• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Do you ever put yourself to sleep?

#41
Gundybass said:
I grew up in the 60's and 70's - In 2019 I'm still slightly growing. Late at night when my wife is asleep and my son is playing xbox -- I grab one of my basses and plug into the Ampeg Rocket. For some reason I always have to play some of Dazed and Confused - The Ocean - and Pink Floyd Money. Then I start creating my own incredible riffs and runs. As I slip into tiredness I think that I really should be recording this because it is really quite good and I will never remember it tomorrow. Then I get drowsy - my bass gets heavy - and I go to bed. I repeat this over and over - I dub myself the Groundhogs Day Bass Player. Do any of you experience this? I'm considering afternoon caffeine.
Gundybass
Click to expand...

this is exactly what i do down to the not recording new riffs that the next day i can't remember at all. i play familiar songs to relax, and that seems to get the creative juice flowing, so i start coming up with very cool riffs, then the bass and my eyelids get heavy and i head off to bed. rinse and repeat.
 
#42
I never play that late in the night that I start to feel sleepy.

But as I practice new stuff or a riff that I have a problem with or whatever ... I always got some ideas and so I always have my BOSS RC30 loop station hook up so I can use it to record and do stupid stuff and just make my creativity flowing. It isn't always good but sometimes it is good and it is there recorded.
 
#43
I do more listening than practicing...I get more out of listening to what my next job is...I'm always playing somewhere at least once a week and I play by hearing....so once I get the songs familiar in my mind it's easy for me to transfer those thoughts to my fingers
 
#44
Gundybass said:
I grew up in the 60's and 70's - In 2019 I'm still slightly growing. Late at night when my wife is asleep and my son is playing xbox -- I grab one of my basses and plug into the Ampeg Rocket. For some reason I always have to play some of Dazed and Confused - The Ocean - and Pink Floyd Money. Then I start creating my own incredible riffs and runs. As I slip into tiredness I think that I really should be recording this because it is really quite good and I will never remember it tomorrow. Then I get drowsy - my bass gets heavy - and I go to bed. I repeat this over and over - I dub myself the Groundhogs Day Bass Player. Do any of you experience this? I'm considering afternoon caffeine.
Gundybass
Click to expand...
I used to play my acoustic and zone out to simple man. Playing that song for a good 20 minutes or so just really relaxes me.
 
#45
You fall asleep because you're tired! :laugh:
I have to practice quietly into my GK MB108 combo. It's small but it sure has some nice bottom end. I put the TV on YouTube and play along with some of my favorite 80's classic rock tunes and get sleepy. I play as long as I can then quietly put everything away. I've considered an Ibanez Mikro Bass so if I fall asleep it won't bother me laying on my stomach! :roflmao:
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back