I Thought I was an intermediate.. Reality check

[Happynoj]

lol
thanks a lot of people hate it.

But i like it.

I would like to try
Writing my posts as Haiku
I will start right now

 

[Clef_de_fa]

It means, just play 3 notes of G major scale per string - it does not need to start on the 1st or end on the 8th.

I think you think too much. Your respond is exacly what I wrote ... it starts on the lowest note posible in one position and end it on the highest note posible on the same position...

 

[lfmn16]

You're probably better than you give yourself credit for. I've noticed that the best bass players tend to underestimate their ability and the worst players ... well you know them.

 

[diverse379]

I like to think of my self as a thinking bass player.
one who can create lines. that are imaginative and harmonically functional
at the same time done with a producers mindset.

Nitti Knocked me on my Butt yesterday. that was my reality check

but Im good
He is a great teacher. and has a great course

next year I will be in a different place.

 

[Big Hoss]

Everyone's "Mileage May Vary". I would have been considered an advanced beginner / intermediate player before I stopped playing to take care of family back in '08... I picked up again back in late October / early November last year. It's been a struggle getting my skills back to where they were, and frighteningly enough, some days it's smooth as glass, others my fingers just flat out flub everything... It is NOT like riding a bicycle...

From what I have seen, from players that have been making their living as working musicians for 20+ years, you are always learning, and growing. Kind of like in my day job in tech. If you aren't learning, you are dying in your craft...

 

[cheapbasslovin]

Effing theory. Someday I'll get my schedule set up to maintain my theory education for longer than a few weeks. I was almost competent a few years ago, then my youngest became old enough to play soccer. Now I'm back to 'serviceable bassist with virtually no theory to back it up.' Grrrr.

 

[superheavyfunk]

I would like to try
Writing my posts as Haiku
I will start right now

Instant follow. I will read everything you post online from now on.

 

[Whousedtoplay]

I am in a good place

then later doing a four measure bass line
where you do a fill from each mode.

I've just caught myself wondering.
If Pino can't read music (Dumb question: Pino doesn't read music? | TalkBass.com
that simple "four measure bass line" would put THE PINO in the beginner's status.

I'm wholeheartedly for learning everything about music, BUT...
eventually, everything comes down to that very simple final answer - IT'S all about YOUR PLAYED/PRODUCED BASS-LINES.
Nothing else.

 

[thabassmon]

I wonder how 'advanced' his advanced course is.
I don't really know anything about his playing except a sweep picking exercise from Bassplayer Magazine and he and Victor Wooten have done a couple of track together.
Anyone done advanced?

 

[Nephilymbass]

I think all that stuff is kind of random. By some standards I'm a expert, by others im a beginner. Usually if it doesn't cost any additional money I'll at least check out the beginner stuff. There's things I'm confident in and others I'm not. When learning something new, I don't have any issues leaving my ego at the door. There's a lot of aspects of playing bass people learn at different points on their journey. I played bass in jazz band in high school and just to audition I had learn a lot of scales and be able to site read, that was like 17 years ago now. I've always been confident in that aspect. But i consider myself pretty weak at slapping, tapping and other things. So certain lessons are more for or interesting to me. But I always like learning. Just watching other bassist, observing drummers even, you can learn something from everyone, even if it's learning what not to do.

 

[Buzz E]

I think you think too much. Your respond is exacly what I wrote ... it starts on the lowest note posible in one position and end it on the highest note posible on the same position...

Kinda like this... Pacman's sure-fire scale practice method | TalkBass.com

 

[waynobass]

But i consider myself pretty weak at slapping, tapping and other things.

Slapping and tapping are for the bedroom, not the band room.

 

[fearceol]

I wonder how 'advanced' his advanced course is.
I don't really know anything about his playing except a sweep picking exercise from Bassplayer Magazine and he and Victor Wooten have done a couple of track together.
Anyone done advanced?

More labels..... What IS intermediate/advanced etc.

To a beginner root/five is advanced.

 

[singlemalt]

It's cool to learn new stuff.

But OP asked how he ever got all those gigs back in the day.

Probably because he knew the songs, had workable gear, a car, showed up on time and didn't get drunk. Everybody had fun.

Nothing has changed, you just found out about stuff you never thought about before.

Don't lose perspective in all that theory.

 

[thabassmon]

More labels..... What IS intermediate/advanced etc.

To a beginner root/five is advanced.

I meant by Adam Nitti's standards.

But if you really want a definition
Victor Wooten is Advanced
The rest of us a various proportions of that level .

Am I? Not even close

But that level is the goal for me, as long as I am better than yesterday then I'm happy.

 

[fearceol]

I meant by Adam Nitti's standards.

But if you really want a definition
Victor Wooten is Advanced
The rest of us a various proportions of that level .

Am I? Not even close

But that level is the goal for me, as long as I am better than yesterday then I'm happy.

Fair enough. I know where you are coming from, but as I mentioned earlier, trying to gauge your "standard" is futile.

No matter how good you are (or think you are) there will always be someone better.

Much better to just play, enjoy, and forget about standards...regardless of who sets them.

 

[Clef_de_fa]

Kinda like this... Pacman's sure-fire scale practice method | TalkBass.com

yes and in a way what Pacman's sure-fire scale practice method is pretty much go through every mode ... just like Adam Nitti talked about. A lot of people don,t like that way of seeing modes bbut whatever.

 

[Pilgrim]

I'm not interested in the theory base that the gent in question evidently says is required. I want to be proficient at playing music that I have selected and rehearsed.

People can have all the opinions they want about whether someone else is beginner, intermediate or advanced. My opinion is what really counts to me.

 

[Clef_de_fa]

Slapping and tapping are for the bedroom, not the band room.

I think that guy didn't get the memo ... he plays fretless, slap, tap and do a solo all that in one original song ...

 

[Ric5]

I am more than an intermediate bass player ... I took most of the 1990s off ... Then I started playing again in 2001. At first I was a little rusty, but now I am better than I was back then.

So stick with it. Play some gigs and rehearse every day and in a short time you will be better than you use to be.