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It's Christmas Day! Who's practicing today?

#121
TJH3113 said:
Me. Learning "Nikita" by Elton John (David Paton on bass). Put an hour or so in this morning and a few more this afternoon. It's kicking my ass a bit.
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I checked it out. I dislike everything about the production of this track (give me '70s EJ and I'm happy). Except the bass. It's exceptional. Thanks.
Been practicing some Def Leopard tracks that I've heard a million times but never bothered playing along to... subbing for a band I've never played with, should be fun. Also Drift Away, by Dobie Gray, and Brown eyed Girl. Both are a blast to play.
Variety is the spice of life.
 
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#122
LBS-bass said:
That would be me. I could take the day off from playing, but I don't want to. Already had to get up early and drive around to take care of other people's cats, and I have a few chores to do to get ready for my dinner guests, and there are more cats to feed later on. But in-between I will run through some stuff I'm learning, just because it makes me happy. How about you, what are your plans?
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Practiced before, then played this morning for our Christmas Day worship service. Great mix of hymns and jazzed up tunes.
 
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LBS-bass said:
That would be me. I could take the day off from playing, but I don't want to. Already had to get up early and drive around to take care of other people's cats, and I have a few chores to do to get ready for my dinner guests, and there are more cats to feed later on. But in-between I will run through some stuff I'm learning, just because it makes me happy. How about you, what are your plans?
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Yeah, I got the whole, "What the hell are you doing!? Are you kidding me!? It's #%$&*=€ Christmas!!!", from the wife today. Hahaha, some people just don't understand.
 
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#132
Since I don't celebrate Christmas, I'm Jewish, I practiced "Fly Me to the Moon" that I had arranged a couple of years ago. Since a good amount of time passes between playing it with my group, when we do, I stumble a lot, so I decided to lock it in. Getting there.
 
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#133
Light session; I played some mandolin this morning and my left hand fingers needed a while to recover! I learned The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick on it (in G Maj though, not the original F# Maj....YET) and played it with my blues guitarist step pops.

As for bass, just some exercises & working on a couple minor pentatonic forms while ticking the metronome upwards, and a few song licks and things.

My music-related gift was pretty general in a very good way: $200 gift card to Sweetwater. Man oh man.
 
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#134
I've got 4 new songs to learn for a New Years Eve wedding where we're also making a live video promo.

And my wife just gave me this, which I needed:

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My answer would therefor be...

Me.
 
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#136
LBS-bass said:
That would be me. I could take the day off from playing, but I don't want to. Already had to get up early and drive around to take care of other people's cats, and I have a few chores to do to get ready for my dinner guests, and there are more cats to feed later on. But in-between I will run through some stuff I'm learning, just because it makes me happy. How about you, what are your plans?
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I played about 15 minutes with some technique focus, so it was kinda practicing.
 
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