Recent content by milljo

Agree with Erebus. Why are you spending $1600 on a bass to learn on? With that kind of money anything you buy will probably be a great bass. I suggest you spend some time at your local guitar shop and pick up as many as you can. Stick with one amp and find a bass that feels comfortable in...

I use ring-middle-index-ring... It took me years to get it to be comfortable at speed. You almost have to think in polymeters to get it right. Your right hand is playing in threes but you have to think in fours. Just like the last poster said, R-m-i-r-M-i-r-m-I-r-m-i... It's the one thing I...

Count EVERYTHING that you listen to. I do it without even thinking about it. I don't know what genres you're into. Tool plays in odd times pretty often. The first few songs on Lateralus are in 5/4. Of course, most songs you hear are in 4/4. Count when you're listening. Eventually it'll...

System is a great rock band. Yes, their riffs are simple, but they are catchy as hell. And yes, the bass player doesn't really play anything outstanding, but it wouldn't work if he did. It's like Claypool trying out for Metallica. It just wouldn't work. I'm all about the flashy bass, but...

Slide into the note. Also, don't pick every note. I pretty much learned to play on Pantera and it's part of my style now. Actually, I'm trying to work that out of my playing since it doesn't work as well for other music.