Does anyone else have days where they feel like there terrible musicians. Or you just get super frustrated at your practice
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Bad days
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Yup...it happens. Some days you just can't play anything right...other days, the planets align and you can't miss! All part of the gig...
One of those days?
Try one of those weeks!
I probably spend 60% of my time trying to learn stuff & only 40% actually playing and enjoying it.
It might even be more like 70/30.
Try one of those weeks!
I probably spend 60% of my time trying to learn stuff & only 40% actually playing and enjoying it.
It might even be more like 70/30.
When it happens I know with in 5 minutes, shut things down and come back in 2 days. Takes that long to get over it.
I've found out that if I am having trouble learning something new, I will just move on to something else and come back to it in a day or two with much better results than if I tried to push through it.
Yup... Been said several times. Move on and come back to it. Otherwise you will build a bigger roadblock in your mind obsessing over it.
Going through it now sometimes your progress just plateaus. I focused a long time on technique and stuff like sweeps have improved but I realized I feel like I am just taking my guitar stuff and moving it to bass.
So this weekend I have two auditions one metal one kind of rock popish. But this excites me especially the rock project because it's more simple stripped down and vocal focused which means I have to dial way back. Which is what I need to do I sent a video and the guitarist seems nice and isn't afraid to tell me to hold back.
He said it sounds good but here it may just be better to follow along here and there.Which I honestly need right now I feel like I have been just playing lead guitar on a bass for a while, it's time to get back to my bass roots and I think that will make me feel better.
Sometimes stepping back and evaluating what you lack can help. If you lack a technique or over all technique and are getting overwhelmed take a break. Watch a movie go relax than come back but take smaller steps. Start slow even if you're are playing at 2 BPM it's a start and you won't feel like you're spinning your tires.
If like me you feel you're over doing it and loosing the groove force yourself to jam along simple songs and fall back in love with the pocket.
Sorry long response I had to vent a little, great topic.
So this weekend I have two auditions one metal one kind of rock popish. But this excites me especially the rock project because it's more simple stripped down and vocal focused which means I have to dial way back. Which is what I need to do I sent a video and the guitarist seems nice and isn't afraid to tell me to hold back.
He said it sounds good but here it may just be better to follow along here and there.Which I honestly need right now I feel like I have been just playing lead guitar on a bass for a while, it's time to get back to my bass roots and I think that will make me feel better.
Sometimes stepping back and evaluating what you lack can help. If you lack a technique or over all technique and are getting overwhelmed take a break. Watch a movie go relax than come back but take smaller steps. Start slow even if you're are playing at 2 BPM it's a start and you won't feel like you're spinning your tires.
If like me you feel you're over doing it and loosing the groove force yourself to jam along simple songs and fall back in love with the pocket.
Sorry long response I had to vent a little, great topic.
Meh ... go out to a local open mic ... you're bound to feel better about yourself ... 
A bad day of playing music is still better than a good day at work.
Happens to me once in a while as well. I also have days where my bass/amp/tone just doesn't sound good at all to me. Just power through!
This. May not be as long as two days, more like tomorrow.
Remember the old slogan, "If it feels good, do it."? Well, the rest of the story is "If it doesn't, stop it and do something else"
* they're
And yes. Sometimes the delusions of adequacy are inadequate.
Correcting spelling mistakes helps for some reason.
Cheers.
okcrum
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I have bad days around just about everything, not only music. When I'm in them it feels like that's all that exists. Thankfully they pass. I've learned to just ride them out.
I think it goes hand in hand with being an artist. For some it's more intense than for others.
I think it goes hand in hand with being an artist. For some it's more intense than for others.
