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Hearing loss dosn't matter.

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Annoying yet? ;D

But honestly, even if it doesn't stop you from being a better bassist, it'd still stop you from enjoying the music you love, whether yours or someone else's, as much.
 
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staindbass said:
when i listen to music, it help me on the bass. i learned totally by ear with no lessons. now when i listen to music, i can hear a bass line and if its not real complicated, i can play it immediately on the bass, all those years transposing what my ears hear into where it goes on the fretboard have turned around, now i can hear something and i already know which strings and frets to play before i pickup the bass. i would like to see the wisecrackers do this ... johnny a. staind
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This makes me feel better. I have a neck and back problem which keep me from practicing bass as much as I would like to. However, I do listen to music quite a lot in an attempt to compensate. I haven't progressed to the level you are describing, but progress is being made. I do depend on playing by ear a lot anyway.
 
#30
Learning to play bass at the late age of 35,working a full time job and running a small buisness with 2 kids and a wife doesn't allow me the time or paitence to learn by ear or study theory like I should,so I have learned most of the 100 or so songs I know from tab.
I play in 2 different cover bands and feel that I have a good ear for levels and tones but still not where I should be for notes.
I get real musicians that say "hey lets get together and jam",wish that I could but I'm just not there yet.
I do play most everything note for note so I probobaly know more than I think I just can't label it.
Rocker949 said:
I haven't progressed to the level you are describing, but progress is being made. I do depend on playing by ear a lot anyway.
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FuzzBoxVoodoo said:
Learning to play bass at the late age of 35,working a full time job and running a small buisness with 2 kids and a wife doesn't allow me the time or paitence to learn by ear or study theory like I should,so I have learned most of the 100 or so songs I know from tab.
I play in 2 different cover bands and feel that I have a good ear for levels and tones but still not where I should be for notes.
I get real musicians that say "hey lets get together and jam",wish that I could but I'm just not there yet.
I do play most everything note for note so I probobaly know more than I think I just can't label it.
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If you can play 100 songs note-perfect, I'd say that's a pretty good thing.
 
#33
I dunno, I went from listening to Carrie Underwood to Queensryche just this morning (and who knows what will end up next on the playlist!).
I can find and feel the groove in both artists and I firmly believe it helps me be a better player.
 
#34
Wait, listening to music won't make me better? Then what am I wasting my time listening to music for?

This doesn't make any sense. If you don't listen to a song, it would be kind of tricky to play it. Unless of course you are phenomenal at site reading sheet music. I fail to see why a bassist wouldn't listen to music. That would be akin to a surgeon making everything up as they go along. Or perhaps a painter never looking at a painting.

EDIT: Then again, Bach anyone?

Exceptions do not rules make.
 
#37
NoiseNinja said:
No, you all missed the point. Music is like language impossible to learn by ear, so you might as well start learning sign language.
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Wait, language is impossible to learn by ear? Sorry, but you didn't learn how to talk from a book. When you're a child, you pick up on how words relate to actions and objects in your environment from older people. This is much like how we learn how various intervals and progressions provide different sounds. If someone told you "A 5th sounds cool. Minor Seconds are dissonant" you would have NO IDEA what that means without hearing it.

I'm kind of confused as to why you think we should all start learning sign language. Not sure where that is coming from. Care to elaborate?
 
#38
staindbass said:
i guess i am annoyed that the guy asks a question, and it seems a buncha (oops, is that a real word?) guys though it was fun to give you a bunch of crap. when i first came here, i was offered a moderator position. i declined cuz (oops bad grammar) i just wanted to be one of the guys on the forum. maybe i should seek the mod status and keep an eye on the wisecrackers :) have a great day gentleman. johnny a. staind 15+ million records sold.
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U mad bro?
 

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