Best musical advice you ever got

[rokkitt]

I can't believe I haven't posted this before.

When I was at school, my bass instructor picked up a drumstick and turned to show me the butt end. You know that little black dot in the middle of the butt end of a drumstick? He told me "Get in there."


Years later, I'm still working on it. But the advice has done well by me.

great......that is really great!!!!!



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[GreyBeard]

K I S S
keep it simple stupid.

 

[nortonrider]

"If you can't play good - Play loud!"

 

[Mark Wilson]

"never loose the groove in order to find the notes"

- Victor Wooten

 

[Kyon`]

Bass wise "Remember the more you groove, the more the pretty girl in the front can FEEL YOU... so maybe you can feel her later"

General music wise "Always start the note with a good clean sound, always cut if off with a good clean sound, no one will really notice the stuff in the middle"

And "have fun"

Oh and "never eat the diablo monster burrito before any gig"

 

[T40Chump]

"Just be who you are on bass. It's YOUR voice, use it."

A drummer friend of mine told me that once.

 

[Pacman]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

As in combat, so it is in music.

 

[Stumbo]

"It takes about 10,000 hours to become world class".

I've read this and heard this from various people in various professions.
Whether it's true or not, well, who exactly knows.

The question still remains: How many hours have you put in?

 

[Bassist4Life]

"Play the rests"

 

[Stumbo]

"Play the rests"

Explain, please.

 

[Pacman]

I believe it means give each rest the same weight that you'd give a note. The space between the notes is just as important (or more important) as the notes themselves.

 

[phat daddy]

All good stuff, Pacman. For me it was, "stop worrying so much about technique and play with your ears. I can't give you lessons but I can tell you what to listen to develop your ears."

Since then I don't want to teach anybody bass technique anymore, I just want to tell them that quote because it was such a turning point for me.

 

[Xeperu]

Probably the best advice was to use my fingers. It helped me delve into the soul of the bass.

Other than that, as someone mentioned above, learning to play the rests, or as I would say, to play in between the notes. Or to be aware of when the note needs to stop ringing and how that void can help contribute to the flow of the music.

And trusting your fellow musicians when playing together, it takes a lot of pressure of your shoulders hoping that everyone will do their part properly and help you concentrate on your own playing.

 

[andybb1500]

listen to great players of your instruemnt and the infamous practice makes perfect from my music teacher at school

 

[butchblack]

I believe it means give each rest the same weight that you'd give a note. The space between the notes is just as important (or more important) as the notes themselves.

Amen

Too many bassists play too many notes too often IMHO

 

[EADG mx]

People pay a lot of attention to where their notes start, and little to where they end.


Turn up and play softer.

 

[iamthebassplayr]

When you stop fighting your instrument and learn to play it for what it is, that is when you start to make music - Radu Filip. Amazing bassist and friend.

 

[gmstudio99]

Don't be a dick.

 

[SpectorBass308]

this one i told my self: screw the tabs and never look back at them. learn to play everything by ear

amen brother

 

[SpectorBass308]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

This applies to so much more than bass. former USMC?