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#64
/\/\3phist0 said:
there are a lot of ways to play music. Bass is not exactly a solo instrument for many, and Guitar makes a good instrument to play as accompaniment to write songs, Piano even better :)...
play what you like even if it's odd rhythms, and atonal drones. Music for pure enjoyment and fulfilling of your spirit is a thing that many people should experience.
Start recording, play all the instrument's yourself. the technology allows an individual to do amazing things these days.

First please yourself, and if others enjoy it IF you decide to share it all the better.
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Yeah, exactly. I also have a nice Roland EP9 electric piano that I play from time to time. I think recording is something I'll do just for posterity. Something for my kids after I'm gone. Playing music just for myself was a little odd at first, but I'm finding more peace this way. I've spent so much of my life trying to please others...musicians, friends, audience, etc. that I almost forgot what it's like to just enjoy the creations of my own sound by itself.
 
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I do find it interesting that over the years, I've seen so many guitarists switch over to bass and not really understand the rhythm section. Now that I'm playing guitar, I'm still very conscious of the rhythm and the groove of a song and when I write things they always have a good groove, even while being melodic. It's almost as if I'm writing the guitar parts I wished guitarists would have played when I played bass. LOL.
 
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Sundogue said:
Yeah, exactly. I also have a nice Roland EP9 electric piano that I play from time to time. I think recording is something I'll do just for posterity. Something for my kids after I'm gone. Playing music just for myself was a little odd at first, but I'm finding more peace this way. I've spent so much of my life trying to please others...musicians, friends, audience, etc. that I almost forgot what it's like to just enjoy the creations of my own sound by itself.
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i make time to just "make noise" and zone out into an alpha state sometimes just to find creative sounds most of the time its just odd, other's its inspired, ALWAYS it's good.
"getting the stuff" out of the way allows me to play the same old stuff over and over every weekend, and "get outta my head" and enjoy how the music i'm playing makes others feel, and move their bootys.
I still dink around on guitar, dabble in keyboards, and software drum machines. NO i wont share the stuff that intrigues me, suffice it to say that it lies anywhere between Pink Floyd trance, and HEAVY distorted complex metal.
 
#70
Good luck to you. If I'm not mistaken you were one of the TB'rs here who helped me allot years ago when I got on here. You advised me to get a Bass trainer to help learn songs and it was some of the best playing advice I got anywhere....ever.

I sold off most of my gear a few years ago and took a year off fishing. It didn't take long and the music itch came back and I'm playing again and love it. The fishing is not so great so I'm fading out of it concentrating on music more. I dig the guitar approach and enjoy that myself. Again, good luck and thanks for the help.
 
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Sounds like a NGD without pics, lets see the Taylor!

Seriously though, have fun. I'm currently just enjoying my instruments at home and couldn't be happier. I like playin my basses solo but I sometimes do play acoustic and electric as well.
 
#72
A-Step-Towards said:
But the strings on a guitar are soooooooo small
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LOL!!! Lately I've been trying out things that feel "fuller" solo, and been going the Zevon "Learning to Flinch" route on 12 string. The strings are so damn small (can't even see some of them without reading glasses!!), and for decades I've been trying to mute unfingered strings, so my chords are choked.
 
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sigmafloyd said:
Sounds like a NGD without pics, lets see the Taylor!

Seriously though, have fun. I'm currently just enjoying my instruments at home and couldn't be happier. I like playin my basses solo but I sometimes do play acoustic and electric as well.
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I played about 15 acoustics, including a $2500 Martin, but I fell in love with this Taylor 110e. Just felt right.

Poor quality pic, but here she is...

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Mattster said:
LOL!!! Lately I've been trying out things that feel "fuller" solo, and been going the Zevon "Learning to Flinch" route on 12 string. The strings are so damn small (can't even see some of them without reading glasses!!), and for decades I've been trying to mute unfingered strings, so my chords are choked.
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It definitely takes some getting used to, but like anything else, practice makes perfect.
 
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Sundogue said:
Yeah, that's about the range it was in.
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A great acoustic is a thing of wonder... When they are really resonant with a broad tonal range you can feel
like you've got a whole orchestra at your disposal. I most often compose on acoustic... But the irony is that
the favorite stuff I've written and recorded is distinguished more by the bass part. All of which is to say,
perhaps I should leave the acoustic alone for awhile and force myself to compose with a bass?

Do most writers on this site compose with bass as opposed to six-string, I wonder?
 
#79
Jah Wobble Fan said:
A great acoustic is a thing of wonder... When they are really resonant with a broad tonal range you can feel
like you've got a whole orchestra at your disposal. I most often compose on acoustic... But the irony is that
the favorite stuff I've written and recorded is distinguished more by the bass part. All of which is to say,
perhaps I should leave the acoustic alone for awhile and force myself to compose with a bass?

Do most writers on this site compose with bass as opposed to six-string, I wonder?
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Perhaps you could try writing music on your acoustic guitar, but think in terms of the bass or rhythm section. Even when fingerpicking I tend to write more rhythmically than melodically.
 
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After watching the AMA's (American Marketing Awards) last night, I know I made the right decision. My wife wanted to "watch" them and it was so obvious as to the state of music these days, that leaving this scene is exactly what I need to do, and return back to playing music that matters to me, without any concern as to what's popular or accepted.
 

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