Recent content by SpecialEdd

One of the books I used to get a kick start to learning theory is the Bass Grimoire. It seems somewhat daunting because there is a lot of information, but it lays it out in a really easy to understand way. Check it out, cause not only does it help you understand the basics of theory, it gives...

I looked for that music collaboration thing on google, and came upon a blog (http://musiccollaboration.blogspot.com/) with links on the right side for sites like that. Some of them look dead, but others might be good. I registered on digitalmusician.com so my fingers are crossed. It looks...

Hey everyone I've been around for a while and found a lot of useful sites on this forum, but I have yet to see a place were a musician can cut a bass line they think is nice, upload it to your online 'band' and have other members from that band record tracks over yours until you create...

Damn, that's lame. :scowl:

Just recently we had picked up a new guitar player, he's a really cool guy, and very good at guitar. So as initiation we all just go camping with the other band mates on some of my drummers property out in the boonies. We wake up the next morning and on my guitar players phone there are three...

Chester here. Zzzzzzzzzzzz

One of the best shows ever. So funny. The best one is when they talk about Catch-a-Freeman. lol

If I show up to an audition or anything like that and I'm the only one there on time, that's usually when to I'm gonna bail. If they're late to practice, who's to say they won't do a same for a gig when your reputation is on the line. You only played thirty minutes out of the four hours...

Black bass, black pickguard, black strings = fashion nono. Go with red. Red on Flatblack always looks killer and you'll stand out. At the very least go with blue, anything but black :-)

Bobby and the Blowjobs, of course! And all this time I've been looking for the right name.... </sarcasm>

Oh no! Don't make your bass lonely just because everyone is slacking off! But as far as my biggest challenge as of right now is learning how to apply new scales to my playing. :ninja:

Cherry (Schecter Stiletto Elite-4) Celestine (Standard fender Jazz) Sweet Virginia (LTD B-405 5-String)

I like cranking my delay up and doing harmonized runs. Sounds pretty nifty

I found that what worked for me is when I'm descending I use R-M-I and if I'm running up the neck I'll switch to R-M-I:ninja:

If I am learning a song, I start out slow and gradually work my way up to normal. However, I keep going until I know it at +10 or so bpm. The reason for this is because sometimes if your playing with a new band (or sometimes a practiced band), they might not be able to control the tempo as...