WAtch out for booze. Most folks go out and drink abit on weekends.Musicians
are always around it and can easily become addicted.
are always around it and can easily become addicted.
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best advice you ever got from an experienced player...
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An old guitarist once said, "If you are just sitting around, always have a guitar in your hands. Even if you don't play it, hold it, feel the strings, get used to it, make it a part of your body, like another arm or leg, and you will eventually make use of everything it can do, simply because it is there."
if your gunna play covers in the deep south then just go ahead and learn every Lynyrd Skynyrd song there is
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"If you are getting into playing an instrument to get girls, don't play the bass, pick any other instrument"
Fortunately it turned out to not be entirely true.
"If you are getting into playing an instrument to get girls, don't play the bass, pick any other instrument"
Fortunately it turned out to not be entirely true.
Easy peasy.....1)you're playing too many G.D. notes.(!!!)
2) You are the keeper of the groove!
3) Think like a drummer.
2) You are the keeper of the groove!
3) Think like a drummer.
You have to figure out how to practice without your instrument.
If you're interested, let me save you days or months of figuring it out:
This can manifest itself in a lot of ways... ear training, singing (not guessing but singing what you know that you know accurately, even if it's only the major scale), naming notes of various scales, playing scales in your mind, using unfamiliar fingerings, looking at music notation and really taking in why/how the part works (even if you aren't into jazz, I HIGHLY recommend Ed Fuqua's Walking Bassics for this- sure, you can go to Brown or Carter transcriptions and try to ignore the distractions of all those crazy chords and super-out-there playing but I've done it both ways and you must start simple if you aren't gifted with great pitch that naturally hears and understands everything). There certainly more but this is a lot.
Do these things appropriate for where you are: car, lunch break, train, falling asleep, waking up, shower, washing dishes, vacationing "listening" to your wife (just joking. Listen to her if you love her or get a bad wake up call one day). Good luck.
If you're interested, let me save you days or months of figuring it out:
This can manifest itself in a lot of ways... ear training, singing (not guessing but singing what you know that you know accurately, even if it's only the major scale), naming notes of various scales, playing scales in your mind, using unfamiliar fingerings, looking at music notation and really taking in why/how the part works (even if you aren't into jazz, I HIGHLY recommend Ed Fuqua's Walking Bassics for this- sure, you can go to Brown or Carter transcriptions and try to ignore the distractions of all those crazy chords and super-out-there playing but I've done it both ways and you must start simple if you aren't gifted with great pitch that naturally hears and understands everything). There certainly more but this is a lot.
Do these things appropriate for where you are: car, lunch break, train, falling asleep, waking up, shower, washing dishes, vacationing "listening" to your wife (just joking. Listen to her if you love her or get a bad wake up call one day). Good luck.
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Forget the kids down the street, learn from people who are way better than you. Playing a lot of notes is not the measure of how good you are. -a local musician who was highly respected, when I was about 18 years old
Much like the OP, keeping the instrument out of the case was some of the best advice I ever got.
"It's not the notes you play so much as the ones you don't play that make the difference."
Great advice.
Great advice.
Learn other instruments. Learn every possible style.
Don't be a bass player playing music, be a musician playing bass.
Practice with a metronome, play with many people, record.
Don't be a bass player playing music, be a musician playing bass.
Practice with a metronome, play with many people, record.
"Don't practice onstage... No one wants to hear that s**t!"
"Don't overplay, you're a bass player. Not a guitarist."
When I was 17, I was told the following by a fairly famous blues guitarist:
"I'm 64 years old. I have no family, few friends, no money, and no life outside of music. If I ever stop playing, I'll be broke inside of 6 months. I've played all over the world with dozen of world-renown names, but not one of them gives a flip about my well-being. Go to college. Study anything but music. Don't assume you'll be one in a million that makes it. Don't be like me."
Best advice I got....ever.
"I'm 64 years old. I have no family, few friends, no money, and no life outside of music. If I ever stop playing, I'll be broke inside of 6 months. I've played all over the world with dozen of world-renown names, but not one of them gives a flip about my well-being. Go to college. Study anything but music. Don't assume you'll be one in a million that makes it. Don't be like me."
Best advice I got....ever.
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