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05-14-2008, 02:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | |  I don't care for music
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It's lost all its appeal to me. And I can't stand playing the lousy bass anymore. Guitar either.
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05-14-2008, 02:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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05-14-2008, 02:42 AM
| | Vorsprung durch Technik | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | Take a sabbatical.
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05-14-2008, 02:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | I went through that. I spent a whole week avoiding music. It was the worst week of my life 
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05-14-2008, 04:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Anaheim, Ca. | | | Yeah.. cycles.. they are pretty harsh sometimes. Who can really understand emotions anyway? I can, but only to a certain point, then they drop off my "logical scope" into uncharted territory. This WILL pass.. you will embrace the 'groove' and everything that goes along with it again.. just give 'it' whatever it is some time to work itself out. |
05-14-2008, 04:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bos, MA | | | PLAY DRUMS!
seriously, they're awesome.
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Originally Posted by D.M.N. that was like having a gorilla attempt to shove haggis down my ear canal. | |
05-14-2008, 02:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jomahu PLAY DRUMS!
seriously, they're awesome. | I might give that a shot. Beating the hell out of stuff would be the perfect tonic for my frustration with music.
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Originally Posted by danjl131 oh by the way here's some fancy english if thats what ur looking for: You are an inept maestro. Have a jocular day, you unpleasant drip. | |
05-14-2008, 03:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneckumhaw I might give that a shot. Beating the hell out of stuff would be the perfect tonic for my frustration with music. | DO IT |
05-14-2008, 03:16 PM
|  | Yeah, I'm a guy! Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Marana, AZ, USA | | | I think just about every musician goes through periods where they have no inspiration, no drive, hates their playing, hates the music they are doing, etc.
Just take some time off and come back to it. It took almost a year once for me to get back to it but I'm glad I did. Don't sell your gear either as the odds are you will come back. Hang in there man. |
05-14-2008, 03:21 PM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | Sometimes we get burnt out, happens to the best of us.
Taking a breather might be a good idea for you, but as Kelly Lee said, don't go selling off your stuff. Six months down the line you may be very thankful for keeping it.
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05-14-2008, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | Books are always a pleasant diversion, I find... sometimes, if you're lucky, one might inspire you in a musical way.
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05-14-2008, 06:31 PM
| | | | are you familiar with just intonation, or harmonic theory? not trying to adopt you into a cult or anything...but perhaps you are bored with music because you've been hearing essentially the same harmonies your whole life? or if music always sounds predictable?
well anyways, i just wanted to say that for me, i started getting into just intonation when i was in a funk, and it got me more excited about music than i had ever been before. i mean, truly understanding how music works on a physical level makes everything so much more meaningful.
not that it has much to do with bass. stick to bass. its tasty.
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05-15-2008, 01:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: South West Sydney | | | This is a dark day. |
05-15-2008, 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Sneckumhaw It's lost all its appeal to me. And I can't stand playing the lousy bass anymore. Guitar either. | Can I have your Ric? 
Seriously, jomahu's idea of taking up something else (at least temporarily) isn't a bad idea. I kind of did the same thing a few months ago, when I started playing piano.
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05-15-2008, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Atoz Can I have your Ric?
Seriously, jomahu's idea of taking up something else (at least temporarily) isn't a bad idea. I kind of did the same thing a few months ago, when I started playing piano. | 
Always wanted to do that in response to Atoz.
Some good suggestions in this thread, thanks guys.
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05-15-2008, 03:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | I took a 25 year break from bass.  Don't do that! 
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05-15-2008, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander I took a 25 year break from bass. Don't do that! | Yikes, I think you scared me straight!
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05-15-2008, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander I took a 25 year break from bass. Don't do that! | I took a 17 year break, and now I look like this... ...all the time! Listen to our wise Islander.
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05-15-2008, 08:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Washington State | | Well if you dont feel like music is for you, dont force it! You dont have to play music! Just keep searching for your real passion if music isnt it. Its not like you have to play! 
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05-15-2008, 10:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodinville, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander I took a 25 year break from bass. Don't do that! | Quote:
Originally Posted by Atoz I took a 17 year break, and now I look like this... ...all the time! Listen to our wise Islander. | 5 years was WAY too much for me! Of course it wasn't by choice. Just life happening at the time.
Definitely do something else totally different for a while and then come back to it. It will wait for you and love you all the more when you return! Music is very patient!
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