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#362
WackoStu said:
I said earlier that I had a list of "Words to Bass by" posted in my garage where I practice that helps me keep focus on what is important and what isn't. I now present that list your your perusal, use, critique, etc:

Words to Bass by:

"Keep your ears open and listen to both the sound and your soul"

"When you're performing, don't ever, under any circumstance, stop playing if you mess up."

"Play fewer notes and put more soul into each one you play."

"Less is more."

"Learn to make a beautiful sound. Play with a groove. If you do, people will want to play with you"

If you hit the wrong note, don't go back and hit the right one; keep going."

"Don't think about the notes you want to play, or the melody of a song. You don't think about the words that are coming out of your mouth. Music is a language, and the goal should be fluency in that language."

"Learn your scales, your arpeggios, and practice all of them. Then get up there, forget all that #%&* and play music!"

"Relax mate - it's only music"

"Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you don't get it wrong".

"When they say, "bring the funk" they're looking at YOU."

"Learning is a long process; don't get wrapped up in what you did today."

"If you aren't making mistakes when you practice, you're not learning anything new."

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

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

"Every day you miss practice is one you don't get"

"Identify things you suck at, practice those"

"Practice makes perfect, but an instructor gets you there quicker"

"Quit worrying that you're not as good as everyone else..."

"Don’t just practice the things you can do well - practice what you can't play until you can play it"

"If you practice with a metronome...eventually you will always feel a metronome within, even when you aren’t playing with one"

"Don't do anything half-assed. Either put everything you've got into it, or just don't bother. Doing things half-assed is just a waste of the finite amount of time you have in this world."

"It's not how you play it when you play, but how you FEEL when you play it"

"Don't allow yourself to be lazy and not play for days at a time. It all adds up, and after you have enough hours under your belt, you can't help but be a good musician."

"Being a good bassist isn’t about being how fast you can play, its about how fast you can hear"

"Never be afraid to fail. That's how you learn."

Remember only two things; 1. You are a musician 2. God ((or Buddha, Mohammad, The universe or freewill...you get where I am going)choose for you to be a musician."

"Never give up, never give up, and never give up"

"Always believe in your bass, become one with the bass"

"Anytime you play music, you always play the best you possibly can, because you never know who's listening."

"Playing music isn't a competition. Do what you can and have fun. Don't worry about someone seeming better than you. There will ALWAYS be someone better than you are. Sure, someone may be able to play rings around you technically, but no one will ever be able to play the music that comes from your heart."

"The bass is a four stringed drum."

"You cant hold no groove if you aint got no pocket"

"Whenever you think you suck and want to quit, remember your better than the guy that did quit"
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Jeese, no wonder you aren't comfortable playing out! You are putting too much pressure on yourself dude. Take all but 1 down...then rotate 'em once every couple of weeks. IMO, YMMV, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, YADDA, YADDA, YADDA.
 
#363
WackoStu said:
I can learn to resist
Anything but temptation
I can learn to coexist
With anything but pain

I can learn to compromise
Anything but my desires
I can learn to get along
With all the things I can't explain

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Not one of their hits, but one I always liked, especially the acoustic version they've done live.
 
#365
dave64o said:
Not one of their hits, but one I always liked, especially the acoustic version they've done live.
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As I am fully immersing myself in Rush, I am finding so much I missed. Yes they have their regular rotation "hits" But there are so many good songs buried on CD's that most casual fans miss.

I don't think as a kid, I was ready for Rush. I had to grow up a little to appreciate it.
 
#369
Bard2dbone said:
Reading these, I had a memory that might be worth a laugh or six. Most of you might know I had a band that did okay for a while in the late '80's-early '90's. At one of our shows in Dallas (Club Clearview, It's still there) a woman got up on the stage with us, without me noticing (I was lead vocalist as well as bassist) and started getting VERY close with my amp rig. I mean VIGOROUSLY close. Still not clear enough? Seriously? Okay. She dryhumped my rig. She actually rubbed herself against the metal speaker grill. I never even saw her while it was happening. I didn't notice until a bouncer came up and pulled her off the stage to a bigger round of applause than we usually got for that song. I asked the guitar player what was up. He replied "You might not get any action tonight. But your amp just did."

So I can tell you AUTHORITATIVELY, that the optimum setup for that is an Acoustic B4 head into an Acoustic TC210p powered 2x10 cab and a Randall 2x15.
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lmao....awesome. :p
 
#370
~Ethan~ said:
Ok I need to keep this going, chick with bass:

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Without,
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Both are really cute, but I like without better.
 
#371
PassivAggressiv said:
Yeah, You, Me and THand rockin' the Looney Bin. Except I'm the really crazy one who's eating all the crayons and ruining it for everyone... ;)
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Oh so YOU'RE the one ruining it for everyone! Tehehe...I'm gonna stuff my bra full of the good colors and run away with them!
I got in trouble when I younger because I told my little sister that the crayons were the flavor of their color (orange would be orange flavored, purple would be grape flavored, and so on). So she ate a bunch of crayons. That was the prettiest puke I've ever seen. You'd think she would have figured it out after the first couple of colors tasted the same...but no....:rollno:
 
#372
FurryMonkey said:
Oh so YOU'RE the one ruining it for everyone! Tehehe...I'm gonna stuff my bra full of the good colors and run away with them!
I got in trouble when I younger because I told my little sister that the crayons were the flavor of their color (orange would be orange flavored, purple would be grape flavored, and so on). So she ate a bunch of crayons. That was the prettiest puke I've ever seen. You'd think she would have figured it out after the first couple of colors tasted the same...but no....:rollno:
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LOL...yeah, you would think on the second one, she would have been like, "wait a minute...blue taste just like red"!
 
#373
FurryMonkey said:
Oh so YOU'RE the one ruining it for everyone! Tehehe...I'm gonna stuff my bra full of the good colors and run away with them!
I got in trouble when I younger because I told my little sister that the crayons were the flavor of their color (orange would be orange flavored, purple would be grape flavored, and so on). So she ate a bunch of crayons. That was the prettiest puke I've ever seen. You'd think she would have figured it out after the first couple of colors tasted the same...but no....:rollno:
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Bobbing for crayons whaaat >_>

@THand sweet lookin ATK! I miss mine :(
 
#374
FurryMonkey said:
Oh so YOU'RE the one ruining it for everyone! Tehehe...I'm gonna stuff my bra full of the good colors and run away with them!
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You think that's going to STOP her from eating them? I'm guessing that's only going to encourage her. ;)





... and probably a lot of other people, too.

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autodidact said:
Bobbing for crayons whaaat >_>
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Exactly! :D
 
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