Share This Thread ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? WAYNE ELLIOTT (19552) Miscellaneous Forum 2/8/2010 2:11:03 PM · 16 Views [Respond to this Message] If you answered yes to that question, what did you do to better your play? Or what are you doing to achieve this? If you answered no, what do you think you should do to get better?

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• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 2:21:54 PM Morten Sickel (11456) wrote: Going forwards in jumps and leaps, and occasionally standing still or even going a bit backwards, I think... It nothing magical, it just has to do with how much time I spend with the bass... M.

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 2:28:31 PM Brian Sharpe (18872) wrote: Yes, there are two main things that helped this happen: 1) I spent some time with a great teacher - it makes a world of difference. 2) Playing with a band - gives you a solid reason to practice and when you're playing with guys far more talented than yourself it raises the bar.

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 2:32:26 PM Bruce Humphrey Ventura (2172) wrote: Exactly what Morten said, putting time into it, and the 2 points given by Brian: teacher + band.

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 7:21:53 PM Gar Whitenton (446) wrote: The simple formulae I always used was: 1 band practice = 10 solitary practices 1 gig = 10 band practices Not sure how a teacher fits into this, I never used one as badly as I have and do need to. Soon I will...

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 3:31:10 PM Barney Brazitis (16875) wrote: Just able to practice a whole lot lately..

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 6:09:53 PM David Muise (15525) wrote: Listened. To supportive & constructive advice/perspective from my drummer & guitarist.

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 10:16:36 PM WILLIAM HULSEY (23970) wrote: I think I'm getting better. Most of that is due to listening to my band mates suggestions. Bo

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/8/2010 10:25:15 PM Charley Shipman (1896) wrote: No, I am not. Too torn between the guitar parts and the recording process. What I need to do is stop recording and playing the guitar for a couple of months, and just play and enjoy the basses, concentrating more on the fretless. I spent time with it yesterday, and it was really nice.

• Respond to this Re: ARE YOU IMPROVING (ON BASS)? 2/9/2010 12:56:42 PM Brad Mock (13892) wrote: Yes, I think so. 1. One of my regular gigs is exclusively on fretless bass, so I am strentghtening my hands and improving my intonation. 2. My personal practice time is on playing melodies, writing and improvising melodically. 3. I am spending a lot of time wearing a 'producers' hat and it is allowing me to step out of my players head and listen even closer than usual to the whole picture.

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