Hey all,
So I'm stuck in this predicament....
Any opinions are welcome...
I have always been a die hard electric player.
I started playing my junior year of highschool. I graduated with a degree in composition and I am now in the process of working on my masters in jazz performance on electric bass ( only strictly electric player in the school)..
Here a few of my concerns ...
1) being a bit over my head... School is hard. Being the youngest in the program probably with the smallest amount of "jazz"experience.. Tunes,piano, chops, harmonic understanding...
2)getting my ears together to gain a sense of freedom. Hearing intervals , melodies, harmony...
3) overall confidence
4) the big one ....why I started this thread..... Should I double ?!?!
Should I learn and make the upright thing happen.
I've played it a little bit... Never seriously and always just noodling on someone's bass . Every upright player always says "you have a great sound" this new motivation is from a clinic Ray Drummond gave at my school last week.... And he turned and said I have a good sound when I was just noodling on my buddies bass. Also my buddy at school has been playing upright for about a year and grew so much an was killing it . He was strictly an electric player.....
Any feedback possible would be awesome ! Thanks y'all
So I'm stuck in this predicament....
Any opinions are welcome...
I have always been a die hard electric player.
I started playing my junior year of highschool. I graduated with a degree in composition and I am now in the process of working on my masters in jazz performance on electric bass ( only strictly electric player in the school)..
Here a few of my concerns ...
1) being a bit over my head... School is hard. Being the youngest in the program probably with the smallest amount of "jazz"experience.. Tunes,piano, chops, harmonic understanding...
2)getting my ears together to gain a sense of freedom. Hearing intervals , melodies, harmony...
3) overall confidence
4) the big one ....why I started this thread..... Should I double ?!?!
Should I learn and make the upright thing happen.
I've played it a little bit... Never seriously and always just noodling on someone's bass . Every upright player always says "you have a great sound" this new motivation is from a clinic Ray Drummond gave at my school last week.... And he turned and said I have a good sound when I was just noodling on my buddies bass. Also my buddy at school has been playing upright for about a year and grew so much an was killing it . He was strictly an electric player.....
Any feedback possible would be awesome ! Thanks y'all
