Early morning .. 05:00 o’clock wake up .. preparing breakfast and moka coffee .. push-ups and abs and noodling .. repeat 4 times .. eat, wash, shave, dress .. 07:00 o’clock on site!
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When during your day do you play bass?
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First thing in the morning, I always rush to see if what I practiced the night before settled into my brain.
between 8:30 and midnight. After daughter has gone to bed. Almost always through headphones.
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After lunch, then again at the end of the PM. On a gig or jam/rehearsal day, I play after breakfast instead, then put it away until it's time to pack.
Working from home has been amazing to facilitate more practice time. Whenever there is downtime I can plug in and bass away. As my shifts can vary, it can be anytime.
Now, we may be forced to do shifts back in the building again, so I'm not looking forward to that dagger in my work/life balance...at all.
Now, we may be forced to do shifts back in the building again, so I'm not looking forward to that dagger in my work/life balance...at all.
Usually evenings into night/ late night/ early AM. Rarely less than 3 or 4 hours. Typically 5 or more days a week. You'd think I'd be good. Reality is no. I'm still sloppy, lazy and constantly letting out stinkers. Oh well. I enjoy the time.
I’ve been doing the 6am to 2:30pm shift for a few months now, and I absolutely love it! I get in at least 3 hours a day of bass, drums and guitar. My wife is on our town council AND school board, so some nights she isn’t home until around 9:00, on those days, I’m in my room for 5-6 hours.
I work from home.
My upright and electric bass are always ready to play and within my reach. And so is my piano controller and baritone sax. I play electric and piano in the morning after meditation/yoga and I blast my saxophone or upright when I can. My son come's in and out of my office and plays and sometimes we jam. He plays keyboard pretty well and bass too. For some reason he gets a pass for making noise more than me
In my work campus, there is a designated music room that is sound proofed. I set up the one in our San. Diego campus
Computer breaks are enforced (and now hard to bypass) and being senior means attending meetings where you are required to attend even though you only have 30 seconds to say your bit. Plenty of time during the day
My upright and electric bass are always ready to play and within my reach. And so is my piano controller and baritone sax. I play electric and piano in the morning after meditation/yoga and I blast my saxophone or upright when I can. My son come's in and out of my office and plays and sometimes we jam. He plays keyboard pretty well and bass too. For some reason he gets a pass for making noise more than me
In my work campus, there is a designated music room that is sound proofed. I set up the one in our San. Diego campus
Computer breaks are enforced (and now hard to bypass) and being senior means attending meetings where you are required to attend even though you only have 30 seconds to say your bit. Plenty of time during the day
On weekdays, I tend to do it in the evenings, after my kids go to bed at 8pm but before I turn in around 10.
Weekends, I might play in the evenings as well, but if the kids are suitably distracted by something I can occasionally squeeze in a few minutes of practice time during the day. They're still young enough that I get asked for help with something pretty often though, whether that's getting a snack, wiping a snotty nose or dirty butt, changing a shirt, getting a board game down, playing a game, making another snack, etc. so daytime practice is very hit and miss.
I have a weekly rehearsal as well with my band in the evening.
Weekends, I might play in the evenings as well, but if the kids are suitably distracted by something I can occasionally squeeze in a few minutes of practice time during the day. They're still young enough that I get asked for help with something pretty often though, whether that's getting a snack, wiping a snotty nose or dirty butt, changing a shirt, getting a board game down, playing a game, making another snack, etc. so daytime practice is very hit and miss.
I have a weekly rehearsal as well with my band in the evening.
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Sometimes in the morning before work if something is going through my head that i want to play but typically after work.
Its a great way to wind down and usually my fingers are more limber in the afternoon.
I am definitely more in the mood to play or noodle around later in the day.
That all being said, if inspiration hits and im home, im playing no matter the time of day
Its a great way to wind down and usually my fingers are more limber in the afternoon.
I am definitely more in the mood to play or noodle around later in the day.
That all being said, if inspiration hits and im home, im playing no matter the time of day
I have a beater bass just for the reason of having it laying around to grab n practice at anytime......its a cheap horrible junk bass, the action is higher than I like and the strings are a gauge higher than my usual which makes playing my main basses feel much easier similar to basketball players feeling like they jump higher after wearing ankle weights all day....because it's always laying around I pick it up any time of day when the spirit moves me
