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oops I got caught.

So I was cleaning our room today and listening to the radio when one of my favorite songs came on (Papa roach - last resort). So I immediatly grabbed my bass and started rocking out. I didn't have the amp on though but I was just jamming and doing the whole fantasy thing when my fiance' walked in on me. FML.
 
Haha, this reminds me of when I was a kid jamming to Iron Maiden, doing the whole "machine-gun" thing with my bass and using my bed as a monitor to prop one foot on. And with my back to the door with the music on loud, so I didn't hear my mom come in and stand there observing my delusions of grandeur for a few minutes.
 
My ex-girlfriend caught me jamming out to "The Chicken" from Jaco's Birthday Concert. I didn't know she was coming over and she just walked into my room while I was playing/dancing. Fortunately I wasn't going TOO crazy (I kept my shirt on and there wasn't any face paint involved).
She was awesome though. She liked the song and told me to finish playing.
 
Normally, I practice on my bass through the mixer board...no amp. I'm just working on notes, usually, not tone. Except one time while the family was out, I had the amp on and cranked up. And couldn't hear a thing outside of my studio room.

Wife came home, suddenly, there was someone standing behind me smiling.

She later informed that I could quite clearly be heard out on the street, through the brick walls our house, and another 50 feet beyond that.

:)

Oops. I had just become THAT neighbor.