Twilight Sparkle Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, luckylager said: Get a hand trainer from a music shop. Pay for lessons for your first couple / few years. i was thinking of taking up lessons from long and mcquade. my holiday schedule isn't as hectic anymore and ill have some extra time on my hands. i'll give them a call tomorrow, i guess today xD or wednesday at the latest Edited January 10, 2017 by Twilight Sparkle 1 Link to comment
Twilight Sparkle Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 also bored at work xD lewd french bread >__> 1 Link to comment
luckylager Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 10 hours ago, Twilight Sparkle said: i was thinking of taking up lessons from long and mcquade. my holiday schedule isn't as hectic anymore and ill have some extra time on my hands. i'll give them a call tomorrow, i guess today xD or wednesday at the latest I started playing long before youtube came to be, but I imagine there could be some helpful "learn to play" stuff on there. It still won't replace an instructor though, it's really best to learn properly from the beginning before you develop all sorts of bad habits. Take the time to learn your scales thoroughly, try not to get too caught up in learning songs for while. Just like a house or a hockey team, in music, a solid foundation is everything. If you don't take the time to learn theory you'll have a hard time jamming with people and creating your own basslines from their rhythms / leads. Link to comment
Tre Mac Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 11 hours ago, Twilight Sparkle said: i was thinking of taking up lessons from long and mcquade. my holiday schedule isn't as hectic anymore and ill have some extra time on my hands. i'll give them a call tomorrow, i guess today xD or wednesday at the latest 30 minutes ago, luckylager said: I started playing long before youtube came to be, but I imagine there could be some helpful "learn to play" stuff on there. It still won't replace an instructor though, it's really best to learn properly from the beginning before you develop all sorts of bad habits. Take the time to learn your scales thoroughly, try not to get too caught up in learning songs for while. Just like a house or a hockey team, in music, a solid foundation is everything. If you don't take the time to learn theory you'll have a hard time jamming with people and creating your own basslines from their rhythms / leads. And just to add to the sport analogy make sure to stretch before you play. This is the one thing I can't stress enough, no athlete get's out of bed and goes directly onto the field, they all stretch. I know with casually teaching people to play guitar I see a lot of people get frustrated and quit because they have a tough time using all four fingers to form chords and can't properly hit the notes without fret farting. Take the 10-15 minutes to stretch out each finger(extend your arms in front and stretch each finger as far back as you can and hold for 10 seconds, turn your hand upside down and repeat) after that play every note on the bass/guitar - every string, every fret. No pain no gain, I know it's boring as fack but it's the fastest way to get your fingers to do what you want them to do(and the ladies will thank you as well). 2 Link to comment
luckylager Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Tre Mac said: And just to add to the sport analogy make sure to stretch before you play. This is the one thing I can't stress enough, no athlete get's out of bed and goes directly onto the field, they all stretch. I know with casually teaching people to play guitar I see a lot of people get frustrated and quit because they have a tough time using all four fingers to form chords and can't properly hit the notes without fret farting. Take the 10-15 minutes to stretch out each finger(extend your arms in front and stretch each finger as far back as you can and hold for 10 seconds, turn your hand upside down and repeat) after that play every note on the bass/guitar - every string, every fret. No pain no gain, I know it's boring as fack but it's the fastest way to get your fingers to do what you want them to do(and the ladies will thank you as well). Solid advise. My first bass teacher preached a good stretch. After years of playing, it's something that has completely fallen out of routine for me. I also don't get to play nearly as often as before kids. Most of my warm up is stretching anyhow, just with my hand on the neck. Run scales, ascending and decending, straight, in 3rds - 5ths over two octaves, a few arpeggios, bit of reggae, then game on. Link to comment
Tre Mac Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Edited January 13, 2017 by Tre Mac 1 Link to comment
Tre Mac Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Future Album Cover lol..... Yeah right. I'd make this a sig if I knew how. Edited January 17, 2017 by Tre Mac Link to comment
TNucks1 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) me and my little sis, in the summer, was drinking the night before so got mad bags under my eyes. Edited January 22, 2017 by TNucks1 2 Link to comment
TNucks1 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 2 hours ago, ThrustyPrusty89 said: <3 my Hutton hat what ever happened too those fundraiser hats, i wanted to get huttons one. Link to comment
Cramarossa Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 31 minutes ago, TNucks1 said: what ever happened too those fundraiser hats, i wanted to get huttons one. I bought it from the Team Store via online mail order. Idk if they still have any. Link to comment
falcon45ca Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 On 12/26/2016 at 0:32 AM, Twilight Sparkle said: first lesson: learn to hold the thing right xD goals for 2017 :3 Screw all the typical tips & tricks on form, function, practice & the like. Just fall in love with the instrument, how it sounds, how it feels, how it makes you feel. The rest will follow. 14 year player, never had a lesson, often asked to gig/record, & I still have more to learn than I could ever hope to teach. Just love playing the bass. PS "Money" is one of my favourite bass lines. 2 Link to comment
brilac Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Brilac at Happy Hour enjoying the wine and dessert! Edited January 28, 2017 by brilac 2 Link to comment
Salacious Crumb Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 On 2017-01-21 at 9:28 PM, ThrustyPrusty89 said: <3 my Hutton hat When I go to games I rock the Hutton jersey with pride. 2 Link to comment
brilac Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Ms. Brilac at Mont Royal in September. It was pure selfie time when this was taken! 1 Link to comment
TNucks1 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) after a night of drinking, hanging with my sister. Edited February 7, 2017 by TNucks1 1 Link to comment
TNucks1 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) me and my dog, when he was younger, he won alot of champion stuff, he has cancer stuff right now, taking it hard ... most loyal dog/ best friend there is. Edited February 10, 2017 by TNucks1 1 2 Link to comment
D.B Cooper Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 On 2017-01-22 at 3:42 AM, falcon45ca said: Screw all the typical tips & tricks on form, function, practice & the like. Sorry, but that is awful advice. Yes, you can be self taught, but nowadays when there is so much information out there, why wouldn't you use it. 'Typical tips and tricks on form' are around to prevent injury and to improve movement, consistency, comfort and easiness to play. A couple lessons in the beginning makes a huge difference in your playing quality and speed of your learning. You show me a self taught bass player at 1 year of experience, and I'll show you 20 people who took lessons and are better at 6 months. Obviously the love for the sound and and instrument is already there, or why would you spend money on getting set up? i am a completely self taught musician, and I still believe beginner lessons is a good idea. Link to comment
falcon45ca Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 4 hours ago, drummerboy said: Sorry, but that is awful advice. Yes, you can be self taught, but nowadays when there is so much information out there, why wouldn't you use it. 'Typical tips and tricks on form' are around to prevent injury and to improve movement, consistency, comfort and easiness to play. A couple lessons in the beginning makes a huge difference in your playing quality and speed of your learning. You show me a self taught bass player at 1 year of experience, and I'll show you 20 people who took lessons and are better at 6 months. Obviously the love for the sound and and instrument is already there, or why would you spend money on getting set up? i am a completely self taught musician, and I still believe beginner lessons is a good idea. I think it's more important to learn to love your instrument before you wade into the massive ocean of information that's out there. Many beginners are easily frustrated by lessons that go over their heads, practice schedules that are too intense for a pure beginner, & technique exercises which are painful on the hands at the start (the bass can be a very painful instrument to learn). Show me 20 beginners after 6 months of lessons & I'll show you 1000 who stopped after 6 weeks cuz' they couldn't get their head around the difference between the Ionian & Phrygian modes. The number of quality instruments that are sitting around collecting dust because their owners were frustrated early on is staggering. Just cruise Kijiji, it's one of the top reasons folks sell instruments. Link to comment
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