intros

I had a “problem” playing at a farmers market today in a threesome, and want some advice from other bass players. The lineup was me, another male who sings and plays guitar, and a female who sings and uses a few percussive hand instruments. These two had played together for several years in...

I’ve been asking more advanced players and combo leaders for years about how to work intros and outros and I’ve never gotten a meaningful response. One year, in the summer workshop, I asked and the leader said “Oh, it’s just the same…” and then he was interrupted, distracted onto a new topic...