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#21
I remember when my Daughter first started to learn the Clarinet. Only a Parent could listen to the screeching sounds and say, "that's good, keep it up. Several months later, the music teacher at her school asked me to consider buying her a better instrument because he wanted her to play "first chair". This reminded me of my first attempts at playing bass. I was excited to play three notes together. I'm still excited when I learn something new. Give her a little time.
 
#22
its only youtube bro...not a showcase for a bass playing genius....people show there asses on youtube...i would rather see this... i know its not what you want to see but you certainly dont come across as a bully at all bro.....

she abviously cant(maybe ) play the 12 bar blues..youtube is a place to show what you can do good or bad....shes having a bit of fun..its an insight to the world of people practicing....and i love it for that...

she might blow us all away in 4 years time...who knows..:D:D
 
#24
I say good for her. I have tapes of me proudly playing into my boom box when I bought my first Hondo bass in 1982. Listening to it now is like hearing nails on a chalkboard, but at the time I was proud of what I did. 28 years later I'm still playing, and I hope she is after 28 years too. I'm playing primarily 5-string now, so I'm 25% more noisy than I used to be :)
 
#29
Lesfunk said:
"Why" does the good doctor spend time watching youtube clips of young girls learning to play bass?
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If you must know, I was doing a search for clips of Yamha RBX260F basses, and a clip of this young lady playing an RBX270 came up.

I am really struck by the fact that so many of you guys are mad that I laughed at a clip of a young girl playing bass. If this were a boy, would you be as mad? I know some will say it doesn't matter, but I doubt it. :hmm:

Part of being on Youtube is that what your post can be commented on by whoever sees it. I laughed a bit. I already said I wished her well, but I am not about to apologize because I gave my honest opinion when I first posted, so there is no point in backing away from that.

If you guys want to come off as chivalrous by criticizing me, have your fun!:)
 
#36
Dr. Cheese said:
If you must know, I was doing a search for clips of Yamha RBX260F basses, and a clip of this young lady playing an RBX270 came up.

I am really struck by the fact that so many of you guys are mad that I laughed at a clip of a young girl playing bass. If this were a boy, would you be as mad? I know some will say it doesn't matter, but I doubt it. :hmm:

Part of being on Youtube is that what your post can be commented on by whoever sees it. I laughed a bit. I already said I wished her well, but I am not about to apologize because I gave my honest opinion when I first posted, so there is no point in backing away from that.

If you guys want to come off as chivalrous by criticizing me, have your fun!:)
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I'm sort of astounded by how many people seem to be missing the point here. Cheese wasn't criticising the girl's playing, he was criticising her decision to post a clip of her playing (when she is clearly inexperienced). There's a big difference between the two. We now have a whole generation of kids who have grown up in a society that is terrified of harming children's self-esteem. The result is a generation who doesn't seem to know that they actually aren't good at everything and that, no, not everyone else is interested in seeing their "progress reports". If you want to record yourself fumbling around on your instrument so that you can look back at the footage in ten years and say, "wow, I really sucked back then" that's fine. But why on earth would you put that out on the internet for everyone else to see? :hmm:
 
#37
Cheese..

I'm kind of with you... folks that are in the Facebook/Myspace/Youtube are learning some strange lessons.

In my former band we had tints of this.. I'd say "don't post the video --- once it's on the internet, it can not be erased" .. and you guessed it -- someone did.. and the booking contact found it first.

I can't tell you the number of young applicants (my family owns a company) will write notes "hey dude -- got da job --- I'm broke --- ring me"... I'll then go to the internet to find eloquent videos of said "dude" shoving pop rocks in body cavities.

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I understand your point -- she's fine .. you're right that one could find a better example... unfortunately in a few years when she's trying to find a gig, this will become part of her internet portfolio.

Few folks rember this stuff can't be erased.

Timmy
 
#38
IN all fairness... it continues deeper

Bubinga5
"14 hours ago he hunny keep going ...i been playing bass for 12 years and love to see a new up and comer....nice to see you slappin.... what bass is that....oh and use a drum machine..."​

Nice passive agressive diplomacy Bubinga 5..

bunnyhop246
4 months ago Hehe, you had lessons. I've never really had lessons to be honest. Great bass btw.​
Bunnyhop -- where's your video
 
#40
bass12 said:
I'm sort of astounded by how many people seem to be missing the point here. Cheese wasn't criticising the girl's playing, he was criticising her decision to post a clip of her playing (when she is clearly inexperienced). There's a big difference between the two. We now have a whole generation of kids who have grown up in a society that is terrified of harming children's self-esteem. The result is a generation who doesn't seem to know that they actually aren't good at everything and that, no, not everyone else is interested in seeing their "progress reports". If you want to record yourself fumbling around on your instrument so that you can look back at the footage in ten years and say, "wow, I really sucked back then" that's fine. But why on earth would you put that out on the internet for everyone else to see? :hmm:
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+1 exactly. And I agree with the sentiment.
 

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