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05-11-2009, 07:10 AM
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Right now I'm not playing as much as I'd like because of the Stanley Cup playoffs. I'm only watching the Red Wings (now battling the Ducks in round 2) but the games are enough to seriously cut into my playing time.
Anyone else have any distractions from playing, avoidable or otherwise? |
05-11-2009, 07:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | Ummmm..... There's a web site that takes up some of my playing time. Maybe you've heard of it. www.talkbass.com 
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05-11-2009, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by two fingers  Ummmm..... There's a web site that takes up some of my playing time. Maybe you've heard of it. www.talkbass.com | It looks familiar. |
05-11-2009, 07:35 AM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Helping my kid with her homework. |
05-11-2009, 09:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ohio | | | School, full time job, reading, LIFE. But i guess we all make it work one way or another, and thats what its all about.
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05-11-2009, 10:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cypress, TX (NW Houston) | | | I travel alot for work to places I can not bring my bass and it really messes with practice and playing. On top of that I am marries with three kids so honey do's and helping kids with stuff really eat into bass time.
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05-11-2009, 11:04 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Delta Quadrant | | | pregnant gf, sister and her kid moving in with me.. sisters kid breaking the internet on my home computer so i cant throw music on to play along to..
and secksin the gf is pretty time consuming |
05-11-2009, 11:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stow, Oh | | | My job, college, family, Talk Bass (like most of us), adulthood, the list can keep going.
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05-11-2009, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bend, Oregon | | | Eh, this annoying thing called work keeps taking my time...on the plus side they do give me money every two weeks.
Basic life stuff though for me...and learning Brazilian Jiu-jitsu; its super addicting to learn =/ |
05-11-2009, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arizona | | | Arbys, dude. The "Arby-Q" sauce has impregnated my hands to the point where I can no longer play. Its like motor oil, and you can't wash it off.
Send help.
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05-11-2009, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | | Wife. Kids. Family stuff. House stuff. Work. Being old and tired.
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05-11-2009, 02:11 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sebring, Florida | | | Home all day and still can find the time... Other's keep me busy. |
05-11-2009, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by uaudio Arbys, dude. The "Arby-Q" sauce has impregnated my hands to the point where I can no longer play. Its like motor oil, and you can't wash it off.
Send help. | Awesome. My "TB Quote O' The Day"!  I loves me some Arby's, too.
Three things seem to "get in the way" of my playing/practicing: a two year old, a six year old (sons) and a "thirtysomething"  year old (wife). Yup, life has a way of doing that to ya...
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05-11-2009, 02:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mission Viejo, CA | | | school.
school.
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05-11-2009, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA | | | Right now I'm not playing as much because none of my electric basses are fully functional at the moment... and I'm supposed to be doing this essay for one of my classes.
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05-11-2009, 03:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston | | School... man it blows... MCAS... ugghh
And the Red Sox are on now. I honestly feel guilty if I don't watch the full nine innings... and if anyone says their a yankees fan (my cousin is) their not my friend anymore  Every time the Yanks beat the Sox I fell like I need to go burn a Matsiu jersey. And now I have to worry bout the Rays, and there goes another shirt to the baseball gods (RIP Dom Dimaggio, YOU WERE A BEAST) All this baseball (162 games) absorbs WWWAAAYYY too much of my time, and like I said I do go to school, unfortunatly, but I still get consistent practice unlike some of ya... I feel lucky  |
05-11-2009, 04:07 PM
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Endorsing Artist: J.C. Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona 85029 | | | Definitely School & Work. I'm also learning German on the side because I feel that after I get my degree, I'll end up in Europe somewhere and I'll be in a situation where knowing German and/or French will be a handy tool to have.
Also in the way of my playing is the lack of decent setup on my two main basses. I'm replacing pickups in both, so I'll just take it to the repair man and have him do it all for me when the pickups come in.
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05-11-2009, 04:13 PM
| | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Working overtime. |
05-11-2009, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amarillo, TX | | | I have 2 small kids (4 and 1 yr old) both of them love climbing on me as soon as I pick up my bass.
This fall It'll be kids AND school...yay
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05-12-2009, 05:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Grand Rapids MI | | | I love watching all hockey at any level. This is the best time of the year for me. Being from MI I follow all MI sports teams but I love all sports except basketball and especially hockey. When the Pens/Caps game went into oevertime last night I figured it'd probably be 2 extra periods and my 10pm-11pm practice routine would be blown. Its happened a few times this season but there is nothing better than overtime hockey.
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