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02-03-2010, 10:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | my life has gone haywire!
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wow! i never thought this would happen. my exams ended with the last year now theres no more college and classes really. i split with my main band too. after all that i decided to study bass very seriously, i focused on a goal which was grade6 rockschool exam! i got the material and started working on it. that inspired me to study/play piano and drums for a while everyday along with 3-4 hours of bass playing.
then later as i posted before i got mugged so i lost my bass and it wrecked my life for a few days but the upcoming gig with another band kept me very busy until monday! since then i have been sleeping like crazy, slept for 17hours yesterday! i just keep watching movies and nothing else. i go out and i come back home and browse the internet. i feel totally lost without any purpose! i feel like i have nothing to do. luckily i have a new bass coming my way, thanks to some very helpful TB'ers here  but i dont know it might be another two weeks.
i feel like am gonna go crazy or something. has this ever happened to you? how do you get out of it? how do you find a purpose or an aim? there is nothing else i really wanted to do else than play bass ya know. i go out everyday but then i dont know  
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Originally Posted by JimmyM  if you want to make a million dollars in music, start with 2 million | LESSONS = GAS killers!
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02-03-2010, 11:01 AM
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02-03-2010, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | hmmmmm btw i just realized i gotta get a book to read for now
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Originally Posted by JimmyM if you want to make a million dollars in music, start with 2 million | LESSONS = GAS killers!
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02-03-2010, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by PSPookie Get a job | cant get a decent job here at the moment. the whole plan was to dedicate 6 hours to music and its gone down the drain!! i dont even have a camera or i could have gone photographing or something. i need a PURPOSE 
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Originally Posted by JimmyM if you want to make a million dollars in music, start with 2 million | LESSONS = GAS killers!
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02-03-2010, 11:06 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | A personal project. Find something you like, and keep at it. "Bass playing" is an action. "Record a solo project of at least 6 tracks with varying themes" is a project, that is served by the action.
You have the power to act, and as you said, you need a purpose
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02-03-2010, 11:06 AM
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You'll have a bass again soon.
Meanwhile, if Music is your purpose, find other ways to further your musicality without having a bass in your hands. Read music, work on sight-singing, read biographies of musicians, go hang out with tabla players and steal their licks....
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02-03-2010, 11:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | Quote:
Originally Posted by L-A A personal project. Find something you like, and keep at it. "Bass playing" is an action. "Record a solo project of at least 6 tracks with varying themes" is a project, that is served by the action.
You have the power to act, and as you said, you need a purpose | yep! Quote:
Originally Posted by kesslari Patience, young Jedi...
You'll have a bass again soon.
Meanwhile, if Music is your purpose, find other ways to further your musicality without having a bass in your hands. Read music, work on sight-singing, read biographies of musicians, go hang out with tabla players and steal their licks.... | i read steal their CHICKS haha 
actually i dont feel like playing any music at all since the bass is gone. i have a keyboard and drums here but i dont touch them because they make me want to play bass which reminds me of the incident and the fact that i have no bass at the moment. so i guess am better off doing other things maybe. am gonna go to the library tomorrow hopefully i'll find a book
oh you guys can recommend me a book! preferable something by a Brit writer because its a Brit library, i can find some American stuff there too but nothing much besides
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Originally Posted by JimmyM if you want to make a million dollars in music, start with 2 million | LESSONS = GAS killers!
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02-03-2010, 06:55 PM
|  | It's time for Dodger baseball! | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mentone Beach | | | Go get some exercise - jog, ride a bike, pushups and situps, etc. The endorphin rush from the increased bloodflow will make you feel better.
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02-03-2010, 06:59 PM
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02-03-2010, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by varunkapahi yep!
i read steal their CHICKS haha
actually i dont feel like playing any music at all since the bass is gone. i have a keyboard and drums here but i dont touch them because they make me want to play bass which reminds me of the incident and the fact that i have no bass at the moment. so i guess am better off doing other things maybe. am gonna go to the library tomorrow hopefully i'll find a book
oh you guys can recommend me a book! preferable something by a Brit writer because its a Brit library, i can find some American stuff there too but nothing much besides | Grab something by George Orwell.
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02-03-2010, 07:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Belfast, Ireland | | | Forget all those sensible ideas, get yourself a copy of Final Fantasy 7, that'll kill all those extra hours until your new bass arrives mate. Hope you're feeling better after the mugging, it'll take time to get over the shock.
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02-03-2010, 08:23 PM
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02-03-2010, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by varunkapahi yep!
i read steal their CHICKS haha
actually i dont feel like playing any music at all since the bass is gone. i have a keyboard and drums here but i dont touch them because they make me want to play bass which reminds me of the incident and the fact that i have no bass at the moment. so i guess am better off doing other things maybe. am gonna go to the library tomorrow hopefully i'll find a book oh you guys can recommend me a book! preferable something by a Brit writer because its a Brit library, i can find some American stuff there too but nothing much besides | One of the best books/overviews on the music biz. (An entertaining read too.)
The Platinum Rainbow by Bob Monaco and James Riordan.
Or the updated version:
The Platinum Rainbow... The Re-Release. http://www.musicmusician.com/
In the spirit of 'forewarned is forearmed', reading either of these books can save one a lot of time, money, and frustration. |
02-04-2010, 05:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | ok thanks for the suggestions guys. am gonna get a pc game or two too and some books
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Originally Posted by JimmyM if you want to make a million dollars in music, start with 2 million | LESSONS = GAS killers!
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02-04-2010, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by varunkapahi ok thanks for the suggestions guys. am gonna get a pc game or two too and some books | Games? 
The info in those books I mentioned will help you to achieve a genuine high score: success in the music business.
Games will not.  |
02-04-2010, 09:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MIJ-VI Games?
The info in those books I mentioned will help you to achieve a genuine high score: success in the music business.
Games will not. | games are not much way too different from books and movies actually, some of them. or atleast they are getting there slowly. its a wonderful world especially for entertainment i believe
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Originally Posted by JimmyM if you want to make a million dollars in music, start with 2 million | LESSONS = GAS killers!
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02-04-2010, 05:28 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MIJ-VI Games?
The info in those books I mentioned will help you to achieve a genuine high score: success in the music business.
Games will not. | Who are you to pass judgement on what he does in his free time? 
But, uh, as far as books go, check out Shantaram, by George Davis Roberts. One of the coolest books about India I've ever read. |
02-04-2010, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound Who are you to pass judgement on what he does in his free time?
But, uh, as far as books go, check out Shantaram, by George Davis Roberts. One of the coolest books about India I've ever read. | Ugh, I swear that, when I was there, I was the only white person in India without a copy of Shantaram. |
02-04-2010, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound Who are you to pass judgement on what he does in his free time?
But, uh, as far as books go, check out Shantaram, by George Davis Roberts. One of the coolest books about India I've ever read. | Who are you to misinterpret my statement of fact? Here it is again: Quote:
Originally Posted by MIJ-VI Games?
The info in those books I mentioned will help you to achieve a genuine high score: success in the music business.
Games will not. | When the day comes that Varun has to sign contracts which will affect his career--and life, what do you suppose he'd be better off remembering? The cautionary lessons learned by others he read about in a book or two on the music biz, or the big scores he racked up playing a PC game while waiting to play bass again?
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02-05-2010, 02:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | oh i gotta find shantaram too i guess then
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