i was learning bar chords on my guitar one day and just kinda saw the relation between the fourth finger when playing a bar chord on guitar and chord on bass... after i asked my cousin whether my theory was correct (which of course was) i just picked up a bass and thumped away and i knew love for the first time... somehow the feel of the thump and vibrations that goes through the body while playing bass somehow just feels awesome (in a non gay way) ;P
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Your light-bulb moment
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Reading an interview with Charlie Haden years ago in which he said that when he plays the bass he wants to give people the feeling they are sat in front of a roaring log fire or stood amongst giant trees in a forest and I immediately thought "Yes, that's exactly it".
Also when I switched to flatwounds and heard the sound I'd had in my head all the time (duh)
Also when I switched to flatwounds and heard the sound I'd had in my head all the time (duh)
Andy Brown
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Light-bulb moment to become a bassist: Picking it up after our bass player left the band to become a truck driver.
Light-bulb moment after I became a bassist: Realizing that less is often more while supporting the groove.
Light-bulb moment after I became a bassist: Realizing that less is often more while supporting the groove.
Oh yeah, the bowed E string moment!!!
I joined junior orchestra when I was 12, looked at the violins and violas, and said "no frigging way," and walked straight to the bass. I had that same moment, when I first (correctly) bowed the E string, and the sound just went everywhere, including my gut - I knew I was done for. No guitar for this cat.
Realizing that you don't have to be a virtuosi to be worthy, you just have to be yourself and try to grow as a bassist.
I love listening to Jazz Fusion & prog rock so I always tried to be better, but I doubt I ever will be as good as the music I like. It's a hard realization. Reading some of those Jeff Berlin articles or listening & seeing people like Billy Sheehan, made me want me to hang it up.
How can one play any better than Wooten, Clarke or Sheehan, what more can be said that they have not already said?
Why should one even try to be better than them?
Just be yourself is what I learned, but still try to improve. Keep pushing forward. For me I always remember Peter Hook. He has said more than 99% of the shredding tappers on Myspace clones with 99% fewer notes, but not being a root note guitar foil.
That's my lightbulb that burns bright.
I love listening to Jazz Fusion & prog rock so I always tried to be better, but I doubt I ever will be as good as the music I like. It's a hard realization. Reading some of those Jeff Berlin articles or listening & seeing people like Billy Sheehan, made me want me to hang it up.
How can one play any better than Wooten, Clarke or Sheehan, what more can be said that they have not already said?
Why should one even try to be better than them?
Just be yourself is what I learned, but still try to improve. Keep pushing forward. For me I always remember Peter Hook. He has said more than 99% of the shredding tappers on Myspace clones with 99% fewer notes, but not being a root note guitar foil.
That's my lightbulb that burns bright.
