Only four quarter notes per measure can you write four chorus' that can hold someones interest when you playing it by yourself. No rhythms to help just quarter notes, no taps or slaps, no effects, your choice of notes is all you got. Will it build interest, will you repeat yourself too much, can the listener tell where you are in the Blue by your line? By the time you get those four chorus' written you will know a lot about note selection, tension/release, strong beats, weak beats, groove, and dynamics. Then use that info with your slaps and taps and see how you've grown.
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Steve Barnette
The Dojo of Cool :ninja:
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Practice is the best of all instructors - Publilius Syrus
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