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06-06-2005, 05:42 PM
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Would you say you have to be smart to master bass or any other instrument? i asked someone this before and they said "no look at flea from R.H.C.P" which was kinda mean, but eeh what do you guys think? |
06-06-2005, 05:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Alabama | | | what are you talking about....flea is a genious |
06-06-2005, 05:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada & USA | | | I think that intellect and musical creativity are mutually exclusive. |
06-06-2005, 05:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA | | | 'Smart' is so subjective and has so many connotations that it's impossible to give a straight answer. I'd be inclined to say no, you don't have to be a bookworm or be able to spout mathematical equations at the drop of a hat to be able to play bass well. Having said that, to master anything, you need to put in a great deal of time with that something, not just to get good at doing the things you want to do with it (playing rock, slap, tapping, etc.), but to really understand the versatility and overall capacity of said thing, regardless of how versatile your needs are. That type of open-mindedness and thorough understanding comes with time, attention, and dedication, which to me are all elements of being smart.
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06-06-2005, 05:48 PM
| | | Smart? No.
Dedicated & creative? Yes.
Read the biographies of the 'masters'(Bird, Miles, Coltrane, Jaco, etc)...all were capable of doing some pretty non-smart ****. 
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06-06-2005, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kilgoja what are you talking about....flea is a genious | Very well put.
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06-06-2005, 06:01 PM
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06-06-2005, 06:06 PM
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I'm a complete idiot, AND a total master of all things bass.  Couldn't be one without the other.  |
06-06-2005, 09:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | I masterbass several times a week.
But then, that's because my girlfriend broke up with me.
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06-06-2005, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | Define smart, though  I think you need a certain amount of intelligence to grasp a concept as complex as music. And I think that to be a master of anything you need some degree of intellect.
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06-06-2005, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies I masterbass several times a week.
But then, that's because my girlfriend broke up with me. | Be careful! You could get splinters from all of that woodshedding! 
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06-06-2005, 11:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: montreal, qc, Canada | | | Not at all. Music is a pretty separate thing. "Intellect" or other qualities and characteristics will influence your playing in some way, but it doesn't mean that a smarter player will play better or worse. |
06-07-2005, 02:55 PM
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NJL mastered it and he's a product of the Texas public school
system ...
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06-07-2005, 03:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Jacksonville, FL | | I'd say dedication would be the best way....  |
06-07-2005, 03:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | | Look, you're playing bass; you may be the bus driver, but you're driving the short bus.
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06-07-2005, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Johnson  Drop a city kid on a farm and let him milk a bull... see who's smarter in that situation. | |
06-07-2005, 07:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Northern VA | | Depends on what you mean by smart. Perhaps Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences will help you. http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
Basically, being able to play music but not do math doesn't mean you aren't smart; you're just smart in a different way. |
06-07-2005, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by AcousticBass Would you say you have to be smart to master bass or any other instrument? i asked someone this before and they said "no look at flea from R.H.C.P" which was kinda mean, but eeh what do you guys think? | Yes. You should give up. |
06-07-2005, 08:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | I come from the other end of the spectrum, i am a near genius (apparently) yet can't seem to play bass!!! this will change though *insert evil laugh here* now that i have a better job it is bass lessons time!  |
06-07-2005, 08:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Alabama | | just plug in and start jamming.....if a year goes by and you haven't learned anything then give it up  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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