The Progression of a Bass Player
Hello and good evening to most of you.
My journey continues to get interesting. Every friday after my bass lesson I walk away with some much material, techniques to work on. There are times when I feel I’m being feed rapidy then I should be. Then again this is why we take lessons and follow the instructions of our teacher’s to the best of our ability. My playing has gotten better, although at times I feel like my note playing lacks the needed attention that I’m at times reluctent to give to a couple of hours. The chords, scales and harmonics are a big part of my daily practice, basics I can’t seem to get enough with the little time I devote to practicing.
My instructor usually listen to me playing and quickly can hear and see where I definitely needs some tweaking. Discipline comes to mind when I think to myself why my fingering of the notes/frets is not the way I want. You get what you put into it, right?
I picked up a Boss Micro BR digital recorder that has a lot of features to help me along with my learning of the basics and playing. Have’nt yet sat down to read the manual.
Yesterday I got to mess around with bass pedals my teacher brought with him. They work wonders for your playing, believe me. Got to hear what it sounds like and how to use it while playing. Eventually I would like to get a few.
This past thursday got to visit a friends studio and play alittle. Most importantly I learned many things about studio equipment. Can’t wait till I can play like them. My friend just knew where and what was lacking just from hearing. He knows his music and sounds. Hope to get the chance to play with them again.
Here is a clip I really enjoy from Victor Wooten doing a solo. I think it was from one of Bela Flecktones concert. I do hop you enthusiastic bass people can appreciate this as much as I did.
