1 Scale on a Desert Island

[sbasssman]

>You're an awfully presumptious one, aren't you?

Actually, you're the presumptious one sitting up in your ivory tower.

I know my append isn't going to solve world hunger.
And God, if I could remove the reference to a Desert Island and rewind the tape, I surely would.

But, at the allegedly largest bass forum in the world, I didn't think it was crazy to actually poll people in the know to specify some information that could actually help a student begin to speak on the bass.

Maybe I'm hitting a nerve, because the reality is most bass materials suck, and so do most people pretending to be effective teachers.

You can say what you want about what you think I know or don't know, but I was probably gigging professionally on another instrument while you were still nursing.
I have enough years of musical experience to express what I think is one way to jump start a student - without arrogant feedback like this.
You don't like the thread? - please take your arrogance someplace else.

 

[Pacman]

Originally posted by sbasssman
[BThe moral is: if you are involved in teaching, and you know anything about succeeding with your students, you need to be able to bring them to that magic point as quickly as possible. [/B]

Wrong.

As a teacher, it is my job to help the student learn. I do that by using tried and true methods, methods proven[i/] to accomplish relults. It is not my job to cater to my students, nor is it my job to make it fun for them - they either enjoy the instrument and want to get better or they don't. I cannot motivate, I can only educate - it is the student's job to apply the knowledge and experience that I show them. It is the student's responsibility to maintain the discipline and fire for the instrument, not mine.

Originally posted by sbasssman
You can say what you want about what you think I know or don't know, but I was probably gigging professionally on another instrument while you were still nursing.
I have enough years of musical experience to express what I think is one way to jump start a student - without arrogant feedback like this.
You don't like the thread? - please take your arrogance someplace else.

Well, your profile doesn't state your age, so I'm not sure of this or not, but let's face it - you were gigging on drums. You knowledge of harmony is virtually the same as someone just starting in music. You state that you have enough years of musical experience, but how many years of teaching experience do you have? Doing and teaching are two different things.

 

[sbasssman]

> I cannot motivate, I can only educate

Pacman, I have no quarrel with you -- you had a legitimate post. But I have to say -- I can't agree with that statement -- and neither can many other people in teaching and coaching roles.

Think about it, friend.

 

[Chris A]

We're done here..........


Chris A.