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I still have the first bass guitar I ever bought. An Ibanez AEB 45 LG. Its the acoustic thing on this bass that does it for me. It is impossible to piss off cops, neighbors, or family. When I am in the mood to create and dont want to fight the tv for concentration, I grab the hollow and go...

Howdy all...........PJB equpment...........I am a believer. Technology is real cool. I have to say I took a leap of faith bassed....LOL........on a lot of testimony and no real way to test it. Its all true. Those little five inchers combine to create something truly inspiring as far as bass...

well.......Psycho..........you go on and do whatever you are big enough to do..............even if you regret it.......... I wouldnt pretend to get inside your head........but if I havent missed my guess, you have the unsurmountable need to be heard............which is reminiscent of sooooo...

Im wondering if LIF is wondering about the venue and the view? First live gig......take your setlist and mark each song with your first key/note/or something to set yourself in motion. While playing, pick a point in space at the bar or whatever, so that you look like you are looking out...

make a joyful noise.......the evil one will always drive a wedge in where he can....... People who seek the face of God are his favorite targets, and his hardest efforts to disrupt. Your talents and hard work to get there are gifts......and a testimony. Churches are made up of...

Just make sure.........studio time is NOT cheap..........make damned sure you all know what you want to record so you can keep from spending lots of money unnecessarily. The fewer takes on each track require less time, so practice. Also understand the process. The drums will usally be in an...

drunken hecklers.............it was many laps around the sun ago and we were playing a VFW new years show. Some burned up old bastard wanted to hear "Midnight Special" because his baby brothers country band played it.........I was polite and told him that it wasnt on the agreed upon set list...

I made the mistake of loaning my axe to another bass player in a band we were sharing a show with many years ago. I had heard them play, and they were friends of a friend. The guy was pretty good, but he went from doctor jekyl to mister hyde during their set. I swear he was beating the crap...

Im wondering about the talent show...........are they short enough on talent to allow a ten minute bass solo? Most high school talent shows have to cram as many acts in as possible without putting parents into a health risk........LOL. Ive seen standing room only for some sad, sad, silly...

never let a guitar player decide if you are talented or not, especially if they have no rythm.........LOL

that sounds like too much attack. another thing you could do would be to invest in your own ear monitors. that way you could hear yourself without beating yourself to death.

ten minutes.............how many times does your composition repeat the phrase? Maybe that would be the key to shortening the piece to a reasonable time span. Also, are you regulating the rythm in a reasonable time signature? If its some exotic rythm that only you understand it may not...

LOL...mission control

also, line out to the PA can help or hurt, depending on the soundman. If the PA is decent and the soundman is decent, and the drummer is decent, and the lead and rythm are decent, and the singer is decent, life is good.

Its just my opinion, but if the bassist is good and can tweak his gear to bring that out, thats the ticket. Then again, good gear would serve the bassist even more so.