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05-28-2009, 02:15 PM
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rob | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: woolston | | | so i'm starting college in August and i'm allowed to get two instrument lessons
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Obviously i'm gonna choose bass for my first choice but i was thinking for another instrument, i was thinking either drums or keyboards, my bass teacher insisted sax to learn , what do you think??? |
05-28-2009, 02:16 PM
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05-28-2009, 02:20 PM
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You will thank me one day.
I know I'm thankful it was required when I was in college as a music major, really helps you to visualize how everything fits together, and lets you take ideas and work them out so you can hear how EVERYTHING fits together.
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05-28-2009, 02:21 PM
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05-28-2009, 02:22 PM
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05-28-2009, 02:23 PM
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It will help you in all areas of music. I should have stuck with it. 
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05-28-2009, 02:47 PM
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05-28-2009, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | Piano for theory, drums for rhythm. I think all bassists should jam on a kit every once in a while and get some feel for groove, but I'm not sure you NEED college lessons for it.
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05-28-2009, 03:00 PM
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05-28-2009, 03:02 PM
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05-28-2009, 03:31 PM
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05-28-2009, 03:32 PM
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05-28-2009, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Haddon Heights, NJ | | | The theremin.
Seriously though, another choice could be the upright bass. You might be able to get some more work (MIGHT, depending on the available gigs, sound & image of available gigs), but upright is a good solid choice for a ssecond instrument.
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05-28-2009, 05:37 PM
| | Beware the "intense intentional venom" of my posts | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hacienda Heights (LA), SoCal | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chebass88 The theremin. | A theremin would be awesome, however there probably arent many people adept enough to qualify as a theremin teacher.
My guitarist plays theremin, he's had it for 4 years and says he wasnt proficient until about a year ago, but being a guitard he now thinks he's the "go to" guy for all things theremin, he put up a blog on his myspace 2 days ago called FAQ's and its all a bunch of snobbery, like this one:
Q: Where did you get your theremin?
A: I'm not at liberty to say, or outerspace. 
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05-28-2009, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania Tell the school you want specific instruction on the Moog Little Phatty. | Hahaha!! Yes!! Definitely!!!  |
05-28-2009, 06:26 PM
| | Beware the "intense intentional venom" of my posts | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hacienda Heights (LA), SoCal | | | I'm super excited right now (sorry to go OT on your thread OP), but we're making a move to get rid of said guitar player/thereminist mentioned above. I was a little bummed because we'll lose the theremin in our band, but I just heard from a guy who plays a Moog Synth of some sort, an MS2000, Octopads (ok, I dont even know what those are, but they sound rad) and his laptop. I dont want to jump the gun, but Im hoping this guy will be a good fit (and he sounded super enthused about jamming with us!).
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05-28-2009, 06:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | Am I the only one going for electric triangle?
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Yeah, I play a little bass too. I could tell what you were doing there. You were playing some major and minor scales. I was watching your hands.
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05-28-2009, 06:33 PM
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05-28-2009, 06:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North NJ/Worcester MA | | | my votes on the sax. it seems to be a natural double for bassists
piano is VERY beneficiary as well though, as it combines prettymuch everything a music theory teacher has ever taught you |
05-28-2009, 06:37 PM
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