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What Level Bass Player Are You?
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Smoke on the Water is not that easy 
Smoke on the Water is not that easy
Yeah, most people play it wrong...
Smoke on the Water is not that easy
It is easy when you're a novice.
It's after you realize you've been playing it wrong for a number of years that you graduate out of the Novice category.
Hi,
I'm not level at all. I don't think I ever have been.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
I'm not level at all. I don't think I ever have been.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
I voted Hobbyist, but I'm somewhere between hobbyist and semi-pro.
I've been at it long enough that I've come back full circle.....less interested in technique and more in space, perfect note choices, getting the right tone, etc. "The beautiful simplicity of a perfect sphere" type of an approach.
HA HA you know i always used to be dumb in my inepitude! I would actually start realizing i was playing songs wrong and get discouraged. It's a sad realization when you think of all the hours practicing things wrong...
I havent touched my bass in a year now. Just being a front man. But i would -if the right conditions came together.
Interesting poll though
It's a sad realization when you think of all the hours practicing things wrong...I havent touched my bass in a year now. Just being a front man. But i would -if the right conditions came together.
Interesting poll though
I guess I'm ahead of the curve then, because I figured out early on that SotW had a groovy bassline, but I thought it was entirely too much work
(at least it is in comparison to the guitar track)
I'll never be above a home hobbyist, but I could never get my head around the term "bedroom player", because I have never once played bass or guitar in by bedroom. I do stash the cases for by basses & guitar under my bed though.
I play a handful of electric bass gigs each month with an original rock band. (On 5 string and fretless 4.)
I play a handful of double bass gigs each month with a couple of different bluegrass bands.
I play a handful of bluegrass gigs each month as a mandolin picker or flatpicker.
I know a ton of songs, song forms and useful music theory - but I lack elevated soloing skills.
I can slap electric and upright but I tend not integrate that skill into my solos.
After all is said and done, I feel confident enough in my skills and the role is to mine the groove and be steady.
That's what I do!
I play a handful of double bass gigs each month with a couple of different bluegrass bands.
I play a handful of bluegrass gigs each month as a mandolin picker or flatpicker.
I know a ton of songs, song forms and useful music theory - but I lack elevated soloing skills.
I can slap electric and upright but I tend not integrate that skill into my solos.
After all is said and done, I feel confident enough in my skills and the role is to mine the groove and be steady.
That's what I do!
Ive been an originals guy for my entire playing career.
One band is fun with occasional gigs minus the winter months.
Other band makes decent money and plays out alot which is rare these days.
But now Im also in the loop that people know of me and ask me to do fill in work alot and that has paid very well at times.
Came close in my younger days to becoming something better but it always crashed and burned.
One band is fun with occasional gigs minus the winter months.
Other band makes decent money and plays out alot which is rare these days.
But now Im also in the loop that people know of me and ask me to do fill in work alot and that has paid very well at times.
Came close in my younger days to becoming something better but it always crashed and burned.
