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Post subject: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:57 pm
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In short, It's probably just my very low self esteem, but anyway..

I play bass in a country/old time band (gigs), and off and on in blues/rock/pop (mostly just jamming). I get compliments occasionally, but alot of the time I wonder if my sense of timing and just music in general is fundamentally flawed lol..

So I've come to the anonymity of the internet to find out if I have any groove at all, or if I should just quit while I still have my dignity (or just become a collector) haha.

https://soundcloud.com/toadwarrior/b-minor-thing

I've never really made a recording before but I made this tonight, mostly just as a test, I didn't spend much time on it just made the drum then the progression, I am not a guitar player or drummer so excuse the zero dynamic drum and everything about the guitar (especially the solo), and I didn't attempt to make the bassline flashy or anything. The bass I used was a MiM Fender Jazz.

I know I missed in some obvious places, but just in a general sense.... Do I suck hard at bass?

Sorry for the big post, I hope theres no rules against posting recordings on here.


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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:59 pm
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We welcome recordings.

Post live vids so we can see you actually in action.

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:15 pm
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Enjoyed listening to the "Thing". No, you don't suck. Good time... clean lines.
Keep at at.

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:23 pm
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You're being too paranoid and too hard on yourself !

You're in a Band Man... !! 8) :D

Not everyone can be a John Entwistle, Stanley Clarke, Bootsy Collins or Geo. Porter Jr.

If you're not satisfied with your playing, practice more or take some advanced lessons... then practice more !

Everyone else can go screw themselves.

cheers!

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:28 pm
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I think it's got a nice groove!

No "sucking" anywhere that I could detect.

Welcome to the forum!

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:05 am
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Welcome to the Forums. I don't see anything untoward in that recording. Nor is it out of line to study with a professional teacher if you feel you have issues to resolve. :idea:

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:20 am
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You sound pretty good to me, I'd be well happy to play in a band with you. You want to hear my efforts sometimes, and I've been playing 35 years.

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:32 am
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Is this a joke? That was awesome. I would listen to that in my car.

I would have posted this comment 3 minutes ago, but I wanted to listen to the entire thing first. No joke.


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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:11 am
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Her Wanna wrote:
Is this a joke? That was awesome. I would listen to that in my car.

I would have posted this comment 3 minutes ago, but I wanted to listen to the entire thing first. No joke.


I felt the same to be honest, the OP should be really proud of their work.

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:24 am
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Sounded great, post more! 8)

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:09 pm
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You don't suck...at all.

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:43 pm
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Do you live in Orange County, Calif.?

I'm looking for a bass player for a new band and it sounds like you could handle it!


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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:22 pm
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Thanks for the nice replies guy! I'm probably just being way to hard on myself.. I find it really hard to judge my own bass playing objectively and it's tough to tell if the people I play with are just being nice (because everyone I play with is pretty cool.)

I listen to alot of pop music and I find that the basslines (when they are actual bass guitar) are just impossibly precise and consistent which is a thing I struggle with I think.

Recording it was pretty interesting, I did it with a Zoom H4N recorder and added that cheesy synth riff afterwards.

Anyway I'll keep at it, thanks alot!


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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:49 pm
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You have absolutely nothing to worry about it sounds great to me and I'm not one to mince words when it comes to critiquing people.I find it does way more harm than good to give someone false praise because it gives them an unreal notion that they are much better than they actually are.Anyway,with few exceptions we musicians on the whole are our hardest and most critical judges of our own playing,no matter how proficient we are and no amount of praise from others will convince most of us otherwise.

Having said all of that,the fact that other musicians thought your playing was good enough to have you in their band should be reassurance enough that you are a competent player.If you feel that your timing needs work-which I don't-you can hone your timing by practicing with a metronome.Don't be so hard on yourself because even after almost 50 years of playing,I'm still not satisfied with my own playing despite teaching several guitarists who have gone on to very lucrative music careers and being given a lot of respect by my peers,who still refer to me as "the Hendrix guy" even after my hands gave out over 3 years ago.Like the old Willie Dixon song says,"I Ain't Ever Satisfied".So keep up the good work and welcome to the Forum,I hope you stick around.

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Post subject: Re: Am I hopeless...?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:51 pm
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Man, you play a lot better bass than I do.


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