Recent content by microsample

Also: Playing things without singing them first -- voice and ear come first now. Just learning the bassline to songs. AFAIC this is gets you a C+ at best. The path to real musicianship on the bass is learning melody, harmony, rhythm...all the parts to a song. +1 on smiley face EQ -- I think...

Excessive, reflexive use of the pentatonic scale. Not knowing the names of the notes I was hitting. Learning the fretboard is not something you just do once and you're done -- it's an ongoing process that has to be performed many times over, from many different perspectives. I have been doing...