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12-03-2004, 10:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Now in Leicestershire. | | | Who / what comforts you when the music isn't going well?
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When things aren't going too well with the music, who or what do turn to for support?
Wife / girlfriend / husband / boyfriend?
Dog / Cat?
Favourite bass? Favourite effect pedal? Favourite amp?
Chocolate (one for the ladies?  )
Mine's my little Korg metronome. It's totally unforgiving and a very hard taskmaster. I've learned to love and hate that thing. But's it's brought me back on track every time.
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12-03-2004, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | | Re: Who / what comforts you when the music isn't going well?
Alcohol. |
12-03-2004, 10:27 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | Nothing seems to help me. When the music is bad, I slip into a pretty righteous depression. Sometimes I just have to force myself to play or write something and hopefully the music will come back - too bad that doesn't work 100% of the time. |
12-03-2004, 10:30 AM
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Owner, Looperlative Audio Products | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Jose, CA, USA | | | Music gone bad? I can't imagine that.
Music is my esacape from reality.
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12-03-2004, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central Ohio! | | | Having an escape helps... Just make sure its not a NEGATIVE escape... computer or xbox helps... maybe some tv... just put it down for a while... Forcing things is bad, & forcing bad stuff is even worse. |
12-03-2004, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by the ombudsman Alcohol. | word. |
12-03-2004, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange Nothing seems to help me. When the music is bad, I slip into a pretty righteous depression. Sometimes I just have to force myself to play or write something and hopefully the music will come back - too bad that doesn't work 100% of the time. | ... scrabble ... doesn't ... help?  
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12-03-2004, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by the ombudsman Alcohol. | that and a good yank
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12-03-2004, 10:42 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | Moving Pictures....
pop it in, Jam & Sing.... by Vital Signs all is right in the world again. |
12-03-2004, 10:49 AM
| | | | Usually what does it for me is doing a cover tune, or setting out to cover a tune, because I usually end up doing my own thing from it, so, I'll lay down a couple tracks related to this tune, then somewhere along the line I'll just delete it all and start doing my own thing.
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12-03-2004, 10:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | The thing to remember is, as long as you are putting in the work, progress happens. I guess I've been doing this long enough that I know that plateaus happen and you get past them, things that are giving you a hard time become easier, and so on. The second part of my sig is a quote in Latin that means dripping water hollows stone. Practice makes progress.
I guess also it's good to have the attitude that you can't sound like anything other than you sound.
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12-04-2004, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Now in Leicestershire. | | | Thanks folks.
Hello, Ed, how are you? Hey, a side question for you.
Bought Ed Friedlands, Jazz Bass book. The guy seems to be implying that the bassists sometimes plays dead on the beat, sometimes behind and sometimes ahead of it. Is this for real?????
John |
12-04-2004, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by NJL that and a good yank | Sex is a good release but I don't mean in a yanking pointview
but it's like alochol once it's over you're back to where you're started 
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12-04-2004, 02:54 PM
|  | Chemo sucks! Moderator Emeritus | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Manchester NH | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rockin John Thanks folks.
Hello, Ed, how are you? Hey, a side question for you.
Bought Ed Friedlands, Jazz Bass book. The guy seems to be implying that the bassists sometimes plays dead on the beat, sometimes behind and sometimes ahead of it. Is this for real?????
John | This is definitely for real. Hopefully if you are ahead of or behind the beat, it's because you want to be..........
Chris A.  
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12-04-2004, 03:13 PM
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the band. 
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12-04-2004, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by James Hart Moving Pictures....
pop it in, Jam & Sing.... by Vital Signs all is right in the world again. | I have to concur! |
12-04-2004, 05:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Glasgow/Scotland | | | i guess when the music isnt going well id try to do something about it, most of the time id take a good set of cds and lock my self in the my room with the cd player. i always seem to come out inspired and feeling fresh.
but whatever happens i keep practicing daily, its come to the point where i dont really have to think about getting up and doing it, i just do it, y'know........
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12-06-2004, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Woodland Hills, CA | | | When I need a break from music, I like to game.. Currently I am playing World of Warcraft with my wifey. It doesn't take very long though until I want to pickup my bass or guitar again.
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12-06-2004, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Rockin John Bought Ed Friedlands, Jazz Bass book. The guy seems to be implying that the bassists sometimes plays dead on the beat, sometimes behind and sometimes ahead of it. Is this for real?????
John | All I can tell you is that what I practice is having a relaxed, stable and open time feel against a constant. I try to play quarter notes on the click, I try to play notes that imply forward motion to the harmony, rather than trying to play "in front" or "behind" the beat.
If you work on having no trouble hooking up with a little machine that just plays a click, you won't have any trouble hooking up with a real live person. My humble suggestion is to worry more about playing IN time and worry less about playing WITH time, right now.
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12-06-2004, 10:47 AM
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