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i am a jazz bassist here are some of the things you need to do to get started of. Familiarize with the chords already mentioned. 7th chords in particular. Listen to the great Jazz bassist and practice active listening skills. Learn to improvise bass lines on the spot by chord symbol instead...

I was a Jazz guitar player who became a bass player however I take the Bass pretty seriously. I am also a pianist. The reason I became a bass player is because I had a stroke at 23. A and a half year ago after some rehab i found that my fingers in my left hand was really struggling to make the...

1 fender American deluxe with a natural finish. Absolutely love it and wouldnt want anything else

Just picked up the written bass lines very simple stuff

Hey guys just got an email from the guy that is in charge he said they written bass lines or if I wanted to I could improvise off roots only or roots and fifths He also said there will be very few but some songs they will let me walk on but mainly it will be roots and fifths

Yeah I just don't want to drap allot till I land a bigger gig

My take is idk anything other than you tell me And yes they just play hyms at the mass I would be playing at Hopefully they will let me walk a little to keep it interesting

So what I take from this is it really doesn't take a great deal of skill to play in church and mainly I would just be dealing with the root and the 5th or root only. Nothing fancy and no walking.

I would say close 300 400 if it is really that much better

Punctuation is overrated

I would be playing from a hymnal I think sorry for the misunderstanding that's what I meant by normal I think my church uses both

Hey guys as I have said before I am intrested in play at my church and I got into the rock show program at guitar center I am thinking of getting a new small for these gigs at this point all I have is a basic one that came with my squier starter pack and if I trade that in this weekend I get the...

Thanks it wasn't fun but i would want it any other way as it made me into the man i am today and think about it if it wasn't for my stroke I never would have found out how much I love the bass which not only gave birth to my playing but also an enhance way of listing to music when I listen to...

Yes all the instruments are off to the side not center stage

Yeah I had brain cancer when I was 8 as part of the treatment I was exposed to large amounts of radiation which weakened my blood vessels in my brain the one day just out of the blue a vessel burst and I had a brain bleed. I have recovered about 80% of my ability to move. I had some very...