motivation

Lately I have been trying faster 16th notes at ~120bpm, and I am extremely discouraged about my speed and stamina. I used to play ~130bpm like 3 months ago but after a while of pick playing and scaling I've lost it all, so now I'm relearning it all again. I need some motivation but I don't know...

I have a very full life. DayJobThing. Twins. Wife. Church. Church choir. Band. Sleep. When I get home from work, I have chores (we all do). Dinner with the family. Some nights I just can't motivate to play bass. Then something happens. It's bedtime! I'm shutting the TV off and I grab a...

I know I'm not the only person here who wavers between obsessing about Their Next Bass, Which Will Be Perfect™, and contemplating selling everything and sticking the money into their house or 401k or whatever. I'm in such a valley at the moment. I recently went through obsessively...

It all started somewhere for each of us. For me, it was drinking Jägermeister and peppermint schnapps and my buddy (who was in an Iron Maiden tribute band) said "Hey, try this." He handed me his custom painted whatever-brand bass with Labella black tapewounds plugged into a Randall half-stack...

Most players here have been paid to play. There's never anything wrong with receiving compensation for our hard work. But is that the only reason we play? Saturday night, a friend of mine had a spot at a songwriters showcase & he wanted a stripped down version of his band to accompany him. Not...