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Double Bass inspiration?
- Thread starter shwashwa
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There is a balance between practicing and playing. Sometimes we need to replace some solo practice time with communal playing time. When technique fails during the communal playtime, make a note of it, and then perhaps later we'll have new inspiration for specific solo practices designed to fix those holes.
Yes, and it passes IME. The cure for me is focusing on the details of tone and musicality: intonation, sound production, articulation, interpretation. Bach seems to pull me out of these funks all the time (I play it pizz). More often than not, I find that I can lose faith in a style of playing (straight ahead, etc.), but rarely for the playing itself.
Playing Music is supposed to be fun. Any time you spend with the bass in your hands you are making progress. There are certainly things to 'focus' on in practice but sometimes picking up the bass and just playing is in order. We can get so wrapped up in what we are 'supposed to do' that we can lose sight of the reason we picked up the damn thing to begin with.
For myself I find the biggest inspiration in going and seeing live music.
For myself I find the biggest inspiration in going and seeing live music.
Yeah, sometimes I feel like Ricky Watters, "For who, for what?" It goes away.
+1 to what everyone said. Sometimes I think I could be happy just working on Bach for the rest of my life too.
+1 to what everyone said. Sometimes I think I could be happy just working on Bach for the rest of my life too.
You know, Sam.....that's that thing you do behind a tenor player who can't say what he has to say in less than ten or more choruses. 
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+1. If it ain't fun, there's other fun and expensive pursuits out there.
At some point you have to play something fun and silly just for purely personal enjoyment. There's time for work and then there's time to just entertain yourself. And if you're too pre-occupied to just enjoy yourself, I suppose some "letting go" is in order.
You know, Sam.....that's that thing you do behind a tenor player who can't say what he has to say in less than ten or more choruses.
Paul, that is righteously funny and there is always some truth in humor. Well said and sadly true!
well, im just going to muscle through it. ive started checking out some of the rabbath pivot technique, so that's got me juiced up again. on another note, how do i get a webpage link to show up below my posts like some guys have here. "signature" doesnt seem to do it for me
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Right. I am currently in the mountains of Idaho on vacation (for real) on my iPhone. I figured someone smart would swoop in if I had too much vacation-head. Thanks DURRLL.
I'm kind of in the same spot, been there for a while actually. I think Chris hit on the head focus on musicality, that was really big for me. Also, try to practice in short spurts sometimes I'll pick up the bass and work on something, put it down, do something else, practice some more.
I think muscling through is a great way to burn yourself out personally.
I think muscling through is a great way to burn yourself out personally.
