Playing Solo a No Go

[Derek_L]

You're lucky. Much better then the other way around, tellin' ya.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

This is OK, as long as it is carefully selected tone wood. Otherwise, you are shortchanging yourself.

Obviously mine is made of a 5-piece wenge/figured maple/ebony/figured maple/wenge combination for the ultimate sustain with some mid bump. The handle wrap is overwound.

You act like this is my first time...

 

[Ruckus_Instrmts]

Good lord, if I actually tried to groove or play the same chord progression for a long period of time by myself, I'd probably gouge out my own eyes with a wooden soup ladle

I remember reading an interview with john myung and one of the practice techniques he uses is to play a line over and over for long periods of time. I guess its a form of meditation, causing you to think differently. Just some food for thought.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

I remember reading an interview with john myung and one of the practice techniques he uses is to play a line over and over for long periods of time. I guess its a form of meditation, causing you to think differently. Just some food for thought.

That's interesting. I might try it.

However, I generally don't meditate with my bass in hand, I feel the music. I try to meditate/get lost in thought while I'm at work.

 

[Jawshco]

I hate playing at Guitar Stores!! But love trying all basses. I have a bad reputation for being a flashy no- substance type of player. I don't really intend to be that way. I don't think of myself as a real musician's musician. I just love to play fast, crazy and creavite things that I personally enjoy. When people hear me strangling some odd sweep, slap thing with my usual bad technique... Seriously, the "real musicians" come running to strap on a bass and show me how it's really done. I guess that could cool, bit it gets annoying too. I love learn from good players, because I know I'm not. But I don't play flashy to attract attention, ha! That's just the only way I know how to play because I learned incorrectly. I don't want get into some kind of bass hero battle just cause i'm slapping da' bass at the music store. Honestly, I'm trying to learn and play the right way so i don't have be flashy.

I when I'm trying a bass I want see how fast my fingers can get across
the frets, how the sweeps feel, does the slap growl or thunk, can I tap the higher frets without a lot of noise, what are my tonal options with knobs... Stuff like that. I don't know how to figure that stuff out without going crazy on the thing. I don't want to be "that guy," but I don't know how not to be, not yet anyway... I'm trying!

 

[Kaa]

I remember reading an interview with john myung and one of the practice techniques he uses is to play a line over and over for long periods of time. I guess its a form of meditation, causing you to think differently. Just some food for thought.

I do the same thing. Just kind of zone out to the notes. Really getting into the sound of the notes. I can pass hours like this. I concur that it is a form of meditation. In a way.

 

[So Low Bass]

I'm little fuzzy on the picture. You work in a studio as an Associate Engineer, bring your amp and ax to the studio, and play when the musicians you were just recording are still around? If so, what hat are you wearing??