Club Owner Made My Night!

[DWA2469]

Saturday night we played a new (to us) club! The owner is a pro drummer and provides a full kit and PA! I am a guitar player turned bass player who started playing bass in March! I walked off the stage during our first break and the owner walked up to me and said "Man, you are solid as a rock"! I thanked him and told him I work hard at it! He is putting us in his regular rotation with 3 other bands! It feels good when someone notices your hard work! I have a LONG way to go, but man that felt good!

 

[digmeout]

Good going! When you get somebody's attention that knows what their hearing, your on the right track!

 

[Low Commotion]

That is awesome. Especially coming from a drummer. My drummer friends always tell me how great it is to play with a good bass player!

 

[dalahorse]

That's high praise - Very nice!

 

[Sparkl]

Saturday night we played a new (to us) club! The owner is a pro drummer and provides a full kit and PA! I am a guitar player turned bass player who started playing bass in March! I walked off the stage during our first break and the owner walked up to me and said "Man, you are solid as a rock"! I thanked him and told him I work hard at it! He is putting us in his regular rotation with 3 other bands! It feels good when someone notices your hard work! I have a LONG way to go, but man that felt good!

Guitarist turned bass player, welcome to the club of 99.9% bass players who are turned guitar players. Now you're holding a real axe, not that little fish hook. !

 

[Hawk620]

Nice to hear considering how many guitarists seem to struggle with the conversion at first.

 

[porkynuggets]

Saturday night we played a new (to us) club! The owner is a pro drummer and provides a full kit and PA! I am a guitar player turned bass player who started playing bass in March! I walked off the stage during our first break and the owner walked up to me and said "Man, you are solid as a rock"! I thanked him and told him I work hard at it! He is putting us in his regular rotation with 3 other bands! It feels good when someone notices your hard work! I have a LONG way to go, but man that felt good!

Awesome, keep up the good work, the right people are noticing!

 

[HueyFreeman]

It's my philosophy that no one needs to say anything at all. So when they do, it says a lot. Congrats!

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Congratulations on the compliment and on getting the repeat gig!

One of my favourite compliments I have received was at the end of the one rehearsal before a sub gig I picked up with players I had never played with before and the singer says to me "I didn't even notice you were there!" (meaning, you played well and fit right in). That's exactly how I want it.

 

[sonic boogaloo]

that must have been a blast!

that sort of feedback is what we all seek, right?

 

[socknroll1]

In Geddy Lee's autobiography, I was fairly shocked to learn that he is also a member of the guitarist-turned-bassist club.

Me, I've always been a bassist first, but he's a legend on the bass.

 

[DWA2469]

In Geddy Lee's autobiography, I was fairly shocked to learn that he is also a member of the guitarist-turned-bassist club.

Me, I've always been a bassist first, but he's a legend on the bass.

I saw him talk about that in an interview! He played Bass out of necessity and just kept on keepin' on

 

[doctone]

Congratulations! To paraphrase what I heard in some Marcus Miller interview: you are actually a drummer, with the added benefit of being able to play pitches.