How do YOU practice bass?

[burns_isaac]

I'd rather talk to a guy who is seriously interested in ways to better his practice than sit at my computer and talk gear all day. Maybe the guy got some good ideas from the post and decided to incorporate them into his routine. Who knows maybe he's even improving! Sounds a ton more fun than buying the coolest new pedal or whatever that no one ever will pay you to use, doodling for half the day, and then creating some whack post about it. We get paid to know how to play music not give a symposium on the latest trending effects board and how to run some jingle jangle box through some other jingle jangle box. So what if guy wants to know how to practice but doesn't want to ask specifically how to practice? We've all been there so we went and got teachers and asked better players and maybe even went to school. It's part of the process.

 

[puddin tame]

I try to have 3 or 4 concepts I alternate. Usually start with a piece, then do some scales for a bit, do a different piece, have a random jam to see what I can come up with, do another tune, then back to the first tune... Repeat...

I stay on one topic as long as my attention span holds. Also been doing half an hour ear training each day which helps a lot

 

[Trayster2]

I'd rather talk to a guy who is seriously interested in ways to better his practice than sit at my computer and talk gear all day. Maybe the guy got some good ideas from the post and decided to incorporate them into his routine.

So true. I used to play the French horn. Nobody ever discussed gear, only practice and technique.