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Practice Time

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I'd say that, at your age, you should try and get in a few hours a day if you can. I think I did about 2-3 hours a day during those years. Then maybe only about an hour a day when I started spending times in bands.
 
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jmjbassplayer said:
I'd say that, at your age, you should try and get in a few hours a day if you can. I think I did about 2-3 hours a day during those years. Then maybe only about an hour a day when I started spending times in bands.
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Hi Justin!
What did you do during those 2-3 hours? Scales, reading music, jamming,..?

The reason I ask this: when I first started out with bass, I could play hours in my bedroom jamming to songs.
When I started playing acoustic guitar after a few bassyears, I would rather grab the 6-string than the bass. At this moment (think I'm playing bass for about 11-12 years), I play guitar at home, and bass in my band.

The last years I've been playing with talented musicians and I have defenently grown as a bassist. But when I'm at home and grab my bass, I always come to the same sounding kind of ideas.
I really want to go that "next level", but there are so, so many tutorials, video lessons etc. that you can't seperate the forest from the trees.

Have you ever been at this point in your basscarreer? (probably not, cause you have much more band-input than me :p )
What would you suggest? :)
 
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my brother started learning the guitar at the age of 8/9. Ever since all day everyday into the night he practiced and practiced. I don't recall many times at home he didn't have a guitar in his hands. at the age of 16 his instructor, who he saw twice a week and had helped him get a job as a repair tech at the local guitar shop doing service repairs and install, stopped their lesson and said "you don't need to come too lessons anymore." Next week he was an instructor. We're now in our late twenties. He's in his third gigging band, is the senior strings tech for a large musical distributor, and teaches music theory and guitar still. He's not a famous rock star, despite his abilities. He could get on stage with anyone you can name and give them a run for their money if not teach them a thing or two. The reason I believe for his lack of fame, he's in a death metal band. He loves it, even though he could play anything from blues to flamenco to jazz, to classical.... It's what he loves. Are you willing to dedicate your time and energy?

I just started playing bass and I practice a few hours daily. I don't expect to become elite or professional for quite some time now.
 

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