What kind of loop? I write/doodle with a Nu-X that has some drum beats. It’s so easy to use I can play through things and layer bass, guitar, leads and tighten everything to prep for recording.
It’s just a pedal.
If you just want to accompany random tunes turn on a radio.
if got a boss loop pedal with no integrated drum loops!
great!! I swear i didnt know these things existed. I dont have much money yet, but a metronome will have to do for the meantime
Playing without a computer screen? In my day we just called that "playing"
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But yeah, find someone to jam with if you can, a real good way to advance your playing.
thanks also for the reply! I will look for more people to jam with. And just playing is a good idea. Im not used to it. I think its a big fault of mine in bassplaying. I find it a bit boring... maybe because i dont have many ideas on the bass. Maybe i should pratice more things so playing alone is more fun. But still dont know where to start, i mean what things to practice so that I can apply them while playing alone. Or better said, where are the priorities. (everything helps obviously, rhythms, harmony and so on.)
Just noodle man. Maybe make a beat on your loop pedal to noodle along to.
Yes!! As the man above said I have to try it to noodle more. I guess im very demanding with myself on how things should sound so its difficult to me for having fun just noodling, but im going to try it more and I guess ask in another post for ideas to have more fun noodling.
Put a metronome on 2 and 4, and play a tune you know, or just groove.
Thanks! So far I just used the computer as a metronome. But im gonna buy one. They are really cheap
I like to just sit with my bass and amp, and improvise on some tonal region, like E major or A minor. Just improvise on the instrument, let it flow, see what you can get out of it. It helps in understanding the instrument.
Thanks. I barely know the shapes of the scales. I feel comfortable with c mayor / a minor and maybe g mayor /e minor. But im gonna try it more. You are right. I havent improvised much on scales.
When playing a bass I think it's like a foundation, so if it depends on anything else it's probably not working well enough. Being responsive to other people is one thing, needing them, quite another.
I like to have a structure to a song. I won't jam, or even play over a recording. I'll plunder a recording for all I can get out of it, looking at a screen, listening to it slowed down, filtered, time stretched, whatever it takes to figure out a complex detail hidden in other sounds, but when I play it, I play it with no screen or other distraction, and I'll only go back to a computer to listen to it playing a recording of me to show me where it sucks most. Usually timing of lengthy rests in odd time signatures.
Ahh thats a very good thought. Its the foundation and there is a difference between needing someone and being responsive to them. Never thought of it that way! THank youi so much. When I play bass alone it kind of sucks
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If you’re talking about practicing technique, scales, time etc., how about a metronome?
I use a metronome app these days, but wouldn’t mind going back to a good old quartz metronome.
Good question, though. It is harder to stay focused on the “here and now”, with a screen in front of you…
because of the loss of here and now, its why I prefer the more "analog" options. Yes im meditating a lot and im starting to dislike the screens.
Getting away from screens only really works if we get away from the reasons people needed to invent them.
Great!! I love philosophy. Well one reason to be more in front of the computer is to be more alone.
You have a looper pedal? Put that thing to work. There's a lot that you can do for practice purposes or juat for playing. On my profile page, i've got stuff linked from my Sou dcloud that's all created with my aix-string bass, a Helix, and a looper. You can go from simple to complex.
Try looping juat two chords, and improvise a bassline around that.
Im gonna do that! Thank you so much!!
This ^
Record player worked for me. It was the sixties.
Joined the garage band then learned (or tried) to play bass.
Smartphones and computers ARE today's record players.
What is you particular dislike in using these?.
As one perosn above said. It takes you away from the here and now. I feel my mind more clogged when I use the screens somewhat. And they supposedly make you less creative.Its not wrong to use them. You can listen to inspiring music, learn music, post here and so on. Just that using them for hours isnt optimal in my opinion.
Well, you might buy a keyboard with sequencer, and jam to your own playing tracks! That will teach you to find the theory fun!
Didnt even know these exist... thank you
thank you all for your time and replying. Great input!!
