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Andrew Gouche and Improvement
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Could have used some of that advice years ago when I started my music journey.
Love this guy. Unfortunately my AG-5 doesn't sound like his when I play it.
The video ended just as he was getting to the most valuable nugget I've learned in my own musical journey.
Attitude and that sense of "professionalism."
I joke that every gig I've gotten, every time I've had someone say, "next project I do, you're the first bassist I'll call" anything like that, was NOT because of my meager skills but because I'm responsible, accountable, dependable, reliable, willing to learn...
"Be a good listener" and "never stop learning" are wonderful, but you have to enter those with the proper "willingness to listen" and "willingness to learn" attitudes to benefit.
Attitude and that sense of "professionalism."
I joke that every gig I've gotten, every time I've had someone say, "next project I do, you're the first bassist I'll call" anything like that, was NOT because of my meager skills but because I'm responsible, accountable, dependable, reliable, willing to learn...
"Be a good listener" and "never stop learning" are wonderful, but you have to enter those with the proper "willingness to listen" and "willingness to learn" attitudes to benefit.
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The thing I have learned that is part of what Mr. Gouche said is to know your role. I play for a choir at my church. No one came to church to hear a bass solo. The best thing I do is make the choir sound good.
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