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Will do.

I find it kind of funny (but mostly incredibly sad) that someone of your age who's supposed to be wise or something would think there's any point whatsoever in flaming an anonymous internet user. Also, why the hell do you type with a lisp? Seriously, it's grammatically correct to just type...

Thanks.

That's good to hear. I do enjoy songwriting, I started really doing it when I was in high school. Of course it's something I intend to continue with.

Oh, I must have missed something here. Are you a doctor?

Thank you sir.

You're correct, I learned pretty quickly that really the only thing that my BG experience gave me on the upright was a general sense of where to find notes. As far as the music I like, yeah, funk and fusion mostly. I don't hate the jazz standards, there's quite a few I enjoy. But they're not...

Yeah, I found that most of the guys you mentioned had good advice to offer. I'm going to try to check out NOLA if and when I can, whether it be through doing a semester there or otherwise. I don't know man, the BG side of this very site has some pretty accomplished players logging on as...

Thanks!!!! I appreciate it. I know that refusing to play double bass will limit the types of gigs I can get; and I like jazz just fine, but I feel as though I'm more into this curriculum for what I can learn about other genres that evolved out of jazz (for instance funk and fusion, two styles...

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for jumping the gun on your last post. It's just that that last sentence or two sounds just like the kind of thing my peers or professors would say. They act like they're a member of some kind of elite club looking down on others when ultimately, we...

Actually, some of the posts here have given me some good starting points to approach the DB from a new light. I'm appreciative of them, they're the ones I came here for. THEY'RE the ones that have the best chance of changing my attitude, not you, some random name on the internet, telling me that...

You've missed the point of my post. I tried to make it as clear as possible that this wasn't an attack, despite having frustrations. This is me asking for help (from those who don't feel as though they're too high and mighty to offer it) for ways that a bass guitarist could start to wrap his...

I'm inclined to disagree. This is the best group of bassists on the internet, so I came here for some anonymous wisdom, an escape from the snide remarks, an escape from being talked down to by my professors and peers who think that playing an instrument that's been around longer makes them...

Not a troll, just a frustrated kid. I wasn't able to respond because, coincidentally, I was practicing the double bass. I don't know how to define what jazz or music in general is to me fully, that's something that I've been finding out throughout my journey. But I also don't spend most of my...

I knew I'd be playing jazz. I use my bass guitar in all the jazz playing situations I've been in. I also get to play funk here on occasion (The Meters, P-Funk) which I love exponentially more than standard jazz repertoire. That being said, I don't hate the jazz we play. As for the piano...

That might not be such a bad idea. Thanks!

Nice use of sarcasm, though I can't say I appreciate it. I don't claim to know everything, I only know what's right for me. Perhaps if more upright bassists didn't have this same stupid condescending attitude you've just exhibited I wouldn't be so irked about having to pick up the instrument...

I completely agree, I know that my feelings aren't fact and are only relevant to me, but I made them out of the frustration I've been feeling. In playing settings at school (whether it's jazz or otherwise) I am allowed to perform on a bass guitar, and I insist upon it. It's that I also have to...

Good, because I have no interest in you trying to do that either.

Hey everybody. Sorry that this is a somewhat wordy post, but I really could use the wisdom of some of you double bassists here. In a nutshell, I've been playing the bass guitar since the age of 13. I'm almost 20. I play a four-string fretted and a six-string fretless. The bass guitar is at the...

I'm a first-year bass student at a major university and the faculty here has been building my knowledge of theory like never before. What kind of music are you interested in? For me, I have not one, but two music theory classes. Both are built on the same foundation of intervals, arpeggios, the...

I feel what the OP is saying. I've been dealing with the same type of problem this year; senioritis and general laziness have been keeping me from making the same levels of progress I could easily make four years ago. But I'm coming out of it thanks to two things: my relatively recent...

Let's talk songwriting for a minute - also, if this is in the wrong forum, my apologies because I don't know a better one and it's pretty relevant anyway. So I've been playing music/bass for five years now and entertaining the idea of writing my own songs for about three. Although I really...

Solid guide. As someone who played and toured with a death metal band a few years back I can agree with what's being said; I just wish I'd had this to read back then! Although I made playing the genre work pretty well for me on a four-string fingerstyle. That's because I'd been trying to...

I made the switch from 4 to 6 strings this past summer as part of my ongoing effort to challenge myself. I now find myself sharing Anthony Jackson's belief that the original bass guitar should have been a six string; there's something special about being able to play full melodies from my...

Jim Stinnett (one of the most skilled bassists/teachers I've ever encountered) released a book thru Berklee called "Creating Jazz Bass Lines" that taught me how to improvise good walking bass very quickly a year or two ago. I definitely recommend it, he really explains things well. Edit: Just...

Hi all, it's good to finally join this site after lurking plenty over the years. I've been playing bass for five years now (I'm 18 currently) and am joining this site because lately I've decided to become more serious about my practicing and songwriting. Without going into my life story: I play...