What are you doing while in isolation?

[Paulabass]

Bass related or not. Have you started a project, doing some things you've been putting off, brushing up on theory, watching a lot of Netflix? Anything.

Me-
Started getting my track car ready, but it's cold to be working with tools, so it's moving slowly.
The band has sent around some tunes to work on- Haven't started yet but I will.
Told myself I could start spring cleaning, but luckily if I sit down this feeling passes.

 

[bluesblaster]

Remodeling upstairs bath, mostly tile work. We just finished going through the pantry, reorganizing, assessing.

Found something cool last night, Google has a arts and culture site, over 500 virtual tours. Last night I visited the Palace of Versailles and the Smithsonian Aero and Space museum, nice way to spend an hour or two

 

[Passinwind]

Bass related or not. Have you started a project, doing some things you've been putting off, brushing up on theory, watching a lot of Netflix? Anything.

Me-
Started getting my track car ready, but it's cold to be working with tools, so it's moving slowly.
The band has sent around some tunes to work on- Haven't started yet but I will.
Told myself I could start spring cleaning, but luckily if I sit down this feeling passes.

Mostly the same stuff I would have been doing anyway, since I've been retired from gigging for a couple of years now. Two basses slated for preamp installs this week, one of which will be for myself. Most of what passes for my work is done on my home computer, so I'm procrastinating on that as usual. Plenty of yard work to shun and ignore as well!

 

[StereoPlayer]

Mostly the same stuff I would have been doing anyway, since I've been retired from gigging for a couple of years now. Two basses slated for preamp installs this week, one of which will be for myself. Most of what passes for my work is done on my home computer, so I'm procrastinating on that as usual. Plenty of yard work to shun and ignore as well! View attachment 3748118

Same for me. Retired now.
Occasional early yard work. Garden is ready for planting, but too early.
Movies, spring cleaning. Day drinking.
Playing the bass.
Self quarantined.
Quiet in the neighborhood.

A few of my friends are in denial of the whole thing...

 

[Kro]

Full time work from home, with now round-the-clock dad responsibilities for two very young kids, with a bonus of a few hours of prescribed schoolwork each day for the kids thrown in on top.

I am very grateful that I can continue to work (and get paid), though I'm not sure how I'm going to make it; something is going to have to give.

 

[LBS-bass]

Right now I'm trying to find a way to practice but my husband has decided his project for today is to tear down one drum kit and set up another. He asked me if it would bother me for him to be moving drums around in there and I said no, and he said he wouldn't play along. Well, he's playing along and let's just say he needs to stick with jazz because Led Zeppelin is not his strong suit. So I finally got up and left, and he's still in there banging the drums just like he did all day yesterday. So I guess my idea to practice and write music during this is going to be a challenge.

 

[Ronzo]

Just got carpal tunnel release surgery today on my right hand. Complementing the same surgery on my left hand two years ago.

Hurts like hell, but the timing was perfect. Elective surgery in South Florida will probably be shut down almost immediately, and the outside surgical centers such as the one I utilized today will be repurposed as emergency surgery venues.

 

[fretlessbass]

Electric bass--soloing through jazz tunes;
Upright--bowing ....if this lasts long enough, I might actually be okay at at least one of them!

 

[Yonni]

Learning to teach my two boys as the schools close now, probably for months. Preparing for a music exam that may well not now happen. Drinking whisky. Eventually I won’t be able to put off the home improvements any longer and I’ll have to fix up the bathroom and build a window seat in the kitchen.

 

[jchrisk1]

Staying busy remodeling houses that the owners only vacation at a few weeks out of the year. Other than that, practicing, and drinking quarantinis.

 

[bholder]

I'm working from home (as usual) and learning sax.

(Totally amateur recordings thread)

 

[Alkali Ike]

Remodeling upstairs bath, mostly tile work. We just finished going through the pantry, reorganizing, assessing.

Found something cool last night, Google has a arts and culture site, over 500 virtual tours. Last night I visited the Palace of Versailles and the Smithsonian Aero and Space museum, nice way to spend an hour or two

What happened to Google's virtual tour of Abbey Road Studios? Looks like it was taken down.

 

[Lagado]

Now the temps are rising, I'm going to cut that steerer tube and fit those new forks. Then hopefully out onto the forest trails, which should be quiet.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

OLAF IS DEAD!!!

 

[Yonni]

Biking seems like the best isolation exercise right now.

 

[Wisebass]

hi Paula

Anything.

Reading threads like this!

All gigs are cancelled. Musicwise it means that I will look for stuff,

I always wanted to play but never found the time to. (some crazy stuff nobody wants to hear )

Schools are closed. I will have to setup online classes for my students.

I will read a lot because we can't leave the house anymore (I would love to go fishing!!! )

Learning to teach my two boys as the schools close now, probably for months.

Maybe teach your coralls how to live without water? ​

Drinking whisky.

We are lucky that we can get the stuff in every supermarket (poor Americans)


to everybody

may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

 

[WI Short Scaler]

I'm playing some every evening as normal. Otherwise my employer is a cable/internet/phone provider in Central WI. So with all the people staying home, yeah, we're working. My position as the Vid Engineer for the company allows me some freedom to work from home, but not all of it. Due to multiple trips back and forth I've resigned myself to heading in and spending the day behind a closed door.

Myself and others up here have gotten pretty good at being holed up in our offices communicating through phone and email.

It is what it is.

 

[PWRL]

Painting the inside of our house and getting it ready to sell. I've also been playing my bass, writing and painting some pictures. My wife works from home, and I've been able to pick up some labor on some old houses in between all the other stuff we're up to, so things aren't so bad. We're in a good place for hunkering down, too, so I consider us fortunate.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

OLAF IS DEAD!!!

HE IS ALIVE!!!!!



Good thing water has memory.

 

[Rick_Bass]

good stuff