adouglas
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Indeed. This look must have taken hours of hard work and worry....
Seriously, great and wise words, BP.
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Indeed. This look must have taken hours of hard work and worry....
Seriously, great and wise words, BP.
azzy_wazzy
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my gosh ... again i say, could i love you any more?? im going to the studio tonight to rehearse with these guys and i have been doubting any sort of ability blah blah blah we all know how that goes. anyway, Big Poppa wisdom....THAT made me feel a billion times better. i never would have dreamed i would be here a few years ago, or especially when i started and was asking arpeggi what? so i say, Bring it! im going to have fun damnit! WOO!
xoxox
Big +1! Tiff knows from the conversation that we had the other night that I was getting a bit
about all things bass...Certainly the pickmeup I needed.
Great thread guys!
phatduckk
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ya a while back songwriting was pissing me off. i was never happy with how tings were turning out and it got stressful. so i completely changed my approach to it. when it was pissing me off i noticed i was picking up the bass less and less and i didnt like that. now i take the whole process easier and its fun again.
lessons annoyed me too. i tired taking lessons after playing for about 10 or so years. it was tough. not just the "learning" part but the fact that i "had to" have practiced a certain thing or learned a certain concept before my next session w/ my instructor. work, social life, playing in my band and all that other life stuff really limited how much time i had to dedicate to my lessons. again, it became a pressure/stress kind of situation. so i quit. id love to take lessons again but with my unpredictable work and gigging schedule i just cant get regimented enough to have an instructor so i gotta do it on my own (or consult friends who know theory etc). it takes longer to soak stuff in but its not "in the way" anymore.
tiffles
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guess who will be playing a dominion theatre near you in a few weeks!!!!!
guess who will be playing a dominion theatre near you in a few weeks!!!!!
That is awesome Tiff.
tk
Bill
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Congratulations!
Big Poppa
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Its a good thing that none of us would be insensitive enough to brag about a gig whilst the rest of us are talking maddog off the ledge hehehhhhehhhh
tiffles
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im a delicate, considerate soul.
sorry maddog we know you wont stray far.
sorry maddog we know you wont stray far.
SteveB
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bovinehost
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I call it 'getting out of my meat' because your meat is always making demands on you..your meat gets hungry or thirsty or it has to pee or whatever, and you have to serve it. But when I'm really in the zone, I have no idea if I'm hungry or if I need a drink of water or - you know? The world could be falling down around my head and I probably wouldn't notice.
But if you're sitting around in BP's living room and you pick up a bass and you're playing a song you don't really know and he gives you the look, like, "WTF are you DOING?" well, then your meat comes back to earth and you give him the bass and go back to singing harmonies, trust me.
But then maybe the next day you get to jam with Luke and John Ferraro, who think you're possibly okay, so, um, I'm just saying.
What am I just saying? I don't know!
Or maybe it's this. I play because I like to play. If other people like what I'm playing, that's just gravy, but I play because it takes me to a place I can only go when I'm playing, and I like that place.
I was just in that place a minute ago.
How about you, Maddog? You been there lately?
Jack
PocketGroove82
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Hey jack, I totally understand what you just said about playing being sort of an an out of body experience. Although, I would like an explanation on how your meat gets thirsty.
tiffles
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Psycho Ward
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Maddog I've been waiting to post 'cause I knew the folks here would have great advice and they do. You're a great guy, you have had helpful words for me when I was down.
Here's what I have for... "Play for Spite!" I often use that as a joke but there is a little truth in it. Play for yourself, and that is really hard to do. We all are raised to please others in one way or another, but music doesn't have to be that way. Play for spite and there still will be people wanting to listen... in spite of it all.
Really do something that will clear your head for a while, then jump back into playing with a new outlook.
I wish you well,
Chuck
Here's what I have for... "Play for Spite!" I often use that as a joke but there is a little truth in it. Play for yourself, and that is really hard to do. We all are raised to please others in one way or another, but music doesn't have to be that way. Play for spite and there still will be people wanting to listen... in spite of it all.
Really do something that will clear your head for a while, then jump back into playing with a new outlook.
I wish you well,
Chuck
maddog
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Been too out of my box to be there. Doing the school search has got me a bit unnerved. I've forgotten what it is like just to live and find joy in the moment. Which means that it is time to play. I'm listening just got to get my brain to comprehend. Thanks to you, Chuck, BP, NorM and everyone else for talking me off the ledge. Time to get life all over my face and hands.
